| LAPTOP Announces 2007 Best of CES Award-Winners | | Posted Saturday, January 20, 2007 3:04:01 PM by Blog57 Team | | New York, NY (PRWeb) January 15, 2007 -- LAPTOP--Mobile Solutions for Business & Life announces the winners of its third annual Best of CES Awards. After scouring the show floor for the best new mobile tech products, LAPTOP's editors have selected award-winners in 18 categories. These awards honor products that embody innovation and inspiration and represent exciting advances in mobile technology. .... | |
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| | | Season's many happy returns | | Posted Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:14:15 PM by Blog57 Team | | STOCKTON - The pink VTech Nitro Notebook offers 80 educational games and claims to improve proficiency in math, reading, Spanish, logic, music and more. Selling for about $50 at Target, Serena Esquivel's aunt no doubt thought the toy laptop computer would be a wonderful Christmas gift. The problem is the VTech Notebook, appropriate for ages 5 and older, proved to be just too juvenile for 9-year-old Serena, who has a fully functioning laptop at home. On Tuesday, her family joined post-holiday consumers out to return gifts, spend Christmas cash, purchase forgotten accessories or splurge on themselves with gift cards. "She wants to look at clothes or shoes," said Nicole Fong of Stockton, Serena's mom, pleased that the customer-service line at Target was nonexistent Tuesday morning before heading into the Pacific Avenue store to use their return credit.... | |
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| | | Computer recycling collection set for Saturday | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 3:02:58 AM by Blog57 Team | | Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful will host a free computer recycling event on Saturday, Nov. 18, to give local residents an opportunity to properly dispose of outdated or unwanted computer equipment. The event will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Wisconsin State Fair Park. Volunteers taking the equipment will be located in the north lot on the gravel. Monetary donations will be accepted for Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful. Joe Wilson, executive director of the agency, said computers typically contain five to eight pounds of lead. In addition, computers may also contain silver, cadmium, mercury, selenium and chromium. Items accepted for recycling at the event will include: cell phones, computer speakers, external floppy/hard drives, CPUs, LCD displays, monitors, keyboards, mice, laptop computers and other accessories.... | |
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| | | BIZ BUZZ | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 11:07:25 PM by Blog57 Team | | Computer recycling: If you have a computer, monitor or computer parts and accessories that are cluttering up your business or home, take them to the Gresham Computer Recycling and Education Center. Sponsored by the Gresham Area Chamber Foundation, the new center is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday at 2020 E. Powell Blvd. The community is invited to a ribbon-cutting and after-hours mixer there from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Nov. 16. Modeled after Free Geek, a Portland nonprofit considered the gold standard of computer-recycling programs, the program will provide a much-needed depository for broken computers, offer training and make low-cost computers available. People can recycle cables, wires, motherboards, computer cards, cellular phones and dry-cell batteries for free.... | |
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| | | Just in Time for Holiday Travel: DFW International Airport Debuts New Passenger Amenities and Shopping Options | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 7:12:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | Just two weeks from the busiest travel season of the year, DFW International Airport today debuted new passenger amenities and shopping options that will accommodate millions of guests at the Airport and make gift purchases and relaxing easier than ever. Santa Claus debuted the new Zoom Automated Retail Systems where he chose the newly remastered Apple iPod nano, and costumed Pilgrims tried out new massage chairs. The initiative is an integral part of DFW's new campaign to encourage travelers to make holiday purchases at the Airport or take a break from the holiday bustle. "Our goal is to make the passenger experience as enjoyable and efficient as possible, which is certainly a priority during hectic holiday travel times," said Kevin Cox, DFW's chief operating officer. "We believe these new amenities across all five of our terminals will be a real treat for travelers and make our Airport even more attractive for everyone from families to road warriors who need to make the most of their airport time." The new high-tech automated retail systems will sell electronics products, offering travel accessories ranging from iPods to headsets.... | |
