Will Recyclable Laptops Be A New Trend?

By Janet Tieu on Aug 8, 2010 at 1:43 PM

Will Recyclable Laptops Be A New Trend?

Consumers love to upgrade their computers and electronics every few years (or even months). Imagine being able to recycle parts of your electronics, instead of having to contribute to the expansion of e-waste. Solution: beautifully-designed electronics that can be recycled! 

As computers and laptops are becoming staples in the household, it’s no wonder Je Sung Park decided to create an environmentally-friendly laptop to help reduce toxic waste. Theoretically, the Recyclable Paper Laptop is made up of pulp and reprocessed materials that would eventually be broken down into compost.

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Season 7 Episode 14 - A Quick Look At The Certified Data T30II1 SU4100 Laptop

Jul 10, 2010

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AJ Vickery gets his hands on the Certified Data T30II1 SU4100 Laptop. Built with a super lightweight and slim structure, this computer is incredibly portable, and is just as powerful as a desktop PC.

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Season 7 Episode 14 - A Quick Look At The Certified Data V10iL2 Netbook

Jul 8, 2010

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Aj Vickery shows us the Certified Data V10iL2 Netbook. Built with a 10.1 inch screen and a full sized keyboard, this powerful netbook runs on an Intel Atom Processor with 1GB of DDR RAM and a 160GB hard drive with a 6 cell battery for long usage.

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Toshiba Reveals The Libretto W100 (VIDEO)

By Christian Montano on Jun 26, 2010 at 10:40 AM

Toshiba Reveals The Libretto W100 (VIDEO)

It seems that everyone wants in on the touch screen market, but a new product from Toshiba raises the bar. For their 25th anniversary, Toshiba is coming out with the special edition Libretto W100, a concept netbook with a twist.

It comes with two multi-touch 7-inch 1024 x 600 displays. Kind of like a Nintendo DS on steroids. Externally, its innovative 1.5lbs clamshell design and small structure makes it compact and durable; Internally, it's driven by an energy efficent 1.2 Intel Pentium U5400 processor, 2GB of RAM, Windows 7 OS, and a battery that provides up to five hours of usage.

Scheduled for a limited quantity release in August 2010. Visit the Toshiba website for updates.

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Intel’s new Atom CPUs to bring thinner netbooks and laptops (VIDEO)

By Janet Tieu on Jun 5, 2010 at 1:28 PM

Intel’s new Atom CPUs to bring thinner netbooks and laptops (VIDEO)

Move aside, MacBook Air, "Canoe Lake" is the new thin in town – even if it's just a prototype.

At just 0.5", Intel created an in-house Canoe Lake platform to show PC makers that they, too, can also create ultra thin mobile computers with Intel’s latest Atom dual-core microprocessors.

On Monday, Intel announced its latest additions to the Atom processor family: "Pine Trail" mobile dual-core processor, and the "Oak Trail" processor for tablets and thin netbooks. The Atom processors promise to offer better user experience without compromising battery life.

See how thin it is for yourself in this hands-on video of the prototype:

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Season 7 Episode 9 - ASUS UL80V Laptop Review

Jun 3, 2010

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Looking for a powerful laptop at an affordable price point? Mike Agerbo takes a look at the feature-packed ASUS UL80V, a powerful yet inexpensive laptop PC that boasts high-definition screen resolution, 4 GBs of RAM, and a dedicated nvidia GeForce video card.

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Tech Predictions: 2010 and Beyond

Jan 25, 2010

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This week on GetConnected Radio:

  • Duncan Stewart, Director of Deloitte Canada Research- Future tech predictions - What's in store for eBooks, eReaders, the news and print industries, tablet computing, mobile and telecommunication industries, and lots more!
  • Mike and AJ answers some of your tech questions on Open Line
  • Lindsay Smith joins us to talk about an upcoming tech and new media conference and tradeshow, F5 Expo

Enter the contest this week to win a ClickFree Transformer for iPod - You can also Twitter and Text to win!

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Lenovo Introduces "Hybrid" Notebooks

Jan 20, 2010

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AJ talks about Lenovo's new line of "hybrid" laptops which features two PCs in a single device. How does it work you ask? Read on to find out!

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Upgrade - Upgrading Your Laptop's RAM

Oct 31, 2009

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GetConnected shows you one of the cheapest ways to give your laptop a boost of speed by installing additional RAM.

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eBooks Reader, Printer, Laptop and Netbook Buying Guides

Sep 8, 2009

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This week on GetConnected Radio:

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