I bet you didn’t know that there are probably more people in Maryland using GPS then in the state you are in, or that Wal-Mart is the most searched for destination while people are on the road with Starbucks coming in at number two.
The data also shows that Pizza was the number one food searched, residents in Chicago leading the way in that category, but those of us i New York City preferred Chinese food which was the second most searched food. As if we need a GPS to find a Chinese restaurant. There is one on every corner out here.
Telenav gathered he data during December 2009, so that could explain why Wal-Mart is number one on the most searched for destination, it would be interesting to see where it ranks when averaging a years worth of data.
Today HP announced a free piece of software for your HP MediaSmart Server, that will allow you to manage your content directly from the HP MediaSmart Server. The software which is free will allow you to do the following:
Transfer shows from a TiVo DVR to a HP MediaSmart Server and back to a TiVo DVR
Manage TiVo recordings stored on a HP MediaSmart Server
Watch TiVo DVR recordings that are stored on a HP MediaSmart Server on any PC in the home
To get the software run the HP Update via your HP MediaSmart Server connector software.
Just before my trip to the Mobile World Congress, FedEx dropped off the Toshiba Satellite A505. A gorgeous looking notebook with a 16” HD TrueBrite display, Nvidia GeForce GPU, Harman/Kradon Speakers with Dolby and an Intel core i7 processor to power it up.
The system is beautiful in itself; it has a nice looking paint job with silver trim and when you open her up and see the huge 16 inch wide-screen monitor it will make you drool. It’s probably one of the most beautiful notebooks I have seen in a while.
I took the A505 with me to Barcelona Spain for the Mobile World Congress, as I planned to take loads of pictures, some videos and just browse the web while I was there and needed something that could handle the workload I expected to have. So I figured what better way to review a notebook than to put it to some hard core use at a convention in another country.
Today WD introduced their first ever consumer-oriented SSD drive the SiliconEdge Blue a 2.5” SSD. The SiliconEdige Blue SSDs will deliver fast read/write speeds and large storage space making them perfect for applications that require high read/write speeds.
The SiliconEdge SSDs are available in capacities up to 256 GB, native 3.0 gbp/s SATA interface, read speeds up to 250 MB/s and write speeds up to 170 MB/s. The drive is designed to be rugged and WD subjected the drives to over 250,000 hours of testing to make sure they can handle what ever we can throw at them.
“The development of the WD SiliconEdge Blue product family leverages WD’s extensive experience in designing and manufacturing highly reliable storage products and the company’s worldwide sales and distribution network to accelerate SSD technology adoption by OEMs, technology enthusiasts, gamers and road warriors,” said Michael Hajeck, senior vice president and general manager of WD’s solid state storage business unit. “Customers who demand the ultimate in performance will find the WD SiliconEdge Blue SSDs exceed all their requirements.”
Today HP announced that they have expanded their portfolio of business notebooks. They have announced two new EliteBooks the 2750p (tablet PC) and the 2540p and four new Probooks the 4320s, 4420s, 4520s and the 4720s.
My favorite of the six new notebooks is the 2750p which is the ultra-thin, multitouch convertible tablet pc, that can deliver up to 11 hours of battery life with an extended battery. Whats so cool about the 2740p is that the extended battery and an optional dock attack to the system in layers similar to if you were stacking lego blocks on top of each other. The system by itself with the default battery weighs 3.8 pounds but even when you add the extended battery along with the dock it still weighs under 6 pounds.
I am a huge couch potato; if I could I would watch tv nonstop. But like you I have a job and a life that requires I go places. Besides being a couch potato you can say I’m somewhat of a cheap ass.
A cheap ass because I do not like paying 10 dollars a month to my cable company, and I don’t really feel like paying 250 dollars for a TiVo box and paying them 13 dollars a month.
But I do want to record my favorite TV shows, and well paying $200 dollars for the Hauppauge HD PVR was a good solution for me.
Today AMD has announced the new ATI Radeon 5800 Series, a brand spanking new series of video cards that promise to deliver what gamers crave, along with high definition capabilities that will make movie lovers drool.
The Radeon 5800 series will deliver up to 2.72 Teraflops of computing power; it has an 800 MHz clock speed, with a max res of 2560x1600, and depending on the card you get they can support up to 6 monitors at once!
This past week I was able to attend the mobile world congress, I visited with companies like HP who showed me their new android netbook, and synaptics that showed off their new touch technology, and logmein who showed us some really interesting software for service providers and end users alike.
But for me the biggest announcement at MWC 2010 was Windows Phone 7. It was amazing to see how much Microsoft has changed, how streamlined the new mobile OS from Microsoft seems.
USB 3.0 and External Hard drives seem to be the hot new thing and for good reason, as these drives are lighting fast.
A few weeks ago Seagate sent me their BlackArmor PS110 and having been briefed on it during CES I was excited. The ability to transfer data so quickly had me giddy.
Whats unique about the Seagate PS110 is unlike the other USB 3.0 external HDD available, this one is portable and it also includes a PCI express Card for your notebook. So you literally can turn your old notebook with a expansion slot into a super fast data transferring machine! 
BlueAnt is known for their great Bluetooth headsets. I have owned several and I have yet to be disappointed. They are comfortable, deliver crystal clear sound and I never have to raise my voice in order for the person I am speaking to can hear me.
The Q1 is no exception. I have been using it for about a month now and I haven’t been happier.
It was one of the easiest phones to pair, as the headset tells you what you need to do. It was so easy I had my mom do it and the hardest part for her was finding where to enable the Bluetooth settings on her phone.
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