According to the latest research conducted by the analytical department of the SquareTrade company, Asus laptops are the most reliable among other popular brands. It is a real surprise for many Apple fans that mobile computers from their favorite company are only on the fourth place, yielding to Toshiba and Sony laptops in reliability characteristics. SquareTrade provides after-sales warranty services for consumer electronics. The company based its new study of notebooks / netbooks reliabil... Read Full Story

Sometimes technologies of the past help us to go in the future. Let’s take the first pedal powered machine for XO laptops as an example. Akmal Waak and Mike Dawson, technicians working for OLPC (the One Laptop Per Child Association, Inc.) in Afghanistan, have designed such a mechanism to charge XO laptops. Of course, it is made not just for fun or health improvement, this new prototype has noble mission, it allows to use OLPC gadgets in countryside and rural areas beyond the power grid. Deve... Read Full Story

Thanks to One Laptop Per Child, a non-profit North American association, 380,000 primary school pupils in Uruguay have been issued this year with a free personal laptop. The XO-1, (previously known as the $100 Laptop), is an inexpensive laptop model that was developed by Quanta Computer Incorporated, a well-known manufacturer of notebook computers. Its customers include ACER, Apple Inc., Cisco, Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Sony, Toshiba and other major brands. Th... Read Full Story

No, there is nothing exciting about printers. Apart from the HP Photosmart Premium that connects directly to the Internet. The ability to get Google map directions using the printer’s 4″ LCD is the reason for existing. Speaking of the applications, the Photosmart Premium will include several preloaded apps like Nickelodeon, Weather News and Google, plus people can download new ones as they become available. The printer will come with an open API, what will let developers create t... Read Full Story

Researchers claim that Asus Eee PC has been the greatest hit in the mobile devices sector this year. Yet the 8.9-inch laptop is one step away from true mobility - there is no go-anywhere Internet access. In other words, you are still in a Wi-Fi hotspot which doesn’t appear to meet the needs of today’s Eee user. Well, you can always try a 3G dongle with your laptop but nowadays there is a rather high competition in gadgets and gizmos for the few USB ports. Asustek has announced that Asu... Read Full Story

Almost 5 months ago I have compared prices of UK mobile broadband offers, making an easy prediction that the competition will be tightening and prices falling. This week, I have updated our price comparison, and the results are predictable: prices are going down and the number of providers is going up. Two new providers have entered the market, Orange and o2. Weirdly, o2 only lets its existing mobile or home broadband customers to buy mobile broadband and, even though I did include o2 in the ... Read Full Story

What is the difference between a girl and a laptop? You would not say “You look like a breadknife, babycake” to a girl, as a compliment to her slim shape. She will take her revenge by comparing you with Chandler from “Friends”, or worse, beat you to death with steak tenderiser. Yet, when it comes to laptops, this is as good a compliment as it gets. And Macbook Air deservedly holds the crown as the next best thing to a bread knife in the world of laptops. There has been... Read Full Story

Internet Service Providers can prove many people have difficulty locating what Internet actually is. They receive hundreds of calls daily and can prove that such substance as Internet is still beyond understanding for a certain number of users. Here are some of the most interesting enquiries: - I’d like to buy the Internet. Do you know how much it is? - I would like a CD with the Internet on it. - Can you copy the Internet for me on this pen drive? - I would like an Internet please. - I... Read Full Story

The good thing about modern industrial designers is that some of them are brave enough to realize and present the wildest of their ideas. And it’s even more amazing how exactly they do it: with utmost seriousness, not giving a hint of childish excitement. One example is “Beauty and the Geek” jeans, which is an incredible combination of a pair of jeans, a keyboard, a joystick controller and a pocket for a mouse (which is the only thing that seems to be more or less normal). T... Read Full Story

Everything turned upside down when the computer came into our life and became our family member. However, it has not always been a loved one - often perfectly normal and even wise people loose every trace of the common sense in front of a PC. There are millions of stories. Here are some examples of these computer legends. Many people are confused about the location of the “any” key is on their keyboards when the “Press Any Key” message is displayed. The “OK”... Read Full Story