Ever need more digital storage on the road? Does that new netbook lack the storage to hold your whole movie and/or music catalog? Well, Lacie’s latest network drive doubles as internet storage so you can retrieve and save files from your hard drive at home remotely, wherever you’ve got an internet connection. Coming in both 500gb and 1tb models, this product will allow[...]
For those of you out there who really don’t need a full featured notebook and are looking for a smaller, cheaper netbook, this may be the goto solution. I mean, a lot of us have desktops at home and need a notebook for scouring the internet or writing a word document on the go. There is no need for a power hungry notebook when you can get all you need in a smaller, cheaper, and sleeker package. The HP Mini 1000 is just that and more. The Mini is available with an 8.9″ or 10.2″ display, it weighs only 2.25 lb., and has a nearly full sized keyboard. To give you an idea, that is about a third less heavy than the Air, so as you can imagine, the Mini is ultra portable. It sports up to 1 gig of RAM, a 6O GB HD or an option of 8/16 GB SSD, an atom processor, a webcam/mic, and wireless a/b/g networking. The best part is: It starts at only $399! [...]
For those of us who are sitting at the edge of our seats for OLED screens to become the standard, Samsung has released a new screen that could take us in a totally new direction. As we’ve been hearing for years, e-paper has many advantages to traditional displays. It’s the best for viewing in direct sunlight and power consumption is unparalleled due to the fact that the screen can retain images without having to be constantly refreshed. Well Samsung and Unidym have created a 14.3 inch nanotube-base[...]
As we enter the digital age, it’s becoming clear that digital storage is like money… you can never have enough. Kingston recently dropped its newest edition to the DataTraveler product line. The DataTraveler150 offers a juicy 32GB of flash memory. Granted it’s not the biggest capacity USB drive we’ve seen on the market, but it is up there. You can get your hands[...]
The worlds first total liquid submersion total computer has arrived, the Hardcore Computer “Reactor.” What exactly does that mean, and how does it differ from traditional liquid cooled computers? Liquid submersion computers allow all of the hardware to be completely submerged in a cool liquid, where liquid cooled allows liquids to pass through certain areas, confined by tubes . Total liquid submersion allows sustainable overachievement, no instability and never, ever any overheating. The cooling capabilities are unmatched- even highly overclocked parts keep operating due to the safe, cool temperatures. The core coolant absorbs 10x more [...]
If Mac won’t do it, someone else will. During the question and answer phase of the Macbook release event, Steve Jobs was asked if they plan on integrating Blu-Ray drives into Macs. He described Blu-Ray as “a bag of hurt,” with no plans to unite Blu-Ray and Mac anytime soon. Now, Amex Digital has capitalized on this opportunity and made a portable Blu-Ray drive for Macs. It’s glossy, curvy, slim, and can burn Blu-Ray BD-RE / -R (single-layer) discs at 2x and DVDs at 4x - 8x depending on the type. For $289 bucks [...]
With news of the Microsoft Surface SDK being released, we are very excited about interactive multi-touch tables. Atracsys released their version, called the atracTable, which is a slightly different take on interactive tables. When an object is placed on the atracTable, it reacts immediately and creates a special ambiance around the object. Depending on the object, a different menu-based interface appears which can be controlled using intuitive movements of one or more fingers. Consider this scenario: you place a cell phone on the table, and a circular menu “ring” pops up around the phone. You might want to listen to a song on your phone so you select the music icon. A windows media player-esque visualizer comes up and plays a song of your choice. While the music is playing you click messages to read and respond [...]
Today, Mac just announced some major changes to their lineup of notebooks. They are available for purchase online today and will be hitting the shelves tomorrow. In this post, we will focus on the Macbook Pro. See below for the Macbook. So lets get our hands dirty.
Rumors have been spreading across the blogosphere about the “Brick,” or solid piece of aluminum which will be cut into a laptop. The rumors were correct; Apple has taken a solid piece of aluminum and cut it down to one solid shell which holds the inner components of the computer. It is lightweight, solid, and, very good looking. The display is a 15” LED backlit display that is encased with a sleek black frame, which includes a built in iSight and mic. The keyboard is backlit and includes a feature that is new the notebook industry- the multi-touch glass trackpad. Similar to the iPhone, the trackpad has a glass finish and uses not two, not three, but four finger gestures, as compared to the iPhone’s two finger gestures. It also serves as a button that you can depress to click on things. Also included is a slot loading Superdrive and a wide array of ports (including their new Mini Display Port), The exterior looks beauitufl, its extremely thin and light, and in my opinion, is the best looking Mac ever.
Now on to the innards. Inside the new MacBook Pro is the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processor running at speeds up to 2.8GHz. It’s based on groundbreaking 45-nm process technology and advanced Core microarchitecture. But the coolest thing Mac did is put two video cards in the Macbook Pro. Out of the box, it runs the integrated NVDIA GeForce 9400M processor, which provides plenty of performance for everyday use, but when using graphics programs or games, switch to turbocharged mode which uses the high tech NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT. [...]
