Archive for June, 2008

Toshiba Frees the Beast in its Updated Qosmio Line

Gizmodo has a nice writeup on the new generation of Qosmio laptops from Toshiba. The Qosmios (pronounced KOZ-me-o) come in three flavors: The F55 is the traveler’s companion. It includes built-in GPS with navigation and mapping software provided by Garmin. With a 15.4″ screen, it’s priced at $1,150. The X305 is the gamer of the [...]

PCs June 17, 2008 5:18 pm 0 comments

iPhone really not $199?

I know you’ve probably had enough iPhone news, but breaking from Gizmodo, the iPhone is only $199 or $299 (16GB) for qualified customers only. “AT&T just gave us new details on how their upgrading plans will work for the iPhone 3G. The company is treating the iPhone 3G pretty much just like any other phone [...]

Apple, Cell Phones June 16, 2008 8:07 pm 0 comments

Awesome Magazine Subscription Deals!

First seen on Gizmodo through Discount Mags via Slickdeals and BBGadgets “DiscountMags has a sale on a few of their magazines. Apply the listed coupon codes while checking out for the prices to take effect. The coupons do stack and the offer is good for multiple years. Thanks hypoh * Wired $3 (12 issues, $0.25 [...]

Online Shopping, Randomness June 16, 2008 1:41 pm 0 comments

Weekend Recap – June 16th 2008

Here are some of the stories of interest this past weekend! New Transformers 2 pictures here, first found on Digg Intel releases news on a new quad core processor for budgeted computers Google will be developing software to let you know if your ISP (internet service provider, such as Comcast, Verizon FiOS, Charter, etc) is [...]

Apple, Cell Phones, PCs, The Internet, Weekend Recap June 16, 2008 10:45 am 0 comments

PCI Express 3.0? Already?

First brought by extremetech and reported by Engadget, rumors of PCI Express 3.0 have surfaced touting data transfer speeds of 8.0 gigatransfers (1 billion transfers) per second, just shy of doubling speeds from PCI Express 2.0 (5.0 gigatransfers per second). Good news is that the physical slot will remain the same but the voltage required [...]

PCs June 13, 2008 8:00 am 0 comments

With iPhone 3G introduced, can Apple be stopped?

Popular Mechanics online released a fantastic article on Tuesday of this week detailing what might be next in line for the future of cell phones.  The basic premise of the article is that, if someone (like say, Google?) doesn’t come along quickly with a cheaper or more effective challenger to the iPhone, that Apple will [...]

Apple, Cell Phones June 12, 2008 10:20 am 0 comments

Apple? That's the red one, right?

So, let me be up front with you readers out there – I don’t care much for Apple. I’m not looking to bash them; I just don’t use their products. A great deal of the software I work with on a regular basis isn’t available on Macs, and I get enough smudges on my cell [...]

Apple June 11, 2008 9:36 pm 0 comments

Blackberry's answer to the iPhone?

Engadget has a nice shot of Blackberry’s new touchscreen RIM phone. It’s called the Thunder. Now if you’re like me and not an Apple fan boy (thank you Corey!), you can look forward to something other than the next portable device derived from the souls that satan himself pulled from this earth. Now about this [...]

Cell Phones June 10, 2008 9:46 pm 0 comments

Apple WWDC 2008 – Day 1

Biggest news of the day… and probably month… 3G iPhone starts at $200 for the 8GB model and just $300 for the 16GB model (your choice of black or white). What does that mean for you the consumer? How about GPS, faster internet speeds (3G), and dozens of new programs for Enterprise (or corporate businesses) [...]

Apple June 9, 2008 8:41 pm 0 comments
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