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Wednesday
Nov 21,2007

(Credit: Gigabyte) Though better known for making mainboards than consumer electronics, Gigabyte's first foray into the UMPC market -- the U60--was surprisingly competent and incorporated a few innovative features such as split keyboard and GPS/TV tuner expansion slots. The changes in the new Gigabyte M704 are mostly cosmetic, though...
Wednesday
Nov 21,2007

DragonSteelMods.com posted a review on the 3M Vikuiti Privacy Filter PF14.1 for 14.1" Notebook and LCD Displays...
Wednesday
Nov 21,2007

DragonSteelMods.com posted a review on the 3M Vikuiti Privacy Filter PF14.1 for 14.1" Notebook and LCD Displays...
Wednesday
Nov 21,2007

3M Vikuiti Privacy Filter PF14.1 for 14.1-inch Notebook and LCD...
Wednesday
Nov 21,2007

The Racing Stripe line (Credit: Crave Asia) Gone are the days when one had to live with boring black, over-the-shoulder laptop bags that came with the portable. Targus has just announced a new range of notebook bags that include backpacks, slipcases, and fashion statements. Slipcases are particularly popular with...
Wednesday
Nov 21,2007

Looks like I've found my next phone.3G, touch screen and windows mobile 6.The tilting screen turns it into a mini laptop
Wednesday
Nov 21,2007

This blog participated in the buy one give one OLPC program and is going to give away the "get one" laptop after reviewing it.
Wednesday
Nov 21,2007

Circuit City will sell the Garmin StreetPilot c340 GPS unit for just $99 on Black Friday. The Garmin StreetPilot c340 has a 3.5-inch touchscreen display and is pre-loaded with maps of the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The GTM 10 can be added onto the Garmin c340 for up to the minute traffic condition alerts. The Garmin StreetPilot c340 isn
Wednesday
Nov 21,2007

How often do you find yourself wondering what is the best possible way to reduce the stress in your life? You are just an average person with a normal life, dec ...
Wednesday
Nov 21,2007

Valentine's Day is not only for lovers. It is also a friendship and family feast. This is also the greatest opportunity to meet new people. So, let's start our ...
Wednesday
Nov 21,2007

Anthony Dhanendran, Computeract!ve, Wednesday 21 November 2007 at 00:00:00 An easier way to get cassette tapes onto your PC? We recently looked at the Plusdeck 2c, a device for converting old cassette tapes to MP3 files. We complained that, while it was easy to use and produced good results, the setup ...
Wednesday
Nov 21,2007

Here's a great place to find great links about the Amazon Kindle, which is an electronic book where you can purchase and read books right on a PDA-styled notebook. This is very cool, so check it out!
Wednesday
Nov 21,2007

Like opening weekend box office numbers to Hollywood bean-counters, the weekend shopping extravaganza known as Black Friday is read as tea leaves for the rest of the holiday shopping season (even though these initial impressions are not as accurate as they used to be). But will it run Crysis?
Tuesday
Nov 20,2007

The Microsoft’s ZUNE 30GB is available for a limited time for only $95.99 The ZUNE 30GB is marked down $100 from its original price. The original Brown Zune is a little thicker than the new Zune 2, but it can easily be upgraded to the new interface for free. Click here and scroll to the bottom of the Product page
Tuesday
Nov 20,2007

Held November 20, 2007. JLab: Fernando, Elton, Dan, Elke, Bill, Tim, Mark. CMU: Curtis, Yves. Reviewing the list at http://www.jlab.org/~elke/ActionItemTrackerHallD.xls . CDC charge division o couple tubes with resistor at far end ...
Tuesday
Nov 20,2007

Advent, a popular manufacturing company is very keen in introducing high quality electronic product specially connected with computers. It has lately introduced the new Advent 7016 Laptop in the market with useful features like high speed processor with the processing speed up to 3.07 GHz, 1 GB RAM with DDR SODIMM technology, 80 GB hard [...]
Tuesday
Nov 20,2007

Privacy shouldn't cost a lot, now it doesn't with the new 3M Vikuiti Filter. It's easy to install, lightweight and it doubles as a screen protector as well
Tuesday
Nov 20,2007

