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If you haven’t caught wind of Microsoft’s Laptop Hunters advertisements by now, well you’re lucky. They’re a series of (hopefully only) six ads meant to take a jab at Apple’s successful “Get A Mac” commercials. So far four of these ads are out and they are based on the premise that some person is looking for a particular computer for their needs within a certain budget. If they find what they’re looking for, Microsoft pays for the computer. True in Microsoft spirit, these commercials are all full of issues. The first ad was filled with controversy after people discovered an actress [click to continue…]

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Ever since I purchased my MacBook Air 8 months ago, it has been my primary machine. I did everything on it, with the exception of HD movie viewing which was outsourced to my HTPC setup. It was a bit on the slow end but I enjoyed the portability. However in the recent months my feelings towards it have changed substantially. [click to continue…]

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Update: Ryan has been chosen as the winner.
As I announced two weeks ago, I am starting my giveaway today. Quick refresher: HP provided me and 14 other bloggers with an HP laptop and a bunch of accessories to give out on my blog. While the promotion is geared towards college students, anyone can enter. The laptop at the core of this promotion is the powerful HP Pavilion dv4t entertainment PC [click to continue…]

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Admittedly, I have been living a happy life in Appleland for the past few years and haven’t stopped to check out what’s been brewing in the PC world. Now that I have been tinkering with the HP Pavilion dv4t laptop that I am going to give away, I was a bit surprised by what it could do and what it was packing. I’ll start off with the basics. The dv4t notebook [click to continue…]

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As part of a new-fangled viral marketing promotion with Hewlett Packard and marketing agency BuzzCorps, I will be giving away an HP laptop and lots of goodies along with 14 other college-oriented blogs. As you probably caught on from the name of this promotion, it is aimed at college students. [click to continue…]

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Review: PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Mac OS X

September 6, 2008

Last week I boasted about the release of PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Mac OS X and how it is definitely something to consider if data privacy is of utmost importance to you. By encrypting my hard drive, I am able to keep all of my data safe from physical disk access and other such [...]

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PGP Whole Disk Encryption: Now for OS X

August 29, 2008

It’s all too often that laptops are stolen and data like company secrets and employee social security numbers is divulged to unauthorized sources. It’s not just that; there are a number of reasons why you might want to enforce the privacy of your digital documents. It might have something to do with the U.S. government’s [...]

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Review Shootout: Laptop Bags for Light Computing

August 26, 2008

Living the cloud life is only part of the equation; traveling light and easily being able to move your workspace from your home to class, a coffee shop, a coworking space or office are just as important. That’s why I use a MacBook Air and that’s why I’ve gotten my hands on some fine examples [...]

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Review: Aerogel Extreme LapDesk

June 23, 2008

Hot laptops are nothing new. Even with smaller processor fabrication, laptops keep getting smaller making it hard to effectively cool them without a large heatsink or loud fan. Case in point – my MacBook Air is a heater and it doesn’t help that the exhaust vent is angled down. I end up moving it around [...]

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