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Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Review

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Review

If you follow me on Twitter, I posted a tweet that I got a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 via refurbished deals through Dell first brought to my attention by CrunchGear. It was a no brainer! For less than $260, I got myself a 9 inch beautiful piece of machinery just like the Acer One that [...]

Sakshat Sounds Like a Sack of…

As anyone who has needed to call for technical support can tell you, there are a lot of jobs being outsourced these days.  It’s hard not to, really, considering how cheap it is to hire the foreign labor to do your customer service for you.  Sure, the quality of that service may sour, but businesses [...]

Ooooooh! Everybody come look at what I did!

Ooooooh!  Everybody come look at what I did!

Are you like me – in love with the Mac OS but completely unwilling to shell out $2500+ on a new MacBook? Well, you might remember back in June when we brought you the exciting news of the “Hackintosh Netbook”, or as it has come to be known in some circles, the MacBook Nano. Well, [...]

Mo' Trojans Mo' Problems

You may remember awhile back when I wrote about how nobody’s perfect.  Well the theme continues, as AppleInsider lets us know of two new trojan viruses making their way to Macs around the world. Thankfully, the trojans are being spread via pirated software, so all of our law-abiding readers need not worry too much.  But, [...]

Vista SP2 – What to expect

Let me open by saying that I am now a new owner of a Windows Vista laptop. Thank you Black Friday and Circuit City! But that information leads me nicely into today’s shortened post: Things you need to know about Windows Vista Service Pack 2…

Texting to Kill your Laptop?

Apparently, not only can your washing machine text you when your load is finished, but if you happen to lose your Lenovo laptop (with built in wireless card), you can send a text message to it to kill the laptop. That’s right, it is the new wave of preventing laptop theft. Text messaging! [Tom's Hardware]

USB 3.0 now official! All your favorite peripherals are now outdated! WHOO HOOO!

If you’re anything like me, you probably have a bunch of USB devices; Flash drives, cell phone chargers, mp3 connectors, external hard drives, humping dogs, printers, headphones… Just to name a few. But secretly behind closed doors masterminds have been working on a new portable standard for computer connectivity. That my friends, is USB 3.0.

New back-typing keyboard needs only anti-gravity to use comfortably

Way back after ‘Nam I started using a Microsoft Natural Keyboard and fell in love. It was like the keys knew exactly what my fingers wanted, and visa versa. I believe the “Natural” keyboard fad fell to the wayside years ago, since I have yet to see a Natural style gaming keyboard with 12 macro [...]

Weekend Recap – November 3rd 2008

GO VOTE TOMORROW! Intel’s core i7 benchmarked: makes gamers wet – Engadget Read all 249 pages of the BlackBerry Storm manual here – CrackBerry via Engadget Speaking of BB Storm, how about a price under $100? – CrunchGear New MacBook trackpads not clicking well – CrunchGear iPhone costumes (lol) – CrunchGear New MacBooks can support [...]