Several cities in my part of the world are buying iPads for city council members. The primary impetus seems to be saving the cost of paper. The Peninsula Daily Press reviews some of the calculations. Williamsburg (Va.) spends about $2,000 a year on printing council packets for regular meetings and work sessions, according to City […]
Geekazine has modest, but good traffic to the site. With the help of CES video and what the writers do in this space, I bring a good number to the board. But today, something happened that blew me away. Over 10x my normal traffic – and still going. All because of a Forum Post. So […]
The story of the Lower Merion School District’s surreptitiously using webcams to spy on students has made a big ripple in the Tech-o-Sphere. The school district issued Macs to all high school students and failed to disclose that it could remotely activate the webcams over the internet. It got caught and has claimed that it […]
Reuters has a slide show on the evolution of the laptop. It’s fascinating. Start here. I remember the first laptops I used. I was on a campaign to convince my boss to buy me a laptop because I was traveling frequently and wanted to be able to call my local BBS’s from the road. The […]
A long time ago, while helping someone set up a component stereo system (remember them?), I remarked that modern life is living with wires. And it still comes down to wires, whether they are made of metal or silicone. Wednesday, I was wireless. In fact, my whole street was. A garbage truck tore down the […]
You might remember the products. You might remember the hype. Then, you are tooling down highway 41 years later and all of a sudden you think to yourself – “Hey, whatever happened to…” Failed ideas. Maybe it was a great idea, but wasn’t made right, or design errors brought it down. Maybe it was just […]
My Dell Inspiron 6000 died this yesterday morning. I woke up just in time to watch the display fade to black. Everything else works; I hooked it up to a monitor and am using it right now, but its days a portable are over.
I have been a rabid Opera fanboy since Opera v. 3. I now have gotten Opera on the netbook that I discussed here. Here’s how I did it (hint: it worked the same as if I were on regular laptop or desktop):
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Wow. It was about a year ago I asked for people to send in thoughts as to what to expect in 2008. I also made some Technology predictions. But the real question was – How far off was I? This is actually part 1 of a 2-part story. This first part reviews the predictions I […]
I saw you back in Comdex in 83 – You were a exciting new technology – a marvel to me with a touchscreen. Ohhhh, ohhh But times have changed and you are now put to the side – the integration with the phone makes it real nice – and you get tossed in the scrap […]
Galaxy Note 7’s? The story of Exploding laptops is not a new one. The Lithium battery in your notebook expands to the point where it breaks the encasement. Dell, Sony and IBM ended up recalling a series of batteries to prevent computer loss. Today scientists announced they had made a solid, non-flammable polymer to replace […]
Show #5 Notes – 10/31/07 Apple Leopard News: 2 Million Copies Sold – MacDailyNews Adobe Apps on Leopard: What You Need to Know – John Nack on Adobe Blog Mac BSOD? – CNet Holes in Max OS – builder.au Hack to run Leopard on a PC – Information Week On the Geek: Seagate Offers 5% […]