May, 2006 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for May 2006

Quicksilver Screencast: Pictures

I knew that once everyone put in the time to get Quicksilver setup according to the last screencast, they’d be chomping at the bit to do something that was actually interesting. So I wanted to get this next screencast out sooner than later. As … Read More »

File Sharing Is The New EMail

A few days ago Dave Winer talked about next steps for Bit Torrent. Good time to point him to my story on Business 2.0/CNN Money website, about three start-ups that are taking peer-to-peer networking to the next level, making it easy for rest of … Read More »

 
 

New Mac Ads

Word is floating around the global internets that Apple has released two new Mac TV ads. Both ads are share the format of conversation between hilarious author John Hodgman and a bearded Justin Long. Hodgman plays the part of a clueless PC, and Long … Read More »

Sphere Launches With New Cash

Sphere, a San Francisco- search engine company that specializes in searching blogs, for relevant information has closed a $3.75 million in fresh capital from Hearst Publishing, Trident Capital and About.com founder Scott Kurnit. Sphere, had raised $500,000 in seed capital from Radar Partners , … Read More »

Microsoft, Return of The Beast

Update: A few things are a constant in life – taxes, death, broken hearts and of course Microsoft waking from some kinda slumber, finding an upstart to hate and then crushing them. The IE7 drama that is currently being played out today should be dubbed … Read More »

Don’t flip, flip wirelessly with Belkin

There are a lot of solutions to sharing peripherals between your laptop or Tablet PC and your home computer.  You can get a KVM switch that lets you share monitors, keyboard, and a mouse or you can use a software solution like Synergy or MaxiVista.  Belkin … Read More »

Yahoo launches tech section

You know you can never get enough information about tech, especially mobile tech, so Yahoo has released Yahoo Tech just for, well, everybody.  The site offers news and advice with a decided newbie bent but there is some good information buried in there too.  I … Read More »

Asus teams with Lamborghini to produce notebook that is fast and looks good

Acer has been producing Ferrari branded laptops for some time so I guess Asus decided to team up with an exotic car maker themselves.  The ASUS-Lamborghini VX1 looks very sweet and packs some Core Duo punch under the hood.  The 15 inch screen running at 1400 … Read More »

Immunity

MSNBC reports (via the AP) “Macs no longer immune to viruses, experts say”. This title, as striking as it is, has no thought put behind it. Say what you will, but I’m positive Macs have never been ‘immune’ to viral attacks. Let’s be fair here too, … Read More »

Smart Computing not holding hopes high for UMPCs

They’re not holding hopes high and I wonder if they’ve ever held a UMPC device in their hands. This story appears to be another "I’ve never used one … Read More »

Dell XPS M1210 on the way

Dell might call their M1210 notebook an "ultraportable", but I’m not sure. Regardless of semantics, the new addition to the XPS line looks like a solid performer on paper. The price … Read More »

Turn your optical mouse into a handheld scanner

Sure, it’s no Docupen scanner, but that little optical mouse you might have with you could work in a pinch. You’ll need some software to make this happen and you won’t be wowed by the quality, but this is an interesting approach … Read More »

More Must Reads

Since today is the world-wide roll-out for the Samsung Q1 Origami/ UMPC it is only fitting that I mention the first in-depth review.  Personal Computer World in the UK had a chance to put one through its paces and have published a thorough overview of … Read More »

Much has been lamented about the pre-installed junkware that OEMs have been putting on computers in exchange for financial consideration from the companies that produce the unwanted software.  The first thing you have to do when you purchase a new PC is spend several hours getting … Read More »

Tracy Hooten of The Student Tablet PC got her hands on six (!) different Tablet PCs so she just had to share her comparison of the different models with her readers.  She compares the Motion M1400 and LE1600, Toshiba M200, Gateway M275, HP 4200, … Read More »

Makayama Interactive has introduced a program that turns certain Sony Cypershot and Casio Exilim digital cameras into portable media centers.  Using Digital Camera Media Studio you can put any recorded video onto the camera with only three clicks of the mouse and watch it on … Read More »

I always carry an external hard drive with me; it’s great for carrying gigs of data on the go and the new Windows OneCare backup application will auto-backup if you have an external drive attached to your PC. I took a hard drive out … Read More »

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