Category: General

GX630 is the new MSI gaming notebook. Wait, this is “just not another >$1000” notebook. It is just $799!

Lets see what we get in just $799:

• AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor
• Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
• 15.4″ TFT-LCD Widescreen Display
• Exclusive Turbo Drive Engine Technology
• Exclusive ECO Engine Power Management System
• The Combination of Aluminum and Metallic Threads in Body Design
• NVIDIA Geforce 9600M GT 3D Graphic Card (Built-in 512 MB VRAM)
• Digital/Analog 5.1 Channel Headphone Output Recognized and Approved by the Highest standards of Dolby
• HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) Output
• Built-in 2.0 Mega Pixel Webcam
• 802.11 b/g, 802.11 b/g/n Wireless LAN with Bluetooth

Continue reading “MSI Launches AMD Gaming Notebook for Under $800 – GX630-028US”

Available on new Windows Mobile devices soon, this browser will provide a high-quality browsing experience on your device that more closely resembles a desktop browsing experience.

New/Improved features:

• Improved fidelity (support for full fidelity desktop rendering)
• Layout fixes to accommodate a mobile screen (text wrap)
• Enhanced Script and AJAX support ( Jscript v5.7 from Internet Explorer 8 )
• Improved multimedia experience (Adobe Flash Lite 3.1 for Adobe Flash content)
• Deeper integration with search
• Enhanced cursor navigation model
• Touch and gesture support – pan support
• Multiple zoom levels
• Easy switching between mobile / desktop versions of sites by specifying UA strings

Download Internet Explorer Mobile 6 emulator

Experiencing some problems with the SMTP functionality of POP or IMAP accounts on your windows mobile device?

This behavior is associated with a feature that is introduced in Windows Mobile 6.1. The feature allows for mobile operators to specify an alternate SMTP server name that is used if e-mail messages cannot be sent by using the user-specified SMTP server name. If the mobile operator does not specify an alternate SMTP server name and if the Windows Mobile 6.1-based device does not connect, the e-mail account is corrupted and cannot send e-mail messages.

Download the fix

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d9d71b2e-d2dd-44f2-86e5-1e53aad7fb7a&displaylang=en&tm

Has anyone actually be able to get that much battery life? From the 6 cell battery of ASUS EEE PC 1000H, I have been able to get just about 5 hours of battery life. Ok, that is a lot but 8 hours is a dream and long way to go

“Wouldn’t it be super cool if the Silverlight apps you built for the desktop could run on Millions of Mobile Devices? If you have been building Silverlight applications and are wondering how to extend them to mobile devices, then this webcast is the one to watch. In this webcast you will not only learn how to extend your existing Silverlight 2 applications to work on Windows Mobile, but also learn how to build rich mobile Silverlight apps that play media, handle simple gestures, have cool animations, and enable web services.”

Ever had a dream or wish, if your desktop Silverlight applications could work on the mobile device? If yes, Amit Chopra at Microsoft explains how to do so.

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If you’re using Google Toolbar 5 for Internet Explorer (or Toolbar’s Firefox version), you can add the Gmail custom button to make your life easier. With the Gmail button, you can get new message alerts, see previews of your mail and use Toolbar’s search box to find any message no matter what page you’re on.

Google Toolbar also has a “Send to” feature: when you click on the “Send to” icon, a Gmail compose window opens that automatically includes a link to the page you’re currently on and any text you have highlighted on that page. This makes it easy to email your friends interesting pages you come across as you browse the web. Continue reading “Google Toolbar – make your life easier”