laptop | Kris Smith has read these articles about "laptop" | www.croncast.comThis is the keyword feed for "laptop" from my read items in Google Reader. If you would like to search or subscribe to category/keyword rss feeds for items that I have shared with Google Reader visit http://www.croncast.com/c4_reading.phpBring Your Own Wi-Fi Hotspot- January 31, 2008 A new product called iBox2Go is a portable wi-fi hotspot that fits in a briefcase. Perfect for travelers who may need to share internet access anytime, anywhere, the iBox2Go is a great "internet in a box" product. The iBox2Go unit connects to the internet using a Sprint Mobile Broadband USB card with speeds up to 3.1 Mb. The connection can be shared by 10 people via the included Wi-Fi router. If it's just you, you can remove the wireless card from the iBox2Go unit and use it directly in your...http://on10.net/blogs/sarahintampa/20878/Default.aspx Apple Affiliate Program, Giving It Another Shot- January 27, 2008 I have no clue why I am giving the Apple Affiliate Program another shot. When you look at the numbers you will think I am crazy for trying again. I just can't get passed the fact that they sell a ton of iPods, MacBooks and now the MacBook Air and that we could possibly make a couple bucks from it. Last year we were paid $0.00 by Apple after running a pretty aggressive campaign on Croncast and Resale Queen and in our RSS feeds. There is no way that in hades that not one single individual...http://www.croncast.com/rss/1321/Apple-Affiliate-Program-Giving-It-Another-Shot_MacBook-Ai... Linux-less Eee PC launched in Japan (Tony SmithThe Register)- January 24, 2008 Linux-less Eee PC launched in Japan Asus has formally launched its bonsai laptop, the Eee PC, in Japan, pre-installing the machine with Windows XP Home Edition rather than Linux. The machine&39;s specifications proved to be those of the standard 4GB solid-state disc model - the Eee PC 701 Source: The Register Author: Tony Smith Link: http:www.reghardware.co.uk20080123 Techmeme permalinkTags: eee pc japan launched linuxhttp://www.techmeme.com/080124/p37#a080124p37 .Mac: Future of a sleeping giant- January 19, 2008 TUAW Interviews Merlin Mann My tall, new friend Scott McNulty interviewed me yesterday for TUAW's Macworld coverage unintentionally providing me a fine bully pulpit from which to perpetuate my baseless theories and half-baked forecasts abut how Apple might eat the lunches of about three different industries over the next couple years. If they can pull it off, if they can fix .Mac, and if they have the vision to re-imagine themselves as the company who makes your entire digital world safe,..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/43Folders/~3/219060506/mac-future-sleeping-giant Everex to stun the world with 9-inch CloudBook, DevBook, mini desktop- January 17, 2008 Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsAccording to rumblings on the internet, the new Cloudbook from Everex that's worming its way into Wal-Marts across the US this weekend will be getting a big brother soon. If you believe what they say (they being Paul Kim, director of marketing at Everex), we can expect a 9-inch version of the Eee-competitor to make an appearance in June, boasting a larger keyboard, more memory, and possibly new "skins" (but please, no tattoos). The Linux-equipped computer will...http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/218045300/ Apple Day 2008- January 15, 2008 Gary Rosenzweig of MacMost takes a look at past Apple Days and what important products were announced each year, including the iMac, iPod, the switch to Intel and the iPhone.And as tomorrow is Christmas Day all over again I thought I would ask for a few things.Dear Santa Steve,I&39;ve been a very good boy this year. All 14 days of it. For Apple Day I would like an Apple TV that works like a TiVo and comes with AT&T Digital Cable or better yet my current cable provider.Next I would like a...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1TimStreet/~3/216792893/apple-day-2008.html Tips on replacing a MacBook Pro's hard drive- January 14, 2008 Filed under: Macworld, Apple, Macbook ProFriday I found myself doing what anyone who was soon to be flying across the country to cover Macworld would be doing : replacing the hard drive in my MacBook Pro. A smart idea Well, considering that my old drive was making some not so good noises I thought it better to replace the darned thing before it failed during the Expo.I headed over to Other World Computing and ordered this drive. OWC is great because they offer up many of the same parts that...http://feeds.tuaw.com/~r/weblogsinc/tuaw/~3/216185406/ Becoming a Freelance Web Worker: Part 3, The Working Day- January 13, 2008 The web worker has a very different kind of working day. Clients are lined up and liaised with through email, payments come in via PayPal and Facebook trumps the television when procrastination time comes around. To be efficient and effective as a web worker you'll need to come to grips with a few important tools and change some rusted-on behaviours. In part 3 of the Becoming a Freelance Web Worker series I'll describe exactly what you need to make it through your first working day (and every...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FreelanceSwitch/~3/215910932/ OLPC To Be Distributed To US Students- January 13, 2008 eldavojohn writes "The One Laptop Per Child Project plans to launch OLPC America in 2008 , to distribute the low-cost laptop computers originally intended for developing nations to needy students here in the United States. Nicholas Negroponte is quoted as saying, 'We are doing something patriotic, if you will, after all we are and there are poor children in America. The second thing we're doing is building a critical mass. The numbers are going to go up, people will make more software, it will..http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/215785612/article.pl Keeping your screen clean- January 12, 2008 Filed under: Portables, How-tos, Macbook Pro, TUAW Tips, MacBookAlthough I can be a bit of a slob, I'm pretty anal retentive when it comes to keeping my electronics clean. That goes triple for my MacBook. Although I was pretty scrupulous with my last laptop, the glossy screen and black casing that shows all have required me to become even more attentive. Even though I don't have people touching my screen all the time, I manage to accumulate build up of fingerprints, smudges and dust marks (most.http://feeds.tuaw.com/~r/weblogsinc/tuaw/~3/215285940/ |