Archive for category Gadgets

Why go for the Samsung Go

In a previous post, I mentioned that I was in the market for a netbook and was looking at what Samsung has to offer. I read through  several reviews that are almost unanimous in their praise of Samsung netbook’s superior build quality, spacious keyboards, sharp screens, and long battery life. Although all of these comes [...]

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E-book Readers everywhere

Not quite.
Although 2010 might shape up as the year when e-book reader become more than just a niche device. There are now several generations of Amazon’s Kindle device and it is now available not only in the US but in other parts of the world. Barnes & Noble, one of the US biggest bookstore chain [...]

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Here comes Android 2.0

Right at the heels of Android 1.6, codenamed Doughnut, Google and the Android team announced the availability of Android 2.0 codenamed Eclair to developers with a new phone to be released in a few days, Motorola’s Droid, already running Android 2.0 if i am not mistaken. Android has really gone a long way from the [...]

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Snow Leopard clean install

I have not been a long-time Apple Computer user. I got my first and current 20″ iMac a few weeks before the release of Leopard which was about October 2007 and took advantage of the $10 upgrade price for that OS. I was curious about the OS and the fact that it is now Intel-based [...]

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Windows 7 Whopper

It looks like everyone wants to board the Windows 7 publicity train as Akihabara News and Crunch Gear reports that Burger King in Japan introduced a Windows 7 Whopper as Microsoft launches their new OS in that country. 777 yen for 7 layers of meat! Just looking at the picture gives me an indigestion. Check [...]

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Windows 7 – student discount

Microsoft officially launch its new OS, Windows 7, tomorrow . The results of beta testing of Windows 7 have been generally positive and viewed as giving a better experience than Vista. So if you are interested in upgrading your OS to Windows 7 and you are a student currently enrolled with a .edu [...]

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Windows 7 netbooks on Amazon pre-orders

Amazon is already offering Windows 7 starter edition versions of current netbook models on the market. It lists the items as available for release on October 22, official release date for Windows 7. The pre-order prices are quite competitive and it already have most of the popular brand and models in the 10.1″ screen category [...]

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