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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
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- Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice
- The more I use these, the more I really don't care for iWork. Sure, Keynote makes some darned pretty presentations, but NeoOffice and OpenOffice for the matter cuts the mustard quite handily. For real polish, you still can't beat Office 2007/2008, as much as I hate to admit...
- Tags: Suite, Apple iWork, Office 2008, NeoOffice, X11, OpenOffice, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- 10 things we'd change on the iPhone 3G
- There's plenty that's great about the new iPhone, says silicon.com's Natasha Lomas. But that doesn't mean there aren't a few things for Apple to think about for the next time round. The 3G iPhone has finally arrived--a year and a half after CEO Steve Jobs first confirmed...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Apple Inc., 3G iPhone, 3G, Keyboards, Advertising & Promotion, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Networking, iPhone 3G, Apple, smart phones, Natasha Lomas, silicon.com
- News items 2008-07-15
- Das Professional Keyboard
- Anyone who remembers when a "laptop" computer looked more like a suitcase-size nuclear weapon may recall the old IBM Model M-style keyboard. With its distinct "clacky" sound and the amazing responsiveness of its buckling spring keys, many typists, gamers, and enthusiasts lament that that old design has become more-or-less instinct....
- Tags: Keyboards, Games, Das Professional, keyboard
- Product reviews 2008-07-03
- Express Dictate for Mac (zip)
- 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, Express Dictate, Productivity
- Software downloads 2008-05-28
- Apple's 5 worst hardware flaws - and how to fix them
- Apple is often lauded for its design chops. And Apple's post-modern industrial design is lyrical next to Dell's neo-Soviet brutalism. But Apple makes some really stupid choices. Here are the top 5 - and the best workarounds. In reverse order: 5) Keyboards ...
- Tags: Headphone, Apple Macintosh, Disk, Mouse, Apple Inc., USB, Keyboards, Mice, Desktops, Hardware, Peripherals, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- QWERTY or T9 text input methods, which do 968 prefer?
- QWERTY or T9 text input methods, which do 968 prefer?Matt: Give Adaptxt a trial!Adaptxt found [url=http://www.adaptxt.com/]here![/url](But I do find T9 on my N95 is pretty amazing for what it does except that if you add words that you find you wish you hadn't, you are stuck with them unless you...
- Tags: Keyboards, SureType, QWERTY, keyboard
- Discussion threads 2008-04-10
- What+Microsoft+does+well
- What+Microsoft+does+wellMice, fast food, and jet enginesSo how does a Microsoft keyboard fit into your theory?Or, looking at it from a company twice Microsoft's size at least financially: what is the "core identity" of General Electric?NOTHIINGWindows is garbage.NET is garbageSilverlight is a nonstarterXbox finally made mooney and is getting killed by...
- Tags: Keyboards, PRODUCTIVITY, Game players, Strategy, developer, Microsoft Corp., keyboard, computer, new user, killer app
- Discussion threads 2008-02-12
- Microsoft: Streaming Office 'infringes license'
- Microsoft: Streaming Office 'infringes license'This doesn't sound like a hosted service.It sounds like they are simply selling the software and the buyer downloads it instead of buying the boxed disc.Unless something is missing from this article, why would anyone want to do this instead of just buying the discs?Not sure...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, Streaming Office, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2008-02-08
- What would my ideal education ultraportable look like?
- What would my ideal education ultraportable look like?my specsMine would be very similar to an Eee PC but with a touchscreen and solid state storage. With the ability to run apps locally and remotely. And yes the magic price would be $200 :)www.aikotech.com/thinserver.htmYour specs would be perfect for your classroomWhereas...
- Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, ideal education, laptop computer, keyboard, education, Webcam
- Discussion threads 2008-01-03
- Express Dictate (exe)
- Express Dictate is a computer-based dictaphone that lets you dictate using your computer or a portable recorder. You can then send your recordings to your typist or assistant by e-mail, Internet, or over your computer network. Express Dictate uses digital audio processing and compression technology to record and transmit the...
