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Android based smartphones are really starting to find their market, with a jump of over 150% shares since October (source: Digital Trends ). Along with the rising trend, a lot of Windows users will be using this phone with their computer. But could this be leading into a problem yet to come?
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The two most vital rooms in a home for women are the kitchen and the bathroom. The two most important rooms for men are the – game room, entertainment room, office, den, man cave or whatever he chooses to call that special room where he kicks back with a beer and remote control in hand [...]
Today’s Olympic athletes are world class competitors, and often the winning margins are so slight that any edge can have major consequences at the time of competition. As we saw with the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the infamous Speedo LZR Racer suits contributed greatly to having a competitive edge.
With that knowledge, it should come to no [...]
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Windows 7 continues to build on the tablet capabilities that we first saw on Windows XP. We have an infographic that details some of the new (and improved) tablet features that you will find with the latest from Redmond, Windows 7.
If you own an iPhone, it’s probably safe to say, you’ve downloaded lots of apps. I know I’ve got loads of apps, from those to keep me on track with my calorie intake and exercise to those that help me connect socially (like Tweetdeck and Facebook). And I have tons of educational and kid-friendly games… [...]
In today’s world of hot gadgets and breaking software, it can be confusing as to what is practical to have and what is a lot of flash with little real functionality. In order to try to separate the brands from the functions, we are trying a different approach here.
Instead of listing 10 great gadgets to [...]
Being a person who A. uses a computer and B. at least tries to have an occasional original thought, I have tried many of these packages, with a varying degree of success. But I have found them to be either too rigid in their design or too alien to what ticks inside my own head. That is, until I stumbled upon something on a Mac that works well for me. That creative program suite is iWork from Apple.
Everyone knows that tech gifts make some of the really coolest gifts to give out as Christmas presents. But, with the current state of the economy as it is, I proposed to myself a challenge: To find respectable tech gifts for $20 or less. I know what you are thinking – the words “tech gift” and “$20 or less” go together about like Macs and plentiful FPS games, but nonetheless I believe that such a thing is possible.
Searching the internet for methods of tethering your phone to a laptop can be overwhelming. There are dozens of ideas out there depending on your phone model, service and software. Some look easy, some look complicated, some look illegal, and some look like they’ll end up costing you your first born child in [...]
So you may have went and grabbed a great deal on a Netbook on Black Friday, but now you must have something to protect it. Let’s face it, we’re not the carefullest of creatures when it comes to our things, and of course accidents can happen anywhere and anytime. Netbooks are great for kids, but [...]
My favorite holiday of the year is Christmas. The sounds of holiday music in the air. The smells of Christmas cookies baking in the oven. All the festive decorations to behold and the malls and shops with their hustle and bustle of shoppers looking for that special gift… how could you not get in the [...]
Today for review our friends over at MobileFun have sent me a very unique Bluetooth headset. It’s called the Bluetrek Bizz, it’s a BT headset and a USB drive in one, it might sound like a funky idea but it’s not. It utilizes a microSD card for storage actually that is hidden under the earpiece, [...]
I don’t know about you but I don’t really care for touchpads at all, I’m accustomed to using a mouse for everything and really just have never liked using the touchpads on laptops and netbooks. If you’re like me then you’ll be wanting to get a mouse for you netbook as well and you’ve got [...]
So many times you see or hear about a new gadget that makes you say, “Why didn’t I think of that?” And then there are times when we hear about a new gadget and say, “What the heck were they thinking?”… Some of these gadgets seem crazy, silly and downright insane; yet, some seem quite ingenious. Check these gadgets out and tell us what you think – insane or genius?
Mac laptops don’t come with the biggest hard drives in the world. No laptops to, but Macs are hanging in there in the lower end of what’s standard for a notebook, particularly within their price range. A standard MacBook starts at 250GB, which is up from the 120GB drive that shipped last year. [...]
Over the past year my iPhone 3G’s battery life has decreased. This may be due to my reading emails, checking Twitter, playing games, listening to music or web surfing. Lately I have been charging my iPhone every night and even with a fresh charge to start the day I usually get the “less [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve taken a look at any DVD Ripper programs here, but I think I’ve found one that might be worth your while to take a look at. This one is called Extra DVD to All MP4 Ripper, it’s a DVD ripper that rips to MP4 format for iPod, iPhone and [...]
Hello there everyone! It’s that time of the week for quick and handy Apple tricks. This week I’ve got one that is dear to my heart. As a lifelong gamer, one of my biggest qualms about being a Mac user is that the majority of my favorite PC games never make it [...]
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced that it has today filed a complaint against Apple with the Federal District Court in Delaware, alleging that Apple’s iPhone infringes Nokia patents for GSM, UMTS and wireless LAN (WLAN) standards.
