Apple Hires Expert On "Wearable Technologies" [Apple]
March 15th 2010
Tags: 10 Years, Apple, Expert, Laptop, Nbsp, Wearable Computing, Wearable Technologies
International Data Roaming Charges — Legal Theft
March 15th 2010
Many of us depend on mobile broadband to provide a connection to the world to get things done. While the monthly cost of 3G data plans in the U.S. will often result in lively discussion, those data plans are downright cheap when you look at international data roaming charges. We hear far too often of [...]
Ridiculously Fast iPhone Typist Shames Soft Keyboard Haters [Winners]
March 14th 2010
This iPhone typist/possible woodpecker earns today’s Holy Shit YouTube Moment of the Day Award. I’m positive I couldn’t beat him on my Droid—hell, he’d put up a good fight against me on my laptop. More »
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Tags: Good Fight, Haters, Hell, Iphone, Laptop, Shames, Soft Keyboard, Woodpecker
By Your Accelerometers Combined, I Am Quake Catcher! [Earthquakes]
March 12th 2010
Tags: Accelerometer, Accelerometers, Computers, Detecting Network, Earthquake, Earthquakes, Laptop, Network Software, Quake
TESTED: The Best New Netbooks [Battlemodo]
March 11th 2010
Tags: Gimpy, Jungle, Kittens, Laptop, Little Differences, Netbook
Dell Vostro 3000 Series Packs Portable Core i5 Power [Dell]
March 8th 2010
If Dell’s Vostro V13 was Batman’s laptop, it looks like the new Vostro 3000 series might just be Bruce Wayne’s. They’re portable, powerful, and sleek rigs for professionals. But are they a value play, or a luxury item? More »
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Tags: Batman, Bruce Wayne, Dell, Laptop, Series Packs, V13
X-Tube DTS Surround Sound Sensation Laptop Dongle Gets Reviewed With Surprisingly Positive Verdict [Dts]
March 8th 2010
Tags: Akihabara News, Dongle, Dts Sound, Hanwa, Laptop, Live In Japan, Mitts, Sound Sensation, Surround Sound, X Tube
Maingear Managed to Shove a Full Numeric Keypad Onto Its 15-Inch mX-L 15 Laptop [Laptops]
March 5th 2010
Tags: Creating A Monster, Laptop, Laptops, Magic, Mx, Numeric Keypad, Reason
WTFJeans Have Specially-Fitted Pockets For USB Sticks and iPhones [Apparel]
March 5th 2010
Tags: Fax Machine, Gadget, Htc, Laptop, Nexus, Pockets, Usb Sticks
enTourage eDGe Dualbook Reviewed: Half eReader, Half Netbook Not Quite There Yet [Tablets]
March 5th 2010
Tags: Entourage, Laptop
Review: BlackBerry Presenter
March 4th 2010
Research In Motion, maker of BlackBerry handhelds and services, has added one more device to their lineup that may finally allow you to ditch your laptop for good. Looking at a BlackBerry you’ll notice that if you have need to do a presentation there’s not exactly a port on the handheld that you can plug into [...]
Review: Lenovo ThinkPad T410 laptop
March 4th 2010
The T series is back for 2010 with a Core i5 refresh. Moving from the T400 to the T410 (and T500 to T510) might not seem like big news compared to the launch of the Edge series or the release of the AMD-powered X100e, but the T series marks the foundation of the ThinkPad lineup [...]
Sony Reader Daily Reviewed: Do Not Buy [Sony]
March 2nd 2010
Tags: 3g, Ebook Reader, Friend Mark, Laptop, Sony
NY Vice-Principal Brags About School’s Laptop Spying to PBS [Privacy]
February 26th 2010
Tags: Laptop, Mdash, Nbsp, Pbs, Principle, Privacy, Spy, Spying, Vice Principal, Webcams
LG unveils new Xnote Ultralight CULV notebook, then accidentally reveals HDTV plans for 2010
February 24th 2010
The sexy little laptop you see above is South Korean manufacturer LG’s latest tantalizing notebook on offer: the XNote Ultralight. It looks gorgeous.
What we’re looking at is an 11.6-inch ultraportable, running on a CULV battery but with the upgrade to go full Core2 Duo available. Otherwise, it ships with 2GB of RAM, a 320GB or [...]
At Laptop-Spying School MacBook Use Was Mandatory, Tampering Grounds For Expulsion [Privacy]
February 23rd 2010
Details continue to trickle out about Lower Merion School District, their MacBook loan program, and the unsavory security practices they used to keep those computers safe. The latest: the…
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Tags: Expulsion, Laptop, Loan Program, Lower Merion School, Lower Merion School District, Privacy, School Loan, Security Practices, Spying
Exploding Batteries to Make Them Safer [Batteries]
February 22nd 2010
How do you build a safer battery? By doing horrible things to it. At Sandia National Laboratories, lithium-ion batteries—the kind that are you inside your laptop and cars—are pulverized,…
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Tags: Cars, Laptop, Lithium, Lithium Batteries, Lithium Ion Batteries, Sandia National Laboratories
Laptop-Spying School Accessed Webcams 42 Times; FBI Begins Investigation [Privacy]
February 20th 2010
Surely by now you’ve heard about the high school student suing Philadelphia’s Lower Merion School District for remotely accessing his webcam. And maybe you read the Superintendent’s response and…
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Tags: Fbi, Fbi Investigation, Laptop, Philadelphia, Privacy, School District, School Student, Spying, Superintendent, Webcam, Webcams
Former Alienware Execs Go Back to Their Origin For Eon18 Gaming Laptop [Origin]
February 18th 2010
In the wake of Dell’s acquisition of Alienware in 2006, three key execs decided to jump ship. Their mission: to make top-tier gaming PCs the way Alienware used to. The result: a company called…
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Tags: Acquisition, Alienware, Dell, Execs, Gaming Pcs, Laptop, Top Tier Gaming
School accused of spying on kids at home with laptop webcams
February 18th 2010
When you pack your kids off to school you hope they are entering a safe environment for the day, with teachers and support staff monitoring the children in a number of areas (performance, interaction, behaviour etc.). But one school district in Philadelphia has been accused of taking that monitoring well beyond the limits of what [...]