Archive for February, 2010

Notebook Computers Main Focus at MiniPC Warehouse Grand Opening – TMCnet

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

February 25, 2010 — Chicago Area based MiniPC Warehouse has announced the Grand Opening of its “Direct to Consumer” Website dedicated to Mini PC Laptops, Notebook Computers and Netbooks 15” inches or smaller in screen size. The popularity of PC reviews

According to Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, the iPad will beat netbook consumers to the punch, but not due features of specs. Cook said that the iPad’s magical properties would bind a bargain. The netbook is not considered to be a full PC reviews

Multi-function is the name of the game when it comes to useful tech toys and Epson delivers with a printer that doubles as a photo under 1.35 kilograms (2.97 pounds), the new X201 laptop is ultra portable and unlike netbooks that may be only PC reviews

Intel on Monday will officially release the latest Atom N470 processor, which should bring faster performance and longer battery life to netbooks, a source familiar with Intel’s plans said. Atom chips go into small, low-cost laptops called netbooks PC reviews

NEW YORK – It may not seem like it when commuters are shouting down their cell phones to the dismay of other passengers but most Americans believe there are unspoken rules about mobile phone etiquette. Checking emails, sending text messages and PC reviews

A Netbook-Tablet Hybrid – Wall Street Journal

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Tablet computers are attracting so much buzz these days, in anticipation of Apple’s iPad launch, that even lowly netbooks are adding tablet features. I tested Lenovo’s tricked-out netbook, the IdeaPad S10-3t, which adds a rotating touch-screen that PC reviews

According to Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, the iPad will beat netbook consumers to the punch, but not due features of specs. Cook said that the iPad’s magical properties would bind a bargain. The netbook is not considered to be a full PC reviews

The ThinkPad X201 is the latest 12-inch ultra-portable business notebook manufactured by Lenovo. It comes with ultra-portable business-notebook-on-steroids design. It has a great build quality. Nowadays many modern 11.6- and 12-inch glossy screens PC reviews

Intel on Monday will officially release the latest Atom N470 processor, which should bring faster performance and longer battery life to netbooks, a source familiar with Intel’s plans said. Atom chips go into small, low-cost laptops called netbooks PC reviews

NEW YORK – It may not seem like it when commuters are shouting down their cell phones to the dismay of other passengers but most Americans believe there are unspoken rules about mobile phone etiquette. Checking emails, sending text messages and PC reviews

I’m looking for a new laptop for school/work, and so far I think the Vostro V13 seems good. What do you think? Anyway, my only concern is that it only has four hours of battery life. However, it does come with a 7200 RPM hard drive, which seems like PC reviews

Cablevision service lets customers see PCs on TV – PhysOrg

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

(AP) — Watching online video and other content on a television screen typically means buying a special device such as an Apple TV, or plugging lots of wires into the right holes on the PCs and TVs. Cable TV provider Cablevision Systems Corp. is items for discussion

IT REMAINS unknown to the public exactly how many photos Lower Merion School District officials secretly snapped using the embedded webcams on laptops issued to high school students in the district. And the wealthy Montgomery County district, which items for discussion

NEW YORK (AP) – Shares of some top computer companies are up at noon: Apple Inc rose $3.10 or 1.6 percent, to $200.16. Dell Inc rose $.16 or 1.2 percent, to $13.37. Hewlett Packard rose $.80 or 1.6 percent, to $50.92. IBM rose $1.24 or 1.0 percent items for discussion

The New York Times reported late Thursday security investigators traced the hacking to computers at Shanghai Jiaotong University and Lanxiang Vocational School in China. The official Xinhua News Agency cited an unnamed university spokesperson items for discussion

A Bringle Ferry Road resident eagerly awaiting a new computer ripped open a large box delivered by UPS on Tuesday morning to find 45 pounds of marijuana. Sarah Howell Leach, of 1017 Bringle Ferry Road, immediately called Salisbury police to report items for discussion

Terry Childs, right, a former San Francisco Department of Telecommunications and Information Services network engineer charged with tampering with The City’s computer network Mayor Gavin Newsom testified today in the trial of a man accused of items for discussion

