Desktop Computer Sale News
- Apple's third quarter: What to look for Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:11PMAll signs point to Apple delivering another big quarter during its earnings call tomorrow. CNET breaks down analyst estimates and things to look for. Originally posted at Apple Talk
- Wolverton: A look at the new Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:04AMConsumers shopping for a PC have a new choice: laptops running Google's Chrome OS. The Samsung Series 5 is thin, light and boots up quickly, but it has its limitations.
- Business 1 ON 1 with Bennie Coleman Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:12PMName: Bennie ColemanBusiness name: All Access Computers, 3706 Mercer University Drive, Suites 5 and 6, Macon; 474-9004; www.AllAccess Computers.com
- App Devs Withdraw from US as Patent Fears Reach 'Tipping Point' Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:56PM"App developers are withdrawing their products for sale from the US versions of Apple's App Store and Google's Android Market for fear of being sued by companies which own software patents - just as a Mumbai-based company has made a wide-ranging claim against Microsoft, Apple, Google, Yahoo and a number of other companies over Twitter-style feeds, for which it claims it has applied for a patent."
- Newton Public Library Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 4:37PMFree Computer Classes — Hands-on, one-session classes require registration as space is limited. Classes are free and open to all.
- Pew: One-third of U.S. adults own smartphones Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 4:35PMSmartphone adoption is continuing to surge, and Android is leading the way, a recent Pew Research Center survey finds.
- Redstone PLC - Results for the Year Ended 31 March 2011 Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:21AMRedstone PLC - Results for the Year Ended 31 March 2011
- Save Money on Back-to-School Desktops Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 9:52PMIf you're a student, there's no reason for you to pay full price.
- Breaking Out of the Mobile Commerce Metaphor Trap Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 7:07AMRetailers aren't investing seriously in mobile platforms right now, and who can blame them? Despite the lofty percentage growth cited by mobile shopping advocates, retailers privately lament anemic mobile conversion rates and report total revenue figures that can kindly be described as "modest."
- Home Work - Tue, 05 Jul 2011 PST Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 2:28AMPHILADELPHIA – Remember when the “experts” said that most Americans would telecommute from home offices to work every day? Hasn’t happened, although ever-evolving technology has made the notion more viable. Think laptops, netbooks, printers, smartphones and tablets, networked through a wireless router to a high-speed Internet connection.
- Adding office still increases home value Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 2:18PMRemember when the "experts" said that most Americans would telecommute from home offices to work every day? Hasn't happened, although ever-evolving technology has made the notion more viable. Think laptops, netbooks, printers, smartphones, and tablets, networked through a wireless router to a high-speed Internet connection. Thanks to wireless technology, you don't even need a physical home ...
- Making the Most Out Of a Home Office Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 11:48PMAbout 2 percent of U.S. workers consider home their workplace. Working from home is still gaining popularity. If you'll be working for long periods in your home office, think ergonomically.
- 4th of July Sale 2011 At WalMart, Offers Great Electronic Deals Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 7:33PMWalmart Image Credit: Walmart Walmart offers a whole lot of deals on electronic items on its fourth of July Sale 2011, according to reports of several international news sites on Sunday, July 3, 2011. Its online store, Walmart.com, has a wide range of electronic items from compact digital cameras to high end computers. Other electronic [...]
- Asus to be boosted by innovation Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 12:17PMTaiwan-based AsusTek Computer Inc, the world's sixth largest PC brand, sets its targeted total sale to achieve US$12 billion in the end of this year by focus on innovative and design products.
- Calls for papers issued for ELC Europe, Linux.conf.au Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 3:24PMCalls for papers were announced for CELF's Embedded Linux Conference Europe, co-located with LinuxCon Europe in Prague on October 26-28, as well as the Australian Linux.conf.au, planned for Jan 16-20, 2012 in Ballarat, Australia.
- Publishing News: Survey finds ereader ownership doubled in six months - A Pew report breaks down ereaders stats ... Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 11:28AMIn the latest Publishing News: U.S. readers are buying ereaders at a good clip, the 2012 election will be covered in realtime by a book publisher, and publishers can learn a couple things from JK Rowling.
- Sony, Astellas, Intel, Apple, Wal-Mart, Warner: Intellectual Property Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 11:46PMSony Corp. (6758) , Samsung Techwin Co. and Robert Bosch GmbH were named in a U.S. trade complaint filed by closely held ObjectVideo Inc., alleging infringement of patents for video analytics software.
