Improve Audio Experience in Linux-Based Netbooks By Steven Tellman and Henry Wong 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. ...Read More »

Content Insider # 120 - Cloud Work By Miles Weston 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. ...Read More »

Content Insider #111 - Cloud Computing By Miles Weston Netbooks. They are the neat little items that fit comfortably between workhorse notebooks and small, convenient iPhone/Blackberry units. They've got it all--instant on, lightweight, no software updates, long battery life, little bitty solid state drives, cheap cost! Sounds great. Works-- less so! ...Read More »

Insider # 110: Incredible Shrinking Computing By Miles Weston At last month's Intel Developers Forum (IDF) they showed us systems of every size, shape and price. The "hot n sexy" subject was netbooks that would be so light you'd carry them with you all the time and do all your work/storage in the cloud...as long as the cloud wasn't overcast. Sure kids can thumb them but touch typing is a lost cause. Sorry, not ready for carpel thumb syndrome yet... ...Read More »

Content Insider #106 "GPU vs CPU" By Miles Weston It's a little strange out there. There's a huge demand for minimalist portable computers. There's a giant demand for heavy honkers that serious gamers carry, open and use to test their eye/hand coordination and ability to concentrate. Why can't we get a good all purpose system that won't melt our polyester pants with a battery that will continue to breathe for the length of our flight? ...Read More »

Making a traveling personal wireless network with a MacBook Pro By Joshua Virata Although the prices of traveling keep going up due to the rising price of gas, many people continue to choose to travel. Although many hotels offer high speed Internet in the rooms, access is usually of the wired kind. The average family now have multiple computer users, including teenagers who have their personal lives on their own notebook computers. These families will benefit from a traveling personal wireless solution that I will show you how to set up here, provided you have a MacBook or MacBook Pro. ...Read More »

My first trip to Macworld Expo By David Basulto I have to say, as I got on my plane to go to San Francisco for my first ever Macworld Expo, I was very excited. I had heard of this "cult like" event for years but being a PC user I never went. After switching to the Mac last year I felt it necessary to journey to this holy land of Mac users. ...Read More »

Content Insider By Miles Weston If One Laptop per Child (OLPC) can deliver a $100 pretty rugged notebook computer why can't the industry deliver a similar system for the working class that doesn't cost $1,000 - $1,500? Will we see economic, ruggedized notebooks that have power and capabilities for students, business people and creatives? OLPC may reshape the industry in a way we never imagined. ...Read More »

Part 26: Installing Wireless Cards in PCs, Macs & Laptops By Jeff Van West and Garrick Chow Part 26: Installing Wireless Cards in PCs, Macs & Laptops - Do you have more than one computer in your home or small office? If you do, you need a network! Using the network, you can share a single internet connection between all your computers, transfer files with a few mouse-clicks rather than a pile of floppy disks, and work wirelessly with your laptop from anywhere in the room. You can also use your network for sharing printers, playing music, and vanquishing the enemy in multi-player online games. ...Read More »

Part 17: File Sharing and Firewalls (Windows & Mac) By Jeff Van West and Garrick Chow Part 17: File Sharing and Firewalls (Windows & Mac) - Do you have more than one computer in your home or small office? If you do, you need a network! Using the network, you can share a single internet connection between all your computers, transfer files with a few mouse-clicks rather than a pile of floppy disks, and work wirelessly with your laptop from anywhere in the room. You can also use your network for sharing printers, playing music, and vanquishing the enemy in multi-player online games. ...Read More »