Kim Kardashian Outs Air Marshall, Endangers Flight? – US Magazine

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

When it comes to Twitter, Kim Kardashian can’t help herself. On a Tuesday night flight from NYC to L.A., the reality star Tweeted about her seat companion: a U.S. air marshal. “I’m on the airplane love wifi,” Kardashian, 29, wrote. “I am sitting computer info

JiWire, released its Q4 2009 Mobile Audience Insights Report. The report looks at device use, consumer adoption of Wi-Fi and browsing behavior of people who access the Internet in public locations such as airports, hotels and cafés. Nearly half of computer info

Going through airport security is a hassle, especially in winter, when you must wrestle off your coat while dealing with your carryon. Fees to check bags keep going up, so a surge in carry-ons is no surprise. Snack boxes the airlines sell feel like a computer info

There is a report out today that says the BlackBerry 9650, supposedly the “Tour 2,” is delayed and may not even be called the Tour 2. MobilitySite has an insider at RIM that sent them the following email: “Some Verizon stores did get the 9650. They computer info

Last week Verizon and Skype held a joint press conference to announce that the companies were collaborating on bringing Skype to Verizon smartphones, but the longer you looked at the arrangement the stranger it seemed. The Skype offering works over computer info

SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Airlines , a unit of Alaska Air Group, said Wednesday it will join other airlines and offer Wi-Fi service on its flights. The carrier said it will offer Aircell’s Gogo service on all its aircraft. That is the same technology computer info

Apple COO Tim Cook: ‘We Have No Interest In Being In The TV Market’ – The Business Insider

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Apple COO Tim Cook says Apple will continue to invest in its Apple TV set-top box “hobby,” despite its relatively low popularity. Why? “We’re continuing to invest in it because our gut tells us there’s something there,” he said this afternoon at the PC reviews

Apple chief financial officer Tim Cook took shots at Microsoft’s retail stores today in his presentation at Goldman-Sachs’ Technology & Internet Conference. The executive indirectly accused Microsoft of being afraid to actually launch a real retail PC reviews

Macworld – Apple chief operating officer Tim Cook sang the praises of the forthcoming iPad, outlined the company’s plans for retail expansion, and gave an overview of the company’s other products during a wide-ranging talk before investors at the PC reviews

We explore the year’s hottest gadgets for businesses and professional users, as well as the growing high-tech trends they champion. Good news for modern professionals – the future of high-tech is here, and it’s rife with opportunities to PC reviews

Switchable graphics on laptops, despite its obvious appeal, has always been a niche feature on laptops. Recently nVidia announced its intention to change this with its Optimus technology. All the Transformers quips have already been well-used, so we PC reviews

Santa Clara County libraries provide lifeline to folks struggling with – San Jose Mercury News

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Shhhhhhhh! We’re trying to get through a recession over here. Like the lives of so many people who use them, local public libraries have been redefined by the economic turmoil of the past two years. Aisles are filled with both the desperate and the computer info

If you’re in the US and you want a Nokia X6 16GB , it looks like you can buy one right now if you visit Nokia’s flagship stores in Chicago or New York. The X6 16GB costs $455 (plus some taxes) – less than the N97 or the N97 mini. Unlike the computer info

In its introductory press release, here’s what Sony has to say about the Dash , a “personal Internet viewer” that it announced at CES: “Featuring a vivid 7-inch color touch screen Dash utilizes an existing home wireless connection to continuously computer info

A recent patent application (via WMPowerUser.com ) describes a system devised by Microsoft to enable automatic pairing of devices over short-range wireless connections such as Bluetooth and Wireless USB. With this system, after an initial manual computer info

(Tribune Media Services) — When I was a gawky teenager, my parents took me to Europe, broadened my horizon, and changed my life. After I graduated high school, I was ready to travel to Europe on my own, but my parents were nervous. To earn their computer info

