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Two versions of the IdeaPad Y460 mid-range notenooks from Lenovo has finally arrived. The company has said that it has started shipping the two versions. Aimed at tapping home users, the Lenovo IdeaPad Y460 versions have been brought to the fore as machines that run Windows 7 Home Premium.
The two versions that have begun shipping come about as feature rich models – the ones you were really waiting for. Apart from running Windows 7 Home Premium, the IdeaPad Y460 models
Lenovo has started shipping two versions
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Google have made it quite obvious that they would like to try their hands at providing Internet services, and they’ve managed to avoid doing it directly so far by using things like providing free Wi-Fi access at airports, and a Wi-Fi network running in Mountain View. Today, they’ve announced that they’re expanding their services by launching a fiber-based ISP service.
It will provide speeds of up to 1 Gbps, and Google are claiming that their prices will be very competitive compared to the other providers on
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The freshly announced iPad has been confirmed today by Steve Jobs in San Francisco and from what it looks like the full specifications list has a a 9.7″ IPS display, which, according to Jobs, is a version of the TFT LCD display that supports wide viewing angles, and it has full capacitive multitouch features.
For connectivity, there’s Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1+, and you’ll also get an accelerometer, compass, speaker and microphone and the 30-pin connector that’s standard for Apple’s devices. The
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This Wi-Fi detecting bumper sticker will let you and other drivers know instantly when Wi-Fi is available. That way you can quickly set up your laptop on your steering wheel and tell everyone on Twitter about it.
Want to create one yourself and distract drivers behind you? Instructables shows you how. And it’s pretty simple. Basically you will be buying one of those Wi-Fi T-shirts, and then cutting out the electroluminescent panel to stick onto the back of your car. Simple. Pretty nifty.
But you still won’t be as cool as
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Well, that didn’t take long. The Nokia X6 16GB is now official. Yesterday we told you about the pink version. The phone doesn’t have Comes With Music, but here’s some of what it does have:
This one features Symbian S60 5th edition, a 3.2-inch touchscreen display, 360 x 640, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, Ovi Maps, free navigation, TV out and a 5-megapixel camera.
Expect the Nokia X6 16GB this quarter. Nothing on price yet, but we expect it to be about €350 (or $492).
[Unwiredview]
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The freshly announced iPad has been confirmed today by Steve Jobs in San Francisco and from what it looks like the full specifications list has a a 9.7″ IPS display, which, according to Jobs, is a version of the TFT LCD display that supports wide viewing angles, and it has full capacitive multitouch features.
For connectivity, there’s Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1+, and you’ll also get an accelerometer, compass, speaker and microphone and the 30-pin connector that’s standard for Apple’s devices. The
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The Wind has got on to its mind blowing act, and the first region it has targeted is the US. Before you get any ideas or run into conclusions, we are talking of the MSI Wind U135, which has just begun shipping in the United States. Though it has been a fairly short period of wait since December, the device has finally arrived.
To arrive in hues of black, blue, red and white, the MSI Wind U135 comes with a new attractive keypad. The company has added new updates to the trackpad also, and the Wind U135 sports a smudge-resistant
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Endless Ideas has introduced its first WiFi-enabled e-Book reader called the BeBook Neo. The device is powered by a Freescale processor and offers a 6-inch E-ink display with a Wacom touchscreen. Some other features include 512MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot that will give you up to 16GB, USB port, 3.5mm headset jack and WiFi so you can access Google and Wikipedia.
And also a range of third-party e-Book stores is supported. It plays nice with most popular file formats. The BeBook Neo will cost you £279.99 or roughly $453. It’s
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The BearExtender n3 has a few advantages over other WiFi extenders. It’s cheap, it works great, and most important of all, it’s legal. This external WiFi adapter for Macs costs just $45 and was developed by Rolan Saekow, a Berkeley grad who wanted access to the campus “Airbears” network from wherever he happened to be.
Looks like it works great too. TUAW’s testing yielded stronger signals and higher throughput when they used the BearExtender over internal WiFi. The downside, if you consider it a downside, is that
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Lego makes all things possible. So it isn’t surprising that someone named Luke has ripped open the WRT54GL and transplanted it into a Lego case. The best part is that it looks great. I wouldn’t mind this sitting in my living room.
Want to try your hand at this Lego creation? Go for it. Full instructions are available. You can likely get it done during a quiet weekend.
Great job Luke. You make Wi-Fi look good.
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