Tech Olive

The Weekly Olive is a new feature published every Sunday night that recaps the weeks important news and reviews.

OliveCast #4 – Wingin’ It
- If you didn’t notice, we completely rebranded our podcast and officially named it the OliveCast for now on. We think it’s quite fitting. Join us for this 4th installment of banter about the tech and gaming world’s most recent happenings. We talk about Modern Warfare 2 (again), Chrome 4.0 beta, Verizon’s ad campaign and lots more.

Refreshed Mac Lineup and New Magic Mouse Out Today
- Apple released their newly refreshed Macs and mouse with many small and not so small tweaks.

Review: Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX
- Logitech’s newest line of wireless mice confused us a bit. As they stand, their older Revolution line is fantastic. Sure, this new generation would feature Logitech’s new Dark Field and Unifying technology, but was that enough to garner a small redesign, re-release and more importantly, a new price tag? It’s time to find out.

Barnes & Noble Officially Announces eBook Reader
- On top of all the eBook reader crazes going on recently, Barnes and Noble decided to jump in on the fun by announcing the Nook.

Review: Seagate 1TB FreeAgent Go
- It’s now getting to that point where higher capacity bus-powered hard drives are becoming more mainstream. Storage companies slowly started creeping up to 500GB and until just recently, it was stuck there. Now they’ve discovered how to fit more layers into the portable 2.5-inch platform, meaning twice the storage space. Seagate’s 1TB portable FreeAgent Go drive is a great example and they gave us the opportunity to check it out for ourselves.

Windows 7 Officially Released
- With the removal of the Release Candidate download on Microsoft’s website a few weeks ago, people have been eager to get their hands on Windows 7 and now, the operating system we have all been waiting for is finally here and it looks like Microsoft has finally got it right with this one. Amazon has claimed it’s one of the most pre-ordered products of all time, proceeding even the Harry Potter books.

Hands On: Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm on Xbox Live
- Recently there has been much hype in the gaming world over the integration of social networking giants Facebook and Twitter, as well as the popular music site Last.fm, into Microsoft’s Xbox Live. I took the opportunity to sign up for the beta when I first saw it was available and sure enough,  last night I received an update which included Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm functionality, as well as a few minor changes.