WiFi not available on your ASUS EEE PC?

There are many instances when you have installed an OS on your EEE PC(say, windows XP) and your device is unable to even recognize find  the WiFi hardware. It has happened a lot of times with me and I went nuts. It even got me into thinking that it must be just plain bad luck that the unit I got was a bad unit.

But, all what had happened the the WLan(wifi) got disabled on it’s own in the BIOS. Here is how to enable it.

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Lenovo IdeaPad S10: Lenovo first NetBook

Lenovo has officially launched the Lenovo IdeaPad S10 with which the Lenovo will be jumping into the Netbook arena. The competition is becoming fiercer and fiercer day-by-day as more and more companies wants to have their piece from the NetBook market.

Lenovo IdeaPad S10: Lenovo first NetBook

The Lenovo NetBook will be coming in 2 flavors:

  1. 512MB RAM + 80GB HDD = $399
  2. 1GB RAM + 160GB HDD = $499

This sounds to be an amazing deal and really, it is!

Lenovo IdeaPad S710 specifications:

  • 1.6 GHz Atom N270 processor
  • up to 2GB of memory
  • Intel 945 GSE Express chipset
  • 80/160 GB HDD
  • 2 USB ports
  • Ethernet
  • Webcam
  • Headphone Jack
  • 4-in-1 card reader

Dell, Asus, Acer, MSI and blah, are you ready? :D

Price of the MWG Zinc II drops by $100

I’ve just come to know that the price of the MWG Zinc II has been dropped by $100. So now, the revised price is $599.

The MWG Zinc II had made a debut with the price tag of $699, which according to me was a bit higher when compared to it’s main competitor, HTC Tytn II.

Specifications of the MWG Zinc II are:

  • UMTS Tri-band, GSM Quad-band
  • HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
  • Samsung 500 Mhz
  • 2.8” TFT QVGA (Touch Screen)
  • Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
  • Semi automatic sliding mechanism with qwerty keypad
  • WLAN (802.11 b/g) and BT v 2.0
  • 2MP Camera (rear)
  • GPS : SirF Star III
  • Dimension: 109.5 x 59 x 18 mm

LOL: Alien Abduction Lamp

Are you sick of the same boring shape of the lamps around you. How about something new and unique?

The UFO is made from metal. Don’t expect the metal to be of alien material. But, one thing is for sure. It will surely raise a few ‘oos’ and ‘aahs’! ;)

via ohgizmo

Newbie Tip: Make the Calender plugin show more

Is it too tiring for you to go to the Calender application again and again just to see the upcoming appointment because the Calender plugin on the today screen is not showing enough upcoming appointments?

Well, it is easy to cure that problem. Just go to start>settings>today>Items(tab)>Calender. Here click on options and select Upcoming Appointments. Click “Ok” button and you are done!

Was not that easy? :)

GVmobile PocketBrush Review

PocketBrush is a great little application which has great capabilities to let the photographers do photo-editing on the go. It is always great if we are able to edit our pictures before emailing them or MMS-ing them to our friends when we are out of the house.

The PocketBrush cab weighs only 324kb but it packs a lot of features.

Following is the inteface of the PocketBrush. It however does not make use of the soft keys. I personally think that such applications actually do not need soft-key support as we would obviously be using the stylus to do most of the stuff in case of a photo editing application.

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