Aigo's iPhone 4 battery case

Our quest for the perfect iPhone 4 battery case continues apace with the Exolife Exogear presently holding the lead, slightly ahead of the Mophie Juice Pack Air and the Mili PowerSpring. Just like these fine selections, the Aigo aiPower i616 claims to "virtually double" battery life, but it's got another trick up its sleeve: a hidden USB ribbon cable for both charging and data built right into the case. Should you want for a longer sync cable than it provides on its own, there's also a second microUSB port built into the left side, as well as a switch for the external 1500mAh battery and a handy button to display its current level of charge. Not bad for a pleasantly comparable 125.8 x 62.6 x 17.25mm, nor the $80 asking price.

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Swap Rebel Mobile watch phone laughs at your wrist-mounted iPod nano

Apple's iPod nano and the Sony Ericsson LiveView may have disappointed as wrist computers, but our Dick Tracy dream soldiers on, to the point where we found ourselves taking another look at that most dubious of converged devices: the watch phone. There, we discovered the Rebel, the latest creation from UK manufacturer Swap, a quad-band GSM wrist unit with a 1.46-inch color touchscreen and a built-in camera for both video and stills. It may look like a sterile medical wristband, but that silicone strap

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LG's E90 monitor slims down to 7.3mm thickness by stuffing everything into its excessively glossy base

LG's just announced a new desktop visualizer for us all and it looks a promising proposition with its stupendously thin 7.3mm profile and minimal bezels surrounding the screen. But wait, it can't be all good news and it's not, as LG's also decided to apply an ultra-glossy finish to the E90, which should easily neutralize any understated appeal it might otherwise have had. As usual with these ultraslim displays, most of the electronics are encased in the E90's base, though the specs themselves don't seem to be showing any sacrifices. You're looking at an LED-backlit panel with a 2-millisecond response time, a 1920 x 1080 resolution (on the 21.5-inch E2290V), 250 nits of brightness, analog, digital and HDMI inputs, a 10,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, and a €329 ($435) MSRP. It should be

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HP Provides Early AirPrint Upgrade for 6 More Printers

Owners of 6 more HP printer models can avail themselves of direct wireless printing from an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch running iOS 4.2 through AirPrint, thanks to an early release of a firmware upgrade, which hadn't been expected until December 27, by HP. They join a group of other HP printers and MFPs that became compatible with Airprint at iOS 4.2's launch in late November as the only AirPrint-compatible printers now on the market.
The new models include the HP Officejet 6500A e-All-in-One, the HP OfficeJet 6500A Plus e-All-in-One ($199.99 direct, 4 stars), the OfficeJet 7500A Wide Format e-All-in-One ($299 direct, 4 stars), the HP Officejet Pro 8500A e-All-in-One, the HP Officejet Pro 8500A Plus e-All-in-One (currently under review), and the HP Officejet Pro 8500A Premium e-All-in-One. The 6500A Plus and the 7500A are both PCMag Editors' Choice products.

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Facebook Announces Global 'Hacker Cup' Competition

Facebook is taking its hackathons global with the launch of the Facebook 2011 Hacker Cup.
"We're starting the Hacker Cup to bring engineers from around the world together to compete in a multi-round programming competition," Tim Stanke, Facebook software engineer said in a blog post. "Contestants will have to successfully solve algorithmic-based problem statements to advance and are ranked by accuracy and speed."
Registration for the competition opens December 20. Hackers will only become eligible after answering at least one question right in the qualifying round, which lasts for 72 hours, starting January 7.
There are three rounds in the contest, two of which will take place online. Three thousand of the top hackers from Online Round 1 will advance to Online Round 2. The top 300 competitors from Online Round 2 will win a t-shirt. Only the top 25 will get to participate in the final round at Facebook's campus on March 11, and Facebook will pay to for their travel and accommodations.

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How to Install Windows on Google's Chrome OS Notebook

The fact that the Google CR-48 Notebook runs on an Intel processor implies that it can run Windows or some other full blown operating system. But how would you install Windows in the first place? That's not exactly clear. But we have the answer, or at least part of it. Apparently, every Cr-48 notebook is equipped with a developer's mode, which, when activated, can potentially wipe and restore the partition back to factory condition, or break your current Chrome OS setup. That's no big deal, since all the Web Store apps and browser settings reside in the cloud and syncing it all back into your notebook shouldn't take long. The actual point of this exercise is to show you that if you ever decide to hack your Chrome-equipped notebook and install another operating system, switching to developer's mode is the way to do it.

