Hewlett-Packard unveiled a number of new notebooks, laptops and desktop computers at a San Francisco recent media preview. As has been the pattern for a number of years, storage capacities, processor power-especially with new multicore Intel chips-and optional features have been increasing, while pricing has been falling. Take a look at what HP will make available be on store shelves and online in the next few weeks.
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The new iPod touch, starting at just $199, gives you a great iPod, a great pocket computer, a great game player and access to Apple’s revolutionary App Store with over 75,000 applications. iPod touch features Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface, a gorgeous 3.5-inch widescreen glass display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a built-in accelerometer and speaker in an amazingly thin metal design that slips easily into your pocket.
With the Samsung Comeback, Gravity 2 and t349 texting- and messaging-focused phones, T-Mobile has expanded its summer lineup.
– T-Mobile has added three Samsung texting- and messaging-focused phones to its summer stash, the Comeback, the Gravity 2 and the t349.
The Comeback might be called an unconventional clamshell style, flipping open horizontally, instead of vertically, to offer a full qwerty keyboard.
On the outs…
AT T updates its more than 2,200 retail locations, making products easier to locate and try out. The makeover announcement comes just days before AT T will greatly expand its subsidized netbook lineup, which includes Dell and Acer mininotebooks plus service offerings.
– AT amp;T will soon be taking
its $50 netbook offer nationwide and, anticipating all the fresh looks its
more than 2,200 retail locations will be receiving, it went and gave them a
makeover.
The stores’ products and services are now more intuitively organized, according
to AT amp;T.
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Big Sur Festival 2009 Lineup Announcement
Event To Be Held Saturday, August 29 from Noon – 11 p.m.
 Dungen |
Calling all music lovers captivated by the rugged beauty that permeates the scenic coastal mountain range of Big Sur. A small scale independent music festival will go down on August 29 at the Henry Miller Library on the fabled coast stretch of central California. Tickets are going for the modest price of $31 (includes all fees) and can be purchased here.
The talent for the festival is already nothing short of splendid including Dungen, the newly reunited VietNam, Kurt Vile, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Wooden Shjips and more.
Full Lineup:
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
Dungen
Farmer Dave Scher
Gang Gang Dance
Kurt Vile
Saviours
VietNam
Wooden Shjips
Woods
The latest addition to the Dell Vostro line is the All-In-One desktop. It offers a range of Intel processors and focuses on the unique needs of small businesses, including saving space, saving dollars and minimizing the need for IT support.
– Dell has extended its Vostro line, designed for small businesses, with the introduction of the All-In-One, the lines first all-in-one desktop computer.
The desktop offers a range of Intel processors, including Celeron, Pentium, Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad chips. Additionally, it can be paired wi…
Monolith Announces 2009 Lineup
Indie Rock Fest Set To Go Down September 12 & 13 at Red Rocks
The final touches are being put on the lineup of the Monolith Music Festival which includes Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Mars Volta, Girl Talk, MSTRKRFT, Phoenix, The Walkmen, Health, and Cymbals Eat Guitars amongst others. Full lineup below.
The annual festival, which is quickly becoming one of the premier independent music festivals, will give attendees an opportunity to see over 50 bands on five different stages at one of the most awe inspiring music venues in the world. Single day passes are currently on sale for $52, while two-day passes are going for $95.
Tickets can be purchased at monolithfestival.com/tickets.
Full Lineup:
 Monolith 2008 by Dwenger |
Saturday, September 12
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Girl Talk
Of Montreal
M. Ward
DOOM
The Walkmen
OK Go
Ida Maria
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Frightened Rabbit
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down
Hollywood Holt + Million $ Mano
Starf*cker
Thunderheist
Woodhands
These United States
Cymbals Eat Guitars
The Antlers
Cotton Jones
Gregory Alan Isakov
Lydia
Generationals
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
The Answering Machine
Roadside Graves
Danielle Ate the Sandwich
Speakeasy Tiger
Autovaughn
Avi Buffalo
Wendy Darling
Boulder Acoustic Society
Caitlin Rose
Sunday, September 13
The Mars Volta
MSTRKRFT
Method Man & Redman
Phoenix
The Dandy Warhols
Chromeo
The Glitch Mob
Passion Pit
WALE
The Thermals
Harlem Shakes
Monotonix
The Grates
HEALTH
Deer Tick
The Twilight Sad
The Features
Spindrift
Savoy
Bad Veins
We Were Promised Jetpacks
Beats Antique
Tigercity
French Horn Rebellion
The Pirate Signal
Neon Indian
The Knew
A Shoreline Dream
The Royal Bangs
Red Wire Black Wire
Jim McTurnan & the Kids That Killed the Man
Rachel Goodrich
Check our coverage of Monolith 2008 here.
FLOWMOTION HOSTED NORTHWEST GATHERING TO INCLUDE
JACKIE GREENE, BLVD AND IZABELLA
 Flowmotion’s RL HeyerBy Josh Miller |
The 9th Annual Summer Meltdown is to be held at the Whitehorse Mountain Amphitheater in the scenic Cascade Mountain Foothills near Darrington, Washington from Friday to Sunday, August 14-16. Once again, this intimate, musician-friendly regional fest will be hosted and curated by Seattle’s Flowmotion, who based on their smoking hot set at The Fillmore last night are hitting on all cylinders right now.
The Summer Meltdown is a multi day grassroots music festival hosted by Terra Roots in collaboration with Flowmotion. Terra Roots is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization cultivating social connections and a sustainable future by supporting Northwest arts.
This is the initial lineup, with many more acts to be announced:
Flowmotion
Jackie Greene
BLVD
Acorn Project
North Twin
Big Light
Izabella
