Computing

Apple has been having an upgrade bonanza as of late. The lovable new MacBooks made a splash, and now there’s even more to love. Confirming rumors, Apple added their new MacBook Pro notebooks to their online store today. Utilizing the new Santa Rosa chipset, these new MacBook Pros come in three seperate models, theres the 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo. 2GB ...

Toshiba Japan upgraded their Dynabook SS notebook computer this morning. During the press conference, the dudes were so proud of their new 19.5mm thin sexy magnesium body that they dropped the notebook from a height of 70cm. (Video 1 2) See? It’s still working. If that is still not enough, try pouring coffee (Video 3 4). Sorry, no Fujitsu tub ...

It might seem like a tame children’s movie now, but Aliens was once the most thrilling flick around. The weaponry alone was enough to raise your blood pressure a notch. This tutorial guides you through the process of making your very own M41-A Pulse Rifle, just like from the movie. You’ll need a whole lot of supplies and a whole ...

Sources are reporting that we could be seeing some new MacBook Pros available from Apple in the upcoming days, some saying as soon as Tuesday. Sources say that a new version of the 15 inch are all but confirmed, but the future of the 17 inch still seems hazy. This announcement would come less than a week away from the ...

Olivia Harrison, Beatles guitarist George Harrison’s widow, is claiming that The Beatles are in line to join the iTunes family now that various legal hurdles are out of the way. Although she hopes for a release in late 2007, she remains skeptical of this happening, citing the process of completing all the work to release the Beatles catalog. When asked ...

Odds are, at some point in your life, you have come across someone who was an overly loud typer. These same people are usually the ones who scream when they talk as well. Damn attention hogs. Thanko’s Silent Keyboard uses silicone spring and anti-resonance technology to produce a virtually silent keyboard. Thanko claims that their peripheral is 5 times quieter ...

Surprisingly, the two CEOs seemed to really like each other. Both Jobs and Gates seemed full of nothing but good words for each other’s companies. For the duration of the conversation, both Steve and Bill exchanged sly smiles and slightly flirtatious glances. Is that love I smell in the air? All kidding aside, a big chunk of the conversation centered ...

We’ve all seen those commercials offering an easy button to make life all that much simpler. We’ve even seen a panic button for teens with their pants down their legs. Buzline has a service that allows you to create your very own easy button. These custom USB Smart Buttons go right to your favorite website with one press of its ...

Following the announcement that EMI would be providing DRM-free music to iTunes, Apple has released its iTunes 7.2 which includes iTunes Plus, a branch of the music store that offers higher quality music with no DRM. Sources say that Apple had planned to release this update Tuesday evening, but technical difficulties sent them working on the update into the wee ...

Window’s Vista has been keeping a relatively low profile considering the big anti-climatic countdown for its release. Something tells me that Microsoft is very disappointed in how Vista actually turned out, when they look back and see what they had originally planned. Lucky for us, the original project team for Longhorn have gathered together and completed the coding to what ...