Posted on May 31st, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
This fall, Asustek, the maker of popular netbook computers, is coming out with its own version of the iPad, called the Eee Pad. We like Eee notebooks, so the Eee Pad should be a winner. The computer is expected to weigh a pound and a half, and be about the size of a magazine. Unlike the iPad, the Eee Pad will have Windows 7 and will cost $399 to $449– $50 to $100 less than the basic iPad. Will people want Windows 7 on their Eee pad? On the iPad, you don’t have Windows maintenance tasks, anti-virus programs, Control Panel, etc. We use the iPad for relaxation –streaming movies from Netflix, watching news videos, listening to NPR, tapping the Yahoo Entertainment […]
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Posted on May 31st, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
Hotmail ties in with social networks, makes it easier to organize mail.
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Posted on May 30th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
Using FourSquare.com– a social network for checking in with your location– for business.
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Posted on May 29th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
Retrevo.com surveyed parents to find out how many of them “friend” their children on Facebook. Turns out that 48 percent do, though we imagine that savvy teens know how to tweak Facebook to avoid sharing everything with them. What’s more, only 29 percent of parents ban texting at the dinner table.
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Posted on May 28th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
WaveSecure tracks down your phone’s location if you lose it and restores your data.
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Posted on May 27th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
Buy your solar cells in rolls.
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Posted on May 26th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
Point your Android phone at the sky and find out what you’re looking at.
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Posted on May 25th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
Businesses in California earned $14.1 billion through Google ads.
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Posted on May 25th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
A new Twitter business center will change the messaging rules.
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Posted on May 24th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
Email can come back to haunt you. Here’s a way out.
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