The Asus VivoBook X202 is a value for money portable laptop that comes with an 11.6-inch multi-gesture touchscreen, so you can tap, swipe, and pinch your way through your favorite apps—no mouse required. It’s a value for money budget laptop at S$799 or US$509 from Amazon.
The MK808 outputs video at a very odd resolution, 1024×768, regardless of which resolution it is actually set to. It supposedly supports 720p and 1080p resolution but somehow, the actual output resolution is 1024×768. Courtesy of geekbuying.com, there’s an updated firmware that supports 1080p for the MK808.
Jet Engines allowed fighter planes to break the supersonic barrier and now, the same technology might allow IT devices to make the same quantum leap as GE Engineers have adapted jet engine technology for “cooling jets” for thinner, quieter and more efficient cooling systems.
There’s quite a fair amount of discussion on the Windows 8 Start Screen / Menu but love it or hate it, it’s here to stay. While there are a few Windows live tiles that is streamlined with the overall theme, non-modern UI programs had small icons and well, just look crappy. Now there’s a fix.
Sometimes, the wireless connection signal may be weak at work, school or hotel rooms and if you want to get your mobile device, iPhone, Android device etc connected, there is a quick fix for this problem. Most hotels are equipped with LAN ports and you could always ask the front desk for a cable.
Just like how phones have involved from Single Core to now Quad Core processors, the Mini PCs are making the same quantum leaps. Odroid has made available the ODROID-U and ODROID U2, two ultra compact 1.4GHz and 1.7 GHz Quad Core Boards respectively as developmental kits.
As Windows 8 RT tablets start to surface in the market, they make for a great computing alternative to traditional laptops or desktops. However, they are not exactly cheap in terms of pricing. There’s still quite a big segment of the market that looks at value for money and the Samsung Chromebook fits the bill …