It used to be that the Asus Eee PC ruled the ring in the 7″, sub-1kg arena. So compelling was this baby that everyone from techeads to fashionistas lugged this punchy PC around. But that reign is about to end. Now, a flurry of muscular midgets are muscling into the Asus Eee PC arena- boasting lighter weights, heftier hard drives and more dazzling LCDs. The leading contenders to the Asus Eee PC include the Neo Explore X1, Astone UMPC and Deep Blue.

Check out the blow by blow spec chart:
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According to several rumours Google are working on a new huge 3D map project. This time Google will take us below the surface of the ocean.

First we saw our own world with Google Earth.

Then we were invited out into space with Google Sky.

And now we are back on our blue planet only to go Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, (well maybe not exactly, but it sounds cool) with Google Ocean.

You can’t dive into the digital sea yet, but according to cnet.com, Google invited several marine-experts to Googleplex last December, to discuss the plans for a 3D ocean map.
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You know what organic search results are, right? That’s the listing that comes up when a user types in some keywords into google’s search box. It differs from PPC campaigns, such as the intrusive adword ads you see in the sidebar.

Middle last year, I’ve been experimenting with ways to increase clicks on my organic results. This included

- Using startling headlines in the Title Tage

- Using benefit statements in the metatags

- Using directives and imperatives to visit in the body text.

They worked well- but then I discovered something far more powerful by April of 2007.
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This post follows up on my previous post about podcasts where I recommended Webb Alert as a great source of tech news on a daily basis, well I’ve now had chance to do some more ‘research’ in this area and here’s what I found!

First a bit of background, I realise I’m perhaps a little late to the party when it comes to podcasts, but I recently bought myself an iPod Classic 80gb – the first ‘proper’ iPod that I’ve owned - I’ve only had an old iPod Mini which I bought off my brother a couple of years back, it was nothing special, but it was all I needed to play music in my car.

Anyway, this now means that I can play videos (a whole new world to me!) on my new iPod including video podcasts, so here’s a few of my favourite tech-related video podcasts.

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I receive a ridiculous amount of spam email because I own a few domains and all email comes into one box.  OIonly realised today just how much I receive when a colleague who was looking over my shoulder saw that I had 7,225 spam emails in my inbox.  When I explained to him that this was only since 5th April, he worked out that I was receiving 1,200 spam emails per day or 50 per hour!

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