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Livescribe digital pen gets student test

A UC Berkeley student has become such a devotee of the Livescribe digital pen that he's now one of three dozen "campus scribes" paid by Livescribe to evangelize the product at their school. He shares how the pen has improved his study habits.

Tags: Pen, News, livescribe, ina fried, digital pen, college, uc berkeley

Videos 2008-11-17

10 essential gadgets for students

10 essential gadgets for studentsImpressive...A laptop with the same specs as a laptop! Wow!Only 2 are "essential"Out of the list of 10 only #1 is "essential" for students. If in college #10 is also needed, but the other 8 are nothing but luxuries and two are just plain useless....

Tags: Scanners, Digital music, ONLY 2, essential gadget, Digital Pen, phone, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-07-25

A new digital pen

A new digital penMy main problem is he need for specifically marked paperMy main problem is he need for specifically marked paper, which increases accuracy. I've seen the system they use with the Intel Classmate PC which uses standard paper and that one seems to work fairly well. ...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Desktops, tablet, tablet PC, PC, digital pen, pen

Discussion threads 2008-02-22

Photos: Pens get smarter

A new crop of companies say it's too soon to write off the digital pen.The latest digital pens are a far cry from the earliest attempts to add a brain to the standard Bic. But the question remains: will these new devices be more than a curiosity? This week, Irvine,...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, photograph, pen, digital pen, writeoff, Irvine, curiosity, cry, crop, computer company, Silicon Valley, PC, California, computer, conference, game

Image galleries 2007-08-24

EPOS Digital Pen may prove low-tech is the way to go for capturing pen strokes

For decades, engineers have been trying to figure out how to turn our pen strokes into usable data. In other words, I write something down with a pen and the image of what I wrote is not only captured as an image that can be stored in the computer, it...

Tags: General, Personal Technology, Video, Events, CES 2007, Cool Tech Gear, Disruptive Technology, EPOS Digital, Graffiti, handwriting, pen, tablet

Blog posts 2007-01-12

Digital pens to prescribe paper some rest

Digital pens to prescribe paper some restVery interesting.Digital pen-and-paper can help save lots of money and trees as mentioned in the article.I might be thinking about trying it out...maybe it's like a Tablet PC, but just digital pen and paper? Do you have a picture to show me what it...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Digital Pen, tablet, tablet PC

Discussion threads 2005-11-03

White Paper: Nokia Digital Pen

The Digital Pen is not a new concept. All digital pens share the same general functionality, the one of registering the strokes when the pen moves over the paper, and transferring the stroke information to the application. Traditionally the information captured by digital pens could only be utilized once the...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Pen, Digital Pen, Nokia Digital Pen, PDAs, Modems, Notebooks, Tablets, Bluetooth, Handhelds, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Wireless

White papers 2003-10-01

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Celtx 2.5.1 (Mac)

Celtx is the world's first all-in-one media pre-production software. It has everything you need to take your story from concept to production. Celtx replaces 'paper, pen & binder' pre-production with a digital approach that's more complete, simpler to work with, and easier to share.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Complete, Greyfirst, Celtx, Desktops, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management

Software downloads 2009-11-14

Paperless students? Never going to happen

Got an idea...If someone wants to do without paper, toilet-paper,a car/truck, air conditioning, and never passgas. Than more power to them, on the other handstop forcing these lunatic policies on employers,small business and the rest of society.In the meantime, people have to work, to earn moneyto eat and raise their...

Tags: Tablets, Microsoft Office, Notebooks, Taxes, Personal finance, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, tablet

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Will Windows 7 have the right touch?

The touch interface has arrived on smartphones, thanks largely to the iPhone. But it hasn't found much mainstream success on the PC despite years of trying. The imminent arrival of Windows 7, which has multi-touch support built-in, and a separate Touch Pack with sample apps and games, has rekindled interest...

