Friday, March 11, 2011
Apple way ahead of tablet competition, expected to hold 80% share
Sunday, March 06, 2011
Links from the Gregg Zone
1) I was not too surprised when I read this article to see that there is more to green technology than usually meets the eye. They changed the fuel used in this experiment, but continued to use the old vehicle power plants, the environmental savings were negligible. http://www.sciencedaily.com
2) Manchester airport is replacing people with holograms, while this is not surprising; I do find the trend a little disturbing. The replacement of people with technology while inevitable, it seems to me there should be an emphasis to replace those jobs, and replace them at a level that will create positions comparable to the original. We not only need to use technology to make money for corporations, we need to use technology to create jobs at a level comparable to the available work force. http://singularityhub.com
3) I have seen several stories touting the finding of life off planet, this one seems different. Once again out of NASA comes what may be the proverbial smoking gun. This has the sound of the real deal. They took several precautions prior to releasing the story. This will need to be followed for a while. http://news.yahoo.com
4) Along the lines of technology taking off at an astounding rate of advancement, coupled with their coming of age in a Star Trek generation. They have announced the viability of a tractor beam. I think we will soon see something really big on the horizon. Personally I am torn between the statements ‘I can’t wait’, and ‘stop the planet I want off’. http://www.bbc.co.u
5) I have been wondering for a while now just how crowded the tech air waves can get, this might offer some clue that unless something changes we may top out at some point. http://losangeles.cbslocal.com
No show for March 6, 2011
Joe is still not feeling well, so we won't be doing a show today. We should be back next week.
Earl's Cyber Steals and Deals
$35 price drop. Newegg has the Corel VideoStudio Pro X3 Video Editing Software for $25 with free shipping. Edits videos to get them ready for prime time on Youtube, Flickr, or even just your own media player. Features HD video editing with GPU acceleration and Blu-ray authoring
Surplus Computers has the Sonnet Ken-Tech 30x Refractor Telescope for $13 with free shipping. Features high quality optical lenses, plastic and metal construction, and includes a tripod.
Apple Store now has the refurbished iPad 1st Generation Tablet Wi-Fi 16GB (MB292LL/A) for $349 with free shipping. Other refurbished 1st Gen models:
iPad 32GB Wi-Fi (MB293LL/A) = $429 with free shipping
iPad 64GB Wi-Fi (MB294LL/A) = $529 with free shipping
iPad 16GB Wi-Fi/3G (MC349LL/A) = $479 with free shipping
iPad 32GB Wi-Fi/3G (MC496LL/A) = $559 with free shipping
iPad 64GB Wi-Fi/3G (MC497LL/A) = $659 with free
Staples has the Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB USB 2.0 Titanium Silver Portable External Hard Drive (ST905003FGA2E1-RK) for $55 with free shipping. Features a 2.5" 5400RPM HDD with 8MB cache buffer. Measures 4.72" x 3.15" x 0.49".
Newegg has the Rosewill RNX-N100 IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wireless-N Adapter for $15 with free shipping. Features WPA/WPA2 (AES, 64, 128-WEP). [
Newegg has the Seagate Barracuda LP ST32000542AS 2TB 5900 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive (Bare Drive) for $70 with free shipping. From Seagate's line of low-power "green" drives
$9 price drop. Newegg has the AMD Athlon II X4 645 Propus 3.1GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor (ADX645WFGMBOX) for $100 with free shipping. Features high-bandwidth low-latency integrated memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0 Technology, and integrated power management technologies.
GoldenGadgets.com has the Universal TV Remote Mini Keychain for $2.21 - 15% off with coupon code GGFA15 = $1.88 with free shipping. Features channel and volume adjustment as well as AV/TV, and on and off. CR2032 battery included