Coincidentally, Apple happened to announce the new iPad on the morning that I came home after four exhausting days at a trade show. So when I started reading about the iPad, my flight-fogged brain immediately wanted to know if the iPad could make the travel marathon… Read More »
Archive for January 2010
Dell has been giving hints about the upcoming handheld Android tablet, previously called the Streak, for some time. TechCrunch spotted CEO Michael Dell in the street who pulled out what he now calls the Mini 5 and gave a very brief demo on video. Read More »
Mobile Tech Manor (MTM) is what I affectionately call my home office as it has seen more mobile tech gear pass through the doors than just about anywhere on earth. This column is where I share the events in MTM for the past week. Read More »
Earlier this week electric vehicle infrastructure startup Better Place raised one of the largest rounds of financing in the cleantech sector ever, to help build out networks in regions like Israel and Denmark. On the day of the announcement I wondered (out loud) whether… Read More »
While our reader polls mainly indicated disappointed in Apple’s latest creation, there’s a big-picture question worth answering. Did Cupertino just pull a fast one and corner the smartbook market before anyone else could get that market off the ground? Read More »
There is nothing wrong with your monitor. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to… the newly designed jkOnTheRun! Read More »
Updated: Across the TV networks, President Obama’s first State of the Union address last night drew an aggregate of 48 million viewers, according to Nielsen. It also pulled in 1.3 million views viewers on to an official live-streamed feed, according to a… Read More »
When approaching tough, controversial topics like that of terrorism, it’s important to convey some sense of accuracy — and if you’re attempting to make a comedy, it’s also helpful to be funny. So that’s two strikes, right there, against Living With the Infidels. Created… Read More »
Out of concern that early and incomplete augmented reality demo products make a bad name for the technology, a new startup called QderoPateo is attempting to make an end-to-end AR platform. That includes building and releasing its own phone chipset, hardware and operating system. Read More »
Out-of-date, unpatched software can leave a computer open to attack from malware and hackers. Secunia, a leading provider of software vulnerability intelligence, provides a few free tools that you can use to scan Windows machines, such as the Online Software Inspector Read More »
We all know that you want an iPad. You haven’t even touched one yet, but you have read every word published on the device since before it was announced on Wednesday’s event. You’ve been up all night dreaming about surfing the web, and looking at… Read More »
In a regulatory filing sent to the FCC today, Comcast (c CMCSA) and NBC said they don’t see online video distributors as a competitive threat, discounting the possibility of a an online video distributor emerging and competing with Comcast’s cable operations, as well as any… Read More »