Laptop-DRV » Technology News http://www.laptopdrv.net It's your driver in the gadget world. Notebooks, Apple, IPod, IPhone, Mobile News and much more... Wed, 20 Apr 2011 05:08:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 AMD Fusion Processors Headed To Apple’s Computers http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/amd-fusion-processors-headed-to-apple%e2%80%99s-computers/ http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/amd-fusion-processors-headed-to-apple%e2%80%99s-computers/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:58:46 +0000 admin http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/amd-fusion-processors-headed-to-apple%e2%80%99s-computers/ According to the guys over at GigaOM as well as Fudzilla, you might see AMD processors featured in Apple’s operation of computers in a not so distant destiny.

It seems which AMD not long ago told attendees during an AMD Financial Analyst Day presentation which Apple will be one of their partners for the Fusion estimate platform.

AMD Fusion Processors Headed To Apple’s Computers

The print on top of is a single of a slides which was used in a presentation, which was being led by AMD’s Senior VP as well as Chief Sales Officer Emilio Ghilardi, as well as while he did not criticism upon a slip, you can obviously see that AMD has apple listed as the partner for their Fusion height.

This could meant which Apple will be replacing Intel in the next generation of Mac’s, iMac’s as well as MacBook’s, as AMD’s Fusion height is due to start shipping before long, so who knows maybe subsequent years line up will underline AMD processors.

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SlingPlayer Arrives On Windows Phone 7 http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/slingplayer-arrives-on-windows-phone-7/ http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/slingplayer-arrives-on-windows-phone-7/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:49:36 +0000 admin http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/slingplayer-arrives-on-windows-phone-7/ Sling Media has only voiced which you can down download as well as implement their SlingPlayer onto any Windows Phone 7 device permitting you to tide live TV calm from the home radio by Wi-Fi or 3G.

SlingPlayer Arrives On Windows Phone 7

Simply bond a SlingPlayer app to possibly your Slingbox PIECE FOR ONE PERSON or Slingbox PRO-HD device. The brand-new app has the revamped user interface which allows you to an shift channels as well as give you finish control over your DVR.

You can right away download SlingPlayer from the Windows Market Place for $29.99

Via BGR

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Kingston 256GB V100 SSD http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/kingston-256gb-v100-ssd/ http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/kingston-256gb-v100-ssd/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:02:12 +0000 admin http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/kingston-256gb-v100-ssd/ Kingston has only released the brand-new SSD drive to their operation brings vast storage capacities to the consumer market. Priced during $499 the Kingston 256GB V100 SSD is still not poor compared with HDD though a storage enlarge may capture users to swap to SSD’s.

Kingston has additionally combined a 65GB and 128GB chronicle of a drive. All have TRIM await for Windows 7 as well as come with optimised controller as well as NAND peep to enlarge the opening and magnify a SSD life.

Kingston 256GB V100 SSD

The drives come finish with cloning software to assistance transfer your OS to a brand-new drive together with a 2.5-inch enclosure  to convert the old drive into outmost drive, that is the nice hold as well as brackets for ascent the SSD drive into your PERSONAL COMPUTER.

The brand-new Kingston  V100 SSD drives are available in a 64GB gold for $129.99, the 128GB bundle for $234.95, and a 256GB for $499.99.

Via Engadget

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Google Developing Chrome Page Pre-Load Feature To Increase Surf Speeds http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/google-developing-chrome-page-pre-load-feature-to-increase-surf-speeds/ http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/google-developing-chrome-page-pre-load-feature-to-increase-surf-speeds/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:58:16 +0000 admin http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/google-developing-chrome-page-pre-load-feature-to-increase-surf-speeds/ Google is building the brand-new feature in the Chrome browser which it hopes will give users the new speed increase while browsing the web.  The new feature highlighted on a Chrome Issue tracker website says which Chrome is being written to pre-load pages in a back ground to get a increase in browsing speeds.

Google Developing Chrome Page Pre-Load Feature To Increase Surf Speeds

The new feature was usually been discussed quickly as well as will incorporate Cromes tabbed browsing interface permitting it to bucket multiple pages in to sperate memory compartments simultaneously.

The main emanate facing a team developing the feature is how to teach Chrome which parts of a pages as well as even that pages to pre-load.Other issues additionally embody fake page-view statistics which competence be created by pre-loading a page which might never get viewed.

As the Chrome user a underline does tune intensely interesting and anything which increasing a browsing speed of the web has got to be the great thing as long as it loads a scold pages and doesn’t fill my cache with irrelevant information.

Via CNET

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Motorola Droid 2 Global And Droid Pro Now Available From Verizon http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/motorola-droid-2-global-and-droid-pro-now-available-from-verizon/ http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/motorola-droid-2-global-and-droid-pro-now-available-from-verizon/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:25:49 +0000 admin http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/motorola-droid-2-global-and-droid-pro-now-available-from-verizon/ Both a Motorola Droid 2 Global as well as the brand-new Motorola Droid Pro are right away accessible from US mobile user Verizon Wireless, with a Droid 2 Global shipping from currently for $199 with a two year stipulate.

The Motorola Droid Pro will begin shipping upon November a 18th and will sell for $179.99 upon the two year stipulate with Verizon Wireless.

Motorola Droid 2 Global And Droid Pro Now Available From Verizon


The Motorola Droid 2 Global features the 1.2GHz processor, and a 3.7 in. touchscreen display as well as a 5 megapixel camera with the built in LED flash it comes with Android 2.2 Froyo.

