Archive for October, 2011
5 Scary Notebook Recovery Stories: Guns, Drugs and Identity Theft
As we take out laptops on the road more and more, the threat of laptop and notebook theft becomes an even bigger issue. While there are a number of programs out there to help you find your stolen computer, not all of them come with a team of notebook ninjas that can coordinate with local [...]
New Trojan Turns Off OS X Malware Detection
A new vulnerability has appeared on OS-X, exploited by a Trojan (a program that pretends to be another, safe piece of software to socially trick users into giving it a system password) that turns off the built in malware detection system. This piece of software will disable Apple’s XProtect system, which automatically and quietly downloads updates [...]
New MacBook Pro Models Bring Speed, Storage and GPU Updates
Apple has updated the MacBook Pro line of notebooks with a number of small, but appreciable upgrades to speed, storage size and graphics. The new MacBook Pros have the same look as the previous models, but have updated specs, something we had expected. Updating the specs, and leaving the exterior unchanged is common at this [...]
Add a Whiteboard to Your Laptop Lid with DrawTop
From the ‘too simple for most of us to come up with’ file, we learn about the home project of turning your laptop lid into a whiteboard with a DrawTop vinyl adhesive. Your DrawTop sticks to the lid of your laptop and lets you draw or write on it. You can use it as a [...]
4 Lion Update Changes You Might Not Have Noticed
Last week when OS X Lion received an update to make it compliant with iCloud and the new iPhone 4S, Apple also made a few under the hood changes and three very minor interface changes. They might have gone unnoticed by most, but here they are. LaunchPad Icons Bigger If you’re like me, you wouldn’t [...]
ASUS Zenbook vs. MacBook Air
Last week when ASUS unveiled the Zenbook line of ultrabooks the company made direct comparisons to a certain best-selling competitor. Given that the Zenbooks are super thin and light, made of aluminum in a design dubbed the “monoshell,” and promise full-size computing power in a compact package, it’s not hard to connect the dots to [...]
Nvidia’s 3D Vision 2 Brings Extra Dimension to Batman: Arkham City
Yesterday at New York Comicon attendees crowded into the DC Booth to play Batman: Arkham City, one of the most hotly anticipated games of the year. A followup to the kick-ass Batman: Arkham Asylum, this time around the gameplay is even more complex, as are the graphics. 3D may not be gaining as much traction [...]
New MacBook Pros Arriving This Month?
Even though the iPhone 4S and iOS 5 fervor has not yet died down, Apple may announce more products this month. 9to5Mac reports that the MacBook Pro refresh that usually happens around this time of year is coming soon. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the skinny Air-esque models rumored earlier this year will come before [...]
Mac OS X 10.7.2 Update Brings iCloud To Your Apple Computer
Apple updated their OS X Lion operating system today, bringing the version to 10.7.2. Along with the update you get support for the new iCloud which stores things like your mail, calendars and contacts. It also syncs that content across other computers running the same version. In addition you can access them via your iOS [...]
ASUS $999 Zenbook UX21 11.6-inch Ultrabook Available October 12
We’ve seen ASUS’ ultrabooks before, but today the company officially announced the notebooks and revealed their product name: Zenbook. The two models — the 11.6-inch UX21 and 13-inch UX31 — are essentially the same computer in two ultraportable sizes. An embodiment of “the Ultrabook vision” set forth by Intel, these skinny notebooks are coming for [...]
