While there are similarities, there are a few differences that may help make a decision on choosing an Ultrabook instead of a traditional laptop.

Difference between ultrabooks and Laptops

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The similarities include:

• Online capabilities
• Gaming abilities
• Portability through size and weight
• Intel technology

Basically, if you can do it on a laptop, you can most likely do the same thing with an Ultrabook. However, there are differences in the Ultrabook that many consumers may find appealing.

These differences are:

• A lighter weight: Traditional laptops can weigh up to 18 pounds and as little as 3 pounds. However, an Ultrabook is always going to be around 3 pounds or less; making it much lighter.
• A sleeker design: The Ultrabook is designed to look sleeker and more streamlined.
• A longer battery life: The Ultrabooks have a battery life of upwards of six hours. This is a longer battery life than a usual laptop. Lithium polymer batteries found in smart phones are used, which explains the long life with such a small, lightweight piece of electronic equipment.
• Super fast start up: Since the Ultrabooks do not have a DVD drive, they can boot up in mere seconds, faster than any laptop around.

The consumer that is interested in an Ultrabook is one that wants the experience of a desktop computer and the ability to perform most of the same tasks with a system that is not only portable but is also sleek and savvy. The Ultrabook is perfect for those that want to do everything they typically do on a computer while on the go. It is mobile computing at its best.

There is an obvious added bonus with the extra light weight that is available with the Ultrabook. Not only does this make it easier to take anywhere you want to go, but it is lighter on your wallet as well when compared to a MacBook Air.

Important Points about Ultrabooks

It is important to note that all Ultrabooks come with a Core i3, i5 or i7 processor, USB 3.0 connectivity, and a built-in fast SSD storage. This means that you get the latest and best technology in a "laptop" that is best at portability. With all that in mind, they do run more expensive than a laptop but with any type of new technology, eventually the prices usually even out to being more affordable as time goes by and more advances are made.

With the many features and options along side of the sleek and light design, the Ultrabook is a must-have for business, pleasure or school. No matter what you use it for, you’ll love the many things you can do.

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Giving more competition to  the Apple Mac and the Blackberry who are into small gadgets nowdays, a hand-held computer called the Raspberry Pi went on sale for just £22 today and was sold out within hours.

It has neither keyboard nor monitor and is pretty much a bare bones mini PC

The bare bones Raspberry Pi computer ships totally naked without any clothes( box) and  costs £22. It is aimed at encouraging children to learn how to programme and code

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Amazon Kindle Fire pictures above

This new Techo gadget are the most-desired electronic devices this holiday season. Of all the gifts people are craving, tablets with clothing taking the no 1 spot according to a consumer Association.

Bob 56, plans to purchase an iPad for his son and his sister  who lives in  Washington. His parents live in Florida. So he’s excited to be able to video chat with his parents – them on the new iPad, him on his iPhone.

Tablets were on many peoples wish lists last year, but they were too pricey and they technology was still new so was still getting adapted too, now with smartphones  everybody is getting more exposed to the new touchscreen technology.

Barnes and noble tablet pictures above

Two of the most promising competitors come from online retailer Amazon.com Inc. and book seller Barnes & Noble Inc.

Some price released recently for the

1. iPad’s $499 base price
2.  Amazon’s Kindle Fire, which costs $199
3. Barnes & Noble’s Nook Tablet, which costs $249.

Tablets are popping up in unexpected places, too. with  the ipad being used to control customised helicopters that can fly indoors , buggys made to be controlled by the iphone and ipad and many more gizmos.For some people, the device has become indispensable for playing and working.

But while many think of the iPad as synonymous with the word “tablet,” plenty of shoppers will be looking for a more affordable tablet to give this year with heaps of new customised software versions coming out with new android software.

“When tablets start to get  below $200, sales go up dramatically,” says technology analyst Rob Enderle and is going to be evident in the good cheaper prices for these gadgets these years. Check out some reviews and pics on the latest tablets here. “PC TABLETS REVIEWS”

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Its that part of the year  when everybody is ready to splurge  and indulge in a little bit  a fancy gadgets  or  clothing. With the increase in online presence of  designer clothing lines, perfume shops and gadgets and  electronic and computer accessories  anyone or everyone can now compare and shop with a click of a mouse , also to benefit of many in the e-marketing  Industry. The ease of set up of a e shop  has the e-commerce advantages in the price factor over setting up a brick and mortar shop has further advanced this  sector.

Online spending habits for 2011- 2012

The boxing day sales  and then the Christmas rush will see the online sales booming over this holiday period , so what has been selling like hotcakes online.

According to many online news and  electronic websites, gadgets seem to be one of the favourite gifts this happy season wether if was bough online or then  through a brick and mortar shop.  Australian online news journal SMH says its Bricks versus clicks this holiday season , as online stores battle with retail shops. In fact  the brick and  mortar shops have joined the Online shopping revolution  with J B HI FI  and  Harvey Norman opening their very own cheap prices Direct import online shops.

