Apple has updated the white MacBook by replacing the polycarbonate shell with the aluminum unibody encasing. — CrunchGear
Yesterday, directly on the CNN homepage that was covering the inauguration live, there were over 600,000 status updates from the Facebook Connect service. — TechCrunch
MSI's Valentine's Edition of their Wind U100 netbook, comes in pink, features a 160GB hard drive, and costs $430. — Gizmodo
On Friday, Barack Obama aides learned that they will have to give up IM, or else IM communication will become a part of official records. — Switched
For 99 cents, it'll find all the nearest places you can get ice cream and frozen yogurt, which, if you're like me, can head off an unnecessary panic attack.
We must be doing something right, ladies, because a new study shows that there are more young girls using computers than young boys.
Much like the study from over a year ago that revealed more women online than men, it showed that not only are more girls using computers, but their mothers are providing more assistance than fathers. New technology in the household looks like it's the provenance of the females in the house!
I wonder how these stats will affect the learning of the two genders in the future; what does our outnumbering of boys on the Internet and computers say about us?
Even the PlayStation Blog is having a hard time explaining what exactly the game Flower is all about; luckily, they've provided a video of game play to show rather than tell. The game, which will be on the PlayStation network, has stunning graphics, and that, mixed with my gender-mandated love of flowers, makes me think hey, this release on February 12? Sounds like a nice play on a Valentine's Day gift, if you know what I'm sayin'.
My love affair with my Dave laptop table from Ikea is still going strong, but there are times when I want to use my laptop in bed, and a table isn't gonna cut it. Amen for Logitech, who have just come out with a new and improved LapDesk! This beauty, which I spotted on Coolest Gadgets, can be yours for $40 from Amazon. The Comfort LapDesk is lightweight, features four-layer heat-shielding, and you can use the twelve-degree angled riser to position your laptop however you want. All that, and it's not to shabby to look at!
Have you been downloading your PS3 updates? Just like computers, your gaming console needs updates to remain healthy and fresh, and this new Playstation 3 firmware update brings some pretty cool upgrades to your console's photo galleries. Update 2.60 lets you browse through your photos by color, date, facial expression, age, number of people in your snapshot, as well as what camera the photos were taken on.
Not only that but you can now build slideshows and set them to music to show off at your next gathering. The update is free (natch), but you'll need to run the firmware update first, then install the gallery update by heading on over to your photo section and pressing X. Check out a walk through on the Playstation Blog.
Holy '70s! This vintage Yellow Record and 8-Track Player Combo is not for the decor faint of heart. That is some yellow and black retro business goin' on. It's all perched atop a wheeled tulip base, so you could conveniently move your vintage format (if you're one of those) player wherever you needed it.
It's being offered on Etsy by vintage specialist johnnyvintage, who says it's a rare Weltron 2005 (ring any bells? No, me neither), originally manufactured in Great Britain. Though this baby costs $650, it's no slouch; though it has its own speakers, it can also plug into yours and rock on.
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