On this week’s installment of the Digital City, we discus holiday spending habits, what tech gift suggestions people ask us for, how to fix Black Friday doorbuster nightmares, which Netbook Santa may shove in your stocking, and which new smart phone Dan should trade in his Treo 700p for. …
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Economy in shambles? Cutting back on expenses? Then a Netbook might be just the thing you need to round out that holiday shopping list. After all, for around $500 (or less), you can …
The Targus Bluetooth Mouse for Macs.
To be totally honest, mice are generally platform-agnostic devices. Pretty much any USB, wireless, or Bluetooth mouse will work on both PCs and Macs. That, of course, doesn’t stop savvy marketers from designing products with an Apple-inspired look and feel. These are some …
On this week’s installment of the Digital City, it’s the Post-Black-Friday special, where we discuss the latest economic woes, our holiday wish lists, Black Friday vs. Cyber Monday, the new MTA text alert system, and Blockbuster’s lastest idea — a set-top streaming movie box.
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Need a quick stocking stuffer for the Mac addict on your holiday gift list? We just reviewed a pair of new mice from accessory maker Targus that are specifically being pitched for use with MacBooks, iMacs, and other Apple computers.
A healthy side industry has popped up for accessories that …
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We may think of Atom-powered Netbooks as the most basic of computers, good for Web surfing and e-mailing – but what would happen if someone stuffed a discrete graphics chip into one of these low-power, low-price systems?
It took Asus, the guys who pretty much created the Netbook market with …
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We’ve seen more than our share of new laptop bags that adhere to TSA guidelines for getting through airport security quickly. Almost all follow the same basic premise of a two-compartment bag that butterflies open to lie flat on the X-ray machine conveyor belt. The separate compartment that holds …
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Taking a peek at the big Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales, there are plenty of big-screen TVs and cameras, but not quite as many laptops. That’s surprising, because based on the extreme interest readers expressed for Walmart’s $298 Celeron-powered Compaq laptop earlier in November, we suspect a lot …
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On this week’s installment of the Digital City, Joseph previews some upcoming iPhone games, plus we talk about Xbox Live avatars, long lines for the Blackberry Storm, trouble at Sirus XM, and the world’s biggest LED billboard — right in the heart of Times Square.
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At a media preview event Thursday night in New York, Asus showed off for the first time a new brushed-metal design for the 10-inch Eee PC Netbook. The new Eee PC 1002AH has essentially the same components as the Eee PC 1000 – Intel Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, Windows …
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