Top selling / Sales  for Online Gadgets

PC magazine says “iOS Devices Dominate Mobile Online Shopping” which will certainly see the smart e-marketers make a move on this one. They say “Statistics released this week from the retail analysis firm Rich Relevance indicate that iPads and iPhones are the top mobile devices that consumers use to make retail purchases”  . According to IBM, the iPhone and iPad ranked first and second for consumer shopping on mobile devices on Black Friday on of the High traffic Sales day in the US.

“For the holiday season through Dec. 18, nearly $32 billion has been spent online, a 15 percent increase versus the corresponding days last year” says ecreditdaily.com.

The guardian.co.uk says that e-retailing group Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG) forecasts in “UK consumers will spend £186m online on Christmas Day, a retail group forecasts, with the Boxing Day spend expected to be in excess of £365m” One of the popular UK online selling websites is “Argos” .

Popular online sales In UK

The most popular items were audio equipment, laptops , tablets  and gaming items, but customers also snapped up domestic appliances such as kettles, fryers, slow cookers, toasters and vacuum cleaners which were also popular in the stores.

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Ridiculous .. i was browsing google for hindi songs and i cam across this hindi songs  website  and was surprised to come across this link saying the websites worth @ Daily Earning of $2,357.66.

Daily Website Earning of $2,357.66( adsense + other adverts)

Here are some other details

Estimated Worth $1,416,559 USD

Backlinks :3

Global rank : 7,359

Daily page views : 997,289

Website info:

According To Our Estimation Gaana.Com Makes $2,357.66 Per Day And Is Worth About $1,416,559.The Current Alexa Ranking Is 7,359.Gaana.Com Receives About 997,289 Page Views Per Day. It Has A Google Page rank Of .The Site Is 6 Years 115 Days Old.It Has A Total Of 3Backlinks. The Site Is Hosted In , And Is Active On The IP 223.165.30.26

Here is the link http://www.web-worth.com/www.gaana.com

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what i really like bout the WD live box is  that the box is not broken it plays beautifully .Yet the  guys at the company are continuously evolving  patching the box with regular;ar  updates keeping up with all the current formats for video and music.Keep up the good work

If you dont know about WD live player and want a small little  box that can play pretty much any movie from a usb stick or then a  portable hard drive attached to it, you should be getting the WD LIVE PLAYER RIGHTAWAY 

New firmware update released for WD live player . Heres what it does.

Version 1.06.15_V:  
Resolved Issues:
• Supports Czech language in the user interface.
• Resolved Media Library issue where playing an ISO and DVD (.VOB) is not added in recent list.
• Resolved video quick menu not showing selection correctly. 
• Resolved black screen when playing dat or ts video file.(mpeg format)
• Resolved PlayTo issue where menu icon in video option do not move when navigating during playback
• Resolved poor menu performance due to background task running.
• Resolved audio Track display always shows as file name.
• Resolved music info missing when opening photo info from option in slideshow.
• Resolved thumbnail blurring while browsing music.
• Resolved scrolling issue where artifacts would show if scrolling too fast.
• Resolved issue where the FF/RW icon would display in preview mode for folder.
• Resolved issue unable to connect to Wi-Fi when SSID is not broadcast.
• Resolved Tunein issue where removing a preset doesn’t take effect until preset section is reopened.
• Resolved issue where some PGS subtitles would not display in MKV container.
• Resolved issue where screen display “Unsupported subtitle” message on option bar.
• Resolved issue where default subtitle stream flags are ignored.
• Resolved issue where 4:3 aspect ratio setting resets to widescreen after power cycle.
• Resolved issue where all audio above 48KHz is being downsampled to 48KHz.
• Resolved Flingo issue where FF and Play will black out screen for 10 or more sections.
• Resolved Facebook security encryption issue when selecting shortcut key www. in password page.
• Resolved Facebook issue of not being able to upload to Facebook if photo is in full screen view.
• Resolved Facebook issue where no error message shows up when network cable is disconnected.
• Resolved .ISO and .VOB issue where the info bar stays on the screen during playback.
• Resolved file management issue where certain files are corrupted on a GUID or APM HFS+J format drives.
• Resolved issue where firmware upgrade did not work for certain USB

Resolved Deezer issue where the options icon disappears on the radio playlist.
• Resolved issue where Deezer will not play any music tracks or songs from any radio stations
• Resolved DVD (ISO or VOB) issue where playback will not resume after unit power cycle. 
• Resolved issue where certain MKVs videos do not play sound.
• Resolved AVI issue where pressing skip twice causes video to jump back to start.
• Resolved several general user interface alignment issues.
• Resolved issue where MPEG2 video lags or freezes.
• Resolved issue with 2TB hard drive not mounting.
• Resolved issue with system becoming unresponsive after hot unplugging the hard drive.
• Resolved video playback issue with certain .MOV, MPEG4, PCM 2ch videos resulting in incoherent audio.