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Are Nvidia graphics getting cored out of Apple laptops?

It looks like Nvidia may be getting shot on both sides when it comes to Apple and graphics solutions for its laptops. The result could be that the green giant is out of most Apple notebooks in 2011, with AMD and Intel dividing the spoils.
Already rumors have been flying that Apple is satisfied enough with the integrated graphics in Intel’s forthcoming Sandy Bridge processors that it will eschew Nvidia on the low end (well, low end for Apple). Now Fudzilla is reporting that its sources believe AMD will deepen its relationship with Apple by selling its Mobility Radeon cards to the computing giant for new MacBook Pros. We’ve already seen that the Mobility Radeon 6900HD series is coming in a forthcoming Alienware laptop, and it would provide a huge boost over the GeForce GT 330M cards in the current MBPs.

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Apple releases Aperture v3.1.1

Apple has released an updated version of its Aperture raw-conversion and photo management software. Version 3.1.1 addresses a number of bugs, fixes compatibility issues with the company's recently released i'Life '11 suite and improves overall stability of the software. The update is available for immediate download from Apple's website.

Click here for more information and to download Apple Aperture v3.1.1

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Adobe Lightroom 3.3 and Camera Raw 6.3 now available

After testing a release candidate, Adobe makes the final Lightroom 3.3 and Camera Raw 6.3 versions available. These updates bring compatibility with new cameras like the Nikon D7000 and the Canon PowerShot S95.
The updates, which can be downloaded for free by Lightroom 3 and CS5 users, also introduce 60 new lens profiles. Adobe continues to offer its Lens Profile Downloader, allowing customers to create, discuss and download unique lens profiles. For more details about Lightroom 3.3 and Camera Raw 6.3, go to the Lightroom Journal.

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SEO for FireFox Toolbar

Author of the extremely successful SEO Book, Aaron Wall has released the latest SEO extension to Firefox. The toolbar includes all those SEO essentials we strive for in our toolbars, including his earlier Rank Checker tool which is now implemented within the SEO for FireFox toolbar.

SEO is becoming an increasingly competitive strategy of increasing a websites visibility and in turn increasing traffic. Earlier on in SEOs birth you where able to get away with doing an hours keyword research, a little on page optimisation to add your keywords to your Title and Meta tags and a couple of posts on a forum with links back to your website may of been enough to get you on the first page. But not now, SEO is a competitive game with people around the world competing against each other for that number one position you can no longer just do some quick keyword research and call it a day. You need to analyse your

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Rank checker SEO tool review

Rank checker is a great tool which I use daily it enables you to check the ranks of your websites for certain keywords you maybe targeting. It is a firefox extension built available to download from SEO book.

Installing the SEO tool is easy and takes about 1 minute after you have installed it firefox will restart and in the bottom right hand corner will appear a brand new icon which looks like a smaller version of the image above.

SEO book not only provides the SEO tool and a download link but they also provide a great step by step guide to installing the tool and putting the tool to its use. They explain what you can do with the tool and how to use it effectively, this is something that

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Traffic Generation: Can Social Bookmarking Help?

Traffic Generation: Can Social Bookmarking Help?

You have probably heard a lot of talk about social bookmarking over the past 12 months. It has been said that social bookmarking can help increase traffic and generate links to websites however we are going to explain exactly what social bookmarking is and how it can help if at all.

What is Social Bookmarking?

Social bookmarking is a public list of favourite websites which are open to the public display. They are submitted and featured on social bookmarking websites and an example of this would be Stumbleupon or Digg.

When a site is featured on a social bookmarking website it is available for any other person to view and to interact with that website. It is basically like a search engine just without so much trash.

With social bookmarking websites you only get to view websites which other people have deemed interesting enough to bookmark them. This instantly cuts out 10% of the garbage on the internet today. Generally speaking its real people who bookmark these websites however as with every traffic generating method on the internet there are ways that it is exploited or taken advantage of.

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Seo Tools To Increase Your Website's Popularity

Your website has been up and running for a while now and you are stuck wondering why the search engines aren’t showing you any love in the results pages. No matter what you type in, you just can’t find your sites(s), what could be the problem?

Typically, concerning search engines, if you site isn’t showing up at all, the problem is most likely one of search engine optimization or SEO for short.

What is this search engine stuff you’re talking about you ask? Keep reading and I’ll explain.

Search engine optimization is the art of making your site search engine friendly. What this means is that you make your site easy to access by the search engines by taking the guesswork out of what your site is about.