Mobile Roadie brings celeb apps from iPhone to Android – Venturebeat.com

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

There’s tons of carriers and manufacturers supporting Android, which has proven to be used not only on the phone but also netbooks. Every day on the internet I see a new Android mobile internet device. To work with a company like Mobile Roadie who computer info

Local high school students using school-issued laptop computers shouldn’t worry about school officials watching their every move, according to Pueblo City Schools’ technology chief. Earlier this month, a family in Pennsylvania filed a federal computer info

NEW YORK — Apple brings out its iPad tablet computer in late March, but other companies are already preparing a new batch of tablets running Windows. Judging by a model that’s already out, the $550 Archos 9, the Windows tablets have a rough road computer info

Dell Inc. said Thursday its net income fell 6 percent in the last quarter despite early signs that businesses may be starting to buy new computers again. Consumers snapped up low-cost laptops and smaller netbooks over the holidays, pushing Dell’s PC computer info

What: Tahoe Truckee Unified School District workshop. Where: Sierra Mountain Community Education Center. When: Wednesday, Feb. 24. Time: 5 p.m. Live coverage: Can’t attend the meeting? Check back at www.sierrasun.com for Reporter Jason Shueh’s Cover computer info

They are a subset of MIDs (mobile Internet devices) and netbooks, and address the same potential users, usage, pricing, and market needs. The difference is that they don’t use x86 processors.” By that definition, the analyst estimates in a new computer info

Final Glance: Computer companies – MSN Money

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

NEW YORK (AP) – Shares of some top computer companies were down at the close of trading: Apple Inc fell $1.25 or .6 percent, to $200.42. Dell Inc fell $.11 or .8 percent, to $13.36. Hewlett Packard fell $.23 or .5 percent, to $50.56. IBM fell $.34 or computer info

PORTLAND, Ore. — Geologists have developed a new computer model to simulate the massive Lake Missoula floods that repeatedly carved the Northwest landscape between 15,000 and 18,000 years ago. The simulation shows the likely timing and detailed computer info

NetWitness didn’t name the companies or agencies whose computers were compromised. The Wall Street Journal said the affected companies included Merck & Co., Cardinal Health is out there and it’s pervasive,” said Amit Yoran, CEO of NetWitness and computer info

Malicious software strikes 2,500 corporations – NDTV

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

A malicious software program has infected the computers of more than 2,500 corporations around the world, according to NetWitness, a computer network security firm. The malicious program, or botnet, can commandeer the operating systems of both PC news

Apple Inc fell $1.26 or .6 percent, to $201.67. Dell Inc fell $.96 or 6.6 percent, to $13.47. Hewlett Packard fell $.02 or percent, to $50.79. IBM fell $.62 or .5 percent, to $127.19. Lexmark rose $.26 or .8 percent, to $34.17 PC news

(AP) — c ()-2010, The Washington Post WASHINGTON-More than 75,000 computer systems at nearly 2,500 companies in the United States and around the world have been hacked in what appears to be one of the largest and most sophisticated attacks by cyber PC news

A Lower Merion family has set off a furor among students, parents, and civil liberties groups by alleging that Harriton High School officials used a webcam on a school-issued laptop to spy on their 15-year-old son at home. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday PC news

James Gee, the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Chair in Literacy Studies in the Mary Lou Fulton Institute and Graduate School of Education at Arizona State University, insists parents should stop looking at videogames as being an impediment to children PC news

Verizon puts Skype on handsets – San Jose Mercury News

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier, will include Skype Technologies’ calling service on handsets such as the BlackBerry to fend off competition from AT&T. The service will work on Verizon’s third-generation network, on phones PC reviews

BARCELONA, Spain – Stumped by foreign languages when you’re traveling? Google Inc. is working on software that translates text captured by a phone camera. At a demonstration Tuesday at Mobile World Congress, a cell phone trade show in Barcelona, an PC reviews

Socialite Kim Kardashian came under fire from her Twitter.com followers on Tuesday after she nearly disclosed the identity of an undercover U.S. air marshal while onboard a flight bound for Los Angeles. The “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” star PC reviews