Get iPad Textbooks for College the Easy Way

Get iPad Textbooks for College the Easy Way: Textbooks can either be purchased through specialty apps or downloaded onto your computer, then transferred to iPad. Using apps is more convenient, but downloading a PDF textbook and transferring it to iPad is fairly easy as well. Let’s start with some apps that you can use.

Is it worth buying a discounted HP TouchPad?

Is it worth buying a discounted HP TouchPad?: Last Thursday, HP announced that it would "discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones." The surprise announcement came less than two months after the release of the TouchPad and the company subsequently slashed its price, prompting a stampede of customers looking to snap up a tablet bargain.

New tech uses silicon glass for data storage

New tech uses silicon glass for data storage: Recently we heard about the M-DISC, which can reportedly store data in a rock-like medium for up to 1,000 years. Now, scientists from the University of Southampton have announced the development of a new type of nanostructured glass technology. Not only might it have applications in fields such as microscopy, but it apparently also has the ability to optically store data forever.

The A to Z of Blog Post Idea Generation

The A to Z of Blog Post Idea Generation: How do you feel about a blank screen?
I mean when you sit down to write – does it taunt you? Does it remind you that you’ve got to hit “publish” in two hours, and you’ve got nothing to write about?

What I Keep In My Immediate Tech Toolkit | EmergingTechs.com

What I Keep In My Immediate Tech Toolkit | EmergingTechs.com: People often wonder what tools I use to do my job. So starting with this article, I would like to share with you what I keep in my immediate tech toolkit.

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Micron RealSSD P320h PCIe drive reads amazing 3GB of data every second

Micron RealSSD P320h PCIe drive reads amazing 3GB of data every second: The end of traditional spinning disks might have come one step closer with the release of Micron's new blazing fast solid-state drive. Although PCIe drives have been on the market for some time, none of them have ever attained the speed of this newest arrival. The RealSSD P320h is capable of 3GBps when reading, and 2GBps when writing data.

Microsoft previews “touch-optimized” Windows 8 operating system

Microsoft previews “touch-optimized” Windows 8 operating system: With Apple bringing a few user interface elements found in its iOS mobile operating system to its upcoming OS X Lion desktop operating system, Microsoft is taking a similar tack for its Windows 8 OS.

M-DISC offers up to 1,000 years of data storage on a DVD compatible disc

M-DISC offers up to 1,000 years of data storage on a DVD compatible disc: Despite the widespread belief upon their introduction to the market in the early 1980s that CDs would safely store data encoded on them forever, CDs and DVDs are actually susceptible to damage from both normal use and environmental exposure and have an average lifespan of under 10 years.

No Contest: Mac vs. Windows Security | PCWorld

No Contest: Mac vs. Windows Security | PCWorld: For nearly two decades now, security experts have debated whether Microsoft or Apple offers superior security. The battle heated up again in the wake of news out of Black Hat about a newfound weakness in the Mac platform. However, the question of whether Microsoft or Apple is more secure is no longer even relevant: Security threats of today and tomorrow aren't as tied to specific desktop platforms as they once were.