The Verizon Droid Pro is the candy club style smartphone with the 3.1 in. touchscreen display, the 1GHz processor, as well as the 5 megapixel camera with built in auto concentration as well as an LED peep.

via Android Community

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Kno Dual Screen Tablet To Retail For $899 http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/kno-dual-screen-tablet-to-retail-for-899/ http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/kno-dual-screen-tablet-to-retail-for-899/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:02:09 +0000 admin http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/kno-dual-screen-tablet-to-retail-for-899/ Some of the readers will remember the Kno dual screen tablet that is written to be used by college students, a association has just announced the pricing and the dual screen chronicle will sell for $899, while a single shade chronicle will retail for $599.

The Kno Textbook is a inscription height that is written to reinstate content books, as well as be used by college students, nonetheless you think the cost may be a small tall.

Kno Dual Screen Tablet To Retail For $899

The companies CEO doesn’t seem to think a cost is as well tall, as he thinks which college students will see it as a deputy content books.

The Dual screen Kno Textbook facilities dual displays, an NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, as well as 16GB of storage, with the Linux based OS.

via Gizmodo

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Google Giving Away Free WiFi At 30,000 Feet http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/google-giving-away-free-wifi-at-30000-feet/ http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/google-giving-away-free-wifi-at-30000-feet/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:50:23 +0000 admin http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/google-giving-away-free-wifi-at-30000-feet/ Google has voiced which they have been giving the legal holiday present to travellers this year, as well as are offering giveaway WiFi upon flights with a series of airlines in the US.

The airlines include Virgin America, AirTran as well as Delta, and Google have been charity giveaway in flight WiFi upon each domestic moody with those airlines from a 20th of November 2010 until the 2nd of January 2011, in partnership with gogo.

Google Giving Away Free WiFi At 30,000 Feet

Google offered the identical thing final year, as well as have been regulating this years giveaway WiFi to foster their Google Chrome Browser. You can find out some-more sum about the free WiFi over at freeholidaywifi.

around Google Blog

Image Credit: Patrick Chang

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Microsoft Kinect Selling Out Fast http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/microsoft-kinect-selling-out-fast/ http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/microsoft-kinect-selling-out-fast/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 11:52:32 +0000 admin http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/microsoft-kinect-selling-out-fast/ Microsoft’s ultimate appendage for a Xbox 360, a Microsoft Kinect only went upon sale final week, and already a number of retailers in a US are already stating which Microsoft’s brand-new suit controller is starting to sell out.

According to a number of retailers, which include Amazon, Best Buy, Target and Gamestop have been roughly sole out of a Xbox 360 Kinect hardware supplement upon, although it seems the sales of a bundles with the tangible Xbox haven’t been as strong.

Microsoft Kinect Selling Out Fast

Sony’s PlayStation pierce has had strong sales since the launch, as well as now you are saying a same for a Microsoft Kinect, as well as with the legal holiday selling season almost on us clever sales are firm to continue.

It will be engaging to see that ones becomes the many renowned will it be Sony’s Playstation Move or Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect?

via Slippery Brick

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Toshiba MacBook Air SSD’s Available to Others http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/toshiba-macbook-air-ssd%e2%80%99s-available-to-others/ http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/toshiba-macbook-air-ssd%e2%80%99s-available-to-others/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:40:03 +0000 admin http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/toshiba-macbook-air-ssd%e2%80%99s-available-to-others/ The sexily slim solid state drives created by Toshiba for the brand-new Apple MacBook Air will right away be accessible as well as offering to alternative companies wanting to make use of the slim record in their own devices.

Blade X-gale SSDs which measure only  2.2mm in height will be available in possibly 64GB or 128GB capacities or a somewhat vast indication for 256GB at 3.7 mm tall and even share the same partial numbers as a Apple components.

Toshiba MacBook Air SSD’s Available to Others

The brand-new Toshiba SSD’s have the sequential review speed of 220MB/s, with max sequential write speed of 180MB/s as well as have been written as expected for formation into space-sensitive products, together with inscription PCs, laptops, mini-mobile as well as netbook PCs, Toshiba’s latest SSD charity helps these devices grasp the super slim form.

Via Gizmodo

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Flyrad Unicycle Uses Skates For Wheels (Video) http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/flyrad-unicycle-uses-skates-for-wheels-video/ http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/flyrad-unicycle-uses-skates-for-wheels-video/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 03:36:52 +0000 admin http://www.laptopdrv.net/2010/11/09/flyrad-unicycle-uses-skates-for-wheels-video/ The Flyrad Unicycle is the equipped with a motor unicycle, which is designed to be used with a pair of skates, as well as it can pull you or propel you along during speeds of up to 40km/hr.

As you will see in a video below, you can possibly lay upon a Flyrad or mount, as well as it certainly looks similar to the lot of fun, as well as it is due to go upon sale some time subsequent year.

Flyrad Unicycle Uses Skates For Wheels (Video)

Ther Flyrad unicyle will be available in 3 dissimilar sizes, written to fit childern, teenagers as well as adults, as well as a adult version comes with the 500W motor, that is powered by the 36v battery, and it can travel the stretch of up to 50km upon a single assign which takes about 4 hours to assign.

There are no details upon pricing or accessibility as nonetheless.

Flyrad around Gizmodo

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