Archive for October, 2010
How to Manage, Configure and Troubleshoot Windows Updates
A couple of weeks ago Microsoft released a healthy dose of updates for our Windows systems. Not everyone will welcome this with joy, since Windows Updates, although a very important part of your PC health, can interrupt your workflow when you least expect it. With the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced major changes to [...]
Office 2010 Beta Expiration is Approaching
I received an email yesterday that the Office 2010 beta will expire on October 31st 2010. The Office 2010 beta is a pre-re25lease version of the software used for evaluation and testing prior to its final release. If you were one of the millions of persons who tried it and you are still running it, [...]
Waterfield Designs Fitting Cases for New MacBook Air
If you have a new MacBook Air on the way or perhaps already have one, protecting it with an elegant Waterfield Designs case from sfbags.com might be a good idea. Waterfield Designs makes high-end cases with a special look to them. They are now going to be shipping a Laptop SleeveCase made of a very [...]
MacBook Air with a Matte Screen from TechRestore
Want a matte screen on your shiny new MacBook Air? Then send it to TechRestore and they will put a matte screen in it for $249. As they say, get the “Air without the glare.’ But there are a number of questions this poses. You may be wondering how long will you will have to [...]
Kindle Books Getting 14-Day Lending Feature, Newspapers & Magazines coming to Kindle Apps
Lending a book to a friend is as old as books themselves and has been a feature of the Nook since it’s launch. Amazon just announced that the Kindle would soon allow for users to lend an ebook to another user; addressing one fo the complaints many users have had with eBooks. Amazon also announced that soon [...]
President Obama Autographs an iPad
The iPad is useful for so many things, including getting the leader of the free world to share his John Hancock. Sylvester Cann attended a rally where the President was and while walking the rope line, Cann stuck out his iPad with the message Mr. President sign my ipad†written using Adobe Ideas. President Obama [...]
Gadget Census: Smartphone Popularity by State
Retrevo recently posted the results of their Gadget Census of the United States, which was a study used to distinguish where specific smartphone platforms are most popular. The three smartphone platforms that were measured were Android phones, BlackBerries, and iPhones. Andrew, at Retrevo, describes how the votes were calculated: “Gadgetoral votes were calculated based on [...]
Hands on with the New MacBook Air
Our publisher Xavier was able to go hands on with the new 11.6″ MacBook Air recently and calls the new thing and light device the, “Future of notebooks.” In addition to giving a good look at the $999 MacBook Air Xavier shares his first impressions and a video of the 11.6″ MacBook Air in action. [...]
PlayOn TV: Internet Video on a TV and Flash on Your iOS Device
We are so close to being able to say goodbye to our Satellite and Cable TV providers who over charge for too many channels that most people never watch. With a service like PlayOn TV we are getting even closer. And forget about playing Flash video on an iOS device, unless of course you have [...]
Google TV Blocked By Major Networks
ABC, CBS and NBC are not going to allow Google TV to aggregate their streaming video content from their web sites. If nothing changes, that means that out of the box the new Logitech Revu set-top box and the new Sony TV or Blu-ray player with Google TV functionality built-in will not be able to [...]
