Apple MacBook Spring 2010

Features=Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD)Apple sneaked in a few minor updates to the basic white polycarbonate $999 MacBook this morning--a move widely anticipated by the Internet rumor mill.For your $200, you essentially get identical components, but also an extra 2GB of RAM, an SD card slot, and an aluminum unibody chassis (the plastic version also has a unibody design these days), but not a bigger hard drive, faster processor, or too many other major bells and whistles. Worth noting, however, is that the Pro models all have backlit keyboards...

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Google Wi-Fi Data Capture

Google is under global scrutiny for its “accidental” gathering of wi-fi data while driving about photographing the world with its Street View camera cars. In the court of public opinion Google’s actions cross ethical boundaries, but whether or not the activities were illegaldepends on the laws in place for the given jurisdiction. Businesses in the United States should understand that the interception of publicly available data traversing the airwaves is probably not illegal.Granted, “probably” is...

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Google VS Skype

Google announced today that it has made a cash offer to acquire Global IP Solutions (GIPS).A leader in the real-time VoIP processing space for both voice and video, GIPS doesn’t have any consumer-facing products; instead, it provides services that work on the backend for products like Yahoo! Messenger, Citrix and WebEx.This is an interesting acquisition for Google (Google), who already has a number of consumer products that could benefit from GIPS technologies. Not only does GIPS provide voice processing...

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Garmin-Asus Garminfone review

The holy matrimony between smartphone and personal navigation device just keeps getting stronger, scorning dedicated GPS units like forgotten flings and leaving navigation-free handsets wandering lost and alone. Garmin-Asus has been flirting with the perfect bond with its Nuvifone series for some time now, but rather tragically from a branding perspective its strongest attempt yet comes without the nuvi moniker. It's the T-Mobile Garminfone, and its Android underpinnings go a long way toward making...

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Nokia Cola Chargable Phone

If this new mobile phone concept push through, we’ll have prices of Coa-Cola products rising all over the world. Imagine, a bottle of Coke to power up your mobile phone?“The concept is using bio battery to replace the traditional battery to create a pollution free environment. Bio battery is an ecologically friendly energy generates electricity from carbohydrates (currently sugar) and utilizes enzymes as the catalyst.By using bio battery as the power source of the phone, it only needs a pack of...

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Lenovo Launches Desktop PC With AMD Chips

Lenovo has extended its use of Advanced Micro Devices processors in PCs with the launch of a new desktop Thursday. The PC maker announced the ThinkCentre A63 desktop, which runs on a choice of AMD’s Sempron, Athlon or Phenom processors. The desktop, targeted at small and medium-size businesses, is priced starting at US$329. The company earlier this month released its first ThinkPad laptops with AMD chips to expand that line to budget buyers. The AMD-based ThinkPad Edge laptops are priced starting...

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