Improve Audio Experience in Linux-Based Netbooks

When shopping for a netbook, look for terms like "speech enhancement" or "echo cancellation" on the features list

As our society becomes ever-more mobile, our digital devices continue to get smaller. We can listen to our entire musical library on an iPod that weighs less than 5 ounces. The shrinking of our digital devices is also being seen in our computers, as ultra-thin notebooks are no longer the smallest things around. Customers wanting to stay connected without compromising computing power are turning to netbooks.

Apple refreshes MacBook Pro line

13-inch unibody MacBook now a MacBook Pro

Apple, Inc. today introduced a refreshed laptop line starting with the MacBook Pro line that starts at $1199 for a 13-inch MacBook Pro with 2.26 Core 2 duo with 2GB RAM, 160hard drive and a SD card slot, the first for an Apple notebook. The top of the line 17-inch model ($2499) features 4GB DDR3 memory, a 500GB hard disk drive, and NVIDIA 9400M or a 9600M GT and an ExpressCard slot.

Targus EcoSmart Backpack

Constructed of recycled water bottles, the EcoSmart is the company's entry into the Green Economy

Plastic water bottles are probably one of the most evil inventions in recently history when it comes to harm to the environment. Not only are people being duped into buying something that can be had for just pennies, the container in which that water comes in is polluting the world's oceans and filling the landfills at an alarming rate. In the United States, many states have imposed a recycle fee on these bottles, yet not everyone bothers to "return for deposit."

Lenovo W700ds mobile workstation

System features a Wacom tablet, built in color calibration. . . and an extra screen

Lenovo has long been known for innovative notebook computers harking back to the days when it (IBM) came out with the ThinkPad notebook computer. This machine served notice that it was at the top of the heap when it came to design and functionality. The current crop of ThinkPad workstations maintain that innovation as well as some features that could be called obscure, such as the one with the W700ds that I'm reviewing here.

Content Insider # 120 - Cloud Work

Netbooks... The Easy Way to Sell More Service

It sounds almost too good to be true -- a cheap computer you can use/carry everywhere, never have to upgrade the operating system or your apps, with a battery that lasts for ... well a long, long time. Sounds great except we end up leaving all of our work in the beautiful white clouds. The clouds move. We forget which cloud has our stuff and how we get in. Worse, there's a **** storm in the cloud just as we want to get in.