Racing performance in a notebook
Acer’s new Ferrari One notebook aims to combine the concepts of racing and technology in a superior notebook PC. With its 11.6-inch HD widescreen display, the Ferrari One notebook features an ultraportable design, measuring about one inch thick and weighing 3.31 pounds. The look and feel of Formula 1 racing is shown throughout the notebook’s detailed design, including the checkered palm rest extending into a comfortable full-size keyboard, the metallic LED-lit power button and yellow prancing horse emblem that complements the notebook’s red cover. Ferrari enthusiasts will also note the tire-shape grips underneath the notebook’s body, racing-inspired wallpaper and calendar, as well as a quick access key to Ferrari.com.
The notebook is fueled by VISION technology from AMD, delivering highly responsive, balanced multitasking performance via the AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor. ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics provide high-definition visual quality coupled with up to 4GB of DDR2 667MHz system memory. The Ferrari One comes equipped with Windows 7 Home Premium and a 250GB hard drive. The notebook features enhanced stereo speakers and Dolby Home Theater Audio Enhancement. Connectivity options include integrated 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N wireless technology and Gigabit LAN. The Acer Crystal Eye webcam and Video Conference solution enable high-quality video chats and VoIP. Three USB 2.0 Ports and a Multi-Gesture Touchpad complete this powerful PC. It retails for $600.
Kick off music play
Music lets you express who you are and what you like and football fans now have a way to personalize their audio entertainment even further with Speakal’s miSoccer high fidelity speakers and iPod docking station. The miSoccer boasts 23+ watts of high quality sound through a 15 watt subwoofer and two multi-way speakers. A Super Hi-Fi amplification system with a dynamic airflow optimizer and a cooling exchange system are all part of the package working together to produce high quality sound.
The miSoccer plays and charges all generations of iPod Mini, iPod Nano and iPod Touch, plus iPod Classic 3G, 4G, 5G, 5.5G, 6G. It also plays music from any audio device or MP3 player that has a 3.5 mm jack such as an iPod Shuffle, a Microsoft Zune, computers, CD players or gaming consoles. The speakers feature a multi-functional remote and humanized touch controls. They come in three color combinations and are available for $120 from www.speakal.com/misoccer.html
Show a little kindness
Based on the belief that it doesn’t take a great deal of money or time to spread happiness, Yahoo! Inc. has launched a giving campaign called ‘You In?’ designed to inspire a ripple of kindness around the world. As an extension of its year-round Yahoo! for Good Purple Acts of Kindness program, Yahoo! is now encouraging its global community of more than 600 million people to give back through random acts of kindness. Yahoo! asks people to visit kindness.yahoo.com and post online status messages there describing their good deeds, as a call for others to do the same.
For example, someone could post “I just dropped off a coat from my closet at a homeless shelter, You In?” or “I paid the toll fee for the car behind me, You In?” The message will appear in that person’s Yahoo! status; can be shared via social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace; and will be displayed on an interactive global map on the campaign’s website at kindness.yahoo.com. Yahoo! will use its network of services and its global online presence to help amplify and share these generous ideas to its community. Additionally, Yahoo! will conduct its own acts of kindness inspired by people’s status updates.