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Not a mobile tech “first”, but a personal one. I’ve lived in the New Jersey and Pennsylvania areas all my life and I’ve never seen what … Read More »

Sheesh.  Just when I got my MacBook Pro fixed and running well with a brand new logic board along comes Apple and the OS X update released today that bricked … Read More »

 
 

Yesterday Microsoft showed a few things about the next generation operating system, Windows 7.  First up they showed they can’t keep their self-imposed silence about it and just had to show a little of the forthcoming innovation in Windows 7.  This apparently means predominantly multi-touch, the … Read More »

Contrary to popular opinion, all is not always well in the land of OS X. Just as James gets his MacBook Pro back, I’m struggling with something as simple … Read More »

I live in Outlook 2007 all the time as it’s the hub for my communications with clients and friends.  It is the one tool that keeps me informed, on time and in touch with my colleagues and I love the way it works most of the … Read More »

One thing for certain one of the most important things for successful mobile gear operation is the battery.  No battery, no mobile in the gear.  Last night, after a delightful session … Read More »

My latest involvement with Verizon tech support started well enough but I’m sad to say has gone downhill from there.  My problem started last week and involves my v740 … Read More »

Oh No! The final live American Idol is on and the power just went off in the neighborhood. It has the earmarks of an extended outage, too.   Booooooo!! Read More »

We cover a lot of different products here, hardware such as devices, gadgets and the like, and software that runs on that hardware.  We write a lot about both Microsoft and Apple products because that’s what we use every day. The recent coverage of my Read More »

People just don’t believe me when I tell them that my UMPC goes everywhere I go, but it’s true. How else could I have captured a pic of the … Read More »

Well my two sticks of new RAM arrived today and I’ve spent the past hour trying to get the MacBook Pro to work.  I now believe that the top slot, not the RAM but the slot itself, has been flaky.  I believe that because after … Read More »

I just downloaded Release Candidate 1 for Firefox 3 since barring any major code-tastrophes, it’s a safe bet this version will be the final release. What’s the first thing I did? … Read More »

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This morning I had to run an errand and after that I was going to drop by the coffee house and have some caffeine.  I threw the Lenovo IdeaPad U110 into my bag and headed out the door.  The U110 was in Sleep mode when I … Read More »

If you’re running Vista on a computer you use, especially a mobile computer like a notebook, then you’ve heard the Vista Symphony whether you realized it or not.  … Read More »

Those of you who like me have been following with bated breath the new HTC Advantage 7510 and anxiously awaiting its release here in the US can take a deep breath and get on with your business.  I have confirmed with HTC that the 7510 contains … Read More »

The local news in Houston has been filled for days with stories about the Crazy Rasberry ants that are spreading like wildfire.  What makes these ants so newsworthy is the fact … Read More »

Philadelphia looks to soon join the ranks of Houston and San Francisco as muni-WiFi provider Earthlink is close to shutting down the network.  It seems that municipal WiFi networks are too expensive to set up and run profitably what was to be the largest such network … Read More »

The last few days I have been having the most trouble with my Verizon EVDO connectivity and it’s driving me batty.  I try to connect to the Verizon network and am immediately greeted by this error: I get this error twice every time and hit the … Read More »

I guess I was missing the experience of visiting the local Genius Bar so my MacBook Pro decided to push me in that direction today.  Actually my problems began late last night as the MBP hung up and wouldn’t recover.  I had to kill it … Read More »

I was tied up all day today in a mandatory training class and it was one of those that allow no laptops to be used during the class.  This particular trainer was the first I’ve seen that extended that to Tablet PCs so I was … Read More »

Last night I decided to see for myself how well the HP Mini-Note runs under Windows XP.  I did a clean install of Windows XP Pro and got my core applications installed.  Today I’m going to give it a test spin and see how much faster … Read More »

You may have seen me venting over Microsoft’s ridiculous failure to supply a 64-bit virtual printer driver for OneNote’s great "Send to OneNote 2007" feature.  This is the feature … Read More »

We told you it was only a matter of time before Seagate made good on its threat to take SSD makers to court over alleged patent infringements.  The hard … Read More »

