As expected Apple has refreshed some of their lineup today, specifically the iMacs and the Mac Minis and they have introduced a new product the Magic Mouse. The new iMacs now comes with either a 21.5-inch display for a 27 inch display and the new Mac Minis have been given a power boost with options for a 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor model wit 4GB of memory.
Thinking of getting a new PC or laptop with Windows 7 pre-installed, then checkout PC World, they are offering up to £250 off new PCs running Windows 7. As you probably know Thursday sees the launch of Windows 7 to the general public and to mark this PC World is reducing the price of a number of Toshiba and Dell laptops by £150. The company is also offering a further £100 if you trade-in your old PC, meaning you can save up to £250 off the cost of your next laptop. If you don’t want a laptop, PC World are also offering £150 off the RRP of the Packard Bell iXtreme quad core PC desktop.
Is there a recession? By looking at Apple’s earnings for the last 3 months you wouldn’t think so. The Company posted revenue of $9.87 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.67 billion. That’s a lot of money! These results compare to revenue of $7.9 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.14 billion for the same period last year. A quick bit of maths shows that Apple’s earnings have gone up by nearly $2 billion. And this isn’t just in the USA. International sales accounted for 46 percent of the quarter's revenue.
It has been confirmed that Spotify and the UK mobile phone operator 3 are working on a mobile phone bundled with access to Spotify. Starting next month 3 will start selling HTC's Hero smartphone and include Spotify premium access in the subscription.
Some of the staff here at Gaj-IT are real car fans and when we saw the cool gadgets in the new BMW X1 we had to write about it. The
It looks like the end of October is going to be busy in the tech world. It is my guess that even the most casual technology fan knows that this week sees the release of Microsoft next version of Windows, Windows 7. Also Dell has just announced that the new super thin Adamo XPS laptop will fully revealed on the same day as the Windows launch.
Earlier this year I needed to set up some web hosting and to complete the transaction the web hosting company (who were in the USA) sent me a PDF file with a form and asked me to print it out, complete it and then fax it back to them in the USA (from the UK). I must admit that it was a hassle, but I don’t think my web hosting company had heard of FillAnyPDF.com. With FillAnyPDF.com they could have uploaded the standard form and got me to fill it out online.
Vodafone recently revealed their plans for a new type of Internet service and revolution for mobile social networking called “Vodafone 360”. Now the promised first mobile phone which supports it, the Samsung H1, is available on pre-order with shipping expected by the end of October. Vodafone 360 brings together Facebook, Windows Live and Google giving you a single place to get the status updates of your friends.
