Archive for August, 2010

First Dual Core Intel Atom N550 Netbook Up For Sale: ASUS Eee PC 1015PEM

First Dual Core Intel Atom N550 Netbook Up For Sale: ASUS Eee PC 1015PEM

| August 25, 2010 | 0 Comments

The latest Intel Atom N550 processor was just officially announced and already we are seeing new netbooks from Asus and Acer, companies who had been holding back from releasing new devices. The Asus Eee PC 1015PEM is a new dual-core netbook that is the next version of the Eee PC 1015PE.  and the Acer Aspire One D255 is also getting the [...]

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Apple Event Happening September 1 – New iPod, iTV and 99-cent TV Show Rumors

Apple Event Happening September 1 – New iPod, iTV and 99-cent TV Show Rumors

| August 25, 2010 | 1 Comment

Apple will be holding a special press announcement event on September 1 to possibly reveal a new Apple TV or the new iPod Touch depending on whether you believe speculation from Bloomberg or Engadget or both. As Engadget postulates, September 7 is the last day of the free iPod with a purchase of a Mac [...]

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Kensington iPhone 4 Battery Backup and Charging Accessories

Kensington iPhone 4 Battery Backup and Charging Accessories

| August 25, 2010 | 1 Comment

Kensington has a new line of iPhone 4 compatible accessories including two new battery packs that will boost and charge the iPhone 4 as well as previous models of the iPhone and  iPod Touch. The Kensington Travel Battery Pack and Charger is designed to give an iPhone 4 a boost of power without any charging [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Tab, September 2nd Release Date

Samsung Galaxy Tab, September 2nd Release Date

| August 25, 2010 | 1 Comment

Today, Samsung posted a teaser video for the rumored Samsung Galaxy Tab, revealing many of the tablet’s features, as well as a release date. Samsung’s Galaxy Tab may be the tablet to finally rain on Apple’s iPad parade. Though the official specs have yet to be released there are a few things that can be [...]

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KeyCase iPad Folio Case with Bluetooth Keyboard

KeyCase iPad Folio Case with Bluetooth Keyboard

| August 25, 2010 | 3 Comments

KeyCase is working on a folio style iPad case that would turn your iPad into something resembling a netbook thanks to a built-in Bluetooth keyboard and stand. In our review of the iPad, one of the complaints was that typing on the on-screen keyboard was sufficient for short documents, notes or message, but not for [...]

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The Geosocial Universe

The Geosocial Universe

| August 25, 2010 | 0 Comments

Jesse Thomas, who has worked on web development projects with Facebook, recently released a graphic depicting the relative sizes of all of the popular Geo Social applications. Jesse Thomas is the head of JESS3, an award-winning creative agency that specializes in social media, branding and data visualization. After aggregating data from Compete, about pages of platforms like [...]

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Kensington iPhone 4 Compatible Car Mounts

Kensington iPhone 4 Compatible Car Mounts

| August 24, 2010 | 0 Comments

Kensington announced  a new line of iPhone 4 compatible accessories, including two new car mounts to securely hold iPhone 4s while in vehicles. The first is the simple Kensington Quick Release Car Mount. This mount will hold the iPhone 4 even if it’s in a case. It has a flexible arm for positioning the iPhone [...]

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How to Encrypt a USB Flash Drive with Rohos MiniDrive

How to Encrypt a USB Flash Drive with Rohos MiniDrive

| August 24, 2010

If you are looking for simple, small encryption tool to encrypt to USB drive, look no further than Rohos MiniDrive. Rohos MiniDrive is free application which creates hidden and encrypted partitions on a USB flash drive. Rohos MiniDrive also comes with portable version which allows you to work with encrypted USB partition on any PC using [...]

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Acer Chrome Netbook Details Leaked in Bug Report

Acer Chrome Netbook Details Leaked in Bug Report

| August 24, 2010 | 2 Comments

It’s no secret that we’ll soon see Chrome netbooks coming to the market but up until now we only had speculation relating to what these Google Chrome OS powered netbooks would be powered by. Now, thanks to a bug report found by Macles, we have a better idea what the Acer Chrome netbook will be [...]

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Dual Core Atom N550 Netbooks Shipping

Dual Core Atom N550 Netbooks Shipping

| August 24, 2010 | 2 Comments

Intel Atom processors are the most common netbook processor to date and though it hasn’t been a secret, Intel has officially announced the new dual-core Intel Atom N550 processor. The processor is set to arrive on netbooks from Acer, ASUS, Fujitsu, Lenovo, LG, Samsung, MSI, and Toshiba. According to Intel the Atom N550 processor will provide better [...]

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