I like netbooks, I happen to think that the tradeoff of screen size and some power for portability is well worth it for the way I use a notebook. That said I think going below an 8-inch or 9-inch screen size is too much of a compromise, but some folks want even more portability in [...]
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Google Chrome no longer beta
Search engine giant Google released its Chrome web browser in early September. As expected the browser was released as a beta version but what was definitely not expected just happened. After three months of beta test development Google has released an official stable version 1.0.154.36 of Chrome.
Approximately 100 days, 10 million downloads and 14 updates. That is the Chrome beta in a nutshell. The latest update improves the stability, speed of start up and JavaScript processing as well as overall performance.
The new stable version also improves the bookmark features – you are now able to easily import and export bookmarks to and from your Google Chrome.
Chrome will be updated frequently in the future as well. Upcoming updates will add form prefilling, browser extension and RSS support as well as Linux and Mac OS X versions of the browser.
Acer Aspire One with 3G gets subsidized at Radio Shack
If you go down to your local AT&T store to buy a new phone or mobile broadband modem you expect AT&T to subsidize the price of the device in exchange for signing away two years of mobile carrier freedom.
According to a source at Engadget, Radio Shack of all places may be the first company to [...]
New Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 released
Mozilla has released a new beta version of the popular Firefox browser. According to Mozilla Developer Center Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 includes improvements to speed, performance and compatibility. Download it and you’ll also get try out couple of new and anticipated features.
The speed and performance improvements come from the updated version of Gecko layout engine and the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine. TraceMonkey especially is a welcome addition as it provides a huge boost to JavaScript processing speeds. Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 also includes the new Private Browsing Mode which allows users to browse the web without leaving any traces. You can also now choose to remove the history of for example only past hour of browsing.
Download Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 for Windows, Mac OS X or Linux.
Google selling unlocked Android phone for $399 USD
Google’s Android team has announced that they will begin selling the unlocked Android Dev Phone 1 for $399 USD. The mobile phone will be the first Android-based phone to be both SIM-unlocked and hardware-unlocked and available to the public.
Google created the Linux-based OS to compete against other mobile operating systems such as Microsoft Windows Mobile, Nokia Symbian, Apple’s iPhone and RIM.
The move should prompt extra sales to consumers who do not want to buy the T-Mobile-locked G1.
The unit will be available in the US, UK, Germany, Japan, India, Canada, France, Taiwan, Spain, Australia, Singapore, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Poland, and Hungary and will work with any GSM carrier.
Opera 10 Alpha released
Opera Software has released Alpha 1 version of their new Opera 10 browser. The company claims that the version 10 browser with the new Presto 2.2 rendering engine is 30 percent faster that its predecessor. If you don’t mind the bugs that you might – and probably will – encounter you can download it from the AfterDawn.com Downloads section right away.
According to Opera the new Presto 2.2 is not only faster than the 2.1 version – which was released last summer – but renders pages more accurately as well. The new Presto is said to get full 100 points in the Acid3 test, which is the industry standard for testing html, javascript and css rendering. In comparison Firefox 3 gets 71 and Google Chrome 79 points out of 100.
Download Opera v10 Alpha 1 for Windows, Mac or Linux.
Brando’s i-Disk Vault USB Flash Drive
The i-Disk Vault is a cool barrel-shaped USB 2.0 flash drive that is currently available in 8GB storage capacity. This white Egypt inspired pattern flash drive is also compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000/Xp/Vista, Mac 10.x and above, Linux 2.4 and above. Measuring 16mm x 16mm x 42mm and weights 15grams, the USB i-Disk Vault Flash [...]
Kingston DataTraveler DT150 hits 64GB
Kingston’s DataTraveler DT150 USB flash drive has reached the 64GB storage mark, making it the top dog of DataTraveler USB drives. Chances are you won’t run out of space unless you really really love video. The size makes it a great portable backup drive. The Kingston DataTraveler 150 works with Windows Vista, XP, Windows 2000, [...]
64GB Kingston DataTraveler DT150 USB Flash Drive
Kingston’s DataTraveler DT150 USB flash drive has finally reached the 64GB storage capacity. It means that you can store more huge files on the USB Flash drive. The Kingston DataTraveler 150 works with Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, Windows 2000, Mac OS X 10.3 (and above) and Linux 2.6 (and above) platforms. Priced at $177 each, [...]
Prime Note Cartina UM Linux Powered Netbook
DosPara has recently introduced the new Linux powered netbook in the form of the Prime Note Cartina. Weighing at only 1.1kg, this netbook features an 8.9 inch (WSVGA) LCD with an Atom N270 CPU, 120GB of HDD, 1GB RAM, and WiFi B/G. Good news that the company also provides the driver for Windows XP [...]