I want to share a great “all around notebook” called the HP Pavilion dv6. I love this notebook because it has the latest technology for sharing, storing and transferring and has integrated Beats Audio. It also has some stuff to make you look good like an HP TrueVision HD Webcam, an integrated Blu-ray player for [...]
When it comes to picking a new notebook computer durability is always at the top of my list of things to consider. All the best speeds and feeds won’t serve you well if your system breaks. So, I thought it would be interesting to learn about all the ways notebook PC’s are tested to make sure they [...]
I love listening to music, especially some good ole’classic rock, and I recently started using Beats Solo Headphones created by Dr. Dre to enjoy my music even more. Well when I found out that HP had refreshed their Envy line of notebooks and created the Envy 15 with Beats Audio speakers I was sold. First [...]
We all want the best experience we can get from our PCs and if we are watching a video or other entertainment, want the picture to be brilliant. Well what you probably don’t know is that it all has to do with the APU or Accelerated Processing Unit inside the computer. I recently had the chance to try [...]
Virtualization allows for companies to unlock and access applications from traditional data centers and allows employees to do the same from the office which is creating new ways for people and IT to work. Enterprise software company Citrix is creating new ways for people, IT and businesses to work making it possible to have both freedom for users and [...]
You know designing something as complex as semiconductors is pretty heavy stuff. It takes massive amounts of computing power and working with engineers around the globe which is precisely the kind of challenge that “cloud computing” promises to resolve. I recently had the opportunity to interview Mike Wolfe, Sr. Vice President and CIO at AMD about [...]
I travel a lot for business especially during the holiday season and I’m always looking for ways to save time with airport security check in, ensure my privacy while I work on the flight and ways to work longer, faster and more efficiently. Well I started doing my research and I found the perfect TSA approved [...]
The Aliph Jawbone Era is a great combination of high-end features, terrific audio quality and a great design. At $100-$129 it is one of the more expensive headsets but inevitably you get what you pay for and this is no exception. When comparing this unit to the Plantronics Discovery you will find you can save a few dollars [...]
Ok, I admit I wanted it to be an iPhone 5 and I was sorely disappointed when 4 fingers were raised (as opposed to the entire hand). That said, the iPhone 4S does have a much faster processor, a significantly better camera, and more storage than the previous models. This means your current model 4 is now “old tech” as Apple [...]
Ok, as you know I had a real issue with the first Dell Streak. I thought the 5 –inch design was a bit of a no-mans-land form factor as it lived in between a tablet and a smart phone. However, I am much more impressed with the bigger, Streak 7. It has real tabletesque space [...]