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Although the initial release of Microsoft Windows Vista caused headaches for some, I’ve found that Service Pack 1 has made life much more enjoyable from a computing perspective. That’s why I have high hopes for SP2, not to mention Windows 7. We’ll have to wait for […] Read more »

Just a quick reminder that today kicks off a new round of HP Magic Giveaway contests. It amazes me that HP is providing fifty prize packages that are each worth around $6,000! Today marks the beginning of contests at The Gadgeteer, GottaBeMobile, and I Started Something. […] Read more »

Either my glasses need another cleaning or the lines keep blurring between cloud, desktop and browser. My latest bout with myopia comes from the new Gmail gadget supported on Google Desktop for Windows. All of the Gmail goodness is in there: message starring, keyboard shortcuts and […] Read more »

If you live in the U.S., you’ve probably seen the latest Apple ad spot on television by now. The company is touting the new unibody MacBook as "green" for the environmentally conscious. I’m in that group myself with a hybrid car, a solar-powered attic fan and […] Read more »

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If you didn’t know that Sprint’s XOHM service was WiMAX, you’re probably in the majority. That’s why Sprint officials kept referring to it as "a hotspot as big as a city" at the Baltimore launch event in October. Unfortunately, that’s too long for a marketable mobile […] Read more »

Ever since the Android Developer Challenge awarded one of its Top 10 prizes to Locale, I’ve been intrigued by handset apps that smartly use location based services. Locale offers something that I haven’t yet found on my iPhone: it changes phone settings and takes other actions […] Read more »

CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly.MoTR 155 is 40 minutes long and is a 37 MB file in MP3 format. INTRO: Based on “Time v2.1″ by Meta Sektion, additional mixing by James Kendrick.HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel […] Read more »

Those wily cats at Foxit Software are at it again according to Business Hacks: the free Foxit Reader for Windows hit version 3 and it offers more compelling reasons to dump Adobe Reader. Foxit is far lighter in terms of its footprint and required resources than […] Read more »

This little project over at Instructables is right up the alley of netbook owners. I love how every netbook I can think of offers a VGA port so you can make use of a larger, external monitor when the need arises. Let’s face it though: when […] Read more »

There’s not much in a web worker’s life that beats a cheap or free phone service. Perhaps a supporting role in one of David Pogue’s next iPhone video musicals might, but odds are slim. Especially for me and my voice. Or maybe it’s because I have […] Read more »

Some are calling Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X1 the "best Windows Mobile phone in business" and whether you believe that or not, you can’t argue that the handset’s on-screen panels make it unique. The large, touchable panels are akin to widgets or applications that sit atop the […] Read more »

TiVo has partnered up with Mobui to create a web-based method that you can use to schedule recordings to your TiVo DVR. We saw a similar mobile solution announced back in September, but that was specific to RIM’s BlackBerry devices and I don’t think it’s live […] Read more »

Ever wonder how Microsoft vaulted Internet Explorer to numero uno browser market share? There’s likely several lesser reasons, but the one of the main ones is working deals with OEMs to prominently display that little blue "e" and make it the default browser. In fact, it […] Read more »

When folks find out that I still use a first-generation Apple iPhone for my primary handset, the first question out of their mouth is usually, "why didn’t you upgrade to the iPhone 3G?" I’ve covered that before but as a quick rehash: adding 3G and true […] Read more »

Folks living in the browser will appreciate this quick-and-easy tidbit of a feature shown over at Digital Inspirations. You can now share a Google Doc simply with a drag-and-drop right in Gmail. First, you’ll need the Google Doc gadget that we mentioned back in October so […] Read more »

Earlier in the week we saw the Asus R50A on sale for 1,475 Euros and that time, the U.S. price roughly equated to nearly $1,900. Way too much these days for a UMPC. I still don’t see Asus selling too many of these, but if your […] Read more »

I do like the call history on my iPhone, mainly because it offers so much additional information than what I used to see on my Windows Mobile phones. Festinger Software responds to that with their Historia application that I caught over on Mobility Site. It more […] Read more »

I don’t know if the timing was coincidental with this not-so-secret new BlackBerry, but the Google Mobile team just updated the Google Sync application. The software now supports two-way contact synchronization with BlackBerry handsets and it already supported Google Calendar, so you’re covered there as well. […] Read more »

http://www.youtube.com/v/zisx4mLF6Qo&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1 Hear that noise, traditional magnetic storage? It’s the sound of Solid State Disk technology that’s creeping up behind you. jkkmobile shares news and the above video on Runcore’s new mini-PCIe SSD products, which are fast but won’t totally break the bank. How fast? jkk ran […] Read more »

I’m working from the local Toyota dealership over EV-DO this morning as our hybrid is due for service. Due to the stellar battery life and light weight, I toted along the svelte loaner X301 from Lenovo. I already shared the five things I liked about it, […] Read more »

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