Apple® today updated its popular MacBook® with a new, durable polycarbonate unibody design featuring a brilliant LED-backlit display, a glass Multi-Touch(TM) trackpad and Apple’s innovative built-in battery for up to seven hours of battery life. Inheriting technology and design features from the MacBook Pro line, the new MacBook is an ideal consumer notebook for students [...]
Apple® today unveiled an all new iMac® line featuring brilliant LED-backlit 21.5 and 27-inch widescreen displays in a new edge-to-edge glass design and seamless all aluminum enclosure. The new iMac line, starting at $1,199, is the fastest ever with Intel Core 2 Duo processors starting at 3.06 GHz, and Core i5 and i7 quad-core processors [...]
It’s all about discs today, folks.
You know what’s snappy? Having a CD/DVD Superdrive on your Mac that is nothing more than a little slit on the side. It’s unobtrusive and stylish, and oh so fun to glide a disc into and wait for that moment when it grabs hold with its little motor [...]
With the advent of computers, came a fear that they would somehow develop human capabilities and turn on us. Hollywood capitalized on this idea… and thankfully we have these great ‘Computers Gone Bad’ movie computer villains… From the classic, Dr. Strangelove to the Terminator movies, here are some of the best computer villains:
The Wordpress.org plugin directory contains 6,889 plugins as of today, October 13, 2009. Nearly 55 million plugin downloads have gone through the Wordpress system. With that many choices available, how is one to know which are the best for their blog, and which are beat? Everyone wants plugins that will help boost [...]
With today’s modern computers, the medium in which we interact with them has grown from simple text to media rich compositions, serving to both entertain and to convey information on any myriad of topics. In fact, the medium has so outgrown the simple printed word that many of us find it advantageous to include charts, pictures, and yes even drawings and illustrations in our own works.
I’ve been called obsessive compulsive when it comes to my hand washing. I wash my hands after doing anything. I wash my hands after being out in public. I wash my hands after going a half hour without washing my hands. When my hands are dirty, my whole life feels dirty. [...]
In the early 1980’s, we had Dig Dug, Frogger and Donkey Kong. These early arcade classics helped kick off the initial video game craze and established themselves as legendary titles that will forever appeal to nostalgic gamers. Arcade consoles were put up in commercial businesses, restaurants, movie theaters and other places where people [...]
40 of the best geek gals you’re ever likely to find… some paved the way for us to let the geek inside us out. From past to present and from the real to fictional – check out these geek gals…
We’re going to be starting a new feature here at iGadgetLife, and we promise you’re going to love it more than that $12 check you got from your grandmother on your birthday. Once a week, we’ll dish out some handy tips and tricks related to anything Apple; from the iPhone and iPod to the [...]
My Acer Aspire One D250 came with a standard mechanical hard drive, and recently I acquired another SSD drive so I figured why not swap the HDD out for the SSD as that seems the popular way to go these days. Now I knew the read and write speeds of the SSD would be much [...]
Bluetooth is prevalent in lots of our devices, but it has yet to become a standard in our PCs, laptops and netbooks, and I’m not sure why exactly. You’d think with all of those BT devices out there more manufacturers would start to make Bluetooth a standard feature. I’ve got the Acer Aspire One D250 [...]
Some Mac users love Safari. Others see it as the bane of internet browsers. Some use it out of respect for the Apple brand – it’s what comes on the machine, so it is pure Mac. Some use it because they appreciate its simplicity. Some hate it for the same reasons; [...]
Times have changed. Now men are proud to be referred to as geeks. Geeks are cool. Geeks are sexy. Check out these 25 geeks and why we love them.
I’m back with the next in this little series of reviews to get your videos to your iPod so you can take them with you on the go. Today for review I’ve got Extra DVD Ripper Professional and it’s a bit on the expensive side coming in at almost $35, but for the cost you [...]
I hope you all had a chance to check out my KISS MusicSkins review. Besides the iPhone version of their skin, MusicSkins also sent us a PSP style to check out. This skin fits on both the front and back of the Sony portable gaming console. It is designed to customize the PSP and [...]
Have you ever witnessed first hand a product flop so severe that you have to wonder – “what the heck were they thinking?” Chances are you have seen at least one that makes you wonder about the intended market. And you’ve seen the product go down in a flaming meltdown that makes the Hindenburg seem [...]
A couple weeks ago I compared Windows Xp that comes on the Acer Aspire One D250 to the new Windows 7 to basically find out how they compared to each other in terms of performance. The D250 I have comes with 1gig of ram, so As sort of a part two to that article I [...]
You Wanted The Best! You‘ve Got The Best! The Hottest SKIN In The World! The KISS MusicSkin!!!!!!
Can you guess I grew up in the seventies? At that time KISS was one of the biggest bands in the world and at the pinnacle of their popularity. For the sake of nostalgia I picked the [...]
One thing I very much enjoy is a quality product. It’s always very satisfying when you come across a product that claims it will do something, and when you try it out, it actually performs as stated. Today, you are about to be blessed with information about one such product.
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