It’s the Onion Capacitor – when combined with today’s slow charging Lithium Ion batteries, are capable of powering a  Laptop for days at a time and cell phone for Weeks.  A Capacitor can be charged in seconds and then, in turn, charge the slow Lithium-Ion batteries used to power most portable electronics.

Scientist have finally invented a super capacitor – No, not the FLUX capacitor from the 80s movie, “Back to the Future”.
It’s the Onion Capacitor – when combined with today’s slow charging Lithium Ion batteries, are capable of powering a  Laptop for days at a time and cell phone for Weeks.  A Capacitor can be charged in seconds and then, in turn, charge the slow Lithium-Ion batteries used to power most portable electronics.  Read the entire article. Ed Rudel

Amazon is heating up the ereader market with the introduction of the newest Kindle that now contains 3G connectivity and not just WiFi.  Wonder which carrier will benefit the most from this and what this means for future functions on the Kindle?  Full Kindle Review

For good or for bad the Internet has had an incredible impact on things that we thought we would never see the end of like Yellow Pages!  Find out who the victims and victors are in this interesting article from PC World.  (Ed Rudel)

The giant of the chip making world has announced that it is buying one of the larger security firms for nearly $8 Billion dollars.  Mediocrity pays off big!?!?  MacAfee has taken some big hits recently for underperforming but that may have been just the thing that put them at a price point for Intel to snatch up.  Still, one has to wonder what future plans the world’s largest chip maker has in buying a security software firm. Could we be looking at the security baked into the hardware at its deepest level?  Full Article (Ed Rudel)

The iPad has primarily been recognized as a consumer media device and not as a business tool.   That is slowly changing as people in all walks of life are finding ways of using their iPads in their daily pursuits.  One such case could save a small town nearly $18,000 in paper costs.  Read full story in USA Today.

Think you have the next great American novel in you but don’t know where to do to publish it?  Here is an article that will help you to get just about anything published.  Full Story

Who says the iPad is just a consumer fad?  Businesses are finding ways of using this computing platform to get work done more efficiently and perhaps kill a few less trees.  Full story

On the Internet Advisor 7/24 program Meaghan McCann mentioned a free seminar on helping to get your website advertising to work better for you.  Here is the information on the upcoming meeting.

The website is www.payperclickclub.com

Date: August 3, 2010

Time: 6:00 – 900 pm

Place: EMU-Livonia, Room 425

Who: Any small business owner who needs to create or improve the performance of their online ads.

What: Monthly meeting to give small business owners a place to learn online advertising, share their frustrations and celebrate their successes.

Why: 1. Because support is not readily available and 2. Advertisers make mistakes that are costing them big!

The world’s largest social networking site just logged its 500 millionth user.  Facebook has launched a site that lets people tell how it has impacted people’s lives.  Maybe your story should be told there.  Take a look at some of the other impressive statistics about Facebook.  Full story in eweek.com

If Michigan is going to compete in a global marketplace, we need to have strong, available access to high speed internet connections.  Connect Michigan has just released its first interactive map that shows where high speed internet access has progressed in Michigan.  Connect Michigan was commissioned by the Michigan Public Service Commission in conjunction with Connected Nation to work with all broadband providers in the state of Michigan to create detailed maps of broadband coverage in order to accurately pinpoint remaining gaps in broadband availability in Michigan.