Control graphics perfomance in your Core i5/i7 MacBook Pro with a homegrown switching utility

MacBook Pro owners rocking the latest Core i5/i7-equipped models know the pain of having to give up control over their graphics performance by allowing OS X to dictate which graphics hardware, either the integrated Intel graphics or the NVIDIA GT 330M, is in use. Control-hungry power users will be happy to learn of a new utility [...]

Toshiba Satellite T135D

The AMD version of this ultraportable offers better graphics performance than the Intel version for $100 less, albeit at the expense of battery life.

Samsung N510

Samsung’s first Ion-powered netbook pairs good graphics performance and ergonomics with nearly 5 hours of battery life.

Lenovo IdeaPad S12 with Ion

This Ion-powered netbook features good graphics performance and a great keyboard, but it’s high price and short battery life make it less compelling.

Remains of the Day: Stream Music Instead of Pirating Edition [For What It's Worth]

Google reaches their “Microsoft moment,” cash-strapped companies may skip Windows 7, and Microsoft is launching a music-streaming site.

Google’s Microsoft Moment The always thought-provoking blogger Anil Dash calls the announcement of Chrome OS Google’s “Microsoft Moment,” emphasizing what the company needs to do to avoid violating their “Don’t be evil” creed. [Anil Dash]
Six in 10 companies [...]

Pandora Caps Free Streaming at 40 Hours per Month [Pandora]

The good news is that music streaming site Pandora, previously under threat of closing entirely under stiff internet radio royalty rates imposed in 2007, will remain open, after signing over 25 percent of its revenue to the music licensing firms. The bad news, at least for daily streamers, is that free accounts will be limited [...]