GreenSmart is another company I had the pleasure to meet at CES and, although nothing can be said for its website, the company’s products are extremely sound. I am still one of the few Mac users to be in possession of a 17″ MacBook Pro. The truth of the matter is, companies don’t pay attention to this machine; hell, Incase appears to be staying away from it altogether. It just so happens GreenSmart is continuing to sell a 17″ protective sleeve, the Komodo.
It’s hard to make a sleeve sound interesting –it’s nothing more than fabric and a zipper. In GreenSmart’s case, there is actually a bit more to look at: the environment.
It is clear the whole “green” movement is huge among today’s consumers –and everyone from water-bottle distributors to computer manufacturers are being forced to change to look the part. GreenSmart prides itself on an extremely eco-friendly product as well as its 10% profit donation to non-profit organizations to further help the environment. In regards to Komodo, the company describes its green makeup as such:
Neogreene is a water-based material which allows for a much cleaner chemistry than neoprene. As a result, the production of the material uses 25% less petroleum, 25% less energy and completely eliminates the need to use toxin laden solvent adhesives to bind the fabrics to the Neogreene. Workers and the environment see numerous benefits in waste, air quality, and exposure to potential carcinogens.
In addition to being “green” and overlooking the fact that I have used the word “green” an enormous amount thus far, the Komodo’s ‘Neogreene’ exterior is conveniently waterproof which limits possible damage to the computer while in the sleeve. It’s especially useful during these spring rains!
In regards to its bump/drop protection, the Komodo offers rather sufficient protection and, although I have no tried it, I could imagine small drops and bumps would pose no problem. At the very least, the sleeve hits the same marks as most of its competitors.
In conclusion, the Komodo’s design, green image, and protectiveness makes it easily worth its $40 price-tag. It’s the only laptop sleeve I currently use for a reason. Check it out here.
http://themacfeed.com/2012/05/01/greensmart-komodo-laptop-sleeve-review/
You knew we were going to say something interesting about the Galaxy S3 and we haved decided not to disappoint you. What’s the story about the Galaxy S3 shown below? Well, we answer all these questions after the break. The image placed above is a conceptual illustration of Galaxy S3 or Galaxy S III if…
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Declan McCullagh at CNET is reporting that the FBI is looking to expand CALEA — the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act — to apply to Web sites and services like iCloud, iChat, FaceTime, Twitter, Facebook, Skype, Gmail, and Hotmail. Passed in 1994, CALEA currently requires telecommunications companies to make their systems wiretap-friendly; CALEA was extended to broadband networks in 2004. Technology companies are generally unhappy about such expansions, and Apple is lobbying on the topic now. Mandated backdoors, apart from being generally creepy even when used only with court orders, also pose serious security risks.
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In April 2012, Apple started shipping a slight variant on the iPad 2 that remains for sale even as the third-generation iPad has become the mainstay of the line. This new version of the iPad 2 — labeled internally as “iPad 2,4” — uses a 32 nanometer version of Apple’s A5 chip that replaces the 45nm version in the previous iPad 2 model. The processing performance is the same, but AnandTech is reporting that the 32nm model has notably better battery life (and a lower manufacturing cost). Alas, there is no way to know if any given iPad 2 uses the new chip without running an app that reports on the internals.
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On 15 May 2012, take photos of your daily life and upload them to aday.org, a non-profit project to document the state of our lives on that day.
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In a chapter excerpted from a book on WordPress, Kirk Biglione offers a nice rundown of the costs of DRM, to readers, to publishers, to retailers, and to the world at large. It’s especially apropos, given that 4 May 2012 is the fourth annual “Day Against DRM.”
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Ars Technica reports that Oracle, the company that manages the Java development environment, has taken over distribution of Java for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion (older versions are not supported). Since Apple has failed to update Java as quickly as Oracle has in the past, this should mean that Mac users will be protected from future Java vulnerabilities more quickly. Unfortunately, this 1.7.0_04 release of Java does not support the Java Plugin and Java Web Start applications, meaning that Java applets won’t be available to Mac users who install Oracle’s code. Therefore, it’s probably best holding off on Oracle’s version of Java until those pieces are available, or until a new security vulnerability makes it unavoidable.
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Apple made an in-house parody ad of its famous “1984“ ad called “1944“ that has to be seen to be believed. A long-ago Apple employee, Craig Elliott, provided the video to Network World’s Paul McNamara. Steve Jobs does an impression of FDR, among other bizarre moments. It was made to pump up Apple’s sales force, and may not have been seen since since 1984.
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Chris Owen shares the story of how his Apple ID — and all the Apple services associated with it — seemingly became corrupted, and what he had to do to get Apple to fix it. It’s worth thinking about how you’d deal with losing access to everything that’s under your Apple ID.
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Amazon has released a Cloud Drive desktop app for Mac OS X and Windows to enable transfers, but not synchronization, of files stored in its Cloud Drive service.
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