I came across this rave review of the OLPC XO at laptopmag.com Some quotes: Not only is the learning curve simple, but the interface is intuitive. The home screen is succinct, and the shortcuts that run along the bottom of the screen are easy to remember. The journal application, which logs ...
Tuesday
Nov 20,2007

It is not uncommon for a novice to complete successful finds on their chosen topic. Make sure you're utilizing the correct pc magazine laptop review locating te ...
Tuesday
Nov 20,2007

A strange title, but it caught your attention, didn't it? You might have expected suggestions of cooking with your recipes, your hands, your brain, your kitchen...
Tuesday
Nov 20,2007

Introduction This article is about a unique approach to custom home design involving fire safety for a home elevator. Sure did surprise this custom home designe ...
Tuesday
Nov 20,2007

Well I got my new laptop: Compaq Presario F730Us 2 Gig of Memory 120Gig Hard Drive Nvidia Graphics Card Vista Home Premium Well I really like the computer. The ...
Tuesday
Nov 20,2007

CPU & Motherboard - AMD Phenom @ Hexus @ PC Perspective @ AnandTech @ Tom’s Hardware @ (H) Enthusiast @ FiringSquad @ HotHardware @ BCCHardware @ Hardware Canucks - Intel QX9770 @ Legit Reviews @ Techgage @ Tom's Hardware @ ExtremeTech @ SimHQ @ AnandTech @ TechSpot @ Hardware.fr in French & ...
Tuesday
Nov 20,2007

I used to cringe when folks asked me to recommend a laptop that cost less than $1,000. Granted, there have been laptops at that price for a few years now, but they were generally chunky cases stocked with generations-old components and low-resolution screens -- not exactly anything I'd feel good about recommending for use as a primary computer. Imagine my surprise when computer manufacturers responded to my call for $1,000 laptops with some downright Crave-worthy systems. I expected to receive only 15.4-inch systems, because the larger case provides more room for engineers to work and keeps costs down
Monday
Nov 19,2007

The Kensington Contour Active Vertical Messenger bag is a slim and stylish case for 15-inch or smaller laptops, as long as you don't need too much
Monday
Nov 19,2007

Tom Bihn " The Buzz " bag
Monday
Nov 19,2007

UK business owner.: Hi all, I'm making an early new year's resolution this year, to act on some of my most cherished principles and share my wealth, such as it is. It occurs to me that in my house I have a spare room that's being almost completely wasted at the moment, and that having someone else live ...
Monday
Nov 19,2007

(Credit: Belkin) While others fret about people breaking into their digital equipment, we often have more immediate concerns. Maybe it's a comment on the Wi-Fi coffee shops we frequent, but we often find ourselves worrying about the computer being stolen altogether -- and, in those cases, older tech might be more...
Monday
Nov 19,2007

NVIDIA released today the GeForce 8800M GTX and GeForce 8800M GTS video cards, which are claimed to be “the world’s fastest notebook GPUs” . These 256-bit cards fill the top enthusiast GPU product positions in the NVIDIA GeForce 8M Series product line. As a part of the 8M Series, the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX and 8800M GTS [...]
Monday
Nov 19,2007

All the same, the Black Hawk XR5 Quad Core Super Notebook is filling me with covetous thoughts right now. 2 x 512MB GeForce Go 8800GTX, a carbon fiber top, up to 4GB of RAM, up to three hard disks and a Core 2 Quad processor. ...
Monday
Nov 19,2007

Microsoft 69R-00001 Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000...
Monday
Nov 19,2007

Benchmark Reviews posted a review on the Microsoft 69R-00001 Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000...
Monday
Nov 19,2007

Dave Bailey, IT Week, Monday 19 November 2007 at 00:00:00 Extreme's Summit X150 switches offer a good range of features for an affordable price Extreme Networks' Summit X150 series of 10/100Mbit/s switches represent the vendor's first foray into the low-end business market. The 1U, Layer 2 switches ...
Monday
Nov 19,2007

Zune PartsIf you’re wondering what the new flash Zune looks like from the inside out, head over to Rapid Repair. They tore apart the new Zune and offer a disassembly guide, just in case you want to chance repairing your busted Zune yourself.

The Zune 2 looks like it’s well constructed and put together, but the Zune pad can’t be readily replaced.

Check out the full photo breakdown over at Rapid Repair.

