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- Friday Discussion: How would YOU make the tech support experience better?
- Two stories have dominated Hardware 2.0 this week. There's been the underperforming/overthrottled Dell Latitude notebooks and the Windows Black Screen of Death debacle. While these are radically different issue, they both raise an issue close to the hearts of those using technology - tech support. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Tech, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-12-04
- LAlarm 5.4 (Windows)
- LAlarm is a free laptop alarm. LAlarm emits a loud alarm sound when a thief tries to steal a laptop and it recovers and destroys sensitive data if the laptop is stolen. LAlarm consists of seven alarms and other security functions designed to protect laptops, sensitive data and laptop users....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Laptop Computer, Lalarm Systems, LAlarm, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Software downloads 2009-12-04
- Episode 119: PowerPage Podcast
- In Episode 119 of the PowerPage Podcast Rob Parker and I discuss the recent spate of Apple tablet rumors, the end of AT&T's iPhone exclusivity, the possibility of an iPhone on Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile, the latest drama from Psystar and a mammoth, holiday edition of "What's on your Mac?"...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Tablets, Notebooks, Smart Phones, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-12-03
- aWeb Tools 0.3 (Windows)
- This extension includes Web Tools. They are for work with Google Notebook, Google Mail, Google Text & Table, Google Reader, Google Talk, Google Tasks, Google Calendar, Google Translate, Yahoo Babelfish Translate and closure-compiler usw.
- Tags: Google Inc., Gabischatz, Microsoft Windows, Mobile Applications, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Software downloads 2009-12-03
- Google Notepad 1.0 (Windows)
- This extension is for work with Google Notebook. The extension includes Browser action, popup.
- Tags: Google Inc., Extension, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Software downloads 2009-12-03
- Nokia makes big bet on 2010: Symbian UI milestones, Maemo 6 computer coming
- Nokia on Wednesday announced that it's going all in for 2010, taking the Symbian user interface "to a new level" and delivering the first Maemo 6 "mobile computer" in the second half of the year. by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Computer, Productivity, Notebooks, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-12-02
- UPDATED: Dell owners complain of underperforming/overheating E6400/E6500 notebooks
- It seems that some Dell Latitude notebooks fitted with E6400 and E6500 are suffering from underperforming and overheating issues. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-12-01
- Dell's Throttlegate: Is a defect turning a 2.2GHz CPU into 100MHz?
- A growing number of users on Web message boards have been complaining about "inexplicably aggressive" throttling policies on Dell Latitude E6500 and E6400 laptops. by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., CPU, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-12-01
- Mercurial 1.4.1 (Windows)
- Mercurial is a distributed revision control system. It is fast, scalable, and portable. It provides similar features to tools like CVS and Subversion, but is fully distributed, so you can use it anywhere: on a disconnected laptop, in a geographically dispersed team, or inside a corporate network.
- Tags: CVS Corp., Mercurial, Team Management, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Notebooks, Management, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Software downloads 2009-12-01
- CrunchPad illusion after all
- Mike Arrington has announced his CrunchPad web tablet, covered here, is "dead", blaming his manufacturing partner for cutting him out of the deal. In the frothy market that is media tablets, just as in other frothy markets Arrington has stirred up, this is a story suspiciously full of holes that...
- Tags: Project, Manufacturer, CrunchPad, Mike Arrington, Tablets, Keyboards, Manufacturing, Venture Capital, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Peripherals, Finance, Financing Startups, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2009-11-30
- If the Crunchpad is dead, what's next for ultracheap Ed tech?
- The fabled "Crunchpad", an ultracheap tablet PC dreamed up by TechCrunch's Michael Arrington, as has been widely reported on ZDNet and elsewhere, looks like it will remain vaporware. Bummer. Not that any of us were holding our breath for the device. However, a $300 tablet...
- Tags: Nook, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-11-30
- Arrington: CrunchPad self-destructed over 'greed, jealousy and miscommunication'
- TechCrunch leader Michael Arrington was set to debut a tablet computing device, the CrunchPad, two weeks ago. That dream is dead. by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-11-30
- Apple Black Friday prices fizzle
- If you were hoping for massive price cuts from Apple during today's Black Friday retail marathon, you may be dissappointed. Apple's Black Friday sales began yesterday in Australia and New Zealand as clocks flipped past midnight at various time zones across the globe....
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-11-27
- VUWER 1.3.1 (Mac)
- VUWER (pronounced like "viewer") is an Applescript application designed to remotely track your MacBook or MacBook Pro or any other Apple computer in the event that it is lost or stolen. VUWER is not foolproof, but it is reasonably secure, easy to implement, and costs nothing but a little time...
- Tags: Freeware, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, AppleScript, Laptop Computer, Tim Holman, VUWER 1.3.1, Notebooks, Scripting Languages, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Software downloads 2009-11-27
- Best Buy adds $197 HP laptop to Black Friday lineup
- Best Buy on Tuesday announced that it will bolster its Black Friday deals with a $197 HP laptop. by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-11-24
- Wacom Pen Tablet 5.2.1-3 (Mac)
- This driver contains numerous bug fixes and improvements for Bamboo 2nd Generation. Custom touch gesture support was added for numerous applications.
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Gesture, Tablets, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Software downloads 2009-11-20
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 1.02 patch (Windows)
- Pro Evo returns to its simulation-based roots for its 2010 incarnation. This patch updates Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 to v1.02.
- Tags: Konami Corp., Patches, Notebooks, Handhelds, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-11-20
- Apple Tablet - Unofficial, unannounced ... but still delayed
- It hasn't been announced it yet, heck, there's not even any official confirmation of its existence yet, but that doesn't stop rampant speculation that the Apple's tablet PC has been delayed until the second half of 2010. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Apple Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-11-19
- Microsoft designs laptop for developer giveaway
- Windows division president Steven Sinofsky took his Windows team through the process of designing and building a Windows 7 laptop in conjunction with Acer. LOS ANGELES--As a software guy, Windows division president Steven Sinofsky readily admits that he had little idea of all that goes into building a laptop....
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Microsoft, Acer, laptop, Ina Fried CNET News
- News items 2009-11-19
- Unboxing the free PDC laptop (photos)
- CNET has a look as one developer at the Microsoft PDC gathering in Los Angeles unboxes an Acer laptop, which were given to most attendees. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-11-19
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