Archive for September, 2010
Intel Testing Unlockable Processor Upgrade Cards
Intel announced a new program late last week that allows users to upgrade to a more powerful processor with a $50 unlockable code sold for $50. The Intel Upgrade Service as it is being called is only available on one system and one processor currently, the Gateway SX2801-01e from Best Buy with an Intel Pentium [...]
Samsung R440 Review: Sturdy but lacking for its price
The Samsung R440 notebook is part of the R Series unveiled at CES early this year, but unlike the Samsung R480 which we reviewed recently, the R440 drops the traditional red design, invisible touchpad, lovable chiclet keyboard and Blu-ray player. By dropping these features the R440 is cheaper, but is the $70 in savings worth it? Samsung [...]
Church Worship Service Captured With 7 iPhone 4s as Video Cameras
People are doing amazing things with the HD video camera on the iPhone 4 including making beautiful short films and making music videos, but this church took it to a new level by combing the video of 7 different iPhones to create a live video of their Praise band. Some might be more surprised that [...]
Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid Shipping in Two Parts — as LePad and a Dock
Lenovo is going to release the IdeaPad U1 Hybrid as a tablet and a dock separately in December and January respectively. The Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid grabbed a lot of attention at CES before Lenovo put the device on ice in response to the popularity of the Apple iPad. This was the hybrid tablet-netbook that [...]
GV Connect Ready to Connect Your iPhone to Google Voice
GV Connect is back in the Apple store, giving Google Voice users a better way to use the service on their iPhones and the iPod Touch. GV Connect allows users to place calls, send text messages, check voicemail and manage Google Voice account settings. Apple had previously allowed a Google Voice compatible app into the [...]
Notebooks.com Week in Review IDF Edition – Sept. 17th
This week Intel held the Intel Developer Forum in California at which they detailed the next generation of Intel processors and numerous technology companies shared a look at what they have been working on this year. You can find out what consumers need to know about Intel Sandy Bridge, more on the officially launched Intel AppUp [...]
MSI GX660 Gaming Notebooks Designed with Help of Evil Geniuses Champion Gaming Team
MSI announced a pair of new gaming notebook computers yesterday as part of the G-series. The MSI GX660 is a 15.6-inch model designed with the help of the Evil Geniuses, a team of gamers who won the Beat It! World Champion Challenge in Beijing China. It will come with discrete graphics from ATI and an [...]
iPad Eating Into Notebook Computer Sales Says Multiple Sources
Two different sources have stated that the Apple iPad is eating into the sales numbers of notebook computers. First we heard this last month from Asus, when president and CEO Jerry Chen blamed the iPad for their down tick in netbook sales. Now, BestBuy and other sources are claiming that the iPad is cutting into regular [...]
Carbonite Review – Simple, Affordable Online Backup
If you’re not backing up your computer then you are taking a huge risk, especially if that’s where you keep all the pictures you’ve taken over the last five years, important work documents and more. While backing up your files to an external hard drive has gotten easier in Windows and with other tools; many [...]
iPad Case with Bluetooth Keyboard Now Available in the US
AIDACASE, the same company that brought us the UK only Keycase Folio Deluxe, a leather iPad case with a built-in Bluetooth keyboard that props the iPad up for typing sessions, has released a new and “improved” Leather iPad case with an integrated Bluetooth keyboard. The new case is available in the US on Amazon for $99.99 and has [...]
