ASUS is a major netbook producer since late 2007, but it hasn’t abandoned the notebook computer (also known as laptop) market. The company has released a new notebook computer today, the ASUS U30Jc. It is currently available on Newegg and other online retailers for under $900. The machine has a 13.3 inch screen with HD resolution. It has NVIDIA Optimus tech inside and uses an Intel Core i3-350M processor.

Image Source: ASUS.

Graphics include an NVIDIA discrete GPU (the GeForce GT310M) matched with an Intel integrated GPU. They change depending on the user workload and needs of the machine at the time for maximized efficiency. It also has exceptionally long battery life, which is optimized to up to 9.5 hours of run time per charge. READ THE FULL ARTICLE >>

Popularity: 43%

It seems that nowadays most people don’t care about privacy on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. The new location service rolled out by Twitter and a similar one under development on Facebook, are another source of potential security risks as demonstrated by this site called “PleaseRobMe.com“. Tweeting that you are leaving home isn’t such a good idea anymore if you are also sharing your location… It’s almost like leaving your door unlocked.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE >>

Popularity: 100%

The 10 billionth tweet was sent on March 4 at 1am GMT, according to the GigaTweet site which counts tweets live.

The daily number of tweets grows at a staggering exponential rate. In 2007 there were only about 5,000 tweets per day. By 2008 that number grew to 300,000 and by 2009 it grew to 2.5 million tweets daily. And that’s not all! Today we see over 50 million tweets daily, which is about 600 tweets per second.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE >>

Popularity: 44%

Here is a list of some more useful technology links from CosmoBC.com InTheBlogs (oldest first):

• Pupils to study Twitter and blogs in primary schools
  Children in the UK will now learn much less of the traditional school subjects such as history, geography and science. What will they learn instead? Twitter and blogs! Doesn’t that sound ridiculous to you?
• Blockbuster Surrenders To The Digital Age
  Blockbuster is partnering with TiVo to offer a digital movie library through the Internet. This is due to the diminishing number of customers that rent movies because they prefer to download them through the Internet.
• Life After Google and In Pictures: 10 Search Engines To Watch
  Even though Google is the major search engine there are still a lot of smaller search engines. Some of these “small” search engines might grow big. READ THE FULL ARTICLE >>

Popularity: 30%

Is Facebook annoying you? Well then you’re not the only one!

Find out what most people hate about Facebook:

Video posted earlier on CosmoBC.com InTheBlogs here.

Popularity: 5%

An article published on our sister blog CosmoBC.com InTheBlogs about Microsoft’s new game design software. It’s going to be much simpler and user-friendly than Visual Studio.

Read article: GDC 2009: Microsoft’s “Kodu Game Creator”

Popularity: 7%

Here is a list of useful technology links from CosmoBC.com InTheBlogs (oldest first):

• 5 obscure HTML tags that you should know and even use
  A really interesting article about 5 HTML tags that you don’t hear about, but that might be useful to use.
• Why Using a Press Release Beats Standard Online Advertising
  This article explains why a press release, a free way of promotion, is better than a paid one.
• Quarter of state databases “should be scrapped”
  This article explains why a quarter of government databases in the United Kingdom are said to be fundamentally flawed and probably illegal.

Popularity: 11%