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Are you penny-pinching on your dollars but are secretly wanting and desiring a netbook of your own. No worries, because you can have a netbook through AT&T. The best thing about it is that you can have a netbook for as little as $49.99.

The only catch is that the netbook is bundled with any of AT&T’s two-year cellular data plan. Already there’s already a limited trial run in Atlanta and Philadelphia, where some company-owned AT&T stores will offer mini-laptops. AT&T had initially signed a netbook deal with the Acer Aspire One, selling it for only $99 with a $60 per month DataConnect 3G and AT&T Wi-Fi service plan.

So, should you go with AT&T in its netbook plan? Read the rest of this entry »

So, is it a netbook or a notebook? Fans of both the netbook and the notebook might just pull this new computer to their side because, quite simply, it defies categorization. The combination of it’s processor, price, and size actually puts it happily in the middle ground of netbook and notebook.

It’s the actually the first mini me computer to feature AMD’s Athlon Neo 1.6GHz MV-40 processor or what was formerly known as AMD’s Yukon. With this new processor, HP hopes to move netbooks up a notch in terms of performance. With the Intel Atom processor, which is being used in most netbooks today, a netbook cannot operate with Vista. Neither can it play PC games nor is it possible to play HD videos. Read the rest of this entry »

When netbooks first launched there was only really 1 type, and that was the Asus Eee PC netbook. It was tiny, simple, and very cheap. This netbook has actually been singled out as the netbook that started the whole craze and actually created a new market. However, since then almost every single manufacturer (Acer, Samsung, HP, Dell, Toshiba, LG, Lenovo, and MSI) have launched their own netbooks to try and capture some of this monumental market growth. The only significant manufacturer who has not yet created a dedicated netbook, is Apple, but that may also change.

Although so many manufacturers entering the market is a good thing as it creates competition ensuring that netbooks keep progressing technologically, as well as prices remain low, it has also lead to a lot of customer confusion as to how to choose a netbook. This is where comparing netbooks comes in. Read the rest of this entry »

Sony’s little wonder machine is a real jack of all trades in the electronic entertainment field-there really isn’t too much that it can’t do but I’ve noticed that out of all my friends that have PSP’s, not one person uses it for movies! I found this a little odd, until I realised that none of them know how to do it! It’s not as hard as people seem to think so hopefully once you’ve read this article you’ll know how to put videos on PSP, and I can get my friends to look at this article instead of asking me questions all the time!

The first thing that stops most people from finding out how to put videos on PSP is they don’t have enough free memory-You are going to need to buy as big a memory stick as you can afford-512mb is going to be the bare minimum here.

The second essential is to have a computer handy which you can link to the PSP via a USB cable. An internet connection will be useful too, but is not essential unless there are things you need to download.

1-Connect the computer and the PSP together, making sure that the PSP is switched off to begin with, and switch the PSP on once the connection is made. Read the rest of this entry »

The iPod has been just booming with popularity and excitement since it first hit the marketplace. And as the iPods continue to grow in popularity, so does the demand to download free iPod videos. In order to prevent their pocket books from getting dinged to hard, iPod fans are turning to the Internet to download free iPod videos to their favorite little gadget.

There are plenty of sites out there that will let you download free iPod videos plus with most of these sites you will be able to download other iPod things like music, movies, TV show, software, ebooks, games and more. Once you have decided to start looking for a place to download free iPod videos, you will come across three basic options.

Option #1 For Free iPod Video Downloads

The first option that you are going to come across is the “freebie site.” This site will probably be loaded up with big flashy banner ads and you will probably have smiley faces pop-up on your screen. While these types of websites will let you download free iPod videos without ever paying a fee, you will end up paying in the long run when your computer gets hit with spyware.

Option #2 For Free iPod Video Downloads

Your next option for websites that will let you download free iPod videos isn’t really free so we don’t have much to discuss here. They will lure you in saying that the iPod video downloads are free but then they will hit you up with a monthly membership fee and some will even charge you a per download fee too. Read the rest of this entry »

Laptops used to come in drab grays, whites, and blacks. Slowly, silver and platinum colored laptops began to find mainstream acceptance. Shortly after that, colors began to invade the market. Now, you can get a laptop in any color of the spectrum, including pink.

Pink laptops are clearly the most successful colored laptops to find mainstream acceptance in today’s market. Marketing for pink laptops has targeted everyone from teenage girls to career oriented women. Not only has the pink laptop revolution reached homes, it has reached workplaces as well. Just a quick search on Google for the term “pink laptop” returned over three million search results. How’s that for mainstream? Read the rest of this entry »

Has your computer been infected with the Conficker C Virus? Despite the relative ineffectiveness of the virus after April 1st, the danger still persists. The worm is evolving and it can still pose a serious danger if not eliminated from your computer. Fortunately you can remove Conficker Virus very quickly if you take the right steps.

So what is the Conficker Virus? It also goes by the name Kido, Downup, Downadup, and was first detected in October of 2008. The worm is geared specifically towards Windows operating systems and relies on advanced technology to infect computer and evade detection.

The symptoms of the Worm Conficker are clear:

• Microsoft updates are suddenly disabled
• Your computer beings acting much slower than usual
• You cannot access certain antivirus software and websites
• Account lockout policies occur automatically
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One important topic that w should all be aware of today is Scanning for Conficker Virus. We must be fully equipped to find and identify the worm so we can do prevention because as the famous cliché goes, “Prevention is better than cure.”

Before we aim to know how to scan for Conficker Virus, let us learn first what is this Virus. This Virus is the latest malware or malicious software invented by hackers to fuel their ill-natured desires. Among the viruses that were ever invented, based on the estimate damages and loss, This may be considered to be the most severe because as of the 26th January 2009, there is already an estimated 15 million computers around the world infected by this virus. Scanning for Conficker Virus is definitely a must if you do not want to add up on those figures or for all you know, you may already be one of them. Countries that are greatly affected include Russia, Brazil, China, and United Kingdom. Read the rest of this entry »

If you are faced with Windows XP slow startup issues, there are a number of things you can do to isolate the problem and troubleshoot it, such boot up your PC or computer in safe mode to see if you can isolate which application or device driver may be the source of the bottleneck or play around with the programs being executed in the Windows Startup menu folder.

One other thing you can do is see if there are any programs running in the Windows registry under the following folder:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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Laptops or Notebooks have come a long way in a short time. What were once considered little more than glorified word processors have now become powerful multimedia workstations and entertainment centers to rival what sits at your desk. Sony has always been at the forefront of technology, and the VAIO AR190G is no exception.

The VAIO AR190G was designed with high-end performance in mind. Packing some serious hardware into a lightweight frame, this ‘end-to-end HD studio’ has everything a professional and enthusiast alike needs in a portable workstation. At the heart of the system is a 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 1GB SDRAM, 200GB hard drive, Nvidia GeForce Go 7600GT 256MB. Read the rest of this entry »