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CES: Seamless Internet's SX-GEN Ultra Mobile PC packs it in to 11 oz.

CES: Seamless Internet's SX-GEN Ultra Mobile PC packs it in to 11 oz.This thing is amazingI had the opporotunity to play around with this gem and it is absolutely amazing! It is a powerhouse of functionality. There wasn't one thing i could think of that this nifty little...

Tags: Keyboards, keyboard, SX-GEN Ultra-Mobile PC, Seamless Internet

Discussion threads 2007-06-22

CES: Seamless Internet's SX-GEN Ultra Mobile PC packs it in to 11 oz.

As components for PCs get smaller and smaller, theyve enabled a new and growing breed of Ultra Mobile PCs UMPCs and here at CES in Las Vegas, a bumper crop of these sub-1 lb. systems are expected to make a showing including ones that support Microsofts Origami initiative. But, whereas...

Tags: Keyboards, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), SX-GEN Ultra-Mobile PC, Consumer Electronics Show, keyboard

Blog posts 2007-01-07

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Windows Mobile magazine ends, but iPhone Life launches on September 9th

While I get the majority of my news and content online, I still do subscribe to a few magazines including MacWorld, Laptop, and Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine. I am very saddened by the news that there will be one final issue of Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine. As you...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Magazine, Smartphone, Pocket PC, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy

No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of "data processing" while earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHA's, I'm already starting to see evidence of consolidation between India's major...

Tags: CAPTCHA, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Mobile access to your SIS

Several student information system SIS vendors offer to sync data with a Palm Pilot or Windows Mobile PDA. This is a handy feature for teachers on field trips, assistant principals stalking the halls, etc. It's fairly limited in it's utility, though since it generally only provides a static...

Tags: Mobile, SiS, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-29

My father, the casemodder

I love hearing about these wacky aesthetic computer modifications that people do. While a lot of them definitely have the "cool" factor, most aren't exactly useful or practical. But when I heard about one particular "casemod" from one of my readers, I was intrigued. It just so happened that this...

Tags: Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down'

The software maker has been granted a US patent on "navigating paginated content in page-based increments." Microsoft has been granted a patent on 'Page Up' and 'Page Down' keystrokes. The software giant applied for the patent in 2005, and was granted it on August 19, 2008....

Tags: Page, Microsoft Corp., Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, Microsoft, patent

News items 2008-08-29

New Android Market is YouTube for mobile applications

Google released early details yesterday about their plans for Android Market, an online bazaar for programs that run on Android phones. Essentially an Android version of the iPhone's popular App Store, it offers three key advantages over Apple's offering: It will follow the YouTube model of instant...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Mobile, YouTube Inc., Apple Inc., Mobile Application, Android Market, Sales Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, Sales, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Netbooks just want to be free

At a trade show in Berlin, T-Mobile confirmed that it will sell an Asus Eee PC 901 netbook with built-in 3G. If the prices on these bundles come close to what's been rumored, they could start to catch on. In the UK, Asus already offers a free...

Tags: ASUS, Bundle, T-Mobile, 3G, Modems, Microsoft Windows, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Microsoft Windows XP, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Virtual desktop solutions and mobility

Several suppliers, including Citrix and VDIworks, have come forward to speak with me about work they're doing to address the inhibitors to deploying VDI-based solutions. Here are some of the issues these suppliers are addressing. Organizations have come to think that the only...

Tags: Desktop, Mobility, Virtual Desktop, VDIworks, Staff Member, Desktop Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-08-29

News to know: Dell; Comcast's cap; Yahoo Mash RIP; Google Apps

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Dell: Turnaround interuptus as share grab hurts net, margins Google, Mozilla extend search box deal Jason Hiner: Sprint unveils location-based 'geobrowsing' on...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Comcast Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Hydrogen Road Tour, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Emerging Technologies

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Nokia E71, Palm Centro, Treo Pro, iPhone, BlackBerry Curve (Image Gallery: Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device)

Nokia E71, Palm Centro, Treo Pro, iPhone, BlackBerry Curve (Image Gallery: Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device)Where are the BIG screens?Is it just me ... ???Why can't we have some WM phones with screens as big as the iPhone ???

Tags: Palm Treo, Palm Inc., iPhone BlackBerry, Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?

Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?It is an apt comparison>Your Ubunutu/Vista comparison doesn't pass the common sense test. Think about what you can get with Ubuntu-- Compiz Fusion for eye candy, drive encryption, MythTV DVR app, OpenOffice.org, ect. You have to get Ultimate Windows to get all...

Tags: Construction, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), pricing strategy, window, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Sprint unveils location-based 'geobrowsing' on eve of WiMax launch

With the launch of its long-hyped WiMax service XOHM scheduled to debut in September in Baltimore, on Thursday Sprint announced a set of location-based personalization features that will enhance the user experience of WiMax subscribers by allowing them to, for example, quickly look up restaurants, check traffic and weather, and...

Tags: Sprint Xohm, Privacy, Sprint Communications, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2008-08-28

AMD dual-core "Kuma" Phenom X2 spec in the wild

AMD dual-core "Kuma" Phenom X2 spec in the wildI really want to see AMD compete but...I have this feeling that by the time they get a 65nm processor to market Intel will make another leap ahead and AMD will go back to being the economy choice. I really hope...

Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Dual-Core, dual-core

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Dell's second quarter: Another milepost in the turnaround tale

Dell reports its fiscal second quarter results on Thursday after market close and analysts are turning optimistic about the company's turnaround prospect amid better consumer notebook designs, emerging market revenue and solid server sales growth. Dell is expected to report fiscal second quarter earnings of 36 cents...

Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., Miscioscia, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Sales, Finance, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-28

News to know: IE 8; iPhone password locks; SOA; Palm Treo Pro reviews

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download Ed Bott: Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover Gallery: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Password, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Resurrecting E-voting

Resurrecting E-votingDifficulty of subverting voting machinesIt seems to me that any system can be tampered with to render the vote dishonest. However, some configurations make such tampering very hard while others are much easier to subvert. You should talk about the relative difficulty and not whether or not...

Tags: SECURITY, Resurrecting E-voting, risk, e-voting

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

PC Bug Cleaner (exe)

PC Bug Cleaner is suggested by experts that over time, your system, through additions and deletions and amendments, will cause your Windows registry to become fragmented, corrupted or full of errors causing all sorts of problems and issues. Are you getting annoying error messages repeatedly or feeling your computer is...

Tags: PC, PC Bug Cleaner, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-08-28

AudioProc Demo (exe)

AudioProc is a high quality audio dynamics processor intended to achieve a competitive 'on the air' sound signature resembling that of modern audio broadcast processors used by major market FM radio stations. AudioProc can normalize the volume and spectral balance of played material and provide a more consistent listening experience....

Tags: Audio, Clay Hellman, AudioProc, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2008-08-28