Archive for June, 2011
Sandy Bridge MacBook Air May Quickly Grab 50% of Apple’s Notebook Sales
The Sandy Bridge MacBook Air has been a long time coming, and according to recent rumors it won’t be here on Wednesday, but it will be here pretty soon. Apple Insider reports that that Apple expects to ship 1.5 Million MacBook Air ultraportable notebooks per quarter when the notebook is refreshed with a much more powerful Intel [...]
KB Covers Review: Add Shortcuts and Protection to Your MacBook Keyboard
If you are looking for a way to protect your MacBook Pro keyboard or for a way to learn common application shortcuts, the KB Covers keyboard covers for Apple notebooks are a great solution that won’t feel like you’re trying to type with a sheet of rubber between your fingers and the keyboard. KB Covers carries [...]
Find My Mac Coming in OS X Lion: Recover Lost or Stolen MacBooks
Apple may not have announced the feature on stage, but when OS X Lion arrives in July it is expected to come with a Find My Mac feature that will allow users to track down lost and stolen MacBooks with ease. Like the Find my iPhone and Find my iPad apps the Find My Mac [...]
How To Install, Update and Troubleshoot Hardware in Windows 7
Hardware is an essential part of using your Windows PC. These days, adding new hardware can be as simple as plugging in a mouse to hooking up multiple displays, connecting game consoles and dealing with the ever frustrating printer setup. All of these accessories can lead to a lot of complexity, but Windows 7 does [...]
Samsung Series 5 ChromeBook Dissected by iFixIt
The Samsung Series 5 Chromebook isn’t even officially out yet, but the good folks over at iFixit were able to get their hands on one of the early Series 5 Chromebooks sold through a special offer at Gilt and have proceeded to take apart the cloud based netbook. The Samsung Series 5 teardown shows off a netbook-like interior and [...]
Acer Aspire TimelineX Refresh Announced with Longer Battery Life, Multimedia Prowess
Acer has announced a refresh of their thin Aspire TimelineX series that is designed to be an “ultra-slender notebook” at just an inch thick, but this time with Sandy Bridge processors and a promised eight to ten hours of battery life (depending on configuration), making all-day computing possible on these new models. With optional NVIDIA [...]
Father’s Day 2011: 21 Awesome Tech Gift Ideas for Dad
Father’s Day is just around the corner and rather than ties and the odd gift boxes offered at department stores we suggest you get dad one of these awesome Father’s Day gifts. These tech gifts for Father’s Day 2011 aren’t just for geeks. We have all types of consumer electronics, thumb drives, eBook readers, tablets, smartphones [...]
How To Force Your Mac to Update Malware Definitions
Now that Apple updated OS X to automatically download malware definition files on a daily basis, you might want to know if you have the latest in order to protect yourself from things like MacDefender. Here is a step-by-step process to make sure you have the most up-to-date definitions. These definitions will be needed so that when [...]
Mac OS X Lion: Features, Details, Pricing & Release Date (Video)
Apple has announced the availability of Mac OS X Lion in July in the Mac App store for the relatively low price of $29 as an upgrade. The OS X Lion update will arrive in the Mac App store in just a few weeks allowing users to update their MacBook, MacBook Pros and MacBook Air notebooks to [...]
General Dynamics Itronix GD8200 Survives 35 Tests Including Shake & Bake
General Dynamics Itronix has just announced a new fully rugged notebook designed for users that need a rugged notebook that goes the extra mile, and most importantly the last mile. The General Dynamics Itronix GD8200 is a fully rugged notebook designed to withstand 35 environmental tests including MIL-STD-810G, IP65, and UL 1604. The new GD8200 is designed for military, first [...]
