Posts Tagged ‘notebooks’

Back in 2004, Mogo created a mouse that stowed in the PC-Card slot. It would charge the mouse until it was used. You would then pull it out, and slip the card back in and charge it.

Nowadays, Notebooks and netbooks do not have those older PC-Card slots. That’s O.K, for the new version of the MoGo is integrated right on the Netbook. Slip out the wireless mouse and surf away.

Andy McCaskey talks with Stewart about how the MoGo has changed. They also talk about a new device for iPhone that lets you stow a Bluetooth headset right into the case. Of course then there is the MoGo Daptor – a USB dongle for the wireless devices.

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As an IT administrator in a previous life, I know that keeping data safe is key #1. It would have been nice to have this product on all the notebooks in the office. Especially one instance where the employee found a legal way around keeping their machine with all of our data on it.

LoJack for Laptops / Computrace creates a partnership with Intel for Anti-Theft Technology – Think of it like a Kill switch if your machine gets lost, stolen, or taken in any way possible. The laptop will be rendered useless until it comes back to the owner, in which they can then turn the machine back on. It litterally Bricks the machine.

Andy McCaskey talks with Stephen at CES about this “poison pill” technology. Best part is this option is incorporated in the laptop – Like a Dell laptop, in where you get a 1 year membership. Even a “wiped” hard drive can be detected and LoJack will load their software to brick the device.

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10 years ago, if you had a computer, it was most likely a desktop. Notebooks – then called Laptops – were pretty expensive, but were also beginning to show that they could start to replace a desktop model. Fast forward to today: Event the Notebooks have been threatened as of late by Netbooks and smartphones. It leaves you to the question: What should your next purchase be?

My first Laptop was a Zenith Data Systems 386 laptop. It wasn’t cheap – and I even got it used. It had a very small hard drive, a trackball on the side connecting to the serial port and a monochrome monitor. It ran Windows 3.0, which was really great. I was able to run the Word processor and Lotus 1-2-3. I was happy.

The machine was about twice the size of my current laptop and most likely twice the weight. The battery life was almost nothing – maybe 5 minutes. Still, I thought at the time “This is the future of computing.”

I was right – kinda.

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It’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted a Bitstrips. Today I was inspired.

Me and my brother really enjoy going to breakfast every now and then. What was better – there was a restaurant that actually had Wi-Fi access. Therefore, we both would take our laptops and surf while eating.

That was two weeks ago.

Now we have smartphones that have wireless access. Of course, I have the iPhone 3GS and he has the Blackberry 8330. So why do we need the Notebooks? Heck – we can go to any place that serves breakfast because the Wi-Fi access selling point is null.

The only thing we cannot do is run any program that requires Flash. That means no Bitstripping while at breakfast with the phone. So we still need the computers and access at one point. That is, until we get netbooks with 3G access….

Sony works hard on their Notebooks. Small but functional. The Vaio Notebook with 3G, as well as the Sony software that PS3 owners know well.

Eric shows the P Series

Andy McCaskey talks with Eric about this small notebook. Andy and Eric talk about the instant on technology, the battery life and the programs on the system. Also you can connect an adapter to plug in a monitor, mouse and keyboard.

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Gotta love the folks at HP. They have some great new note and netbooks. In this Primary Channel, Andy McCaskey talks with Kevin about what they are showing off at CES. Notebooks that can match a Macbook Air and Netbooks that are even smaller. Someone please get me one?

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BBQ Robocop?

Java for iPhone

Ziff-Davis Bankrupcy

Feature: Is it time to get a Mac?

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