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DealTrackr Alert: Free Macworld Expo Tickets

DealTrackr Alert: Free Macworld Expo Tickets

Hey Mac-fans out there: this DealTrackr Alert is for you!
The MacWorld Conference & Expo, the largest Mac-only tradeshow in the world, is only six months away. As most of you already know , the conference is sponsored by Macworld, the most widely read Macintosh magazine in North America.

At the tradeshow, attendees have the opportunity to visit the [...]

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Apple’s Internet Browser Gets an Official Update With Safari 5

Apple’s Internet Browser Gets an Official Update With Safari 5

So you all must be jumping around your cubicles, flurried with excitement over Apple’s announcement of the iPhone 4, right? …Okay, maybe some more than others. But, in the midst of all this excitement, hype, and endless blog posts about the new iPhone, Steve Jobs and Co. managed to sneak in an official update to [...]

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Man Makes A Working Printer Out Of Legos…

Man Makes A Working Printer Out Of Legos…

Have you ever wondered how a printer works? Well, YouTube user horseattack got right down to the basics of printing by building his very own printer…out of hundreds of Lego pieces! The project, which is made out of Lego pieces, a wiring board, and some homemade analog electronics and sensors, took about three weeks to [...]

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iOS4 Hits iDevices in June, packed with new features

iOS4 Hits iDevices in June, packed with new features

The new iOS 4 operating system for the iPhone boasts some fantastic new features; in fact, Apple thinks the new operating system will revolutionize the mobile phone experience.
The iOS 4 boasts an incredible 1500 new features and is scheduled to be released June 21.
One of the more noteworthy features of iOS 4 is that it [...]

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Tomorrow’s a big day… WWDC ’10

Tomorrow’s a big day… WWDC ’10

Hey all,
As most of you already know, tomorrow’s shaping up to be a big day. We’re expecting some big announcements (read: new iPhone, Safari 5, Mac mini update, etc.) at Apple’s World Wide Developer’s Conference, which kicks off manaña with a Steve Jobs keynote.

Unfortunately, none of us were able to make it to San Fran [...]

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Adobe’s Vulnerability Equals Steve’s Dreams

Adobe’s Vulnerability Equals Steve’s Dreams

Well, here you go Steve– isn’t this exactly what you’ve been waiting for?
Earlier today, Adobe announced that a “a critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions…” In layman’s terms, the bug could cause the user’s computer to crash and give full access to the attacker.

We’re being told that Adobe’s already working [...]

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Apple prepping Free Version of MobileMe?

Apple prepping Free Version of MobileMe?

Fellow technology blog Boy Genius Report claims that  a number of MobileMe members are seeing their accounts switched from “Individual” to a new status, “Full Member.” These account adjustments lead BGR (and me) to believe that MobileMe will introduce some sort of free account option at WWDC’s keynote event tomorrow morning.

Besides these supposed changes, we’ve [...]

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M: The New Speed Standard

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M: The New Speed Standard

If you want to be the “hot shot” on the block (in the computing world at least), you’re going to need to have the top gear… like the “world’s fastest” mobile GPU.
NVIDIA claims that its developed just that: the all new GeForce GTX 480 boasts 352 CUDA cores and 2GB of GDDR5 RAM for ultimate [...]

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MacBook refresh

MacBook refresh

Today is Tuesday which means a new Apple product!
This week’s new addition, or revision actually, is an updated MacBook. Available today for the reasonable price of $999 (no price change), the new model is cosmetically identical to the “old” one;  the changes that Apple imposed are all “under the hood”.
In case you’re not familiar with Apple’s laptops, [...]

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Breaking: Google Tablet Is Real!

Breaking: Google Tablet Is Real!

Both the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg took a break from their coverage of the British election to confirm that the Google tablet, which the New York Times first reported on just a short month ago, is in fact real. We don’t know much about the device at the moment except that a few Verizon executives confirmed [...]

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Matias USB 2.0 Keyboard + Smartphone Stand: Review

Matias USB 2.0 Keyboard + Smartphone Stand: Review

INTRODUCTION
The Matias Corporation, a company known for its keyboards, specializes in computer accessories. Based in Toronto, Canada, Matias was co-founded by an inventor and an accountant who have built the company into the third most popular keyboard manufacturer.
Today, Matias’ keyboards are most popular among Mac users. Catering to their consumers, Matias has created several products [...]

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