Sunday, August 29, 2010

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Why Executives HATE Social Media

I’m an executive and I HATE social media. There, I said it. It’s finally “out there.” But before you Twitter a flaming flash mob link to assemble pitchfork-wielding Second Life villagers outside my door, I urge you to take a deep breath, put down your double frappuccino, remove your earpiece, step away from your iPad, and set your iPhasers to stun, for I come in peace.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Laptops with the best battery life | Crave - CNET

Acer Aspire TimelineX AS4820T-3697 14-Inch Laptop (11.5 Hours Battery Life)

This model comes with an Intel Core i5-450M 2.4Ghz processor, a 500GB hard drive and 4GB of DDR3 RAM. For graphics and multimedia playback, this laptop has a 14-inch HD wide-screen, Intel HD graphics and a set of excellent stereo speakers. The audio on this machine comes with 3rd generation Dolby Theater technology.

Some of the other features on this laptop includes an 8x DVD drive, Bluetooth connectivity, 802.11b.g.n wi-fi, a memory card reader, multi-touch track-pad, HDMI output and a 1.3MP web cam. It runs on the Windows 7 Home Premium OS. The 9-cell battery on this laptop can last up to 11.5 hours on one charge, which is astounding for a 14-inch laptop.

Long Battery Life Laptops (Feb 2010)

Most of the notebooks with long battery life are ultra-slim laptops. Other than Apple MacBook laptops (their battery can last up to 7 hours), there are very few full-featured laptops with good battery life. Apple MacBook laptops make use of lithium-polymer batteries (as opposed to the common lithium ion).

Ultra-slim notebooks on the other hand were able to have great battery life spans thanks to their energy efficient processors. At the moment Asus, Toshiba and Acer are the leading brands (Windows based) when it comes to long battery lifespan. The other major laptop brands don't seem too interested in producing such models.

David Gleba