Gizmodo another leaked video showing off the features and capabilities of the Microsoft Courier Booklet. Watch it here. Mary-Jo Foley has a gaggle of rumors such as; it will run Windows 7 and that it is targeted to be out mid 2010. Read more here.
Sep 292009
Sep 292009
[H]ardOCP has a technology review and a very cool video of the new Eyefinity technology from ATI. Check it out here.
Sep 292009
Dell today released the Latitude Z a sleek, sculpted laptop with inductive charging and wireless docking. Dell press release here.
Sep 282009
Engadget is reporting that the Archos 9 tablet will be released the same day Windows 7 will be at a US price of $499. Check it out at engadget.
Sep 272009
Dell, MSI and ASUS have all announced gaming series laptops utilizing the new Intel Core I7 mobile processors. Dell announced the Alienware M15x, MSI announced their GT740 and GT640 and ASUS announced their G and M series laptops. After recently purchasing a Dell Studio XPS desktop with the Core I7 920, I am constantly impressed by how fast it is. It will be interesting to see if these laptops offer the same speed and their desktop equivalents.
Sep 242009
Evernote, the cross platform, web based note taking software that I use like a maniac, has just released their 3.5 Beta. Check out lifehacker and jkontherun for more info.
Sep 242009
Netbooknews has a video of some hands on time with the Archos 9 Tablet.
Check it out at netbooknews
Sep 242009
Engadget has posted a video from IDF showing off the Phoenix Instant Boot BIOS. Looks very speedy, I wonder if we will be able to retrofit this to older notebooks/netbooks?
Check out the video at engadget
Sep 222009
Gizmodo has news of a secret tablet or “booklet” device that Microsoft has been working on. While everyone and their mother has been watching and waiting for Apple to release a tablet, MS has been quietly developing what looks to me to be an amazing device. Using dual 7” or so multitouch screens, the Courier is designed for writing, flicking and drawing with a stylus, as well as fingers. It also has a camera on the back. Check out more pictures and more information at Gizmodo.
Sep 202009
NASA is simulating a moon mission with it’s Lunar Electric Rover in Arizona. The crew will remain in the rover for the 14 day simulated mission, which includes searching for “lost” crew members and feasibility studies. Read more at engadget.
Sep 182009
Check out the first part of my testing of different OS’s in real world testing of an old school Samsung Q1. Check it out HERE
Sep 172009
HP today released their amped up, wifi enabled digital photo frame, DreamScreen. Not only does it display pictures, it also can stream music from your network or the internet, play videos and access Facebook. It comes with a remote and touch capacitive controls on the lower right corner of the frame. It also has alarm clock features, allowing you to wake to your choice of music, a look at your calendar, and a five day weather forecast. DreamScreen is available in two sizes; 10.2” that will cost you $249 and 13.3” that will be $299. Check out the press release here, and a video by Xavier at GottaBeMobile.
Sep 162009
Engadget has some info on a nice looking UMPC with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB ram, and an SSD.
Sep 152009
Microsoft’s new Zune HD is available starting today. The touchscreen PMP has many new features such as FM HD radio, 720p video output from an optional dock, new finger friendly interface NVIDIA Tegra HD CPU an OLED screen and much more. Comparisons to the IPod Touch are being made but one major difference will be that Microsoft is not going to release a Zune SDK. What that means is that 3rd party apps are not going to be flying in to the Zune Marketplace like they did to Apple’s App Store. MS has promised a Facebook and Twitter app by November, and will have some games made available. The MS press release is here and engadget does an unboxing and hands on here. The Zune HD looks very promising, but I think that for Microsoft to compete has to release an SDK and allow people to make a ton of apps.
Sep 152009
Info and roadmap at asustablet.com Here.
Apparently ASUS has not decided to scrap the T91 altogether but instead follow it up with a multi-touch version, called the T91MT (not the T91A as reported before). It sports a 32Gb SSD (solid state drive) and its price will be at $549 or around EUR 399.
Sep 142009
This article at ars technica is reason for concern. Are they trying to re-define broadband? Are they going to charge you extra if you’re a gamer? Wouldn’t that include consoles as well as PC gaming?