Search engines look for the following (non exhaustive list) things when it spiders or crawls (looks at) a website:

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The Simple Steps To Get Professional SEO Help

- Getting professional SEO help is simple. You can simply make a quick search on the Internet for SEO recommendation and tips. But can you get the guarantee that the SEO tips provided by free resources are reliable? In most cases, free tips on search engine marketing are outdated and unreliable. You can use some of them but you have no assurance that your efforts can get good results. What you should do is to get assist from a professional search engine optimization expert. The service of an SEO expert is dependable and can bring faster improvement for your website’s SEO rank. So here are the simple steps on how to get help from SEO experts.

The first step that you should do to get SEO help is to search for a reliable expert SEO. Look for a service that can offer more than a few SEO packages. The packages should focus extra on link building strategies. There are SEO companies that offer numerous extra services. These services could only make your SEO efforts more costly. The best SEO service should specialize on link building and establishing good link fame for your website. Remember that link building is the key element to boost the SEO rank of your website. You can do other on-site SEO strategy like keyword research and page optimization. It is advisable to find the help of the professionals for off-page SEO tactics like link building.

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Intel Makes WiMax Investment With South Korea's KT

Intel and South Korea's KT Corporation plan to work together to expand WiBro (Wireless Broadband) Internet service to several new areas of South Korea and and have worked to make the network compatible with mobile WiMax.

WiBro was developed by South Korea's telecommunications industry to make a flavor of WiMax that could better work with mobile devices. The technology is very similar to mobile Wimax but uses an 8.75MHz wide channel compared to a 10MHz wide channel on mobile WiMax. That's presented a barrier to roaming but WiBro is now compatible with 10MHz WiMax.

Intel Capital will invest US$20 million in WiBro Infra Co., a joint venture with KT, Samsung Electronics and KB Investment Company, as part of the deal. Intel and KT, which was formerly called Korea Telecom, are also collaborating to launch laptops and netbooks with Intel processors and WiMax chips in South Korea, the companies said in a joint statement.

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Microsoft Announced Office for Mac 2011

Microsoft has announced the launch date of Office 2011 for Mac on October 26th 2010 which is available now for pre-orders on Amazon.

Office 2011 for Mac includes lots of enhancements, according to MS Official blog:

“One of the most visually impactful features in the new suite also is called Dynamic Reorder, it gives you the capability to interactively re-order all of the layers in a document or presentation – one of the ways that we are solving a extremely real customer need with a fun experience. The new suite as well introduces a new view in Word 2011, Full Screen view which has two views: one optimized for writing and the other for reading. Allowing you to block out the distractions and focus on putting your thought on paper.”

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Facebook, Skype Poised to Enter Partnership

Facebook and Skype are about to enter a partnership, according to All Things Digital, the Wall Street Journal tech blog.

According to Kara Swisher of All Things Digital, the two companies are "poised to announce" a "significant and wide-ranging partnership." Some features of the new partnership include allowing users to SMS and call Facebook friends from Skype, as well as the integration of Facebook Connect into the Skype platform.

Swisher also reports that video chatting Facebook friends via Skype will be available, as evidenced by a screenshot sent in by an unnamed source.

The report, if true, comes just a week or so after rumors of a Facebook phone popped up. On September 19, TechCrunch reported that Facebook was in the process of building a mobile phone platform, and working with a third party to build the hardware. TechCrunch reported that Facebook was developing its own mobile phone platform because it wanted to "integrate deeply into the contacts list and other core functions of the phone," and it could obviously only do this if it controlled the platform.

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Little Black Book iPhone Case Available Now

Little Black Book iPhone Case is now available for iPhone 4 that was first available just to iPad and iPhone 3Gs. It look and feel is just similar to a little notebook filled with papers like a traditional notebook used with pen but inside is your iPhone. This unique looking case will absolutely protect your iPhone and give it a charming look. This is a slim and stylish phone case is best to save your iPhone from scratches and sudden harms. Its lid flips to open which enables you to type on it horizontally and looks extremely classic. When your phone is not in use, you simply close the lid and wrap the band over it.

Though it is wrapped in the case but still you are capable to use its necessary ports.  It comes customized with the size of your iPhone that means it is not merely the one fit to iPhone 4. You can place your order for the size that fits your phone even for iPad. This iPhone accessory has made carrying iPhone

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Acer Launches New Predator, AIO, Compact Desktops

With the holidays approaching, system builders are making all effort to get your attention. Acer is no exception, unveiling three desktops today, including a extra affordable version of the Aspire Predator gaming rig we reviewed in August. Acer calls its new Predator (AG5900) a "mainstream alternative" to the premium AG7750, but it still offers bounty of performance for gamers and enthusiasts.

