I am packing up and getting ready to head out tomorrow to one of the two major audition conferneces I attend each year. This first conference is the Unified Professional Theatre Auditions (UPTA) and it is held in Memphis each year. We’ll see over 800 actors in general auditions and talk to about 120 or [...]
Fujitsu has just announced that they are adding broadband connectivity to a mix of their notebooks and tablet pcs. AT&T HSUPA will be coming to the T5010, T1010, P1630, and T2020 Tablet PCs. The U820 already supports HSUPA. The T5010 will be getting EVDO support. Press release below: SUNNYVALE, CA – February 3, 2009 – [...]
Geekzone is reporting, and Engadget has confirmed through Microsoft, that Microsoft is set to unveil their SKU line up for Windows 7: 6 total SKUs with the 2 main ones being Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Home Premium. Windows 7 Enterprise will be targeted for those businesses buying licenses through the Software Assurance [...]
I don’t think this is particularly encouraging news, but maybe I’m wrong here. The folks behind the One Laptop Per Child initiative are saying that they are going to open source their hardware design for version 2. You’ll remember the design we’ve seen with the dual screen approach.
Don’t get excited, don’t get twitchy, but it looks like those who love to read patent applications at Gizmodo have discovered yet another mention (or at least another picture) of an Apple Tablet in a patent application awarded in January. The patent titled Display Housing for Computing Device. I’m not holding my breath.
Ari-Allyn-Feuer has put up the first of what promises to be a series on Netbooks on Ars Technica. The first part covers a little way-back territory and goes back to earlier devices that we might or might not call Netbooks had their form factors debuted today. Of course Psion would absolutely say they would an [...]
Our LogicBuy Deal of the Day brings us a HUGE multi-media entertainment notebook: $500 off coupon for the HP HDX 18t Premium 18.4-inch Widescreen 1080p (16:9) Centrino 2 Blu-ray Laptop. Plus, get FREE upgrade to 320GB Hard Drive from 250GB ($50 value), $80 off Mobile Broadband ExpressCard, FREE HP DeskJet Printer ($70 value) after paperless [...]
If you have been in college in the last 5 years, you’ve probably seen SMART Board technology in the classroom. I remember my first experience with it and was completely blown away by how “smart” the board really was. Professors used the different colored pens to annotate Powerpoint lectures in real time of a projected [...]
Ok – this is an absolutely cool app from Stimulant – place your iPhone on a Microsoft Surface, and then you’ll see an x-ray type of picture on the phone. Zoom the picture on the Surface, and the picture zooms on the iPhone. Connect multiple iPhones together and pan across multiple pictures on a Surface. [...]
Loren Heiny is up to his old tricks asking probing and insightful questions again. With talk about Windows 7 moving from beta to a Release Candidate as the next public effort, he’s wondering if we’ll see hardware and drivers that make the cut for multi-touch when Windows 7 goes Gold and actually ships. Good article. [...]
Well if you were wondering who the target for the Sony VAIO P might be, this picture from Engadget’s Caption Contest should answer any questions. Bargain hunters stay away.
OK, in terms of rating PITA’s this is not really in the top 10 of annoyances, but let me tell you it drives me nuts every time I run into it. When you get prompted to install Adobe’s Flash Player for Firefox 3.xx you have to click closed so many windows to get it to [...]
The folks in India are working to cut the cost of things down as much as they can it seems. After announcing a £1,420 price for a car and a £10 price for a phone, it looks like the are getting ready to unveil a £7 laptop. At current rates that converts to just [...]
Today’s Deal of the Day is a 15% off stackable coupon for HP’s TX2z Multi-Touch Tablet PC and Mini 1000, plus other systems. This coupon deal expires after a limited number of redemptions, so you’ll need to act quickly before it expires.
Motion Computing and Sig-Tec are aiming to improve identity management to mobile healthcare workers. Their press highlights the aim of their new partnership: ““Motion is pleased to be working with Sig-Tec, an industry leader in identity and access management software. Sig-Tec’s software solutions can enhance the mobility offered by Motion tablet PCs by enabling users [...]
Well, well, well. The much talked about Sony Vaio P (remember it isn’t a Netbook) looks like it is now available with the Gobi chipset for 3G connectivity on the go. Verizon is selling the small device and also offering a $200 rebate in the form of a debit card. That ‘rebate’ is mail in, [...]
Looks like Asus is upping the ante in the 10″ netbook space with their new 1000HE Eee PC, the first N280 netbook. Prices start at $399, and get this – they are taking pre-orders through Facebook. Press release below ASUS, the innovator who revolutionized the mobile computing landscape with the original Eee PC netbook, today [...]
In this Inkshow, I take a look at the Fujitsu Lifebook U820, a tablet UMPC/MID released at the end of 2008 that employs Intel’s Atom Z530 processor. Besides almost making me blind as I to tried to read the tiny 5.6″ screen supporting 1280×800 pixels upon unboxing, the U820 runs Vista Business on only 1.6GHz [...]
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Last year Toshiba waded into the Android tablet market with the Thrive, a 10.1-inch slate that served as the company’s response to what they deemed missing in the then current crop. Thus, it had several full-size ports, a rugged-ish exterior, and a thick chassis to accommodate both. Though a decent tablet, the Thrive didn’t generate [...]
Samsung Shows That It Is a Software Company
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Ballistic Cases compete with companies like Otterbox to offer more protection than a typical iPad case. The Ballistic Tough Jacket iPad Case for the New iPad and iPad 2 shields your iPad from accidents at a a better price than Otterbox. The Ballistic Tough Jacket uses three layers of shielding on the back, extra absorption on [...]
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