We're still going keep looking at Amazon's top Laptops...Thought that since school is now in full swing that some you guys would benefit by seeing Amazon's Top 5 Netbooks. Amazon's #1 Netbook is the Toshiba Mini NB255-N245. It's a $266.48 priced system that's a great choice for people on the go who want fully functional computing. Read the rest of this entry »

Amazon's second most popular laptop is the Acer Aspire AS5251-1805 15.6-Inch Laptop. This $379.00 priced Acer will handle basic functions as well as some games. 15.6” LCD, AMD (2.2 Single Core) processor, 3GB of (DD3) RAM, and 250GB hard drive. The ATI (Radeon HD 4250) graphics card is modern. One of the most notable features is the Multi-Gesture Touchpad that allows you to pinch, flick and swirl while browsing. DVD drive, Wireless N, 3 USB ports. This baby weighs 5.74 pounds and gets about 3.5 hours battery life from the 6 cell battery. Read the rest of this entry »

I had a pretty interesting conversation with someone yesterday with a middle aged gentleman by the name of Bill. Bill explained to me that in his profession he consistently uses email throughout the day to communicate. He uses email frequently because is the easiest way to stay in touch with clients, associates, and friends. "Dad. Email is dead." His son told him. Is email dead? Read the rest of this entry »

eMachines eME527-2537. Priced $279.00, this eMachines is a laptop best used for everyday email, internet, and office functions. It features a 15.6" LCD, an Intel Celeron CPU (2.2GHz), 2GB of (DDR3) Memory, and a 160GB hard drive. Your graphics card is the basic playing Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M. Comes with DVD drive, 5-in-1 media card reader, wireless N, and 2 USB ports. Weighs 6 pounds. Overall battery life is 3-4 hours. Read the rest of this entry »

Most everybody knows about and uses Craiglist. What a lot people don't know is that they have a very profitable adult services section. In this NPR story Several state attorneys general are calling on Craigslist to get rid of its adult services section. They say the company isn't doing enough to screen out ads that promote prostitution and child trafficking. NPR's Melissa Block talks to Chris Koster, state attorney general for Missouri. Read the rest of this entry »

I just heard this article on NPR explaining that, for the first time, Americans are cutting back on Cable and Satellite paid TV services. Pretty interesting story. During the article they interview Andre Reynolds, a guy who's just about to pull the plug. His contract is up and he's considering his options. It's a choice between either A) Paying $72 for cable TV and B) Paying $9.99 for Hulu plus. Read the rest of this entry »

It seems like the most popular gaming laptops are one that have large LCD's. Take a jaunt over Amazon.com and you'll come across the ASUS G Series G73JH-A1, a popular beast of a gaming/media editing machine. Gamers agree that the machine has a lot power to play with; it easily handles any games at the highest settings. The laptop also packs plenty of power to handle intense media editing, do high resolution renderings, and fly with anything else you throw at it. Read the rest of this entry »

Three weeks ago my wife approached me and said, "You know, I've been thinking lately and...I think I want to get a smartphone." What? I was shocked! This is my wife we're talking about. She's a 70's girl who, until recently, had been stuck in the technology of that era. What changed her mind? Read the rest of this entry »

Just read an interesting post from Wired entitled: The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet. The authors of the article (Chris Anderson and Michael Worlf) explains that these days we use the internet dramatically different than in 1990. When the internet was in its infancy we spent most our time using browsers to surf the web. It was simple: you just opened Google (or whatever search engine you liked), searched for a term, and immediately get results. Now things are dramatically different. Read the rest of this entry »

The HP Envy 14 is vastly improved from the the original Envy systems that HP introduced back in 2009. What you’ve got here in a 14.5” LCD machine that weighs 5.2 pounds, has a 2.66GHz Intel Core i5-450M processor, 4GB of DDR3 RAM and a 500GB 7,200rpm hard drive. It’s video card is the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 GPU with 1GB of VRAM. It’s got two USB ports, an eSATA / USB combo port, HDMI, DisplayPort, Ethernet, and two headphone jacks, one of which double as a mic jack as well. Read the rest of this entry »

Let’s take another dip into the Newegg.com pool just to see what we can see. Just a quick swim on over to their Laptops / Notebook’s section reveals that Newegg’s second most popular laptop is Lenovo's Y550P (324156U). The Y550P has the new Core i7 processor which means that the machine can easily handle gaming, browsing, business applications, and still be ready for more. Read the rest of this entry »

Checkout this little baby! It's actually a pocket sized tiny PCs called the Stealth LPC-100. The thing has about the same size and thickness of a thick paperback book (4.0" x 6.1" x 1.45") and weighs about 1.2 pounds. Inside you get a choice of processors (either Core 2 Duo or Dual Core Celeron), Intel GM45 mobile chipset with integrated graphics, up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, and a hard drive up to 500GB. The whole thing is eveloped in a rugged aluminum case that should last a long time. Read the rest of this entry »