Posted by Marc Ziccardi on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 @ 01:27 PM
You're in the boardroom. You're in classroom. You're in the dorm. You're on the go! There's no getting around it; we're increasingly becoming a more mobile society; all of the while staying tethered to technology in some capacity. According to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the ratio of laptop PC sales to desktop PC sales is expected to continue to widen this year with 63 percent of the computers sold in 2009 expected to be laptops. Whether you are carrying a laptop or a netbook the running theme is "mobile technology".
One key gadget to help you stay connected is the ubiquitous USB drive. How can the USB help you out? Well, the easiest thing to do is load one up with some mobile applications. There are literally dozens of free applications available, but I'd like to focus on two all inclusive options that I think could benefit anyone with a PC or Mac.
The great thing about portable apps is that they run directly from the USB drive, and don't need to be installed on the computer you wish to run them from. This is ideal if you're in a computer lab, hotel business center, internet café, library, or on any shared computer.
In addition, most portable apps are designed to have "no trace left behind" so the next person to use the "host" system has no access to your data, cookies shortcuts, favorites, and can't tell what applications you ran when using the system... this makes it a more secure solution.
Let's take a look:
PortableApps.com Suite and PortableApps.com Platform
PortableApps.com SuiteTM is a complete collection of portable apps including a web browser, email client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, audio player, Sudoku game, password manager, PDF reader, minesweeper clone, backup utility and integrated menu, all preconfigured to work portably. Just drop it on your portable device and you're ready to go.
Included Applications:
All versions of the PortableApps.com Suite include the integrated PortableApps.com Menu and the PortableApps.com Backup utility along with a set of custom icons, an Auto-play configuration, folders and a quick start shortcut. In addition, the packages include:
Click here to download: http://portableapps.com/download
For you Mac OSX users, there is the OpenOffice solution. OpenOffice.org 3 contains all the office software you need in one single package. You don't have to worry about which version to install: one installation program provides everything. The installation also includes features which some expensive rivals do not. For example, the ability to create .pdf files when you want to guarantee what the recipient sees on their computer. There is also a growing range of extensions: additional features that any developer can provide. word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package and database - packaged as a portable app, so you can take all your documents and everything you need with you.
Portable OpenOffice.org OS X is the complete OpenOffice.org office suite - word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package and database - packaged as portable application so you can carry it around with you on any portable device, USB thumb drive, iPod, portable hard drive, memory card, other portable device (also on your internal hard disk) as long as it has 430 MB of free space and use on any Mac OS X computer, taking all your documents and everything you need with you.
Click here to download a version of OpenOffice:
PNY currently offers a wide range of USB options in capacities up to 32GB. Click here to read more:
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Posted by Marc Ziccardi on Fri, Jul 17, 2009 @ 01:12 PM
Our partnership with the National Geographic Society has opened our eyes to a number of amazing projects that they have spearheaded and National Geographic's Photo Camp ranks highly among those. Photo Camp is a series of photography workshops for youth from underserved communities that operates in the United States and abroad. Photo Camp is sponsored by the National Geographic Education Foundation (through funding from the Ferguson-Judge Fund), Special Projects, and Mission Programs, in partnership with VisionWorkshops, of Annapolis, MD.
PNY is proud to support this initiative by providing memory cards for the cameras utilized during the camps, and open the world of photography to groups of children who may not have had any previous experience in digital photography. With over 40 domestic and international camps since 2003, Photo Camp has worked with young people in such locations as Uganda, Mexico, India, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, Pine Ridge Native American Reservation in South Dakota, Hawaii, Houston, and Washington D.C. Not only do the participants get to show their community from their perspective behind the lens, they are led by a host of world renowned National Geographic Photographers. These luminaries of the photography world have included such names as: Sam Abell, Annie Griffiths-Belt, Reza, Chris Rainier, David Burnett & Ed Kashi. This is truly a life changing program and we encourage you to explore more with the links below.
If you want to see what the Photo Camps are all about please take a look at a recent video, produced by VisionWorkshops Jim Webb.
The next Photo Camp takes place July 17-22 in the Florida Keys. To learn more about Photo Camp and explore photo galleries from previous camps, click here: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photocamp
To make an online donation and help keep the kids behind the cameras, please click here. https://donate.nationalgeographic.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=776
Teens from the 2008 Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Photo Camp -
Posted by Marc Ziccardi on Thu, May 28, 2009 @ 12:52 PM
Welcome to the PNY Technologies blog. Here you can stay informed on our latest products, and keep up to date on all specials and promotions we are running throughout the year. Additionally, we'll be having guest bloggers contribute from time to time. In fact, National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore will be posting our first photography-related article about a recent assignment that had Joel photographing amphibians for the April issue of National Geographic Magazine.
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