Archive for August, 2011
OS X Lion USB Drive Now Available for $69
Apple has finally made the OS X Lion operating system available on a USB drive for users who prefer to purchase Lion outside of the Mac App Store. The USB drive is available online in the Apple Store in all countries and will be available in retail stores in the coming weeks. OS X Lion [...]
Back to School Gadget Buying Guide: 18 Fun and Productive Suggestions
Students are gearing up to go back to school all across the United States. Some tech buying will take place in addition to picking up those Trapper Keepers and new sneakers. Here are some recommendations for tools that might make going off to college, high school or any educational experience, more productive and fun. Verbatim Tuff N [...]
Gateway ID47H02u Review: First Impressions
It’s pretty rare that an affordable Windows notebook comes along and makes me do a double take, but that’s exactly what happened when I opened up the Gateway ID47 box. This 14″ notebook is part of Gateway’s ID series of notebooks, which are designed to deliver more style and performance than you would normally expect from a Gateway [...]
Launchpad-Control Hides Program Icons from Lion’s Launchpad
Apple introduced Lion with Launchpad, the iOS like interface, that unfortunately shows every single app on your computer including those that you never launch through an icon. That’s where developer chaosspace stepped up and created Launchpad-Control, a simple utility that installs in your System Preferences and allows you to control which apps will be available [...]
Dell Vostro V131 Launches With 9 Hour Battery and Small Extras
The Dell Vostro V131 is a new business notebook from Dell, aimed at Small Businesses who need a powerful machine with long battery life at an affordable pricepoint. The new business notebook joins the Vostro line of business notebooks from Dell. This line is known for affordable prices and quality notebooks with business sensibility, but [...]
Panasonic Toughbook S10 Drops In – 12″, 3 Pounds & Rugged
Toughbook notebooks are known for their no compromise ruggedness and durability, and the newest addition is no different. The Panasonic Toughbook S10 is a business rugged 12.1″ notebook that weighs in at just three pounds and even includes a DVD drive. Inside the Toughbook S10 you’ll find an Intel Core i5 VPro processor clocked at 2.5GHz, 4 [...]
Dell Inspiron 13z and 14z Start at $600, Upgrade Budget Line
Dell is kicking things up a notch in the otherwise bland world of budget notebooks with the addition of the Inspiron 13z and Inspiron 14z notebooks. These new Inspiron notebooks start at an attractive $599. The Inspiron 14z and 13z have more in common with the Dell XPS 15z we recently reviewed than they do [...]
Touchgrind Brings MultiTouch Gaming to the Mac
Heads up Mac owners. If you havce a recente MacBook with a multitouch touchpad or the Apple Magic TrackPad, you don’t need to get an iPad or iPhone to get your multitouch gaming on. Touchgrind has brought their popular iPhone and iPad app to the Mac App store so you can goof off while it [...]
Acer Aspire 3951: MacBook Air Clone Coming Soon, Under $1,000
The Acer Aspire 3951 looks a lot like the most popular Apple notebook on the market, and has similar specs too. Yes, we’re talking about the MacBook Air. Even though Apple is suing pretty much anyone that makes a tablet, the company has yet to come out strong against companies that make look a like Macbook Air [...]
OS X Lion’s Wonderful New Window Resizing Methods
One aspect of OS X that used to annoy people who switched from Windows was the poor window management. OS X Lion took a big step forward with the simple but awesome way it lets users resize windows. Previously, for some inexplicable reason, the only way to resize a window was to grab the lower [...]