In the "color me embarrassed" department PC Magazine is reporting that a recent Vista update is wreaking havoc with some user’s USB devices.  Microsoft has admitted the update created … Read More »

This morning began like many other days.  I grabbed the Fujitsu P1620 out of the dock.  I put it dutifully to sleep which took only 3 seconds and then threw it in … Read More »

I am sitting here with an incredulous look on my face because that’s the way I feel.  Today I have been working on the evaluation of the HP tx2000 notebook which is … Read More »

If I had a real, working time machine, I think I’d go back to when Apple announced some of the exciting, new features of Mac OS X … Read More »

We do the official census here in the U.S. every 10 years so there’s plenty of off-cycle time for improvements. One of the plans for 2010 is … Read More »

Just caught this video demo of Trapster: a free socially-fed speed trap service for your phone. Speed trap data is only good for a little while, so real-time is the scenario here. Using your phone, you report speed traps and red-light camera locations using very … Read More »

Today has not gone the way I envisioned it, not by a long shot.  It started innocently enough with me grabbing the Fujitsu P1620 out of the dock to get some work … Read More »

In the "won’t they ever learn" category the city of Los Angeles intends to levy a 9% tax on VoIP service.  The last I heard there is a federal moratorium on taxing Internet-based services … Read More »

I’m routinely running both Safari and Firefox on my MacBook Pro; it comes in handy when making site design changes so I can test on different browsers. Thought … Read More »

Apple has taken a lot of grief for pushing Safari onto unsuspecting iTunes and Qucktime users on the Windows platform and Neowin points to something today that makes that whole situation pretty comical.  It seems the Safari End User License Agreement (EULA) prohibits the … Read More »

Typhoon Touch is making a business out of suing Tablet makers for alleged patent infringements and today have sued TabletKiosk, Electrovaya and Xplore Technologies for touch screen patent infringements.  Typhoon Touch had previously sued Dell and Motion Computing for the same violations and so far only … Read More »

Solid state disks (SSDs) have the opportunity to revolutionize computing technology, especially mobile tech.  The lack of moving parts and the speed of data transfer can make any … Read More »

As if it’s not agonizing enough to wait for mobile tech deliveries, it’s even worse when someone else gets what you’ve been waiting for. Tomorrow, I’m expecting FedEx to deliver the 2 … Read More »

This is just pitiful. As if “crapware”, the extra apps that you’ll likely never use, isn’t enough of a nuisance, Sony is now charging $49.95 for the honor of removing said “crapware” from some Sony PCs before shipping. This is ridiculous and I personally … Read More »

This is interesting and I’m guessing it probably applies to the Q1 Ultra units as well as the Q1U Premium. The device has two cameras: … Read More »

Can you spot the word I’m talking about? This one ranks up there with other words and phrases like “delayed”, “discontinued”, “out of stock”, and “sold out”. (What others am I missing?) … Read More »

That’s just SO not right. I know the Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium shipped yesterday and I paid for 2nd Day Air service. That means I should have the … Read More »

Jeremy Zawodny has an interesting blog post about the rise of "no laptop" meetings due to the abuse of the laptop in some companies.  The thought is that since most laptop users are not paying attention then the muckity-mucks ban them to force concentration … Read More »

Ernie the Attorney has one of the greatest blogs around, his coverage of Hurricane Katrina from New Orleans was first-rate journalism.  Ernie really is an attorney and he’s blogged that recently his girlfriend loaned him a Tablet PC to use in his work.  His observations … Read More »

One of the scariest things that can happen to a site owner has happened to Howard Forums, one of the best sources of information about mobile phones on the planet.  It is a highly lamentable situation that all of us who run public web sites … Read More »

Sorry, I just never got into the Crocs craze. Maybe it’s because I’ve mangled my feet with one too many a marathon, who knows. I do however, like to protect my precious cell phone, … Read More »

Yesterday I had a terrible technology morning when a piece of my mobile tech failed and left me high and dry.  I had begun like many mornings by heading in to Big Oil Co. just after 6 am and setting up the Fujitsu P1620 in the … Read More »

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