Archive for May, 2011
HP CoolSense 2.0 Detects If You’re Using Laptop on Lap or Table (Video)
HP has updated its CoolSense technology, now in version 2.0, which can automatically detect how a user uses their notebooks and adjust the performance and cooling of their laptops automatically. What this means for the consumer is better performing machines and, more importantly, no more leg burns! HP CoolSense 2.0 Demo Video The technology is [...]
HP SimplePass 2.0 Makes it Simple, Secure to Manage Passwords (Video)
Managing passwords for your digital life is often a complex solution that’s only mitigated with massive Excel spreadsheets and sticky notes on your computer to help you remember those log-ins, but exposes you to security risk. With HP SimplePass 2.0, HP is combining its biometric security fingerprint reader along with a one-time password environment to [...]
HP ProBook 5330m Brings Consumer Features to the Enterprise (video)
In what the company is calling the ‘consumerization of IT,’ HP is bringing a number of consumer features to its enterprise class ProBook 5330m notebook. Those consumer features include a stylish, slim design, HP Beats Audio, and a backlit keyboard with island-style keys. HP ProBook 5330m Hands On Video HP ProBook 5330m Features The 5330m [...]
HP Pavilion dv4 Anounced With Pacific Blue Hue – Hands On Video
The HP Pavilion dv4 follows the design elements of the HP Pavilion dv6, but adds some color to the line. The 14-inch dv4 features either a Pacific Blue or Expresso Black colors, and the color is found on both the top of the lid as well as on the surface housing the keyboard and on [...]
HP DataPass Brings Pre-Paid Mobile Broadband to HP Notebooks (Video)
On select HP notebooks with embedded 3G cards for mobile broadband access, including those with Qualcomm’s Gobi cards for GSM/HSPA/CDMA/EV-DO network access, HP will be pre-installing a connection manager that gives users access to HP DataPass, a pre-paid mobile broadband service for on the go connectivity. Rather than have enterprise and consumer customers sign up [...]
Weekly Wrapup: Notebook, Tablet and Smartphone News (May 6th)
It’s been a whirlwind week for smartphones and tablets. In case you missed the news and reviews, we have a collection of the hottest news of the week. We also have our top picks for notebook news and reviews to give you some afternoon reading. Smartphone and Tablet News for the week of May 6th The [...]
Two Reasons the Mac OS X Lion Update Will Come On a Disc
There has been much speculation that the Mac OS X Lion update, scheduled to arrive this summer will only be available from the Mac App Store. This Speculation regarding OS X 10.7 is due to the use of the Mac App Store to distibute the Developer preview to developers and is added to by the [...]
ASUS Eee PC 1215B with AMD Fusion Hands On (Video)
The is a new AMD Fusion powered ultraportable that delivers an impressive performance in a small package, and delivers great battery life at the same time. The Eee PC 1215B is available from Amazon.com for around $430, which is in line with many other AMD Fusion mini notebooks. Unlike the other notebooks, the Eee PC [...]
Is Apple Dumping Intel for ARM?
At our sister site Chuong Ngyen posted that Apple may be dumping Intel to switch their entire Mac lineup over to ARM processors. If true it would be the second time Apple has made such a switch, jumping from RISC to Intel in the last decade. Citing a rumor from SemiAccurate, a site the properly predicted [...]
Is the MacBook Air a Good Windows 7 Notebook?
I use my MacBook Pro as a desktop replacement and my MacBook Air as my mobile PC. When I say PC I mean in the Windows v. Mac sense of the word. At this moment I am writing on Windows 7 using my MacBook Air sitting in a restaurant. That’s nothing shocking, but what might [...]
