When the first Kindle was launched, it brought about a revolution in the concept of reading, since this tiny and ultra-portable device allowed users to purchase and their read their favorite literature (be it a novel or a magazine) wherever they might have been, without requiring a connection to a computer. The Kindle 2, launched in February 2009, builds on this concept, but brings about some very interesting innovations, while maintaining those features that made the first model so popular.The first improvement ...
[read more >>] Hewlett Packard is one of the largest IT companies in the world. Its history goes back to 1939 when William Hewlett and David Packard used a coin to decide if the company would be named Hewlett Packard or Packard Hewlett. Packard won, but for some reason decided to name the electronics division "Hewlett-Packard Company”. It's been a long time since then and the company has grown to be one of the largest technology companies in the world.
The rules of it say that you can only keep being the best if y...
[read more >>] It would seem that it's becoming somewhat of a trend among the Taiwan-based hardware manufacturers to also develop portable (or ultra-portable) computing systems, designed especially for those people that spend quite a lot of time on the road. That's also the case with Gigabyte, which has come up with a whole range of such products, including here the device you're about to see as follows, namely the M704 UMPC.
First of all, it's important to mention the fact that, as the name says it, this...
[read more >>] Just about every Internet user out there knows what Amazon is: just about the world's biggest and most successful e-commerce website/service. However, the people from Amazon weren't happy with just this status, and for this reason they've also decided to take things to a whole new level, launching back in the second half of 2007 their Kindle portable eBook reader, a device which might actually completely change the way in which the world perceives this particular concept.
The first major advant...
[read more >>] In the well known Apple style, Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple Inc, has announced at the MacWorld 2008 conference the birth of MacBook Air, which will join the MacBook and the MacBook Pro. MacBook Air, the world's thinnest notebook, is the result of a couple of new innovative technologies.
The design and aesthetics are most appealing and follow the same familiar Apple style, a simple, innovative but practical design. The aluminum chassis hides a 13.3-inch LED backlit display, a full sized keyboard and an in...
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