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Mozilla Foundation released mockups of Firefox 4.0 that show different tab placements and a browser icon that turns colors according to your activity.

Dell offers several Mini laptops, including models with 10- and 12-inch displays. These portables, while good for basic office productivity tasks, e-mail and Internet surfing, won’t be replacing desktop models or full-featured laptops any time soon. However, the 10-inch model constitutes a convenient mobile alternative for many professional business users.

T-Mobile was the first US carrier to launch a Google Android device last Fall with the T-Mobile G1. HTC and T-Mobile partnered again to bring us the new myTouch 3G that offers a refined piece of hardware targeted to a custom user experience. The intent of the myTouch 3G is to make it an extension of yourself and with the powerful and open Google Android operating system this is made possible. The myTouch 3G launches on 5 August.

Research in Motion has announced that it will make its BlackBerry Desktop Manager available for Mac. The manager will provide capabilities including the ability to sync to iTunes (playlists, calendars, contacts, notes, tasks), add and remove applications, perform firmware updates, create backups (and restore from them), automatically schedule backups with optional encryption, and manage multiple BlackBerry devices at the same time. Here’s a sneak peek.

The ViewSonic VPC100 All-in-One PC compresses the components of a conventional personal computer into a single LCD-monitor-thin package.

DNS configuration may be among the most complex and vexing tasks information technology professionals undertake. DNS Stuff, provider of a wide-ranging suite of DNS monitoring, testing and alerting tools, makes the process of managing DNS, Web and e-mail settings more manageable.

Dell has announced its Vostro all-in-one PC, the company’s first all-in-one “designed exclusively for small business.” According to a Dell poll of small businesses, “cramped spaces and overcrowded desks are a headache for business owners.”

Verizon rolled out a Widget Bazaar on its FiOS TV service adding Facebook, Twitter, ESPN and Internet video services.

Verizon Wireless customers have been waiting patiently for this device that brings a world capable (GSM and CDMA) new full featured smartphone to the carrier. The RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630 has an excellent keyboard (maybe the best in the current RIM lineup) that mixes the Bold and Curve 8900 into one slick keyboard. You will also find a 3.2 megapixel camera, 480×360 pixel screen, integrated GPS, and more.

TechRepublic celebrated its 10th anniversary with a community event on June 26-27, 2009 in Louisville, Kentucky, where TechRepublic was founded and where its editorial department still has its headquarters today.

A look at the new features and user interface of the upcoming Office 2010 web applications

IBM and UNIVAC were the key system integrators for the Apollo program. IBM provided broad computer support on a number of fronts including guidance systems on the Saturn V vehicle itself, whereas UNIVAC’s computers were critical to the Deep Space Tracking Network (DSTN) required for upstream and downstream telemetry to and from the spacecraft.

Read more about IBM and UNIVAC in the Apollo program in Tech Broiler.

Microsoft has released a Technical Preview of its Office 2010 Professional suite. Here are some of the new and improved features you can expect to see in it.

The Construction of the Saturn V Launch Vehicle by Boeing, North American Aviation, and Douglas Aircraft.

The more storage installed in an enterprise’s data center, the more likely it is that some of that storage space is under used. Finding and then reclaiming this dark storage, and putting it to productive use, is what the APTARE StorageConsole Capacity Manager is designed to do.

Apple’s new 13″ MacBook Pro sets new standards for industry design and performance. Take a look at what IT consultant Erik Eckel calls the best pound-for-pound laptop ever built.

I believe you would be hard pressed to find a reader of the TechRepublic Geekend Blog that does not have a noticeable admiration and fascination with robots and robot-like gadgets. So it is natural to assume that a robot geek gift will always be well-received.
However, when it comes to the WowWee Rovio Mobile Webcam, you not only get a robot, but a robot with video camera.

LaCie has upgraded its LaCinema Rugged external hard drive/multimedia player with 1080p output, thus claiming a new “HD” in its product name. It’s intended for users to access and play multimedia files on any HDTV — television shows, movies, music and photo slideshows.