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| | | Belkin Cable-Free USB Hub Wins 2006 Popular Science “Best of ... | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 1:14:35 PM by Blog57 Team | | (Compton, CA) - November 7, 2006 - Belkin Corporation wins Popular Science Magazines Best of Whats New Award for its Cable-Free USB Hub. To earn the Best of Whats New recognition, the product or technology must represent a significant step forward in its category. Using the WisAir chipset, the Cable-Free USB Hub allows you to maintain wireless access to your USB devices from anywhere in the room. This is the first UWB-enabled product to be introduced in the U.S. market. The complete list of winners will be featured in the December 2006 issue of Popular Science. The Cable-Free USB has been honored with 2 Best of CES Awards from CNET and Laptop Magazine as well as an Editors Choice Award from Popular Mechanics. Various other publications such as the Wall Street Journal, PC Magazine, PC World, and Network World have also heralded the Cable-Free USB Hub for its innovation.... | |
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| | | Raffle Ends Losing Streak | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 11:10:08 AM by Blog57 Team | | Based on their track record with the lottery -- one $5 winner in five years of buying tickets -- Hamayoon and Freshta Aslam were long shots to win even a consolation prize in last month's St. Jude Dream Home giveaway. Lady Luck had almost never smiled on the Murrieta couple. But that losing streak ended when the family's name was drawn as winner of the 2006 giveaway's grand prize: a new home in the Monument Ranch subdivision in Perris. "Except for $5 one time in the lottery, we never have won anything," said Hamayoon Aslam, who owns a clothing and accessories boutique in Lake Elsinore. "Then finally we win something, and it's the jackpot: a house. Hard to believe." The 2,800-square-foot home has a market value of $500,000, said officials of the fundraising division of St.... | |
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| | | ASUS 56F laptop gets pink Prada treatment | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 7:19:20 AM by Blog57 Team | | Didn't you know? Laptop computers aren't just business tools; they're also fashion accessories. People dress up their notebooks with unique skins, just as they do their cell phones. For girly-girls with a little too much money on their hands, the ASUS 56F will soon be available with a pretty Prada dressing. The pink leather-covered notebook will surely attract a crowd. The specs -- 1.66GHz Core Duo processor, 120GB HDD, 11.12-inch screen, 4-in-1 card reader, etc. -- aren't exactly top of the line, but its fashion sense is about couture as it gets. They're only making fifty of these units, so get that $2,500 ready and rush to the "selected distributors" next month. No word on whether the pink mouse is included. Read [Via shinyshiny.tv] .... | |
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| | | Handier bags oust briefcase | | Posted Monday, October 30, 2006 11:23:53 AM by Blog57 Team | | Whither the briefcase? Once it was the icon of the businessman - much like the three-martini lunch, a dapper hat and cigarette smoking in the office. In the 1980s, women were encouraged to carry a briefcase to seem, well, businesslike, and the briefcase became the necessary accessory for power suits and Peter Pan collars. Not so much anymore. For many, the square, hard-body briefcase collects dust in the closet, replaced by the ease of the shoulder-hanging laptop bag or the funky look of a messenger bag that pulls across the chest. Some women shelved their briefcase and carried a stylish handbag to work one casual Friday, then never looked back. "When I even think of the word 'briefcase,' an image of an older businessman in his 50s or 60s pops into my head," said Megan Radaj, 23, a sales assistant with M&I Bank's treasury management services.... | |
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| | | HP Launches Accessories For Laptops | | Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 1:17:05 PM by Blog57 Team | | At the 'Fashiontronics' show held in New Delhi on October 19, Hewlett-Packard India launched a new range of fashionable accessories for the Pavilion series of desktops and laptops. HP has also partnered with Suneet Varma, a leading fashion designer, to design and create some exclusive accessories such as PC Skins and special edition designer laptop bags."HP attempts to reach out to customers who are looking at individuality and create a unique style statement. In a colorful and style conscious market like India, we believe that the concept will be huge success and will spawn many similar initiatives as well," said Ravi Swami Nathan, vice president of HP Personal Systems Group, Hewlett-Packard India.Other products that were also introduced at this event were for the HP iPAQ series of handhelds.... | |
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