Garmin cuts off jobs due to economic downturn

Garmin, a popular GPS manufacture is going to cut jobs for the first time since the begining of the economic downturn. Employees are being laid off from Garmin’s human resources, marketing administration and operations divisions. 141 employees will be laid off in US (Kansas City).

via gpsbusinessnews

Microsoft reveals Notebook cooling pad – great for netbooks too?

We already know that Microsoft keeps coming out with some interesting accessories for the computers, but I’m sure no one ever thought that the Microsoft would ever enter the market of USB-powered Notebook accessories. According to Microsoft, this notebook cooling pad measures only 1.16-inch thick. Also, it  will go on sale in July at an affordable price of $29.95. Looks like Microsoft is well aware of the recession.

This is going to be a great accessory for my EEE 1000H as it does sometimes becomes very warm when do some heavy photoshop work on it or when I play some CPU intensive games.

[via Engadget]

Phonelog – nice and small application to create logs of your phone calls [Windows Mobile]

As its name suggest,

“PhoneLog is a simple Windows Mobile application that logs all missed and placed phone calls to your calendar with the call duration. The application requires the .Net CF v3.5 installed on the device.”

Features:
– log missed calls to calendar
– log placed calls to calendar
– log incoming sms messages

The CAB file size is just 246 Bytes.

[download here]

ASUS folding netbook concept based netbook to be launched this year!

Asus showed its folding netbook concept at CeBIT 2009. According the designers, they took the main idea from origami. Origami is a Japanese art of making objects by folding paper. When the netbook is closed, it looks like as if two pieces of paper are stacked upon each other. But, the real magic happens when you open it. The keyboard slides when you open the unit. This unique design allows room for the larger trackpad. Also, the keyboard also tilts up a little letting the user to type at much comfortable angle.

Here is even more interesting part. ASUS has got plans to launch this so-called concept netbook in the 3rd quarter this year!

[via techradar]

Clevo M810L netbook looks like a book?

Clevo is going to launch its own netbook this year, M810L. Although hardware-wise, it looks similar to the current netbooks, but due to its squarish chassis, it looks far different than the other netbooks you would come across so far. According to the theinquirer, it looks like a book. I did not believe them until I saw this photo. A book with a microphone and earphone jack in the front?

Specifications

  • 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270
  • 10.1-inch screen
  • upto 2GB of RAM
  • Wi-Fi
  • 3G and Bluetooth

It is planned to be launched later this month.

[via liliputing]