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HP has the undeniable honor of having produced the best Tablet PC I have ever used, the tc1100.  That hybrid Tablet PC is to this day the most innovative mobile PC that has ever been produced.  All of the subsequent Tablets that HP has… Read More »

The HP 2710p and the MacBook Pro both have ExpressCard slots instead of PC Card slots so I updated my EV-DO modem to the v740 from Verizon.  That little modem… Read More »

 
 

One of the interesting things we watch about visitors to jkOnTheRun is what browser is being used for the access.  This lets us get a snapshot of how many people are using Firefox versus Internet Explorer.  The current statistic shows that Firefox is still gaining on… Read More »

The HP 2710p Tablet PC has been in my hands (literally) for less than a day but it’s already making some strong impressions with me so I felt I should share those.  Judging from the number of inquiries I have received about the 2710p there are… Read More »

Apple Numbers Gallery

Yesterday Apple announced and released its much anticipated spreadsheet application called Numbers. Numbers is described as “spreadsheets the Mac way,” with the application offering significantly more functionality past just simply charting information and numbers. It’s a solid mixture of information organization, number calculation, and page layout/design. The… Read More »

Video encoding apps go head-to-head

Macs having the reputation they do for creative endeavors, there are as many (or more) video and audio encoding tools for OS X as their are file formats in which to encode your media. Some of the tools available are free and open-source, but many of… Read More »

The excitement of June 29th has come and gone and today I, like many others, am reflecting back on my decision to tread into new territory by purchasing a phone… Read More »

Update: Moto’s superbrilliant answer to the RAZR? Uh, another RAZR . . . RAZR 2. Jesus. Wonder how long were they working on that followup — a lot longer than the 5 seconds we spent when we jokingly referred to a RAZR 2.0 in… Read More »

My MacBook Pro is a big honking laptop.  I wouldn’t trade it for anything, though, it’s a great desktop replacement and it’s working very well for me.  I only have… Read More »

I won’t argue that there are some great VoIP and chat services better than Skype. For better or worse though, I keep coming back to my first love and have stuck with… Read More »

And A GigaMornin’ To You

The Battle of the Boroughs: Queens-born Carl Ichan got in Ed Zander’s face. Brooklyn born Motorola CEO is firing back. In a letter filed with SEC he fires back, and says Moto doesn’t need Icahn. Cablevision family wants it back: The Dolans want to… Read More »

New York-based media giants are suddenly getting jiggy with the new new Media. CBS announced its mega-digital media strategy, which means Quincy Smith, the CBS Interactive head-honcho is finally putting a PowerPoint presentation he showed me last year to good use. You all know about… Read More »

More Must Reads

I have been loving the 17" MacBook Pro since it arrived at Mobile Tech Manor and it has a warm spot (literally) on my desk where it’s performing well as a complete desktop replacement.  The screen is to die for and the speed of… Read More »

After spending more than a few minutes sampling CBS’s free live Internet streaming of video from both the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament and the Masters golf tourney, it’s clear that more live sports coverage will be a popular staple of web TV going forward. With any luck,… Read More »

It’s a common scenario, you check into the hotel on your business trip and set up your gear on the little desk they have provided to meet your traveling computing needs.  Unfortunately, you have more power plugs then they have outlets so you either pull… Read More »

There is a lot of talk this morning that Google is going to be partnering with Dish Network and cable companies and will try and deliver targeted video advertising to those media outlets. While it is a good idea for the company to expand… Read More »

With most of San Francisco Geek Squad away, visiting Austin, Texas and twittering, I took the opportunity to clean the apartment; packed up winter clothes, and decided to give my tech infrastructure the Swiffer treatment. There is more digital clutter in the apartment that even I had… Read More »

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