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Archive for June 2008

June 30th, 2008

Playing Crysis, Call of Duty 4, BioShock, HalfLife2 on the Asus Eee

StreamMyGame has now made available the games: Crysis, Call of Duty 4, BioShock, HalfLife2 and others for the Asus EEe and other ultraportables.
Here is how it works:
1. The Asus Eee or any compatible ultraportable can play any of the game mentioned and more by being connected to the main computer (ie desktop) .
2. The […]

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June 30th, 2008

Panasonic’s Toughbook goes ultraportable with the Toughbook CF-U1

Meet the Toughbook CF-U1 a rugged and tough ultramobile pc from Panasonic’s toughbook line. It is worth around six Asus Eees but you will probably use up more than six Asus Eee pcs if you were working in a very harsh environment. And even if you were not it would be great to have […]

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June 22nd, 2008

Asus Eee meet the Dell E

They say that imitation is the sincerest form flattery. One has to admit the name has recall. And really brings to focus the goal of Dell with the Dell E. If this really is the case. And they come in two main forms one ultraportable and one ultraslim. [Source]

The Tale of the Tape of the […]

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June 22nd, 2008

What are your looking for in a ultraportable?

The parade of ultraportables is still going on and so far we have seen all sorts and types of ultraportables that would like to do what the Asus Eee 701 did. The list of ultraportables that want to be the next sensation is long and varied and often comes with several new features.
These new features […]

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June 22nd, 2008

Ultraportable shines without light

Recently, a typhoon struck the place where I live. There was no power for some time and worst of all no Internet. The desktop was stuck where it was. What was most useful at that time was the Ultraportable.
Assuming the ultraportable was fully charged. It was probably one of the more important tools on hand. […]

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June 22nd, 2008

An unfair thing about ultraportable reviews

As you well know there has been a parade of ultraportable these past few months. And as you well know as well most of the ultraportables that have come out actually out in one or two or three or even four types. And what I notice is that there are times that the product or […]

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June 22nd, 2008

Touch screen for the Asus Eee?

Mobilemag featured a new product or rather perpheral product for the Asus Eee. The post, Touchscreen Asus Eee PC Goes Official, features the peripheral device offered by Asus for Eee.
It is actually a touch tablet that can be connected to the Asus Eee. And as peripheral goes is not really that big and equally […]

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June 22nd, 2008

MacBook Air, Intel and Apple

There is this article written at Fortune’s Big Tech Blogs by Jon Fortt entitled Apple and Intel: Best buddies. An interesting read because of two related things:
1. It chronicles the partnership between Intel and Apple. Two seemingly different Tech companies. And How the partnership work.
2. And one product of this partnership is the […]

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June 15th, 2008

How much memory do you use?

As I type this post, I am reminded of one precious commodity when we use the computer - memory. A constant reminder of this is when we get the message warning us that we have used up more memory and it is now at the critical point - ie when the computer hangs. This happens […]

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June 15th, 2008

Nokia N810 … an ultraportable?

I was reading through the my reader and came across the Nokia N810. The Internet appliance was originally released in 2007 and then was refurbished early 2008 as the Nokia N10 Internet Tablet WiMax Edition. It is describe as an Internet appliance because it was supposed to act just about anywhere to give a […]

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