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- Voltaic Backpack
- Quick Take: From a design perspective, the Voltaic Backpack is more than suitable for day-to-day usage. The bag is constructed with high-grade ripstop 840D nylon and features plenty of padding in the angled shoulder straps. In addition, the whole of the back is lined with a nylon mesh material that...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Voltaic Backpack, backpack
- Product reviews 2006-04-27
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- The Linux laptop goes to school
- This is not a PC you load with additional hardware, or much additional software. This is more like a cell phone, something you toss in your backpack and use on-the-run. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Linux Laptop, Laptop Computer, Linux, UNIX, Keyboards, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- XO sold through Amazon this year...Who cares?
- The One Laptop Per Child OLPC program will begin selling its XO laptop via Amazon this year in a reprise of its Give One Get One (G1G1) program, according to Ars Technica and several other outlets. Although the Ars piece paints this a real boon for OLPC, whose G1G1...
- Tags: Developing Country, Amazon.com Inc., One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Can you trust kids with a Kindle?
- Can you trust kids with a Kindle?Can you trust kids with a Kindle?I agree with you for the most part. An electronic book or ereader would be good for looking up information to reference. The drawback I see is the price tag of the kindle, and if someone...
- Tags: E-books, textbook, locker, e-book
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Amazon eyeing up the textbook market? About time
- Amazon eyeing up the textbook market? About timeKindle for TextbooksI think it's a GREAT idea, it will not just save money but save on students' backs and space. If the memory would be enough to hold 4 or 5 textbooks at a time, maybe more, then it would be...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, textbook, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Day 2: iPhone Dev Camp 2
- Yesterday I learned a few lessons about live blogging. Not many people are refreshing it as much as I was. I should list my posts with most recent at the top instead of the other way around. ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, App, Melodies, Medialets, Games, Personal Technology, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-08-03
- MIT students making solar power realistic
- While most solar power installations involving standard photovoltaic cells are simply too expensive to be practical for most installations, a group of MIT graduate students just completed the first "parabolic" solar energy collector. Our algebra and pre-calculus students will remember that beams of light reflected from a parabola will...
- Tags: Solar Energy, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-22
- Should Sugar be put out to pasture?
- Should Sugar be put out to pasture?Does someone wanna . . .tell me how, if you have a grand total of "2" people voting, you can get 150%???? . . . .Methinks that the survey script isn't working right (yet/again . . .) . . .RE: Should Sugar be put...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating systems, Sugar, pasture
- Discussion threads 2008-05-19
- Drivers highlight Linux Summit progress
- Drivers highlight Linux Summit progressThe proprietary world is filled with drivers that are Windows onlyThe cool part is that the major graphics card makers, all of them, have open sourced their drivers up to a point. They did not even offer anything in the way of support up until...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Printers, Windows Machines, Linux, hardware, Microsoft Windows, Linux World, software
- Discussion threads 2008-04-24
- Getting a glimpse of the spherical Microsoft Surface
- Getting a glimpse of the spherical Microsoft SurfaceVirtual Earth globeI would love to view Virtual Earth on an actual sphere. It's be great to pan around zoom in. Maybe Microsoft's trying to make the next digital globe? Or it could be a neat communications gadget. You could plug some webcam...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Surface
- Discussion threads 2008-04-20
- Asus officially announces launch of Asus Eee PC 900
- Asus officially announces launch of Asus Eee PC 900eeePC is awsomeI have had my eeePC for a couple of months now. I have the 7" 4gb model which originally came with Linux. I loaded a light version of XP in place of Linux which I could never master. I also...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Eee PC, ASUS, Asus Eee PC 900, eeePC
- Discussion threads 2008-04-16
- Review: Tom Bihn's Ristretto bag for the MBA
- Review: Tom Bihn's Ristretto bag for the MBATom Bihn has great bags and backpacksI have a backpack with laptop case from Tom Bihn that I bought 4 years ago and it is still going strong. I had used some other backpacks and they all failed in a year or so....
- Tags: Tom Bihn, backpack, MBA
- Discussion threads 2008-04-15
- Acoustic Research ARE05 Noise-Isolating Earphones
- Audiovox-owned brand Acoustic Research, a company best known for producing low-cost speakers and turntables, is trying its hand at headphones. On the portable side, the new line includes the ARE05 Noise-Isolating earphones. This inexpensive set may not be the most comfortable or best-sounding earbuds we've laid ears on, but with...
- Tags: earphone
- Product reviews 2008-03-27
- Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week
- Here are ZDNet Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including the Skooba Shuttle laptop backpack, 2008 Honda Accord EX-L coupe, Pioneer DEH-P6000UB car stereo, and more. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-03-24
- Kata DR-467 Digital Rucksack
- Lately, I've been obsessed with camera backpacks. It's not easy to find one that does everything I need, since I use backpacks to haul all different size SLRs, from the smallest entry-level, to the largest, integrated-vertical-grip pro bodies. Kata's DR-467 Digital Rucksack proved to be a very versatile bag and...
- Tags: Memory, Notebooks, Kata DR-467 Digital Rucksack, compartment, memory card
- Product reviews 2008-03-12
- MacBook Air: An ideal hybrid bag
- MacBook Air fans: what kind of bag are you using these days? Some big, honkin' full-size bag with lots of padding? Backpack? Messenger bag? Just a sleeve? Previously I reported that my favorite sleeve was the Waterfield 13-2 SleeveCase, and it still is my preferred...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, MBA, Apple MacBook, Notebooks, HardCase, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Waterfield
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- Asus EeePC successor with 8.9 inch display to be announced at CeBIT
- Asus EeePC successor with 8.9 inch display to be announced at CeBITI have one ...... it's a black 4G model that I' ve been using since Christmas. Overall the computer is great with fast boot times, very snappy response, and everything "just works". For the average user it has everything...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Notebooks, screen size, display, Asus EeePC successor, inch display, Asus eeePC, CeBit, ASUS
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- MacBook Air Diary-Day 19: Traveling light
- MacBook Air Diary-Day 19: Traveling lightYour lifestyle should drive your technology, not the other way around.By your own admission: “It’s a total lifestyle change and you have to force yourself to do it, but 90 percent of the time I only need my MacBook Air.”Most people want technology to enhance...
- Tags: Notebooks, Tablets, Desktops, Operating systems, MacBook Air, MacBook Air Diary-Day 19, Apple MacBook, Apple Macintosh, CD
- Discussion threads 2008-02-18
- Getting a Canon Rebel XSi or Nikon D60? Stow it in this.
- Getting a Canon Rebel XSi or Nikon D60? Stow it in this.Janice,For folks who carry a computer AND a camera or small camcorder, the Lowepro Compupack is a great option. They've impressed me.RobinRE: Getting a Canon Rebel XSi or Nikon D60? Stow it in this.Hmmm, no I don't think so...
- Tags: Nikon D60, Canon Rebel XSi, Nikon Corp., Canon Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-15
- Turbo Charge TC2 Portable Game Charger
- When it comes to portable gaming, nothing is as important as battery life. The Nintendo DS Lite has done a great job of maximizing the length of time you get on a single charge, and the Sony PSP's lifespan on a charge leaves room for improvement (although the device's battery...
- Tags: Engineering, Game players, Nintendo DS Lite, Turbo-Charge, Sony PlayStation Portable, adapter, AA-battery, Portable Game Charger, game
- Product reviews 2008-02-11
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