In recent months, movie goers have watched Carrie Bradshaw boot up an Apple Powerbook in Sex and the City and Tony Stark take his tinkering to a Dell desktop in IronMan (as well as a few Macs). Apple, it seems, wins the pop culture prevalence prize of the moment. An Apple model of some kind has appeared in everything from The OC to Weeds, from Legally Blonde to Disturbia. Apple too, makes an appearance alongside its Dell competitors in recent Marvel films including IronMan. Why is Apple so popular on screens large and small?

For starters, Apple is sleek and particularly recognizable in life as well as on film. When you see a Macbook or iMac (not to mention an iPod) on screen you know exactly what it is, or at least what brand it applies to. Even if you're not a pro figuring out how to download digital music, you can easily recognize that unique Apple brand. The Dell, however, while sometimes distinguishable, can often resemble any solid desktop computer.  read more »

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MSI Computer just announced that Best Buy is now carrying the MSI Wind U100 netbook. The ultra-mobile Wind (acronym for “Wi-Fi Network Device”) weighs in at just 2.3 pounds and comes with a 120GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM, an ergonomically designed keyboard (only 20% smaller than a standard notebook keyboard), and was the first 10” netbook to feature the new Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor.

Priced at only $399, the Wind U100 includes Windows XP Home edition and also features 802.11b/g and Bluetooth, a built-in 1.3 megapixel webcam with mic, and the battery (3 Cells) life can last up to 2.5 hours.  read more »

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Rob Glaser, RealNetworks CEO, hasn’t had a lot of winners lately so we bet the idea of helping you copy your Hollywood DVD sounded like a great way to strike it rich…again.

And to ensure you hear about his offer he chose to sue Hollywood before they sue him for his RealDVD copying, backup, archiving, ripping, whatever software. Nice quiet way to deliver the message!

Sounds great. The $30 software lets you rip a DVD movie to your computer hard drive.  read more »

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Lately we have all heard about the many advances in LCD technology used in the latest flat panel television displays. The best of this technology is now filtering down to computer monitors. Using this new and improved technology, and know-how gained from producing millions of flat-panel LCD TV sets, Westinghouse Digital has taken technology and value a step further by introducing a new, giant 26'' LCD monitor for your office or home computer.

Having this much real estate available allows you to keep open---- and in view, numerous documents and programs at the same time-- something that was almost impossible to do with the old 17 to 19 inch computer monitors that we have used for so many years. Not only does this big screen allow you to multi-task with ease, this new class leader from Westinghouse Digital offers computer users beyond 1080p quality with its super-high 1920 x 1200 resolution and a dynamic contrast ratio of 3000:1. To attain such high resolution, this new Westinghouse monitor uses smaller and denser pixels, which produce better image quality and crisper digital images, making computer work easier on your eyes--- and easier to organize as well.  read more »

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