If you going to buy the new Apple iPad, will you buy an imitated or pirated version one just because of its price? Beware of the new China so called  ‘Apple iPad’ tablet! It was launched just few weeks after the global intro of Apple iPad. This cloned gadget already caught sold online by certain companies and individuals. It’s right, ‘China can clone almost everything!’

The cloned of Apple iPad named “Shanzai” has been informed running the latest version of Microsoft Windows-Windows 7. It was spotted inside a computer shop in someplace of Shenzen on April 21,2010. It’s looks more like a larger version of Apple iPhone to us. With the same outer design of iPhone, no wonder we caled it iPhone Monster. Packed with 3 USB ports, this iPad clone costs 2800 yuan and is about $410 dollars. This is a bit cheaper than the original Apple iPad’s price $500-$700.

By the way, we don’t think this cloned Apple iPad will have full features like real iPad do, such as Kinetic Scrolling/Movement etc…goodbye Shanzai!

If you are startled to find that your computer is becoming terribly slow as compared to the time when you bought it, you may need to sit down and ponder about the changes that have happened since then.

When you bought your computer, it had very little data and very few applications installed on it. That means there was a large amount of unused space on the hard disk and a lesser burden on system resources. While working on the computer it is most likely that you have added data as well as quite a few applications of your own. Secondly, it is quite unlikely that your computer was infected with any malware when you purchased it and it is quite possible that some unwanted programs have made it onto your system. Both these issues need to be addressed if you want to speed up your computer, reduce the number of errors and get rid of malware. In order to achieve this, you need to first take inventory of all the programs that are residing on your PC and perform a complete uninstall of unnecessary programs.

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The all new USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 specs, which can handle data transfers of up to 4.8 Gbps, is the leader to USB 2.0 and should be pop up in devices in late 2009, according to ZDnet.

The USB 3.0 spec, which is also called as “SuperSpeed” USB, will support up to 10 times faster data transfers than the normal USB 2.0 which is predicted to be lower power consuming.

“SuperSpeed USB is the next advancement in ubiquitous technology,” Jeff Ravencraft, the president of the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), the industry group that promotes USB technology, said in a statement on Monday. “Today’s consumers are using rich media and large digital files that need to be easily and quickly transferred from PCs to devices and vice versa. SuperSpeed USB meets the needs of everyone, from the tech-savvy executive to the average home user.”

As for backwards compatibility for this USB 3.0:

The USB 3.0 will remain backwards compatible with USB 2.0 as long as the Type A connector is used. While USB 2.0 is based on uni-directional data flow with negotiated directional bus transitions, USB 3.0 supports simultaneous bi-directional data flows by the use of dual-simplex four-wire differential signal wiring as compared to half-duplex two wire differential wiring in USB 2.0 type.

What does that mean? We’re not so sure, but it sounds fast, fast, really fast. Kudos for the USB Implementers Forum for getting this USB 3.0 specs finalized to the public. After all, where would we be today without USB? Have you ever thought about it? Life would probably be a little bit more complicated… Did you remember serial and parallel connections? huh…

There’s a tech rumors around us about a Mac tablet to get a gulp of oxygen after Apple executives revealed a hint at a “Future Product Transition,” followed by whispers of a “MacBook Touch” slated for the fall.

Apple tech rumor No. 1: Monday’s quarterly earnings report from Apple, during which CFO Peter Oppenheimer mentioned several times about a “Future Product Transition, which I can’t discuss it today.”

Of course, that touched off a frenzy of speculation, ranging from a revamp of the Apple MacBook and Apple MacBook Pro notebooks (rumors of which were recently fanned by purported spy shots of new casings) to the new Apple iPods, or even “a new form factor of devices that are smaller than a laptop but larger than an Apple iPhone,” as the New York Times put it.
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Did you ever wonder does turning off a TV, Monitor or LCD computer screen to save energy will damage the screen itself? We’re worried about frequently powering our monitor/screen on and off numerous times in a day. Will it shorten and effect the lifespan of the screen?

This problem likely stems from many readers’ childhood days, when our parents said that frequently turning the lights on and off would make the bulbs burn out. Dad was probably just annoyed at our behavior… but was he right?

Taken from Yahoo Tech News, an author posed the question of the problem whether monitors and LCDs can be damaged by frequent power cycling to a number of manufacturers of these screens and got quite much the same response from everyone he asked: There’s no risk. Don’t worry about it. The power we’re savings from having an unused monitor screen turn off far outweigh any cost associated with the risk of damage to the monitor, which is pretty much dollars.
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