- Tags: Signal Processing, Digital Audio, Computer, Express Dictate, Productivity, Internet, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2007-12-12
- Back up b4 Leopard upgrade!
- Update: I'm seeing reports that other people are having upgrade problems. Before you upgrade to Leopard you really want to create a bootable back up. There are 2 free utilities that will do this for you on either a FireWire or USB 2 drive: Carbon Copy Cloner...
- Tags: Account, Laser, FireWire, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2007-10-26
- Video: Toshiba's sub-2 pound Portégé R500 includes optical drive, all-day battery
- As you can see in the attached video taped at Digital Life in New York City, I can vouch for the fact that Toshiba's Portégé R500 sub-notebook has a built-in optical drive for CD-ROMs and DVDs. You hardly ever see this in a sub-notebook because they take up so much...
- Tags: Optical Drive, Battery, Toshiba Portege, Video, Toshiba Corp., Notebooks, Engineering, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-10-01
- What you see is what you publish
- Adobe's acquisition of Virtual Ubiquity and its Buzzword online word processor brings Adobe into direct competition with Microsoft and Google in the Office 2.0 space (or as Scoble sensibly retitles it, Work 2.0). But much more more significant in my view is what Buzzword tells us about the nature of...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Application, Document, Google Docs, Microsoft Corp., Buzzword, Flash, Adobe Share, What-you-see-is-what-you-publish, Word Processors, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2007-10-01
- Friday Rant - Logitech G15 gaming keyboard
- Friday Rant - Logitech G15 gaming keyboardFits my classic definition of crapwareThis is the kind of stuff I would always remove or better yet never install in the first place. I have a Logitech video camera and it's the same thing where half a dozen services and processes are...
- Tags: Keyboards, Games, Backlighting, keyboard, RAM, Logitech
- Discussion threads 2007-09-21
- Review: Apple's new keyboards (Verdict: Atrocious)
- Review: Apple's new keyboards (Verdict: Atrocious)Whooah there... "tactile feedback"?[i]"...Flat keys don’t provide enough tactile feedback as to where you are the key contributing to errors."[/i]I thought tactile feedback was a thing of the past, now that the iPhone doesn't have keys?C'mon Apple fans, does tactile feedback matter or not?Someone at...
- Tags: Keyboards, NEXT BEST, keyboard, new keyboard, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-17
- Type 1? Type 3? How about just typed?
- Type 1? Type 3? How about just typed?Well...Take some time to breathe and then I'd suggest you compare the quality of your kid's writing before he was drilled, and after. Also, compare his after writing with kids who haven't been drilled.That aside, I think you will find your...
- Tags: Word processors, PRODUCTIVITY, word-processor, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-09-13
- Can't I swap Twitter for FaceBook's status box? (and other FaceBook questions)
- OK, now that I'm diving deeper into FaceBook, I'm playing with the status box in the top right hand corner mine is pictured left and it's quite obvious that this does pretty much the same thing that Twitter does. So, the next obvious question is, can't I just substitute one...
- Tags: Facebook, Twitter, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-08-09
- Jobs unveils new iMacs, iLife and iWork
- Jobs unveils new iMacs, iLife and iWorkOK, let's get this started.First impression: at least its not as god awful ugly as the previous Macs. I know, Macs are supposed to be these beautiful, artsy, some people even say sexy machines, but beauty is really in the eye of...
- Tags: Desktops, OOA/OOD/OOP, Apple Macintosh, IMACS, Apple iLife, Microsoft Corp., Apple iWork, Apple Inc., information technology, job
- Discussion threads 2007-08-07
- The iPhone form factor is the future
- Yesterday, it was reported that the Safari browser integrated into the iPhone had a flaw that could allow hackers to take over the phone, doing things like making phones calls, sending text messages, or performing other functions that could end up costing a user money. Other reports questioned the existence...
- Tags: Apple, Digital Media, Television
- Blog posts 2007-07-24
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