Apple Unibody Macbook now at $728 for students

Brandon Davenport Dec 29, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Apple, Deals, Hardware, News, breaking

Apple has been known for pricing things too high, maybe its just me. Maybe all the guts and research that goes into their products make the price right, but to me all I see is a slightly underpowered, very nice and pretty, well made computer, with a sucky $999 price tag. But $728? Now that's a bit more like it. That is what this computer should have been priced at from the beginning. The problem is its not a permanent price drop, or even a sale that's available to everyone, that is the price that at least some students and educators can now snag the entry-level MacBook for. To make matters worse this "deal" is limited to the University of Maryland, College Park. Oh well... thanks Apple *smack myself in face*.

Nexus one to be sold by Google, Supported by T-Mobile, 'early January' release

Brandon Davenport Dec 29, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Gadgets, Google, Hardware, Mobile, News, breaking

The Nexus One is Google's flagship device. It is also a very solid device, with a solid carrier (T-Mobile) and a "solid" plan. T-Mobile is going to provide coverage for the Phone, while Google will sell the phone directly to costumers. Here is the rundown:

Google, with support from T-Mobile, is scheduled to launch a new Android device in early January. The Google Android phone will be sold directly by Google via the Web.

Support for the device including troubleshooting and exchanges will be managed by Google and HTC. T-Mobile will offer service support including billing, coverage, features, and rate plans. Additional details Streamline content regarding the launch of Google's Android phone will be coming in early January.

So clearly Google and HTC will be helping out with the Hardware side of things, while T-Mobile will be dealing with the end-user stuff. It sounds like a solid idea, but it does not yet have a solid release date, yet. Apparently there is going to be some sort of January 5th launch, but well see that when it gets here. 

Why you don't need to keep re-installing Windows to "Start Fresh"

Every tech savvy person always tells you to re-install Windows every once and a while to "speed things up". The problem is, the operating system itself doesn't get slower, its all the stuff you are installing or using. Windows is just another piece of software that just happens to have the ability to run stand-alone. Here is the real reason why your Windows OS is slow.

Chrome OS Netbook specs revealed - Multi-touch Included

Brandon Davenport Dec 28, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Gadgets, Google, Hardware, News

According to IBTimes, the Google Chrome OS netbook will include an Nvidia Tegra platform with an ARM CPU. It may also have a 10.1" multi-touch screen that supports HD, come with a 64GB SSD, 2GB of RAM, and other standards like Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth, a webcam, and so on. Obviously, this peppy little netbook will arrive running Chrome OS and come with a pre-installed suite of Google Apps.

Don't expect this netbook to be available any time soon. Hopefully (if the rumors hold up) it should be available by holiday season 2010 for a subsidized price of under $300, wow! People are saying it will be sold directly through Google's site, and they may partner with a network provider to sell it as a bundle with a 3G plan.

[ Gizmodo via IBTimes ]

Update - T3ch H3lp going to CES - also Best of 2009 votes

Brandon Davenport Dec 27, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us News, Okay Geek, Videos

Hey, Brandon here, and like I said, we will be doing some big updates on the site starting with a new feature called "the Feed" It will consist of a main feed that channels every update on the site. Not just journal entries, but all of the changes. Also you'll be able to find our Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking stuff. Also T3ch H3lp is going to CES and we a super duper excited! Just head over to t3chh3lp.com/CES to check out whats in store (starting Jan 6th).

Also we need you to send us your Favorite video/audio clip of the podcast for our "Best of 2009" episode (just go to keepvid.com to download a Youtube video) and send it to us via Email -- fans@t3chh3lp.com -- Also you can find your fave article of 2009 and send us a tweet with hashtag #t3chh3lp2009 so we can check it out, use it in the podcast and plug your Twitter!

Stay tuned for Podcast number 26 - Best of 2009

Peek gets a Facebook app, well sort of

Nick Mahar Dec 27, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Gadgets, Hardware, Humor, Mobile

Peek products are typically built for a single-purpose but it looks like things are starting to change. The Company is beta testing a Facebook app call PeekSocial. Once the app is installed on you Facebook, you will be able to update your status easily, you will also receive emails that tell you things from your Facebook new feed. It's cool and all by really, just get an iPhone, Droid, or other smart phone.

[Via Engadget]

-NM

XBMC 9.11 Camelot update - New look, awesome features!

Brandon Davenport Dec 27, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Applications, Internet, News

XBMC was originally developed for the 1st gen Xbox because it was so easy to hack, and mod. It allows a varyity of devices and platforms to access stuff like music, video, pictures and heaps of online content, through the XBMC interface. It runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, Apple TV and is completely open source.

The latest update includes -- Better support for multiple monitors, a speed up RAW image loading, able to handle more file extensions, performance improvements to SQLite (database) queries, the ability to scrape and scan TV Shows into the video library by air-date via TheTVDB.com --  and much much more.

Read -- Complete changelog

Download - For Mac, Linux, Windows, Apple TV and Portable.