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We see a lot of laptops at jkOnTheRun, but most are of the smaller variety so it’s a nice change of pace when one of the larger ones comes to play.  The Lenovo IdeaPad Y650 has a nice 16-inch screen yet is as thin… Read More »

News of the Kindle for iPhone app release has, as you might expect, hit the airwaves big time.  Amazon has made it clear they will be making it possible to use Kindle ebook content on other devices and they have made good with the… Read More »

 
 

When I first heard about ZumoDrive, I almost passed it by. I figured that we’ve already pointed out enough file synchronization-type programs using the cloud by now between Live Mesh, Live Sync, Dropbox, SugarSync, etc. Then I saw a few distinctive features that made ZumoDrive… Read More »

My surprise was total this morning when the FedEx guy rang my bell and handed me a very small box.  That box had a brand new HP Mini 1000 MI netbook to evaluate from HP.  The MI (or Mini Me) is the Linux-based model with HP’s… Read More »

Good Saturday and a Happy Weekend to one and all, it’s time to sit down, relax and wrap your big eyes round this week’s App Store Roundup. This week on TheAppleBlog, we got in there super fast with an in-depth look at iMovie ’09, iPhoto… Read More »

One thing I can state for certain, the Lenovo W700ds instills a sense of wonder when it’s first unboxed and set up on a table.  There is just so much to this massive notebook that I feel a lot like a kid in a candy store. … Read More »

I spent some time over the Thanksgiving holiday reviewing my feeds and getting rid of the poor performers, which really helps me get more value while spending less time in my RSS reader. However, pruning is not enough. I also use quite a few filtering techniques… Read More »

Google Calendar Sync: We Have Choices

A little while ago, Google released a free iCal-to-Google Calendar sync tool called Calabaration. I don’t believe that Calabaration works very well, given how it generates a new calendar group within iCal and has limitations on how the Google Calendar can then sync to MobileMe.… Read More »

Weekly App Store Roundup: Dec. 13th, 2008

The world slows down for another couple of days as we hit the weekend and take a few moments to catch our breath. It’s been another hectic week here at TAB, we considered the potential arrival of a Nintendo Wii-style iPhone, rejoiced at the release… Read More »

SoHo Printers On a Moderate Budget

Do you have small office/home office (SoHo)? Is managing your peripherals (printers, scanners, fax machines) a hassle? Well, if you are looking for a new all-in-one (AIO) printer that consolidates these peripherals into one for your SoHo, thankfully, there are many choices available for you today.… Read More »

Weekly App Store Roundup: Nov. 29, 2008

This week at The Apple Blog, like a farmer with a gaggle of turkeys in the week before Thanksgiving, we’ve caught the juiciest news and posted it here for your consumption. Early in the week we heard about how a dodgy developer has been paying for fake… Read More »

Qualifying Your Clients

When I started freelancing, I worked with every potential client who contacted me.  This is normal for someone who is starting out.  After all, you want to get all the experience you can get your hands on.  But after a while, you’ll realize, like I did,… Read More »

More Must Reads

We’ve seen a good run on hot smartphones being released since the iPhone 3G.  The T-Mobile G1 was introduced recently as the first Android-based smartphone and RIM has… Read More »

I’ve noticed a common denominator in some of the netbooks I’ve seen of late: the integrated microphone is sub-par. And while many folks don’t use a netbook for audio recording or voice… Read More »

While the highlight of my week was seeing the release of some new security software (albeit, one that needs work), there was a great deal happening in the rest of the OS X application world that is worth a mention. VLC media player – 0.9.5Read More »

We were one of the first to get our hands on the first netbook from HP and today they have announced the release of the next addition to that little notebook family.  The HP Mini 1000 is a netbook aimed directly at the consumer in… Read More »

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