PCs, Notebooks, Netbooks & Tablets Category - Page 12

Asus B23E Notebook Announced For Business Users [Asus Unveils The B23E Notebook For The Business User; Features Include A 12.5" Display, Windows 7 & A Near $1,000 Price Tag]

By on Friday, 20. January 2012

Asus has unveiled their latest business class notebook. An ultra-portable design with a 12.5 inch display. The notebook is the Asus B23E and based on the specs we have seen, it appears to be aimed at the more high-end crowd. Of course, with a simple black styling, we have to [...]

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U.S. Military to Crowdsource Software Testing Through Games [DARPA Plans to Seek Online Support in Testing Applications for Bugs Through Crowdsourced Formal Verification Program; Will this be Battlefield 3 in Real Life?]

By on Thursday, 19. January 2012

The U.S. military is known to use video games and simulators in training soldiers for combat and other missions. In a new effort to involve the public, the organization plans to crowdsource software testing initiatives through games.

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Google’s New “Page Layout” Algorithm Penalizes Websites With Too Many Above-the-Fold Ads [Google to Penalize Ad-Heavy Websites With "Page Layout" Algorithm, Citing Importance of Content, Not Ads, Among Users]

By on Thursday, 19. January 2012

Google wants to clean up the web, at least in terms of websites that have too many ads that tend to overpower content. In its latest update, Google’s “page layout” algorithm will reduce the ranking of sites that have too many above-the-fold advertisements.

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iBooks Author – What You Need to Know: Distribution, Exclusivity, eBook Size & Features [New Mac OS X 10.7 Lion App Lets Anyone Publish iBooks for Education & Not Only, Apple Still Entitled to 30%]

By on Thursday, 19. January 2012

Apple launched today three new apps that will change the education business in the U.S. and maybe in other countries too in the future. These are iBooks 2, which is basically an update for the original iBooks application that brings textbooks to the iBookstore, iTunes U and iBooks Author. While [...]

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Hulu Plus Gets Hacked To Appear On More Devices [A Recent Hulu Plus Hack Throws Open The Streaming Video Doors To A Variety Of Portable Devices That Couldn't Previously Handle It]

By on Thursday, 19. January 2012

I’m growing increasingly fond of Hulu. There’s a lot of television in there, and much of it is at least reasonably good. And the price is right, especially if you’re willing to put up with just a bit of advertising, and much less than the average television show on a [...]

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Apple Unleashes New iTunes U App [Apple's Big Event This Morning Brought Out The iTunes U App With A New Feature, Now Geared Toward K-12 Students As Well As Collegiates]

By on Thursday, 19. January 2012

Since Apple no longer joins in the fray out at CES, they’ve pretty much gone to hosting their own media events, which pretty much always offer something new and interesting in the way of news. And today’s event was no exception. We’d already heard something about Apple’s plans to dominate [...]

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iBooks 2 & iBooks Author for iPad Official, Focus on Textbooks & Education [Apple Now Selling Textbooks To iOS Device Users Priced at $14.99 or Lower]

By on Thursday, 19. January 2012

In case you forgot, Apple held a special media event today in New York focused on textbooks and education, another business the company wants to reinvent. In addition to the iTuens U for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch, the company also launched iBooks 2 for iPad, a totally new eBooks [...]

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T-Mobile Rumored To Be Launching “Premium” Data Plans On January 25th [Latest T-Mobile Rumors Suggest January 25th Will Bring a Premium 5GB & Ultra 10GB Data Plan On A Limited Time Promotional Basis]

By on Thursday, 19. January 2012

We just saw the news that Virgin Mobile USA was going to begin throttling their heavy users come late-March and it looks like T-Mobile will soon be offering a few new plans for heavy data users. Of course, we should clarify this right up front that at the moment — [...]

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Virgin Mobile USA Data Throttling Set To Begin On March 23rd [Virgin Mobile USA Sets A Date For Data Throttling, Those Who Use Over 2.5GB Per Month Will See A Change Beginning On March 23rd]

By on Thursday, 19. January 2012

It looks like Virgin Mobile USA has finally set a date as to when they are going to begin throttling the data for the heaviest users. Of course, we should point out that the carrier has already set and then later delayed this plan once before so we are going [...]

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Intel Performance Tuning Protection Plan to Replace CPUs Damaged from Overclocking [Intel is Offering One-Time Replacement of Processors Damaged From Overclocking or Over-Volting For a Fee]

By on Wednesday, 18. January 2012

Intel is aware of certain users and communities hacking their computers to get the most power, given a limited  hardware capabilities. Noting the potential dangers in overclocking, Intel is offering replacements for damaged processors for a fee.

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