- Analysts lukewarm on HP Touchpad chances for success Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 3:16PMNetwork World - Industry analysts are so-so about prospects for Hewlett-Packard's TouchPad tablet, which goes on sale Friday. The temper and tone of their conclusions reflect many of the product reviews appearing today, in which the TouchPad often suffers in comparison to the industry-leading Apple iPad .
- Adding office still increases home value Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 11:25AMRemember when the "experts" said that most Americans would telecommute from home offices to work every day? Hasn't happened, although ever-evolving technology has made the notion more viable. Think laptops, netbooks, printers, smartphones, and tablets, networked through a wireless router to a high-speed Internet connection. Thanks to wireless technology, you don't even need a physical home ...
- Adding home office could increase the home's value Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 9:20AMAbout 2 percent of U.S. workers - the self-employed and unpaid volunteers excluded - consider home their primary workplace, the Telework Research Network says. It estimates that 20 million to 30 million people work from home at least one day a week.
- RF IDeas Receives ISO 9001 Certification Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 4:14AMSCHAUMBURG,Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RF IDeas announces its successful certification to ISO 9001:2008, the internationally recognized standard for quality management of business.
- Olasonic TW-S7 Delivers 10W+10W High-Fidelity Sound on USB Power Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 6:16AMLOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Olasonic TW-S7 USB powered speaker system delivers 10W+10W dynamic output of high-fidelity sound for use with iTunes, Internet radio and streaming audio on Windows and Macintosh personal computers
- MiniFrame Launches a New Multi-seat Product for Home Users Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 8:22AMNETANYA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MiniFrame, supplier of SoftXpand, the market-leading multi-seat software, announced the release of its new product today – SoftXpand 2011 Duo.
- Interphase Debuts clouDevice™ Cloud Client Portfolio Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 7:48AMPLANO, Texas and PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Interphase Corporation announces the launch of clouDevice™, a comprehensive cloud computing/desktop virtualization product line including enterprise thin clients, zero clients, and multi-seat clients.
- Interphase Debuts clouDevice Cloud Client Portfolio Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 7:42AMInterphase Corporation (NASDAQ: INPH) announces the launch of clouDevice, a comprehensive cloud computing/desktop ...
- Staples again finds smaller is better Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 9:49AMSHREWSBURY - Staples Inc. is changing its stores and#8212; again.
- Moon Dust Nearly Auctioned In St. Louis Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 4:05AMWoman Reportedly Obtained Dust From Her Late Husband A sample of lunar dust was nearly auctioned by Regency-Superior Auctions in St. Louis last week, but the sale was stopped by the federal government and the material was returned to NASA in Houston.
- Home Economics: How to adapt a home for a home office in today's economy Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 3:12AMRemember when the "experts" said that most Americans would telecommute from home offices to work every day? Hasn't happened, although ever-evolving technology has made the notion more viable. Think laptops, netbooks, printers, smartphones, and tablets, networked through a wireless router to a high-speed Internet connection.
- Tech 3.0: 15 cool apps that fit on a USB stick Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 1:15AMMany of us increasingly are seeking ways of accessing files and programs across multiple platforms. It can be a little disruptive when you use Firefox at home but have to switch gears and launch an old version of Internet Explorer at work. And it would be nice if that photo imaging program you use on your desktop at home were accessible on your laptop while on the road.
- My Vault® Launches Redesigned Website with Improved Usability for Better Digital Asset Management Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 6:04AMMy Vault ®, operated by My Vault Services LLC, is designed for the secure storage of select important private documents for future retrieval. My Vault® completed a redesign of the website, improving usability, adding enhanced features and expanding services. The website serves as an online safety deposit box for select electronic information, allowing users of the site a secure private online ...
- Fatpaint Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 1:46PMThe free and Web-based app Fatpaint is Photoshop-meets-Café Press, with a retail side where you can design your own personal or business products. It's not a professional-grade replacement for Photoshop, but it can solve image editing problems fast—no download or registration required.
- Mitsubishi's latest 23-inch Diamondcrysta fulfills your matte, IPS desktop display dreams Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 8:44AMIt seems like, if a company isn't hopping on board the OLED train, it's the IPS express that's catching their flat-panel fancy. Mitsubishi is banking the wider viewing angles provided by the in-plane switching tech can carry its 23-inch Diamondcrysta Wide RDT233WX-Z to desktop display success. The 120Hz monitor features the Giga Clear Engine II LSI for smoothing out high-speed video and a ...
- Free app protects Facebook accounts from hackers Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 6:01AM(PhysOrg.com) -- Two University of California, Riverside graduate students and a company run by an alumnus of the school have partnered to develop a free Facebook application that detects spam and malware posted on users' walls and news feeds.
