Tons of HP Tech Forum Video content being pushed – The sound of Buzzsaws in the background as they dig up the street. New lights for the studio. The delayed podcast starts now… 2nd Summer of Podcasts contest continues. Social Media Day is June 30th A Part of the Mashable Meetup. BLOGWORLD New Media Expo […]
Sony Laptops once more have an overheating problem, according to a report in the Guardian; this time, it’s not hardware, but a software problem: The overheating is caused by a bug in the bios (basic input output system) software which provides the basic functionality for the machine, rather than the Windows operating system which runs […]
Because of the HP Technology Forum videos schedule, I will be holding off on the weekly podcast until I can get all the videos out to you. Once I am done with the video distribution of HPTF, I will get Episode 145 out. I also have to record this week’s TPN Weekly. I will also get […]
What an honor this was: Steve Wozniak was at the HP Tech Forum to sign books and talk about his role as lead scientist at Fusion IO. So when he agreed to come in to the booth and talk with myself and Andy McCaskey, we were floored. Therefore, we have a 2 part interview. The […]
It’s gotta happen sooner of later. You have to upgrade your business applications. You cannot rely on the archaic hardware to stick around and run the software. That is where Paul Evans steps in. His team will bring your business from where you are to where you should be. Mission critical applications that people can […]
Of course, last week I was in Las Vegas. I was dreading the possibility that I had to do uploading / downloading from a hotel connection. Last year, I paid $14.95 a day for 512 down / 256 up on average. Not great if you need to push video for a major event. Terri from […]
Well, yesterday’s video had some problems in the recording end. Too bad, I thought it was the best of the videos. The sound was the culprit and it wasn’t fixable through filters like compressors or gates. Andy and I found a nice spot to go over the last day of the HP Tech Forum. In […]
From Merriam-Webster, one of the oldest meanings of the word “hack,” dating from the early 1700s: 1 : working for hire especially with mediocre professional standards 2 : performed by, suited to, or characteristic of a hack It was not so much that Twitter was hacked. It seems, instead, that Twitter had hacks. The Guardian […]
With the HP Technology Forum going on, I have decided to hold the podcast off this week. If I have time tomorrow, the podcast will happen. However, right now, it’s time to get ready and head down to the tables… er… I mean get ready for tomorrow’s shows.
Monday morning, wake up in Vegas to the sun coming up over the mountain side. Pretty cool stuff. I looked at the clock and saw 8 AM, but in all reality it was 10 AM. Once again – pretty cool. Met up with Andy and Joe where we had the morning breakfast – planning meeting. […]
I got into Vegas on Sunday, where I instantly ran into Tom Augenthaler from Ivy Worldwide. After a quick dump of stuff in the hotel, I went down and met up with Kristi Popp and Becca Taylor. We had a nice lunch at the Border Grill, then headed over to the conference hall where we […]
No. In eclipse maybe, but not dead. From the San Jose Mercury-News: Tablet computers will outsell netbooks in the United States by 2012, according to a report issued Thursday by Forrester Research, which also predicted that nearly one in four personal computers sold to U.S. consumers will be tablets by 2015. The report echoes earlier […]
A friend of mine purchased a surplussed EPIA-M Mini Mainboard, then got a case for it to build a mini-computer. For a hard drive, he got a Western Digital mobile SATA drive. Since the mainboard did not have SATA connectors, he got an SATA to IDE converter, hooked up an external USB DVD/CD drive, booted […]
The HP Technology Forum is a yearly event that happens June 21-24 this year at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV. Vendors come in to see the newest technologies from HP and their partners. The expo floor becomes a mini-CES for IT infrastructure professionals. Breakout sessions to explain the new technologies throughout the week. Andy […]
Bloomberg reports that it will be a while before a Windows 7 tablet becomes feasible. The target for a tablet compatible version of the OS is the last quarter of this year. iPad sales have manufacturers wanting to jump on the tablet bandwagon, but Windows is just too much of a resource hog. The iPad’s […]
The Geek breakfast – Eggs, Hashbrowns, Sausage, Toast, Orange Juice and an HP G60. Pass the ketchup, please.
At one time, Ford would make a clay model of a car. The user would then sit in the clay model as they figured out if everything is in the right place. Nowadays, they have the Cave Automated Virtual Environment (CAVE). Using Virtual tracking and 3D technologies, the user gets to see 4 walls of […]
One of the big news items in the U. S. geek world this week was AT&T’s replacing “unlimited” data plans with tiered plans for the iPhone. As PC World describes them, “New users will have to decide between a 200MB plan for $15/month or 2GB for $25.” Similar changes were made in the United Kingdom, […]
For quite a while, Apple has concentrated on the home market and has done quite well, increasing its market share significantly, but it is much less of a presence in the business market segment. The Mac’s share of the corporate market has increased somewhat, but has barely reached 10%. (I suspect the publicity surrounding iPods […]
Jeffrey Powers Talks about the Data Vault x310 and compares to the Data Vault x510
MarketWatch, a website run by the Wall Street Journal, reports on an interview of Mark Zuckerberg at the All Things D Conference. I’ve not heard of the All Things D Conference, but I know that, if the Wall Street Journal is covering it in any way, it must have been full of movers and shakers […]
The San Jose Mercury News visits Opera’s unpretentious North American headquarters and reports that the Opera browser, little noticed in the United States, is experiencing significant gains in popularity elsewhere. The story attempts to put the worldwide browser market into a worldwide perspective and is a worthwhile read for anyone interested in Browser Wars II: […]
Well, you might have heard about it in a bar in your area. Heck, you might have seen it in a bar in your area. But the iPhone 4 is now out. Let’s take a quick peek: iPhone 4 The iPhone 4 is 9.3mm thick, with two built-in cameras and two mics. Apple has added […]
It’s a nice spring day. I roll down the window and place my arm on the door. I turn up the radio. It makes for a cool ride down the street, but I don’t always think “do the engineers worry about this stuff?” The answer is: Yes, they do. The next stop in the Ford […]