Tag: heat
Belkin Cooling Pad Review: Portable USB Powered Single Fan Cooler
If you have a notebook that runs warm while you are using it, a laptop cooling pad is a must have. Belkin sent us over the Belkin Cooling Pad, a black single fan cooling pad that plugs into your USB port and moves air over your notebook base to cool things down. The cooling pad retails for $29.99 and [...]
Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch (Core i7) Review – Early 2011 w/ Thunderbolt (video)
The new Apple MacBook Pro models released in early 2011 include the latest 2nd Generation Intel Core i family of processors, AMD graphics and a superfast thunderbolt connection. We’ve examined every inch, almost literally inside and out, for our MacBook Pro 15-inch early 2011 review and come to one conclusion. The new Sandy Bridge powered MacBook [...]
Hot Notebooks Kill Sperm, Cooling Pads of No Help
Don’t get testy, but we want to interrupt your morning for an important public service announcement. Laptops are endangering the future of our nation by increasing “scrotal temperature” to unsafe levels which can endanger male fertility. The new study out of the State University of New York at Stony Brook points a finger at laptops — showing that in as little [...]
Logitech Speaker Lapdesk N550 Brings Big Sound to Small Notebooks
Logitech announced a new netbook and laptop accessory today aimed at addressing the weak sound systems typically found in netbooks and small laptops. The Logitech Speaker Lapdesk N550 is like other notebook lap desks in that it keeps your laptop off of your actual lap, but unlike many others it also has a built-in speaker system that connects to [...]
Imation M-Class SSD Reviewed
If you’re looking to give your laptop a bit of pep, an upgrade that is becoming more common is to replace the traditional hard drive with a solid state drive, or as they are commonly known as, an SSD. Several manufacturers have jumped into the game with varying priced SSDs including Imation who sells both an M-class [...]
Sony Recalls 500,000 VAIO Notebooks
Sony is recalling 535,000 notebooks that are part of the VAIO F and VAIO C lines sold during the first half of 2010. The recall is due to a temperature control issue which may cause the notebooks to overheat and in some cases distort the shape of the notebooks. UPDATE: Find out if your VAIO is recalled and [...]
