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Apple invites press to 14 October notebook event

Apple invites press to 14 October notebook eventMy Bitterness May Finally EndI had the biggest sigh of relief today when I read the news of Oct 14. For months (years?) we've been wading through rumors and disappointment so to know that Apple will FINALLY give the non-iPhone/iPod community some attention...

Tags: Notebooks, notebook, notebook event, Yay, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

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Office 2010 Beta 2: More than just a bunch of pretty icons

Of course its better, they stole ideas fromOf course 2010 is better, they stole (oops, innovated) most of the new ideas from Office MVPs that built add ins to previous versions. (There is a very silent revolt going on in the MVP ranks over it and many long term...

Tags: Numbering, Microsoft Office, Office MVP, ribbon, Microsoft Word

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Apple hints at possible pen-based tablet

different?this doesn't look different from other tablets. may be it will use both multi-touch and stylus just like other tablets out in the market???the Apple iFail 2.0... :Tablet computing is a niche market and all of these "inventions" are ancient.It doesn't have to be to be "innovative"it just needs...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Tablet computing, tablet, Apple Inc., patent, Pagan

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

A flip of the on switch: Utah wind project goes online

Seems wasteful to send the energy 2 states away...Very cool to see a big wind farm come online, but most of that energy is going to be wasted on transmission line leakage by the time it gets to California. We really need to get to the point of highly-localized power...

Tags: power generation

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Google offering free Wi-Fi in some U.S. airports this holiday season

In another attempt to win our hearts and/or take over our lives, Google has announced that they'll be providing free wireless internet at select airports across America this holiday season. Yay! Virgin America has already partnered with Google to offer free Wi-Fi to...

Tags: Google Inc., Airport, Virgin America, Internet, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-10

Don't Lose Your Balls (Mobile)

Fast action game where you try to keep your balls in play. Each ball type has an action associated with it. Some of the ball types include Freezing, Life, Health, Damage, Death, Extra Hit, and Special Movement.More than 200 levels of game play in the registered version.1.1.3 Changes:-OpenGL Option (Actually...

Tags: Mobile, Games, Keyboards, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-11-09

ZeptoTowers (Mobile)

Small Towers Big Defense. Build towers to protect your people.1.1.3 Changes:-OpenGL Option (Actually Slower if turned on but now I can make slow 3D games yay)-Touch motion more responsive-Virtual keyboard for high scores-Android API support 1 & 2 or 3 or higher-Faster

Tags: Tower, Mobile, Motion, Keyboards, Games, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-09

Obama Stimulus (Mobile)

Tired of the government. Well now you can collect stimulus money like those too big to fail. Levels progress faster and harder as you collect the stimulus money. This is a parody/satire action game.1.1.3 Changes:-OpenGL Option (Actually Slower if turned on but now I can make slow 3D games yay)-Touch...

Tags: Mobile, Government, Keyboards, Games, Vertical Industries, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-09

Universal phone charger OK'd

Why just mobile phones?It seems that this is an idea whose time has come. Now how about looking at other things like laptops, entertainment devices and other electronic gadgets.It is the "power level" required.We already have a "semi-universal" charger in that many devices (phones, cameras, mp3 players) can charge...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Digital music, Digital media, phone, charger, phone charger

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

UPDATE: Less than 24-hours on and a potential Windows 7 Achilles' heel surfaces

Yesterday was Windows 7's launch day - WooHoo! Yay! PARTAY!!! - but now that the parties are over and people are settling down to actually use their PC, a potential Windows 7 Achilles' heel emerges. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Apple leaves Chamber of Commerce in green dispute

Cap and TAX dramatically increases green house gassesGood for the chamber of commerce to have their eyes open. All this energy tax legislation does is move energy consuming manufacturing off shore to countries where the production of that energy is dramatically more pollution producing. Apple needs to pull it's head...

Tags: Apple Inc., Obama, manufacturing

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Facebook measures Gross National Happiness Index

Google's old idiom was that if they knew what the world was searching for, they could find out what was most important at the time. Facebook took it one step further with Lexicon; if you can aggregate all of the words in everyone's status updates, you can...

Tags: Facebook, Word, Gross National Happiness, Blogging, Marketing Research, Internet, Marketing, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Open source groups to merge

another nail in M$ coffinThis powerfull union will further the momentum to knok down M$ for good.Loverock is that you??For God's sake......WOULD YOU LEARN TO SPELL?LOL!It just means that they will not have long distance phone charges to worry about anymore. It will not save Linux from continuing it's downward...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, open source, Linux, spell checker

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

The new Dell: innovation, not just standards, to attract business customers

Win 7 is too newThe machine is designed for business. Businesses are not going to switch to Win 7 overnight. It will take quite some time. Heck, Win 7 isn't even out. Nobody knows what hiccups await.The buyer of the notebook today can be ASSURED that...

Tags: Linux, Businesses, Dell Computer Corp., Win 7

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Newegg announces IPO, plans for expansion

YayI've always been a big fan of Newegg. Great company. I'll probably drop a few hundred once their stock is available for public purchase.they are really dominating hubbies computer purchases on the interneti have been using them for almost 90% of my electronics purchases especially computer hardwareBest Customer...

Tags: Investment, Financial Planning, PRODUCTIVITY, Newegg.com, IPO

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

MSI X340 might be the best laptop you've never heard of

Glossy LCD? No thanksA Lenovo X300 from the Lenovo Outlet for about $1100 seems to be the best deal to me. For an extra $400 beyond the MSI you get a fast SSD, higher resolution non-glossy display though the viewing angle and contrast is rather disappointing, a second processing core,...

Tags: Notebooks, MSI web site, MSI, laptop computer, MSI X340

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Can a Windows geek learn to love Snow Leopard?

David Alison's BlogEd, have you seen David Alison's blog? He was a long time Windows developer that switched to Mac. His blog has a wealth of information about the trials and tribulations of switching. If you've not already, I suggest you have a look.http://www.davidalison.com/NoWhile I can't comment on Snow...

Tags: Operating systems, Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., WMA, Apple Mac OS X, Snow Leopard, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

AT&T plumps for Windows-based handset

Microsoft Missed the Boat! :D..and now they appear to be treading water to get across the sea of competition out there in Mobiles. The phone war is over and it's not been won by Microsoft in this World. Yay...!They just don't have it in them to do small. Especially with...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, AT&T Corp., handset, Microsoft Windows, mobile, Mobile World, OpenGL

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Microsoft founds, funds a new open-source foundation

Thank You M.J.I just read this with extreme interest. Thank you for the post and sharing this information."My first thought..If you cannot beat them, join them"The power of Open SourceYears ago Bill Gates himself criticized Open Source and the GPL Gnu Public License. Yet, Microsoft has finally realized the...

Tags: software foundation, GPL, Microsoft Corp., open source, Free Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

SanDisk introduces slightly improved Sansa Clip MP3 player

Still no HD Radio?Yay for improving the FM radio reception. Boo for no HD Radio. Pass..Why doesn't everyone just quit? The iPod won. Deal with it. nt.RE: Why doesn't everyone quit?For the same reason that everyone didn't quit creating browsers when IE captured >90% of the browser market,...

Tags: Media players, Digital music, Web browsers, Digital media, MP3 player, SanDisk Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-31