Zune Parts

Sunday
Nov 18,2007

The Darth Vader laptop has 50 educational games with a Star Wars twist. Darth, Obi-Wan, C3PO, R2D2, and others take little ones through fun...
Sunday
Nov 18,2007

Transcend is getting ready to roll out a 16GB Class 6 SDHC memory card. The card can store more than 8,000 7-megapixel photos.It will have minimum transfer speeds of 6MB/s, for quick transfer of your digital photos or video to your notebook. The Transcend 16GB SDHC card automatically detects and corrects errors during transfers. It comes with a lifetime warranty.
Sunday
Nov 18,2007

Anthony Dhanendran, Computeract!ve, Monday 19 November 2007 at 00:00:00 Tough case keeps your files safe Portable hard disks are getting smaller (and their capacities are getting bigger) but Buffalo is one of the few manufacturers paying attention to the need for a rugged disk that can take the wear ...

iPhone

Sunday
Nov 18,2007

Of course I got an iPhone pretty much immediately after it was released in Germany — and the quick review is: I love it. There are lots of silly and annoying things: no cut&paste, no iChat (only a text message app that looks like it), no way to use the iPhone to get my laptop online, ...
Sunday
Nov 18,2007

I have had the t61 for 3 weeks now and can say that overall I am impressed with it. I have not had the problems that many have reported here on the forums. It did come pre-installed with all the usual crap but a quick format and ...

Review: gOS

Sunday
Nov 18,2007

Linux.com takes a look at gOS. They conclude: "I really liked gOS. It's a cute little system with lots of functionality and great looks. It works well and is fast and stable on my laptop. It should work on any computer that any other Linux supports. Enlightenment is an impressive desktop environment, ...
Sunday
Nov 18,2007

"Mobile Google Notebook looks mighty interesting. "Google Notebook was one of the few Google apps that we're not available from a mobile phone. Now you can go to http://google.com/notebook/m and find a HTML version of Google Notebook ...
Sunday
Nov 18,2007

Editor's Note: This Mobility Site Week in Review is a list of the reviews, videos, and articles that were posted on Mobility Site between November 11 and November 17 in case you missed any of them.   ~ Susan Mobility Site Site Resources: Mobility Site Forums  (If you haven't already, take a ...
Sunday
Nov 18,2007

Bryan Cantrill recently wrote a blog entry, where among other things, he philosophized on the concept of “perfect code”. He compares software to math, arguing that Euclid’s greatest common denominator algorithm shows no sign of wearing out, and that when code achieves perfection (or gets close to perfection), ...
Sunday
Nov 18,2007

Bryan Cantrill recently wrote a blog entry, where among other things, he philosophized on the concept of “perfect code”. He compares software to math, arguing that Euclid’s greatest common denominator algorithm shows no sign of wearing out, and that when code achieves perfection (or gets close to perfection), ...
Saturday
Nov 17,2007

We normally take our vacation on the east coast of the Florida peninsula, so we purchased one week of timeshare vacation on Ormond Beach. It was near the end of ...
Saturday
Nov 17,2007

This is the best Christmas gift ever--wow!  The XO laptop got a great review from the New York Times' techie David Pogue, who was sincerely...
Saturday
Nov 17,2007

PC MicroWorks has announced the Black-Hawk XR5 17-inch gaming/workstation notebook, featuring a quad-core processor and two NVIDIA’s new Geforce 8800M GTX mobile video cards in SLI mode. The Black-Hawk XR5 is configurable with the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 CPU at 2.66GHz, as well as with Core 2 Extreme and Core 2 Duo. All of these [...]
Saturday
Nov 17,2007

NComputing's products let multiple people share the same PC. A batch of 7,000 PCs with Ubuntu Linux have been sent to Macedonian schools, the first of a collection that Ubuntu sponsor Canonical expects will reach 20,000. Through a program called Computer for Every Child, the...
Saturday
Nov 17,2007

PC MicroWorks Corporation introduced the Black-Hawk XR5 Quad Core Super Notebook. The company claims the XR5 is first the notebook to utilize dual NVIDIA Geforce Go 8800GTX GPUs in SLI mode. The 17-inch Black-Hawk XR5 has the power normally reserved for desktops, which isn
Friday
Nov 16,2007

Laptop Mag reviews the T-Mobile Shadow and writes, "The rest of the design is very much in line with the Shadow's minimalist approach.

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