Archive for October 2011

Today hundreds of NewEgg.com customers received a special gift from Newegg.com. 12 dozen eggs, and in those 12 dozen eggs there was 1 orange egg with a prize ranging from a 5 dollar gift card to a beanie.

Some even luckier NewEgg customers will get a special GOLDEN egg which contains a $1000 gift certificate!

Newegg wanted to inform its customers that their Black Friday is all of November!

GoFlex Satellite owners rejoice improvements to your favorite wireless hard drive are among us.

The new firmware which is version 1.2.0.012 will improve performance of the drive, also add new sorting options for albums, adds a Photo Slide Show with music and enhanced playlist support, and also music cover art will be viewable!

The update doesn’t include the feature I was hoping for which would allow a user to be on the internet while connected to the GoFlex Satellite but hopefully that feature will be available in the next update.

You can download the firmware here.

MAINGEAR announced today that they will offer the the new Intel Core i7 2700k in their Shift and F131 desktops.

The i7 2700K is a quad-core processor with a clock speed of 3.5GHz and 3.9GHz Turbo boost.  The chip also integrates the CPU, Graphics and memory controller, and PCI express all on one chip.

MAINGEAR is able to overclock the 2700K to 5GHZ and beyond according to their press release.

The price of the F131 and Shift with the 2700k is $1228 and $1985 respectfully. I wish I could afford one. More information on both systems here.

No matter what device or smartphone you are using these days, a great pair of headphones is always one of the accessories that makes that experience a whole lot better.  I’ve tried out many headphones and earbuds trying to find the perfect pair that will provide crisp sound and help with noise cancellation.  I found that with the ClarityOne Earbuds.

In my line of work, I have to concentrate on design, code, and requirements generation.  Having a loud office provides an environment where it’s sometimes hard to think about what I’m doing.  These earbuds provide a crisp clear sound quality that let me get lost in whatever I’m hearing and because of the light-weight design and long cable (it comes with a 48″ cable), I’m able to move around my workspace easily and sometimes even forget that I’m wearing them!  Best of all, I no longer hear the conversations, whistling, and failed attempts at singing of my coworkers! Continue reading »

Setting up your router for an AT&T Internet modem is a very simple process. Routers are used when multiple computers in the same household want to be able to connect using the same connection. To get started, plug-in the router near the cable modem. Then plug the Ethernet cable supplied with the AT&T modem into the router. When the router blinks, this will indicate that the router is syncing with the modem. From here, just click the wireless icon on the computer in order to connect to the router and then the Internet. Once a website loads, you know the router works correctly. First time setting up your home network and you need a router compatible with AT&T’s service? Check out these top five.

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Because of the service outage last week, Blackberry has said it will give its users free premium apps valued up to $100. The apps will be available starting October 19th and will remain free for 4 weeks. Blackberry has also said enterprise customers will get one free month of Technical Support.

Millions of Blackberry customers around the world were left with out email for up to a day,

So if you have a Blackberry check the App World starting Wednesday for those free Premium Apps!

AMD today launched the AMD FX Family of CPUs which includes an 8 core desktop CPU. For those familiar with AMD code names this chip was codenamed “Bulldozer”, and it’s price isn’t that bad at $245 USD.

“AMD FX CPUs are back with a vengeance, as validated by the recent feat of setting a Guinness World Records® title for „Highest Frequency of a Computer Processor,‟” said Chris Cloran, corporate vice president and general manager, Client Group at AMD. “While overclockers will certainly enjoy the frequencies the AMD FX processors can achieve, PC enthusiasts and HD media aficionados will appreciate the remarkable experience that AMD FX processors can provide as part of a balanced, affordable desktop system.”

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Today at CTIA TeleNav announced TeleNav GPS Navigator 7.1 for Sprint Android devices. The new Navigator was designed to help people who are always on-the-go people run errands around town.

Navigator 7.1 features a new home screen, called “My Dashboard” which gives quick access to all the things they need to know, like their current location and real time traffic. The home screen is pictured to the left.

Navigator 7.1 also features improved map options and car icons that can be customized giving your GPS a bit of personal flare.

There are also now widgets for Navigator, something it lacked and something I welcome since I love widgets.

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Symantec today announced the public beta for Norton 360 v6, what I consider the best full featured security suite available today.

New in Norton 360 v6 is Norton Identity Safe in the cloud, which allows you to maintain your passwords in the cloud and access to them from any PC, Norton Management a new web management which allows you to remotely control some of Nortons feature, along with other under the hood improvements.

Norton 360 v6 is available for download for free at http://us.norton.com/beta

I am always suspicious when I hear of an APP that can improve a device with no additional hardware required. It’s like the modern day snake oil trade, and suckers fall for these so called apps all the time.

So when I heard about the MyTunes App from SRSLabs I immediately thought what a load of crap. I love SRSLabs but I honestly thought they were trying to pull a fast one on me and others who might find the app.

But I was wrong, the APP worked great and my music did indeed sound a lot better. It was as if I got myself some expensive head phones for free! My DRM music didn’t work on it, and after a conversation with support at SRSLabs I learned it was because DRM music isn’t supported, but who has DRM music now a days anyway? It’s 2011 not 2001

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