Archive for April, 2011
Acer PC Shipments Plummet while Toshiba, Lenovo, Apple Grow
Studies released by IDC and Gartner, published at Businesswire, show that Acer’s PC shipments in the US and worldwide have plummeted in the first quarter of 2011. These figures include both desktop and laptop figures. US PC Shipments According to IDC, Acer saw a 42.1% drop in US units shipped compared to the same quarter [...]
AMD Closer to Making USB 3.0 the New USB Standard
USB 3.0 support is hit or miss on notebooks right now in part due to a lack of an Intel or AMD Chipset that supports USB 3.0, which has left vendors to rely on a secondary chipset to add USB 3.0 support. AMD is changing this now with the new AMD A75 and A70M chipsets that will natively support [...]
Dragon Dictate for Mac Good for Simple Dictation Only
Dragon Dictate 2.0 for Mac from Nuance is a speech recognition program that allows the user to enter text using a microphone instead of a keyboard. I first attempted to use Dragon Naturally Speaking for Windows more than a decade ago. At that time the speech recognition engine was about 85-90% accurate to my best recollection. [...]
Safari Browser the Latest to Get Do Not Track Feature, Coming in OS X Lion
Apple is adding a Do-Not-Track feature to the company’s Safari browser, which will be updated this summer when the next version of Apple’s Mac OS X software is expected to debut. The Do-Not-Track feature is a tool that allows consumers to opt out of having their information shared with advertisers who use it to serve [...]
Asus Eee Pad Transformer April U.S. Release and $399 Price Confirmed
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is an exciting device that is at its base a tablet like the iPad, but can transform into a notebook with an optional keyboard dock that also adds battery life to the Android HoneyComb 3.0 tablet/notebook. We’ve been following the Eee Pad Transformer closely, and now it looks like we have confirmation [...]
Internet Explorer 10 Available For Download, Let the Testing Begin
Internet Explorer 9 was just released, like last month, but Microsoft isn’t taking a backseat in the new browser war. Microsoft has already released a preview of Internet Explorer 10 for developer testing. The Internet Explorer 10 platform preview is a very early build of what we may see on IE10, and offers Windows user [...]
How to Install Laptop Tracking Software In 5 Minutes
When a notebook goes missing, whether it’s stolen or lost, it can be a real nightmare. Not only is your notebook gone, but so is your data. We are going to show you how to set up notebook and laptop tracking in under 5 minutes so that if your notebook is lost or stolen, you can track [...]
External Notebook Battery Review Roundup and Showdown
Notebook battery life can be a big deal, and while many models offer long life and the ability to swap out a battery there are a wide array of external notebook battery solutions that can extend your life even longer. Tom’s Hardware has rounded up and tested 15 external notebook batteries that will help your [...]
Fujitsu Launches 4 New LifeBook Notebooks
Fujitsu has just announced four new LifeBook notebooks which are available to purchase in the U.S. These new notebooks all use the latest Intel 2nd Generation Core i family of processors and range from 12.1″ up to 17.3″ in size. In all, these additions round out the LifeBook line nicely. Check out more details on each [...]
Apple Final Cut Pro X Coming to Mac App Store for $299 in June
At the National Association of Broadcasters conference Tuesday, Apple demonstrated their professional video editing software update Final Cut Pro X (see previous version). The new version will come in June to the Mac App Store for the $299. That is the same price you would pay for an upgrade to the current version of Final Cut Studio. [...]