Tags: John Morris

Blog posts 2009-10-19

AKVIS ArtWork 3.0 (Windows)

AKVIS ArtWork is an ideal solution for creative expression and a perfect gift for a creative person. The program combines advanced painting techniques with a touch of an artistic approach to ordinary digital snapshots, making your digital pictures look as if they were real paintings. ArtWork gives you a unique...

Tags: Technique, Microsoft Windows, Photograph, AKVIS, AKVIS ArtWork, Productivity

Software downloads 2009-09-22

SmoothDraw 3.2.1 (Windows)

SmoothDraw is a natural painting and digital free-hand drawing software that can produce high quality pictures. Support many kinds of brushes (pen, pencil, dry media, airbrush, bristle brush, image hose), retouch tools, layers, image adjustment, and many effects. Works great with tablets and Tablet PC. Includes: Many customizable brushes (pen,...

Tags: Media, Microsoft Windows, Adjustment, Smoothdraw, SmoothDraw 3.2.1, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Software downloads 2009-09-07

Photo Builder Platinum Version 7.4 (Windows)

Photo Builder is an excellent digital photo processing tool. It can smoothly blend one or more pieces of image together. We add new features in this version, such as magic pen draw, filters, and modified bugs. Photo Builder is an effective tool for image merging, card and marriage photograph making...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Photograph, BraveTech, Photo Builder

Software downloads 2009-09-07

Inching closer to the perfect e-reader for students

Give it away, just like Cell PhonesIf Sony,Amazon,Plastic Logic, IREX, etc... want people to start reading content on eReader devices, they need to start giving them away for free... with a service contract, much like the cellphone industry.Most people already understand these types of contracts and will feel like they...

Tags: E-books, Smart phones, Cellular phones, Note-taking, e-reader, perfect e-reader, eReader

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

You'll need a digital camera (Back-to-school tech for students)

TouchbookI'm personally a huge fan of the new Touchbook by Always Innovating. With one of these, you get a e-reader, photoframe and laptop all in one, for a really good price. Given, they're not as powerful as a normal laptop, but with a Touchbook you don't need a multitouch laptop...

Tags: Digital cameras, Digital photography, quality headset, TouchBook, camera, digital camera

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

10 bits of tech the back-to-school student should avoid

As the countdown to the academic season starts about now, the race to get the best deals and offers at your local tech stores is on. You'll need to start working out what you didn't have before which could have made your life a lot easier at university, and what...

Tags: Online Backup, Backup, Wireless, Home Server, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-08-10

Klickware FlashBack 1.1 (Windows)

FlashBack is a portable and one click file backup utility designed specifically for removable media such as pen drives, memory cards, MP3 players and digital camers. Backing up your files really couldn't be easier, simply launch FlashBack from your flash drive and sit back as FlashBack proceeds to backup each...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Klickware, FlashBack, Backups

Software downloads 2009-08-09

HP TouchSmart tx2-1275dx

Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-school 2009 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores. The HP TouchSmart tx2-1275dx represents a minor update to the company's consumer tablet. Compared with the TouchSmart tx2z we reviewed earlier this...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP TouchSmart

Product reviews 2009-08-07

Vspainter 1.8 (Mobile)

Vspainter features advanced and unique tools to help you create your digital masterpieces with your Pocket PC. Design and save your creations in an easy way, just launch Vspainter and you get right into painting by using standard brushes, special brushes, shapes, and other special effects including the tools like...

Tags: Mobile, Tool, Creation, VETASOFT, Vspainter 1.8, Productivity, Pocket PC, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-30

AppleXsoft Photo Recovery 3.0 (Windows)

Accidently Formatted your digital cameras memory card? Deleted those important photos? We have the solution. AppleXsoft Photo Recovery is the standard in digital media data recovery that designed for recover photo and data from all types of digital media. It is a user-friendly and full featured application for Digital Cameras,...

Tags: Card, Disk, Recovery, Microsoft Windows, Digital Camera, Photograph, AppleXsoft, AppleXsoft Photo Recovery, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-07-28