Sep 17, 2012 | hardware, laptops, Lenovo, mobile
Good news! Batteries are improving rapidly. It might be hard to believe on the days when the low battery alert flashes too soon but the improvements are quite real and there is reason to hope that things will keep getting better. Our lives are ruled by batteries. The...
Aug 30, 2012 | computers, Dell, hardware, HP, iPad, laptops, Lenovo, Microsoft, Surface, tablet, Windows8
Manufacturers are showing off upcoming Windows 8 devices for the first time at a trade show in Berlin this week. In a couple of months you’re going to be walking down store aisles full of odd devices with screens and keyboards that twist and turn and swivel and detach...
Jun 11, 2012 | Amazon, Android, Apple, hardware, phone, shopping
A few days ago the New York Times ran two articles that might be helpful to you if you feel like you’re adrift in the technology sea. A Guide to Deciphering the Language of Smartphones covers the most important (and confusing) acronyms and concepts in the phone world....
Jun 6, 2012 | Apple, Dell, hardware, iPad, laptops, shopping, tablet, Windows7
At Computex today, Intel is boasting about the improved performance of its Ivy Bridge chipset. PC vendors are falling all over themselves to get hundreds of new laptops on the market, with most of the attention on the thin and light Ultrabooks built on Ivy Bridge that...
May 25, 2012 | business, computers, Dell, hardware, WinXP
Many small businesses are clinging to ancient Windows XP computers in the belief that they are saving money by putting off the cost of replacing them. Typically the old computers have been passed down to the lower level employees – the ones who actually do the...
May 23, 2012 | computers, hardware, laptops, shopping
Intel’s Ivy Bridge chipsets will be available in new Ultrabooks very soon. There are persistent rumors that the first ones will be on the market after an announcement on June 5 at Computex, an important laptop trade show in Taiwan. Ultrabook is the marketing term for...