- PRODUCTS: Eaton announces new-generation Ellipse ECO UPS Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 3:09AMEaton Corporation's Ellipse ECO provides compact power protection for business-related electronic equipments including PCs, workstations, telephony equipment and point-of-sale terminals.
- “K computer” from Japan is ranked the world’s most powerful supercomputer Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 8:33PM“K computer” Image Credit: fujitsu.com “K computer”, a Japanese machine under joint development of Fujitsu and RIKEN, earned the top spot in the rankings of the world’s most powerful supercomputers at the 26th International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) held in Hamburg, Germany, as reported by various international news sites, June 19, 2011. Reports reveal that “K [...]
- Digital vision device provides 'sight' and hope to the blind Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 4:18PMJose Neto’s grey sneakers won’t come to a stop as he awaits the final challenge. He’s nervous, and the bossa nova guitarist finds the rhythm of his beeping hand-held computer too difficult to resist. He taps his feet to its beat while a technician makes final preparations.
- Supercomputers of the Future: A Buyer's Guide Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 11:22AMSupercomputers used to take up entire rooms and perform over 100 million operations per second. Supercomputers now still take up entire rooms but perform quadrillions of operations per second. (While 100 million has an impressive eight zeros, a quadrillion has fifteen.) And they're only getting more powerful. According to Top500, a bi-annual ranking of the world's most powerful computers ...
- Peoria MacMedia store benefits from ties to Apple computers Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 1:44PMReputation for being able to diagnose, fix problem in a fraction of the time it takes retail shops.
- Changing Digital Storage Requirements for Clouds and Mobile Devices Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 1:32PMThe first half of 2011 has seen amazing levels of consolidation in the digital storage industry, fro
- 1st Google Laptops on Sale Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 9:40AMThe search engine giant this week released its answer to Microsoft Windows or Apple Macintosh: The first Chromebooks, stripped-down notebooks running the Google Chrome operating system -- a radical computing rethinking that require Web access for the complete experience.
- Consumers vote notebook in '04 Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 8:18PMYear-over-year gains of 36 percent in notebook unit sales at retail are helping 2004 get off to a good start in the United States.
- Search out loud with voice search Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 9:08AMGoogle is introducing more technological tricks to simplify Internet searching and give people another reason to surf the Web on its Chrome browser.
- P.M. Bay Area Buzz: Bicyclist dies after accident on East Bay trail; South Bay teacher molested young student, police ... Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 8:04PMOther top stories include patients warned of data theft after burglary at Marin doctor's office; Vallejo City Council approves latest budget
- Can Google really reboot the way we use personal computers? Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 6:41PMIf you want to revolutionise computing, you have to be bold. When Apple unveiled the original Bondi-blue iMac back in 1998, there were howls of protest at its decision not to include a 3.5-inch floppy-disk drive. "How are we going to cope?" people whined. "What on earth are Apple playing at?"
- A Laptop With Its Head in the Cloud Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 4:40PMSamsung’s Chromebook is a stripped-down laptop built on the assumption that you can get online almost anywhere.
- Samsung Galaxy S II Official Accessories Review Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 10:54AMSamsung’s Galaxy S II smartphone blew us away with its combination of dual-core performance, impressive Super AMOLED Plus display and super-slim dimensions, beating the HTC Sensation to the market. The company’s official accessories haven’t been so timely, however, but the Samsung Vehicle Dock Kit, HDTV Adapter, Desktop Dock and Battery Charger Stand are finally on [...]
- Google expands spoken search to desktops Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 8:29AMGoogle is introducing more technological tricks to give people another reason to surf the Web on its Chrome browser.
- Google goes keyless on desktops - Wed, 15 Jun 2011 PST Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 7:51AMSAN FRANCISCO – Google is introducing more technological tricks to simplify Internet searching and give people another reason to surf the Web on its Chrome browser. The features unveiled Tuesday include an option that will allow people to speak their search requests in English while sitting in front of their office and home computers. It’s something they can already do on smartphones running on ...
- Google Expands Spoken Search to Desktop Computers Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 7:51AMSAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google is introducing more technological tricks to simplify Internet searching and give people another reason to surf the Web on its Chrome browser. The features unveiled Tuesday include an option that will allow people to speak their search requests in English while sitting in front of their office and home computers. [...]
- U.S. government building global “shadow internet” to undermine web censorship (Yahoo! News) Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 9:20PMYahoo! News - The next time a dictatorial political leader flips a nation's internet "off switch", a full-fledged web blackout could be next to impossible. According to a stash of classified documents obtained by The New York Times, the Obama administration is actively …