you can get it from Amazon here

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Ebay has just got into  group buying deals  in Australia and this offer is a cracker , apparently only limited number of handsets available

http://groupbuy.ebay.com.au/

SAMSUNG i9100 Galaxy S II 16GB Mobile Phone UnlockedOnly 500 in stock

Released in 2011, the Samsung i9100 Galaxy S II is a genuinely remarkable smartphone, with numerous cool features, including an 8 MP camera, 16GB of memory and the popular Android operating system.

you can get the full specs on this website –
Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II – Full phone specifications

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Mac book pro rival  “slim Laptop pc the XPS 15Z” launches

Dell claims its new slim Laptop pc the XPS 15Z is "one of the thinnest 15-in PCs on the planet" at 24.68mm or 0.97in. At this size it is almost, but not quite, as thin as Apple’s equivalent Macbook Pro, which is 24.1mm thin. Both laptops weigh 2.5kg. Its definitely positioned to rival the “Macbook pro”. The slim dell laptop will be competitively prioced at £899, which is considerably less than the £1,549 price tag of its rival

The “XPS 15Z” has a 15.6in display and a WLED screen with standard HD 1366×768 resolution but you can also opt for a full HD 1080p. Dell said that you’ll get up to 8 hours battery life from the 8 cell battery, which is 1 hour more than Apple claims for the Macbook Pro

Specs for Dell xps 15z

• Intel Core i5 2410M Dual Core CPU (2.90 GHz)
• 4 GB of DDR3 RAM, a 500 GB 7200 RPM hard drive
• slot-load DVD-R/W drive, an NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M GPU with 1GB of memory
• 15.6-inch 1,366 x 768 pixel display

Optional upgrades available

• Intel Core i7 2620M Dual Core CPU (3.4 GHz)
• NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M GPU with 2GB of memory
• 1,920 x 1,080 pixel full high-def display.

The “samsung series 9 ultra slim laptop” also is a serious challenger for the macbook pro and Dell xps 15z (pic below)

You can check the samsung slim laptop specs or buy the laptop at amazon here

Some other laptop models from dell that you might want to check out  are Dell Adamo XPS , Dell XPS 17 Dell Adamo 13

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Surprisingly enough there is quite a wide choice of ipad speakers in the market from top of the range Bose speakers for ipad to  cheap *Chinese make Ipad speakers.

Ipad search for speakers

I chose to browse through Amazon to see what is available for “speakers for my ipad” , here are few of the options that were available

One of the top of the range speakers that will work not only with the ipad and  but also ipod is the Bose soundock series II digital. The sound from these Bose systems speakers are unimaginably awesome , definitely worth the money , my sister owns one

Bose SoundDock Series II Digital Music System for iPod (Silver)
Bose for $269.00

Altec Lansing MP450 Octiv Stage
Altec Lansing priced at $111.49

The altec lansing not only provides good crystal clear sound for you ipad , but also charges it via the dock at the same time

Other more cheaper options available for the ipad speakers were

Jbl Rhythm 2.0 Powered Speaker
JBL priced at $24.49

iLuv iMM747 Audio Cube Hi-Fidelity Speaker Dock for iPad, iPad 2, iPhone and iPod (Black)
iLuv is prices at $78.56 at amazon 

Thsi device (iLuv iMM747 Audio Cube Hi-Fidelity Speaker Dock for iPad,) works with most models of the apple range like  iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPhone, iPod Touch (3rd,2nd and 1st gen), iPod nano (5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st gen) or iPod classic and you can sync play and charge with this device.

(*sorry Chinese makes not included)

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Asus EePC 701 – Where to get it In Australia

- Myers – AUD $ 499 – Sold oUT -Review

The EeePC is looking fairly well spec’d with an (unspecified) Intel processor and chipset, Intel UMA graphics, 512MB RAM, 16GB SSD, webcam, Bluetooth and b/g wireless. Sure, it’s not gonna be ground breaking, or play any decent games, nor should it. It’s a mobile solution that should be more than capable. ( Source for specs )
I haven’t personally used Linux, but it’s open source freeware which means that it’s totally supported by a bunch of uber geeks who continually make patches to keep it running fairly stable. Also, due to the lower number of users, it’s fair to assume that it’s less likely to be attacked. Linux is also more efficient when using system resources, unlike Vista, so should make the most of the laptop. Again, I haven’t used Open Office, but I know that it is compatible with Microsoft Office file types (which the majority of businesses and educational facilities will use).

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