Archive for March, 2011
With Google, Asus May Finally Launch a $200 Netbook
Despite lofty goals of getting its netbook prices down to $200, Asus has so far been unable to achieve that feat despite using free Linux distributions rather than loading the lightweight systems with Windows licenses. However, with the aid of Google software, Asus may finally be able to bring down its netbook prices to $200-$250. [...]
Samsung’s 9 Series Ultra-Thin Priced and Ready to Buy, But Is It Too Expensive?
The Samsung 9 Series laptop, which we previewed at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year and awarded a Notebooks.com Best of CES 2011 award to, is now priced by Samsung and will go on sale today, March 17th. What’s dubbed as a MacBook Air-killer, the thing that may kill the 13-inch 9 Series may [...]
Sony VAIO F S and C Notebooks Now Available w/ new Intel Processors
If you’ve been waiting to get a new Sony VAIO notebook until the latest models and processors came out, you’re in luck. Sony has announced that the Sony VAIO F, VAIO S and VAIO C notebooks are now available for purchase in the Sony Style store. Theses new Sony notebooks come in a wide array [...]
How to Add an App to Your Wishlist from the iPad or iPhone
If you’ve ever heard about a cool iPhone or iPad app , but haven’t ben ready to buy, you’ve probably wished for a way to add the app to an App Wishlist from your iPad or iPhone. While iTunes on Mac OS X and Windows will allow you to add an app to your iTunes wishlist, [...]
How to Transfer Files Between Mac and Windows – 4 Solutions
For those who work in multiple operating systems (Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X) one challenge is getting files transferred between the two. We will show you four strategies on how to keep your files in sync and shared between your MacBook and a Windows Notebook. USB Drives – For Occasional Transfers If you only [...]
Universities Choosing to Adopt Google Apps Sued for Discrimination
The latest in a series of lawsuits against colleges and universities across the U.S. alleges that Google Apps for Education is discriminatory as it is not accessible for the blind. Civil rights complaints are being filed against Northwestern and New York University for their adoption of the Google suite of applications for student use, which [...]
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How To Sync Gmail Contacts to Your Mac’s Address Book [Mac OS X]
The easiest way to call friends on FaceTime or email them with the Mail app on your MacBook or MacBook Pro is to sync your Gmail Contacts to the built in Mac OS X Address book. Syncing Google contacts to your MacBook’s address book is easy to do, but a bit more complicated than you [...]
Acer Aspire One 522 Netbook Reviewed
The Acer Aspire One 522 is an AMD Fusion powered netbook that can play back 1080P video and even handle gaming all for a price tag of $330 at . Liliputing was able to get their hands on this seemingly magical netbook to test it out and reviewer Brad Linder was “impressed” with the performance [...]
Internet Explorer 9 Jump List Deals: Free Hulu Plus, Groupon & More
Microsoft has just launched Internet Explorer 9, the company’s latest web browser, which has a collection of new features including the ability to pin web pages to your Windows 7 Taskbar and is offering a collection of deals to users who try out the new Jump List feature in IE 9. Once pinned to your [...]
Daisy Disk Review: Visually Displays Mac Hard Drive Space Wasters
Daisy Disk ($19.99 in Mac App Store) is a utility that will help you track down which folders on your Mac hard drive are taking up the most space. It shows you the results in a visual graph and allows you to drill down to see what is hogging all your hard drive’s space. We [...]
