I finally had time to look at the media that HP included with the tc1100 and found a DVD disk that claims to be a Windows Tablet Edition OS disk. It also states that it contains the HP drivers and software on the DVD so I… Read More »
Archive for August 2005
Announcing the first Workshop on the Impact of Pen-based Technology on Education (WIPTE)! Organized by representatives from DyKnow, Microsoft, HP, and several major universities, the workshop will be held April 6-7, 2006, at Purdue University. WIPTE will bring together educators and technologists using… Read More »
What’s the point of a five button mouse if you can use only two of them? Well, that’s what I thought when I started using IOGear’s Laser Mouse, which has been built for Windows. Except Jim Parsons sent me a link to nice shareware software… Read More »
Boingo adds 30 more airports to its hot spot footprint including some Canadian ones. Meanwhile Toshiba MyConnect has started offering $3.95/hour WiFi access but that’s going to cost a one-time $9.99 plan activation fee. Me, I would settle for EVDO, if I can find… Read More »
SBC, once again proving that it is one of the canniest companies in the world is likely to switch its name to AT&T once the deal closes. AT&T is a bigger, and perhaps a better loved brand than SBC, at least in People’s Republic of California.… Read More »
What’s next from Google? Google Wallet?, the much awaited PayPal killer. There is the same 404 error on the Google Wallet page as we saw in Google Talk! (Of course this could be one big load of c..p)Good work, Google Rumors.… Read More »
I first mentioned Network Magic a while back and it generated a lot of interest since it makes it very simple to interact with your entire network using a graphical interface. I just got word from Pure Networks that a version 2.0 beta is… Read More »
After a very brief beta period Microsoft has released the official version 1.0 of the nice utility, SyncToy. I have been using SyncToy since the beta was released early this month and it works very well. The SyncToy download page provides details on new features… Read More »
I am extremely pleased to see city officials opening the Houston Astrodome to house 25,000 evacuees from New Orleans. The Astrodome, once named the 8th wonder of the world, has been vacant since a new football stadium was opened in Houston and is the perfect venue to… Read More »
If you took things at face value, then the recent fad of adding voice to the “instant messaging” clients is nothing but Silicon Valley’s version of keeping up with Jones. Yahoo (via DialPad acquisition), Microsoft (via Teleo acquisition), AIM, Google Talk and… Read More »
Today might be a good day to yell “touchdown.” Two months ago, I had reported that Microsoft had been eyeing Teleo, a small San Francisco-based VoIP provider. Now finally, there is a confirmation via C/Net News.com. “We’ve been making a lot of investments in voice,… Read More »
By way of something like a follow up to Chris’s earlier post, some of you may have seen that Slashdot ran this story titled “iTunes Might Lose Labels” the other day. Sensationalist headlines (as far as the tech press goes) are,… Read More »
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