The "budget" machine packs an Intel Core i7-870, a 1GB ATI Radeon HD 5850, 8GB of RAM, 1.5TB of storage, a DVD drive, and it has three open 3.5-inch bays with one standard PCI and two PCIe x1 slots. That compares to the AG7750's i7-930, Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 (motherboard supports tri-SLI), 12GB of RAM, and 2TB of storage. Pricing is $1,350 for the former, $2,000 for the latter.

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Samsung Galaxy S i9000 Available Now

Samsung’s new mobile is about to hit the market this month and it will be available in 110 countries of the world. It is about latest Samsung Galaxy S i9000 that is expected to come with Android 2.1. Samsung is making its best level efforts to introduce this immense mobile to the world market and it has already made deals with Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile and Sing Tel.

The expectedly know specifications are as follows:

• 642 x 122.4 x 9.9 mm dimensions
• 4 inches AMOLED screen
• 5.0MP AF camera with lots of features
• HD video player and recorder
• 3.5mm ear jack
• Integrates SNS, email and calendar accounts
• 1GHZ processor
• 16GB internal memory (extendable with MicroSD card up to 32GB)
• Flash Lite 3.1, RSS Reader
• Light sensor
• Layer Reality Browser

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Panasonic ships rugged 3lb, 12.1" Toughbook S9

Panasonic is shipping what it says is Earth's lightest 12.1-inch laptop with a built-in DVD drive. At merely three pounds, the Toughbook S9 is apparently leaner than competing mobile PCs, with specs including a 2.4GHz Core i5-520M vPro CPU, 2GB of RAM (supports as much as 6GB), 320GB of storage, a DVD burner, and up to 11 hours of battery life. It also sports a 1280x800 anti-glare display, a fingerprint reader, HDMI and VGA-out, as well as gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and optional WWAN connectivity.

Additionally, as its name indicates, Panasonic classifies the Toughbook S9 as being 'business rugged'. Its magnesium alloy chassis can sustain a base drop of 2.5 feet while operating or up to 1 foot from any angle while off, it can withstand 220 pounds of

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Nintendo 3DS Japanese launch dates and price revealed

Nintendo has lastly given a launch date and price for its upcoming 3DS handheld. The company’s president, Satoru Iwata, announced during a press occasion in Tokyo that the novel portable gaming console would arrive in Japan next year, on February 26, for 25,000 yen -- around $300. He was fewer specific about a release date in the U.S. and Europe, but did say the machine would be hitting those markets a little bit in March 2011, so you won’t be kept waiting much longer.

Besides giving fans something to mark on their calendars Iwata too showed off some of the 3DS’ new functions, as well as a Virtual Console feature that will allow users to download Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance games. Tag Mode enables Nintendo 3DS portables to discover nearby handhelds to connect with and exchange data, Mii Studio can automatically make ‘Mii’ customizable avatars based on genuine photos, while players will be able to enjoy several "AR Games" (Augmented Reality) that will come pre-loaded on the system.

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BenQ Launches Palm-Sized Pocket Projector

BenQ launched the, PC-less, lamp-free GP1 small Projector. Anchored in 3LED technology and included USB video reader, the 640g projector is full with features to run different types of multimedia content. Features include NTSC, 100 ANSI lumens powered by digital LED lighting, Wall Color Correction, built-in 2W speaker, 20,000+ hours light life, iPod/iPhone dock (optional), instant On/Off, and tripod compatibility.

The GP1 as well amplifies enjoyment and impact of various pocket/portable devices via connection to Mobile Internet Devices, digital cameras, personal multimedia players, PDAs, iPods, iPhones, Smart phones, gaming consoles, and laptops for viewing up to an 80 diagonal size.

Smart Performance with 2010 Intel® Core Processors

Each person has his possess requirements in choosing or purchasing a desktop computer to suffice his lifestyle, job, liesure, family business and others. This thought pushes Intel, the number one chipmaker in the world, to explain off their newest and 2010 pride of Intel Core Processors; i3 Processor, i5 Processor and i7 Processor. Each of these processors are packed with dissimilar specifications and features designed and engineered for dissimilar personalities.

The Dabbler and Intel Core i3 Processor

The Dabbler uses technology to support their lifestyle. The Intel® Core i3 Processor lets them watch videos, listen to music and play games at the maximum possible quality. They're not going to be editing your home movies anytime soom, but they're a excellent source for new music and weird viral videos.

