HP Mini 2140 netbook at CES 2009: Specs, Features and Price
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 6, 2009 | 1 CommentTag: HP
HP will be showing of their third-generation Netbook at CES 2009, the HP Mini 2140. The consumer versions of HP netbooks have become a huge hit, so now it is time for something different. HP are about to hit the…
Blu-ray sales up 400% as prices fall
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 6, 2009 | No CommentsTag: Blu-ray
It has certainly been a great Christmas for Blu-ray as sales have increased by 400% from the same period last year. There were those who thought that the Blu-ray format would not do well this year, well these sales figures…
Motorola CES 2009: Limited Line-Up
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 6, 2009 | 1 CommentTag: Motorola
CES 2009 is not going to be one of the greatest shows this year as companies are now feeling the pinch. Motorola Inc. has a limited line-up; even Microsoft is not bringing anything new to the show. Motorola will only…
Toyota Motor Corporation halts production for 11 days: no one’s buying
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 6, 2009 | No CommentsTag: Toyota
Demand for cars is falling at an alarming rate, and as a result Toyota Motor Corporation is halting production at their Japanese factories for 11 days. The problem is no one is buying, so Toyota sees no point to keep…
Hackers gain control of Barack Obama, Britney Spears Twitter accounts
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 6, 2009 | No CommentsTag: Twitter
Hackers have been working hard again, and have this time hijacked the Twitter accounts of more than 30 celebrities, which include Britney Spears and President-Elect Barack Obama. This is a serious issue that Twitter needs to rectify and make sure…
Apple’s last Macworld keynote live and times
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 6, 2009 | No CommentsTag: apple
For those of you who have been living on another planet it is Apple’s last Macworld keynote today. People will be waiting by their computers to get all the latest from the keynote, below are the different times across the…
Steve Ballmer’s CES 2009 Keynote: Nothing new this year
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 6, 2009 | No CommentsTag: microsoft
Bill Gates knew that Microsoft’s keynote at CES 2009 was going to be a boring one, which is why he decided to let Steve Ballmer take over instead. The problem that Microsoft have at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, is…
Windows 7 beta 1 outperforms Vista and XP
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 6, 2009 | 1 CommentTag: microsoft
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from ZDNet wanted to put together a little test to see which OS was faster. The operating systems in question were Windows 7 beta 1, Vista and XP, but it was not your average test, it was 23…
Apple MacBook Wheel: laptop with no keyboard
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 6, 2009 | 76 CommentsTag: apple
The internet is buzzing over Apple’s latest invention, the MacBook Wheel. This is a revolutionary laptop that does away with the keyboard. You will have to say goodbye to the keyboard and say hello to the future of laptop computers.
Circuit City holds PS3, Xbox 360, Wii sale game sale
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 6, 2009 | No CommentsTag: Circuit City
Circuit City Stores Inc. has got 2009 off to a great start by offering games for the Sony PS3, Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii for just $14.99. Do not think that the games are old ones that they are…
MSI Wind U115 Netbook: Specs and Review
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 5, 2009 | No CommentsTag: MSI
MSI has finally announced the specs on their new Wind U115 netbook. MSI have billed the device as a hybrid storage notebook, as it uses both a SSD and an internal HDD. The Solid State Device is used for the…
Hands on: Z buds by Zagg for iPhone and iPod
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 5, 2009 | 5 CommentsTag: apple
Just before Christmas we were sent a set of these Z buds by Zagg, which can work with your Apple iPhone or iPod and Touch. You will notice from the start that these ear buds are different, normally the wire…
Hands-on: World’s slimmest USB Bluetooth Dongle
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: January 5, 2009 | 2 CommentsTag: usb
This is the World’s slimmest USB Bluetooth Dongle and while many laptops have Bluetooth these days, you will find thousands of old and brand new portable computers without this feature. This is where Bluetooth dongle comes in handy, although many…
Lenovo W700ds ThinkPad: World’s first dual-screen notebook
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 5, 2009 | No CommentsTag: lenovo
Lenovo have announced the world’s first dual-screen notebook, the new Thinkpad W700ds has a slide-out display as well as its main 17-inch screen. This new feature will duplicate a desktop dual-screen environment; you will need some deep pockets to own…
Review: MSI Radeon HD 4830 512MB OC Edition Graphics Card
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 5, 2009 | No CommentsTag: Graphics Card
The MSI Radeon HD 4830 OC Edition graphics card with its 512MB of memory up to 1920 x 1200 certainly performs better than what you would expect. The GPU managed to perform with other cards of the same price struggling…
