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One MacBook with a Thinkpad keyboard please (or OS X running on Windows, when hell freezes over)

One MacBook with a Thinkpad keyboard please (or OS X running on Windows, when hell freezes over)I bet you that...I can navigate around any app faster with my touchpad then you can with your pointing stick. I was honestly surprised by this blog. Never before have I heard of...

Tags: Mice, Keyboards, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Inc., Nothing, mouse, keyboard, touch typist, typist, Touch Pad, IBM ThinkPad, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2007-08-10

Typist 1.2.2 (Mac)

Typist is a handy utility that types text for you. Simply configure Typist with text you type frequently (like a return address, directions, instructions, or letter head). When you're ready to have the text typed for you, just select it from Typist's system-wide menu, or from Typist's popup window.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Return Address, Typist, Construction

Software downloads 2004-09-21

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Rational Typist 1.1 (Windows)

The Rational Typist's original concept is that every human language has groups of words that are typed with either left or right hands only, and also words that you start typing with left hand and finish with right hand or in opposite direction (L2R, R2L words). This concept is very...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Language, IBM Corp., Rational Typist, RT, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Keyboards, Human Resources, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-11-07

Photo Typist 1.0 (Mobile)

In Photo Typist type in your own remarks, location, and date. All the text are remembered and typed on any new photos you open automatically, so you can quickly type a series of photos. Save the photo with a single tap.

Tags: Mobile, Photograph, Sudobility

Software downloads 2009-10-01

Rocketfish Bluetooth Keyboard

Rocketfish Bluetooth Keyboard for MacI have just added the aluminum/white-key version of the Rocketfish keyboard for Mac. I am using a new iMac 24 and Snow Leopard OS. I had read several reviews of various Rocketfish bluetooth products and was prepared for a possible lost connection....

Tags: Keyboards, Bluetooth, Desktops, Rocketfish, Logitech diNovo, keyboard

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

FastFox Typing Expander 1.12 (Windows)

FastFox Typing Expander is an easy to use text expansion utility that can create and store keyboard shortcuts that, when pressed, will expand to lines of text. FastFox allows the user to define keywords that become the shortcuts. Perfect for typist who transcribe difficult or long medical/legal phrases, call center...

Tags: Shortcut, NCH Software, FastFox Typing Expander, Keyboards, Call Centers, E-mail, Microsoft Windows, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Hardware, Peripherals, It Operations, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software

Software downloads 2009-07-17

The greatest student laptop ever? No, but it's close

The greatest student laptop ever? No, but it's closeAs a former tablet PC user . . .As a former tablet PC user:-Handwriting is interesting, but slow. A good touch typist types far faster than any sort of handwriting.-The on screen keyboard is nice, I'm sure, but I still prefer a...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, student laptop, tablet PC, tablet

Discussion threads 2009-06-21

Pro Typist v2.00 (Windows)

Pro Typist is a utility designed to teach the user how to touch-type correctly and improve the user's typing speed. The primary mode of Pro Typist is exercise mode where you are given strings of text (up to 40 characters long) to type and upon completion are given details on...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Mode, Lamer Productions, Keyboards, Games, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-05-09

Web Dictate 2.0 (Windows)

Web Dictate is a dictation system that lets allows users (1-10,000) to record, edit and manage dictation over the Internet. Log into a server running Web Dictate with any ordinary Web browser to record dictation . Save or edit dictations online and when users have finished recording just click send...

Tags: Web, Microsoft Windows, NCH Software, Web Dictate, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-05-05

"It's too small, it's too slow, and the keyboard's dumb"...Or is it?

So says my oldest son after a day of doing homework and socializing online with the Acer Aspire One. I was really hoping that he'd get used to it. I'm almost as speedy on it now as I am on a full-sized keyboard and my 6-year old prefers...

Tags: Laptop Computer, Netbook, Keyboards, Notebooks, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-01-11

Computer literacy needs to start early

My 6-year old is fairly savvy for a, well, a 6-year old. He can make his way around a website pretty easily and doesn't have any problems with the applications he uses at school. However, basic computer literacy seems oddly lacking for the little guy. Obviously, I'm...

Tags: Computer, Productivity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-12-29

Survey: Keyboards, DRM to become scarce in 2012

Survey: Keyboards, DRM to become scarce in 2012here's your new PChttp://www.mobiletor.com/images/nokia-morph-concept.jpgeverything will be foldable/touch screens or virtual computers in your glasses that take voice commands. We've all watched the opening 2008 olympics (well, most of us). That screen was a foldable LCD screen.Just a couple of reminders.Ok, Internet interaction...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, survey, digital-rights management, keyboard, touch screen, computer

Discussion threads 2008-12-15

ZT Affinity N4004i-17

While its performance is on par with other mainstream laptops that hover around the $1,000 mark, the ZT Affinity N4004i simply can't compete on design or features. Under the hood, this 15-inch laptop features a modern configuration--based on the Intel Centrino 2 platform--and has 64-bit Windows Vista. Unfortunately, that hood...

Tags: Keyboards, 64-bit, Notebooks, keyboard, laptop computer

Product reviews 2008-12-04

iPhone text entry can rival BlackBerry

iPhone text entry can rival BlackBerryFormer BlackBerry user hereI didn't think I could do without a "real" keyboard, but I've reached a point that I prefer the iPhone's soft keyboard, even when not in landscape mode. Granted, I don't have giant hands, but I don't have small, girly hands either....

Tags: Keyboards, keyboard, Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2008-11-11

Express Dictate for Mac 5.05 (Mac)

Express Dictate is a computer based voice recorder that works like a dictaphone. It lets you use your Mac to send dictation to your typist by email, Internet or over the computer network. This dictation software can dramatically improve the turn around time for work and, most importantly, lets you...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Signal Processing, Computer, NCH Software, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-11-01

Forrester: There's really no such thing as "green IT"

Forrester: There's really no such thing as "green IT"Green IT or Cost Accounting...I don't believe that there is truly anything like accurate cost-center accounting either. What you propose looks good on paper, but is even more absurd than efforts to bill each employee's cost center for the paper used...

Tags: Green IT, Forrester Research Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

Would you buy an all-screen notebook computer?

Would you buy an all-screen notebook computer?Well, given that you could carry a folding keyboard, why not?But, how about touch screens that somehow gave you a feeling when your fingers were in the right place??? You could possible put at least a raised "dash" on the screen for the F...

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, PRODUCTIVITY, keyboard, notebook computer, notebook, computer

Discussion threads 2008-09-29

iPhone 3G experiences

iPhone 3G experiencesUSER ERROR?[i]Sounds like USER ERROR to me.[/i]What happened to intuitive? What happened to USER EXPERIENCE? Why is it that whenever anyone fails to use an Apple product properly, it is USER ERROR but whenever anyone fails to use a competitor product properly, it is because the product isn't...

Tags: Keyboards, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, Apple iPhone, USER Error

Discussion threads 2008-09-24

Microsoft vs. Apple: the multi-touch war

Microsoft vs. Apple: the multi-touch warJust doesn't seem naturalThe idea of using both hands and touching to tell the computer what to do, to me seem unnatural. I'd rather have a truly voice directed PC that would seem more natural and useful.here is why I think multi-touch is a...

Tags: Multitouch, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., multi-touch

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

My first Linux laptop is the Asus EeePC netbook

The Asus EeePC is silent, it's easy to use, it runs Mozilla, Open Office and wireless networking expertly. No one needs to know it's Linux. It's light as a feather. But if you're a touch typist this is going to hurt. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: ASUS, Linux Laptop, Laptop Computer, Asus EeePC, Linux, Keyboards, Mice, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-09-04