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Windows 7 – student discount

thelibrarygeek October 21, 2009 Gadgets 0

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 …

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Windows 7 netbooks on Amazon pre-orders

thelibrarygeek October 18, 2009 Gadgets 0

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 …

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Screen Comparo: iMac vs. Gateway LT3103u

thelibrarygeek October 18, 2009 Gadgets 0

I haven’t gotten into writing a review of the Gateway LT3103u that I pruchased last July. The 11.6″ screen netbook weighing a mere 3.04 lbs. with an AMD processor and ATI-Radeon CPU and GPU combination also has a 1366 x …

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Robot servants in our lifetime

thelibrarygeek October 18, 2009 Gadgets 0

Check out Panasonic’s current R&D on using robots to assist humans with disabilities and in performing menial tasks. It is already a reality according to the news video which I saw from an Engadget article sourced from Networkworld.TV. Panasonic is …

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Of mice…and mice

thelibrarygeek October 18, 2009 Gadgets 0

I went to Fry’s Electronics after work Friday and happened upon some really good deals on mice. A slew of different colors of HP notebook mice with nano wireless receiver was discounted to $14.99 from its original price of $39.99 …

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