Thursday, March 22, 2012

Ultrabook Prizefight

CNet writers Dan Ackerman, Julie Rivera and Brian Tong recently posted an article comparing the HP Folio 13 to the Dell XPS 13 Ultrabooks.

Please read this article and write a short comment including your pick and what made your decision.

Was it design, features, performance, battery life, or value. Include in your comment a description of the specs.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57401773-1/hp-folio-13-vs-dell-xps-13-ultrabook-laptop-prizefight/?tag=nl.e404

Sunday, January 22, 2012

MacWorld - iWorld Event
January 26, 2012

This Thursday we embark on our journey to San Francisco for the MacWorld iWorld event.
This year a new and exciting feature is being added called the Midway.
The Midway is located on the second floor of the Mascone center and will have various OSX and iOS products and technologies for you to sample and experience.
In this class blog you will write a brief description of the product you sampled. Please include the name, description, specs and why this product or feature was interesting to you. You will be required to turn in a flyer from that booth along with this blog.

Sunday, January 8, 2012


The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is in Las Vegas this week. It opens up on Tuesday but many product previews are surfacing on the Web. Below is a link to a CNet site that previews many products and gives you a brief introduction to them by catagory.
Spend some time going through the different products. Discuss them with your neighbor and finally pick one that you think is really cool. Write a brief comment below describing the products specs and offerings. I have included an example.
We will review the post on Wednesday and follow the show throughout the week. Enjoy!

Monday, April 4, 2011

Upgraded My HDD


What a fabulous weekend we just experienced. Yes indeed, and I spent it catching up on work around the house including upgrading and reinstalling my computer, a techie's version of spring cleaning.


I replaced my noisy Seagate Barracuda 300 GB SATA HDD with a smooth, quite Western Digital 750 GB SATA HDD. SWEET!!!!

I installed Win 7 32 bit Ultimate. I don't own a 64 bit version; wish I did. The install went smooth and I partitioned my HDD to leave 100 GB available to install Ubuntu 11.4 Beta. Does this all sound familiar?

I want to install the old HDD as a second (slave) hard drive. I have some questions I need you to research for me and answer briefly in the Blog.

1. There is no pin out instructions for master, slave or system select like we had on an IDE drive (hint). How do I properly install the old Seagate as a slave?


2. The pin outs are for SSC, PUIS and there is also a pin out for 1.5 GB PHY. What do these mean and what do they do?


Answer both questions labeling as #1 and #2. Make sure you address all three pin outs in number 2. Keep answers brief but accurate.

Please proof your post before submitting for spelling, grammar, punctuation and proper academic vocabulary.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Wireless Review


Wireless, wireless everywhere you go; WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G, 4G and the list will go on. In the ever changing world of technology wireless is definitely one the the highest in demand.
We only touched the surface in our studies this past week but hopefully you gained some knowledge and terminology that will assist you in connecting wherever you go!

Write a brief summary of what you learned this week.
1. Include an opening paragraph with at least three complete sentences followed by a bulleted list of a minimum five key terms that you found interesting and/or helpful.
2. Finish with a minimum two sentence summary or a question to spark further investigation.

Be careful to not use "you" i.e. I learned that you need.....
Examples of introducing "Standard Views"
Americans today tend to believe that....
Conventional wisdom has it that.....
Common sense seems to dictate that.....
Many people assume that....

It has been interesting including our cell phones in the learning mix this year. Setting up a wireless device with a private network within a private network required some analytical thinking to make sure we were setting up the device properly. As a result we all learned something about the devices we communicate with.
I look forward to you comments.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Droid X Article




Droid X

As many of you know I'm in the market for a new/upgrade phone this January. I'm always stopping by the local Verizon store hoping they will give me a deal before January but no such luck.
So in the mean time I read reviews on all the phones available and the Droid X is one of the ones I'm looking at.
Below is a link to an article I read on the Droid X by Ed Bott.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/why-i-dumped-my-droid/2487?tag=nl.e539

Read this article and post a comment on what you think of his evaluation/experience.

List what problems he encountered and add any other negative or positive feedback you have read, heard or experienced.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Green Products Guide: Information Technology and Related Equipment | Edutopia


“Thinking” green and making good choices that have a long term positive effect on our environment is something we all need to be doing. Almost all business are becoming ecology minded and we are reminded of ways to change our behaviors to conserve and recycle daily.
Below is a link to an article about Green Products in technology.

After reading the article write an informative comment on what you can use to make wise choices when purchasing electronics. Use the following prompts to pull relevant information out.

What are some green features we can look for when purchasing equipment?

What are the solutions listed for computers?

What agency is currently certifying equipment and what is the lable?

What technology enables a company/school district to conserve energy in their data centers?




Green Products Guide: Information Technology and Related Equipment Edutopia