I just missed a Vista beta chat on BitLocker, but it reminded me to share a few thoughts on this encryption scheme simply because I don’t think most people have followed what it is and what it’s for. A good portion of the… Read More »
Archive for April 2006
As predicted by a number of rumor sites, the retail packaging of OS X 10.4 Tiger has been shrunk to conform with the size of the iLife ’06 boxes. Its a sad statement about the Mac rumor mill when we are reporting boxes getting smaller, eh?… Read More »
One of the longest running gadget sites, The Gadgeteer, has published a guest review of the Toshiba M200 Tablet PC. While the M200 has been around for a good while, the review is interesting as it is written from the perspective of a student using… Read More »
There’s so much hype in the HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray wars these days, but it largely appears focused on the video content. Consider for a second that your standard DVD holds slightly less than 5 GB. Now consider a prototype by TDK with 200… Read More »
There appears to be a growing mobile television trend; add VDC Mobile Television to the list. Brighthand provides an informative review of the service that allows you to view Internet television… Read More »
Speaking of Google Maps, if this isn’t a true "on the run" post, I don’t know what is. In this month’s print issue of "Running Times", I noticed an article on runners using Google Maps to create and share running routes, complete… Read More »
ShakinDave fills his backpack with a Motion Tablet PC, EVDO card, video recording glasses, microphone, video capture board, and a GPS receiver and then heads out on the streets of New York and streams it to his web site so readers viewers can follow along. … Read More »
Sales numbers for PDAs without phone capabilities continued its 9th straight quarter of lower sales according to IDC reports. The number of shipping units in Q1 was down 22.3 percent from the same period last year. Palm was the top seller of such devices with over… Read More »
HP has received reports of 20 notebook batteries overheating dangerously and has issued a recall notice for 15,700 batteries manufactured since January 2005. The affected batteries have bar codes starting with "L3" and if you have one you should contact HP immediately for a replacement. You… Read More »
That’s pronounced "wee". Unbelievable what marketing types will come up with. The codename was "Revolution" as in welcome to the Nintendo Revolution but officially it will be the Wii. As in Wii little gaming console. -jk Read More »
I have a PSP and I love it, but when using it with my Powerbook to transfer Videos, podcasts, music, pictures, what have you; there just aren’t as many options out there for it as there are for Windows. Now you can always just manually put… Read More »
Any readers interested in having a little meetup in Houston for the express purpose of geeking out? If enough people are interested lets do it. Leave a comment expressing interest and maybe what part of town you are in so we can arrange a convenient place… Read More »
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