First Look: Tom Bihn Ristretto bag for iPad
June 26, 2010 – 1:06 pm | No Comment

I blame Steve Sande for my newest iPad-related purchase. Well, there’s a lot of things to blame Steve for, but it was his reviews of the Tom Bihn Western Flyer and Checkpoint Flyer that had me checking out the company he bought the bags from last year. Tom Bihn is based in Seattle and has the distinction of being among those rare companies that still makes its products in the U.S. using mostly U.S.-produced materials. Only a few components are sourced from overseas, but those parts are fully disclosed. Tom Bihn was also had gear designed specifically iPad right off the bat, announcing its offerings — The Ristretto and the Cache for iPad — just hours after the original iPad announcement. The US$110 Ristretto, which also comes in a larger size designed to hold a MacBook, is a vertical messenger bag with a padded area that is large enough to hold a netbook or an iPad. After having my iPad and accessories bounce around a larger bag for a few weeks, I caved and placed…

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Thieves Steal Thousands of Laptops From Government Contractor Over Nine Hour Period [Crime]
July 15, 2010 – 10:34 pm | No Comment
Thieves Steal Thousands of Laptops From Government Contractor Over Nine Hour Period [Crime] You'd think a facility belonging to a private contractor working for the U.S. Special Operations Command would be well-secured, but seven thieves managed to park two semitrailer trucks next to it and spend nine hours loading them up with laptops. The theft occurred at the iGov facility in Tampa, Florida and the thieves got away with thousands of Panasonic Toughbook laptops—valued at more than $3,000 each—as well as other equipment. Their entire heist ...
A guide to 3D display technology: its principles, methods, and dangers
June 19, 2010 – 11:18 am | No Comment
A guide to 3D display technology: its principles, methods, and dangers Whether you buy into the hype or not, it’s plain fact that 3D is everywhere these days. From movies and games to laptops and handhelds , pretty much every screen in the house is going to be 3D-capable in a year or so, even if you opt not to display any 3D content on it. Those of you who choose that path may stop reading now, and come back a little later when you change your mind. Because if you have kids or enjoy movies and games, ...
Pavilion Hotel Now Offering Complimentary Use of iPads
June 7, 2010 – 9:36 pm | No Comment
Pavilion Hotel Now Offering Complimentary Use of iPads The integration of the iPad seems overwhelming as of late. We have seen the Apple iPad added to airlines and hotels and now we have yet another hotel using it as an added feature for their guests. The latest hotel to offer the iPad is the Pavilion Hotel in Catalina which is just 22 miles from Los Angeles. Formerly ...
LG Optimus Z cellphone
May 31, 2010 – 4:02 am | No Comment
LG Optimus Z cellphone The LG Optimus was first presented at CES 2010 a couple of months ago, but more recently LG decided to come up with a new version named LG Optimus Z. The only difference between the two devices is the version of the operative system, while the Optimus Z runs the Android 2.1, the Optimus Q makes use of Android 1.6. All the other specifications remain the same, which means it has a 3.5-inch touchscreen, a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor at 1GHz, and support ...
Speck TuckPack Sleeve Review–Great For Just Laptops
May 28, 2010 – 9:14 am | No Comment
Speck TuckPack Sleeve Review–Great For Just Laptops We’ve got one more bag to show you, provided to us by the folks out at Speck Products, and it’s the simplest, smallest, and most compact of its class. For those of you out there with netbooks, brace yourselves because today we’re talking about the Speck TuckPack Sleeve. The Speck TuckPack Sleeve is a notebook sleeve designed for use with thirteen inch or smaller laptops, notebooks and similar devices. It’s got a quilted and fleece-lined compartment for your notebook, an outer slip pocket for cords ...
Brite-View HDelight brings WHDI to laptops and netbooks
May 27, 2010 – 2:05 pm | No Comment
Brite-View HDelight brings WHDI to laptops and netbooks We've been following WHDI's story for quite awhile now, and Brite-View looks like it will be one of the first to bring the wireless HD technology to laptops with its HDelight. The setup is pretty self explanatory -- you've got a larger-than-we'd-like box that hooks up to your laptop via HDMI and then a even larger box that attaches to a monitor or HDTV. The Brite-View guys had a demo running at the Netbook Summit, and we found ...
Samsung SyncMaster LCD Monitor Review–Huge Boost To Your Mobile Gear
May 24, 2010 – 12:40 am | No Comment
Samsung SyncMaster LCD Monitor Review–Huge Boost To Your Mobile Gear The folks out at Geeks.com sent me a thoroughly amazing piece to review for you this time, and I’m astonished to be talking about it. What they sent was a Samsung SyncMaster monitor, and this bit of their set of 24″ LCD monitors will blow your MIND. Part of a large array of LCD monitors available from Geeks.com, the Samsung SyncMaster is a twenty four inch 1080p LCD monitor that offers a pair of built-in three-watt speakers, a variety ...
Case Study: Standing at your Mac to save your back
May 9, 2010 – 2:36 pm | No Comment
Case Study: Standing at your Mac to save your back BusinessWeek is worried that Your Office Chair Is Killing You. "Short of sitting on a spike, you can't do much worse than a standard office chair," says Galen Cranz, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley. This article caught my eye because just about a month ago, I bought this standing desk from Amazon.com. I had been in the market for one for a long time but had held off because ...
ASUS Eee Pad will be officially announced
April 25, 2010 – 6:07 am | No Comment
ASUS Eee Pad will be officially announced The Eee Pad, the one that runs Android, is going to be officially introduced at Computex 2010, during the first week of June. This is an announcement from Asustek Computer chairman Jerry Shen, and he said that “the Eee Pad will be everything that the iPad is not”. Not only will it have Google Android, but USB, Flash, and an integrated webcam. The projected price is about $480-510. Source Related Post...
MSI’s customizable GX640 gaming notebook now shipping
April 23, 2010 – 11:19 am | No Comment
MSI’s customizable GX640 gaming notebook now shipping MSI's gaming laptops have looked the same for years, but we aren't going to judge. As Mother always told us, it's what's inside that counts, and the new GX640 -- now stateside after a two month vacation in Europe -- is quite the upgrade. That familiar red-and-black chassis now houses a 2.26GHz Core i5-540M alongside 4GB of DDR3 memory, and the 1680 x 1050 LCD display is driven by a ...