Archive for February, 2011
Eurocom Panther 2.0 Super Notebook Gets 3.46Ghz Intel Core i7-990x CPU
Eurocom is best known for their incredibly, some might say insanely, powerful notebooks have just announced support for an even faster processor in the Panther 2.0 mobile workstation. The Panther 2.0 Super Notebook can now be configured with an Intel Core i7-990X processor clocked at 3.46GHz with the ability to achieve 3.73Ghz when TurboBoost is [...]
Cut the Grass: a Fun iPad App of the Week
Cut the Grass is a fun but simple game in which the player solves puzzles in the form of cutting the grass. It doesn’t take a lot brain power or effort, but it is one of those quick casual games that is perfect for when you just have a minute or two to kill while [...]
Transphorm Wants to Banish the Notebook Power Brick
Transphorm is a startup company that has been toiling away in secret for the last four years, with backing from Google, with the goal of ridding the world of the cumbersome power adapters that come with notebooks and other gadgets. This isn’t wireless charging, but rather a miniaturization of the technology needed in order to [...]
How to Tell if You Can Deduct Laptops, iPads & Technology on your Taxes
If you haven’t already filed your taxes it’s time to get started. We’ve already looked at a collection of do it Tax software and services to help you file your taxes without spending a lot of time or money. We were able to catch up with Bob Meighan, TurboTax CPA & VP, to get the straight answers [...]
iPad 2: The Rumors We Want to Come True
Apple is preparing to announce the iPad 2 at an event in San Francisco on March 2nd. The new iPad, which many are calling the iPad 2, doesn’t have an official name yet, nor do we have a full list of specifications, but we do have a roundup of the new iPad 2 rumors and an [...]
LaCie and Promise with First Thunderbolt Devices
Intel just announced Thunderbolt, the high speed interconnectivity technology that aims to replace USB, Firewire, and almost every other cabling technology. Already we are hearing of compatible solutions from LaCie and Promise. The LaCie Little Big Disk is a storage device that is capable of sending many streams of video and transfer gigabytes of data [...]
Apple MobileMe to be Renamed Places
Apple will be renaming its cloud based backup, email and PIM service from MobileMe to Places. it will also be adding social networking features. It will be iTunes, MobileMe and Ping all rolled up into one new service with the new moniker. The latest evidence for the change is a trademark filing in Europe, according [...]
How to Create PDF files with Microsoft Office Programs
If you are running Office 2007 Service Pack 2 or later, you can create PDFs (Portable Document Format) from some of the programs that are part of the Microsoft Office family. Microsoft Word Document In Word, Excel or PowerPoint, click File Click Save & Send Click Create PDF/XPS Document Then click Create PDF/XPS By default, [...]
Review Round-Up: Early Xoom Reviews are Positive, But Not Glowing
A few early reviews of the Motorola Xoom Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets are now online–we’ll have our review device shortly and will update you with our take on the tablet. Those reviews are positive, and note that Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the operating system that is built for tablets, presents a serious contender to Apple’s iOS [...]
Google Cloud Connect Syncs Office Docs to Cloud, Simplifies Collaboration
Working on an office document with a coworker or team member has traditionally been one of the most annoying and troublesome tasks for users involving numerous email attachments, merging of changes and time wasted finding the most recent version. While Google Docs has fixed this for many users, those who need to do work on [...]