The Intel® Core i3 Processor, its features and benefits

32nm dual-core processing runs two independent processor cores in one physical package at the similar frequency.

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology delivers two processing threads per physical core for a whole of four threads for huge computational throughput. This 4-way multi-task processing allows each core of your processor to work on two tasks at the same time.

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AMD Offers ATI Radeon 5670 DX11 Card Below $100

AMD has offered a budget price tag of below $100 (£62) for its latest ATI Radeon HD 5670 – DirectX 11 talented graphics card. AND ultra-high, high and medium end cards in the 5000 series are already well-liked among the users.

However a cheaper model will absolutely provide a marketing edge. The ATI Raedon HD 5670 uses 61W utmost and 14W when it is idle. This system is offered complete with Eyefinity Multiple-Monitor Capability (Maximum 4 but 3 at start).

AMD has clear understanding of market insist for DirectX 11 capable graphics cards. Quite recently AMD sold its two millionth DirectX 11 graphics chip and mean to celebrate the occasion. The PC market louds AMD enabled DirectX 11 support, comments Matt Skynner, vice president and general manager AMD Graphics Group.

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Apple TV to Stream 99 Cent Shows, Sources Say

The Apple TV set-top box will suggest 99 cent TV episodes that can be streamed, not downloaded, according to sources. If true, Apple would be wounding the price of TV episodes in half and competing extra squarely with rivals such as Netflix, Hulu Plus, and Amazon's Video on Demand. Currently Apple TV merely allows you to download TV episodes from iTunes and charges a regular of $1.99.

According to reports from NewTeeVee Apple TV's restrictions on content would be like to current iTunes rentals; you would have 30 days to view your television incident and then have unlimited access to the affair for 24 hours after you start viewing it.

Hollywood Onboard?

It's not clear if some content producers are by nown board with Apple's rumored streaming plans, and that may be the largest hurdle for Apple to conquer. Right now, television networks and specialty channels similar to NBC, ABC, Showtime and HBO sell entity episode downloads on iTunes for $1.99-$2.99, depending on whether you purchase standard or high-definition videos. Entire past seasons and passes to current television seasons are as well available, and typically choice in price from $10 to $40.

It's not clear how profitable television content sales on iTunes are--

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White iPhone Near To Release

If you're one of the Apple-iPhone-loving fans that didn't order the black iPhone on Apple's previous shipping because you think White version is a lot cooler, a teasing post from M.I.C gadget will up the ante for your cravings. It is a sequence of photos showing the white-colored version of the iPhone 4 alongside with the device box that appears to be the same to the black-version box excluding from the white iPhone printed on the front. Hit on the continue link for extra details and photos.

We already know that Apple have delayed the white models until middle of July due to manufacturing challenges, so we're actually wondering where the Japanese source got this unit? If it's a hoax model we don't know, but if a suggestion that the white version is coming, common Apple ship this now.

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China Renews Google’s Website License

Google announced Friday that the Chinese government has renewed its license to carry on running its Web site in China.

The rocky relationship between Google and Beijing had cast distrust as to whether the license would be renewed. The tension became public in January when Google said it would stop censoring search results in China and as well pointed a finger at Beijing as the source of cyberattacks on Google and extra U.S. companies.

An update to the company's official blog by David Drummond, Google's chief legal officer, announced the license renewal: "We are extremely pleased that the government has renewed our ICP license and we seem forward to continuing to give web search and local products to our users in China."

Drummond said that in the after that few days it will take all Chinese users to a new Google.cn landing page, ending redirects to Google's Hong Kong site.

There was no instant word from China's Information Ministry about the license renewal.

Flash 10.1 For Mobile The Extended Wait Continues

Adobe announced Tuesday it released Adobe Flash 10.1 to its mobile platform partners, with hold up coming to Android, Blackberry, WebOS, Windows Phones, Symbian, MeeGo and LiMo. What does that mean for you? Nothing, if not you have a Nexus One with Android 2.2 (serendipitously conventional over the air or installed manually).
Some day, Flash 10.1 will be obtainable on all kinds’ mobile devices, but you may desire to grab a Snickers, as it's not happening for a while. Everyone else will have to wait.
Android phone owners, who require Android 2.2 to run Flash 10.1, can check out this upgrade guide; the gist is that Motorola's Droid will be next in line -- date unspecified - and some other Android 2.1 phones will go Froyo within the next six months, or by year-end. It was once reported that Flash 10.1 would work on Android versions 2.1 and senior, but Adobe's statement only mentions Android 2.2.

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