Archive for September, 2010
Notebooks.com Week in Review – Tablets and Rumors Edition – Sept 24
This past week was a busy one for tablets and for rumors. Early in the week we say Michael Dell showing off a 7-inch Dell Tablet. We also heard rumors that in a few days we will finally see the rumored Blackberry Tablet, called the BlackPad. We also heard that Apple will be asking all [...]
How To Use Windows 7 Libraries to Manage Files and Folders
Windows 7 has a simple and useful file management feature called Libraries. With it a user can more easily find their files and manage them in the Windows Explorer interface. The primary benefit of a Windows Library is keeping similar file types that may be stored in different locations all in one place. For example, [...]
How To Switch Between Two Gmail Accounts Using Chrome Browser
If you are like many of us and have more than one Gmail account maybe a regular Gmail account and a Google Apps Gmail account then you might be struggling with having to switch between the accounts. Google doesn’t make it easy to log into one Gmail account and then into another because it stores a [...]
Super Wi-Fi Now Possible Thanks to FCC Ruling
The FCC voted unanimously to allow for the use of white space†spectrums for what the agency calls Super Wi-Fi†despite opposition from broadcasters and users of wireless microphones, like churches and theatre groups, according to Physorg.com (via Engadget). The TV white spaces are the area of the radio spectrum between the frequencies used by [...]
How to Tell if a Laptop is Good Deal, Or Just Cheap
When most consumers ask me for help finding a new laptop or notebook the first thing I ask is, “What do you want?”, to which they almost always reply, “A laptop for less than $600.” It’s not always $600, but the primary factor for most end users is the price of the machine; not the [...]
Apple Prepping 11.6″ MacBook Air According to Insiders
Potential good news for MacBook Air fans that want a smaller, faster, cheaper machine. According to reports out of China, by way of DigTimes, Apple will be launching an updated MacBook Air that is 11.6 inches and likely using Intel’s ULV Core i processors — possibly before the end of the year. We had heard a [...]
Ubuntu Prototype Uses Facial Recognition to Interact With UI
Canonical Design recently announced that they will be implementing some sort of intelligent user interface in future builds of the Ubuntu operating system, starting with your webcam. Canonical Design’s new user interface uses proximity and orientation sensors to react to the way a user is sitting and where they are sitting. Additionally, it also tracks [...]
Toshiba and Best Buy to Partner in Releasing a Notebook PC Just for Kids
The netbook has been a popular computer for kids, but Toshiba and Best Buy think the little tikes will want more. To that end, they are set to release a version of Toshiba’s Satellite L635 notebook computer made with kids in mind exclusively at Best Buy. The Satellite L635 Kids PC is the company’s first [...]
Apple iWork Updated with Better Interaction with Other Software and Services
Apple’s iWork apps for the iPad - Pages, Numbers and Keynote were all updated to include better import and export of popular file formats like PowerPoint, Excel, Word and text files. There are also things like better font support for files from Word. Users of Keynote will see a few new animations added to the presentation [...]
How To Quickly Unsubscribe from Email Newsletters
Email services like GMail, Yahoo and Hotmail have gotten better at filtering Spam, but there are still many times where other annoying items slip through, like all those newsletters you don’t remember singing up for. While it is has gotten easier, unsubscribing from newsletters is still a pain; that is until you try out Unsubscribe.com. If a person [...]
