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Best portable GPS systems and units – reviews and prices

When traveling a lot, a GPS unit is a must have. That if you don’t want to get lost, of course. And the best GPS units are the portable ones, the ones that come with a battery and can be easily carried around with you, if needed.

Nowadays, these portable GPS units can also be used in vehicles, have big screen and tons of functions and options. That if we’re talking about dedicated portable devices, cause there are also handheld gadgets with GPS receivers inside (all the modern PDA’s and smart phones can be included in here).

But today, we’re only going to speak about the options you have when trying to buy a portable dedicated GPS unit. Below are some of the best models on the market. But first, let’s see what are the things to look for in a GPS device:

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How to find Sony Vaio Drivers ?

I love Sony Vaio laptops. They all look great and are marvelous pieces of technology. They cost a lot too, but that’s another story

However, there’s a bigger problem than this one: Sony delivers a CD with Sony Vaio drivers for their laptops only for an extra $64.99. That’s quite a lot for something that most of the producers offer for free. But, if you might have to reinstall your operating system on your laptop, you’ll definitely need those drivers. So, let’s see where you could find them online and preferably for free.

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Smaller but yet bigger: it’s the new iPod Shuffle 3G

I’m only a fan of tiny screen-less MP3 players like the shuffle when riding the board. For those moments, i really enjoy the company of an iPod Shuffle. iPod Shuffle that has now reached a new generation, the third.

And that now comes with lots of changes. First of all, it looks different and doesn’t have any buttons on it anymore. Yes, it’s button-less Cause all the controls have been moved on the headphone’s wire, as you can see in the picture below.

 
Shuffle 3G – smaller and different

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How far is this future from us?

If you showed someone from the early 90′s an iPhone or the interactive Microsoft Surface panel, they would have surely said "WOW!". Cause that’s what we’re saying when showed the new Microsoft clip that offers a small glimpse at the future.

The clip is bellow, just have a look.

All the things here remind me a little bit of Stargate Atlantis: the technology is so futuristic. But in 10-20 years time we will surelly have such devices and use them in our daily activities. Don’t you think so?

Kindle Reader 2 – a smarter eBook reader from Amazon

Amazon came up with a success story when they launched their first eBook reader, the Kindle. It was sold in many many copies all over the world and also helped selling more books than before.

It was a great gadget, although i personally liked the Sony Reader more back in 2007 as you might have read in the post about the Kindle reader vs the  Sony Reader .

In the mean time, things evolved in the ebook readers world. And Amazon launched the new version of their device, the Kindle Reader 2. A new and improved one that tries to solve most of the complaints owners of the first Kindle had and one that should comfort most ebook readers users in the near future.
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Twitter applications you must use

The online interface on twitter.com is pretty OK, but the existing third party applications transformed Twitter in the success story it is today. Mainly, because they make your twitting experience better and easier. In this article, I’m going to tell you a couple of words about what Twitter applications, tools an ad-dons I use on a daily bases and why.

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Twitter? What is that thing called Twitter?

I made my twitter account in 2007, but i only started tweeting actively for a month or so. Why? Cause at that time i didn’t consider Twitter worth my time. But i was wrong and that’s why i’m going to write a couple of posts about Twitter and what i found during this last month of using it.

First,what is Twitter? The answer is simple: a microblogging platform where you can write 140 characters long posts. Not longer. So, whenever you have something to say and it’s not worth blogging about, you can tweet it. Something that bothers you, something interesting you just found out about, something weird… whatever comes through your mind and is worth sharing can be tweeted.

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SEO vs PPC. The pros and cons

SEM, aka Search Engine Marketing, is the "knowledge" of bringing targeted visitors to a certain site. And, as perhaps many of you know, SEM is composed by two somehow distinct parts: SEO and PPC. In this little article that was inspired by this great article here (Careful, it’s in Romanian), I’m going to put in balance the pros and the cons of each of these methods.

Let’s start with SEO. First, the definition.

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is " the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via "natural" ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results. (source)"

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How to protect your content from scrapers

I noticed quite a lot of my sites have been heavily scrapped latelly by lots and lots of automated bots… That’s why i decided to investigate and find out how could i stop them.

After doing a little bit of research and reading a couple of good materials (like this one and this one), i decided i should use the following two plugins:

• Simple Feed Copyright WordPress Plugin – a very simple plugin that adds a link signature at the end of your feed. Thus, even though bots still scrap your content, you’ll get a Link in the scrapped post.
• Owen Winkler’s AntiLeech WordPress Plugin – this one is a little more advanced… It does not prevent bots from scrapping content, but it produces fake content especially for them, with links towards the original site. You can add "flagged sites" by IP and lots of other functions. Not sure exactly how it works, but i’m testing it right now. 

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Quote: “I think we should strengthen the strong”

I came across a great article today, on wsp . It shows the potential problems the now overgrowing IT industry might have in US in just a decade or so.

As you know, some of the biggest IT companies of the world come from US (Apple, HP, Dell, IBM, Microsoft, etc). The current crisis have quite a small impact on this industry, while others lay in ruins. But there are people capable of seeing the dirt behind the fancy fence (and house).

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