iPad Users: Good Luck With Those Wi-Fi Problems

Some people have reported Wi-Fi problems with their new iPads. Unfortunately, there may be a variety of separate issues that fall under the Wi-Fi umbrella.

Posted on: April 7, 2010 9:00 am

AOL Plans to Sell or Shutter $850 Million Bebo Acquisition

AOL purchased Bebo in 2008. Now AOL finds it can’t afford to keep Bebo going and is looking for a buyer. If that fails, the site will be shut down and users may lose their data.

Posted on: April 7, 2010 9:00 am

Ntera Prints a Display on Almost Any Surface

NanoChromics, from Ntera, is a new type of display that can be changed electronically and printed on almost any material.

Posted on: April 6, 2010 9:00 am

Robot Skeleton Is DIY Sidekick for Late-Show Host

Talk show host Craig Ferguson wanted a sidekick for his show so Grant Imahara, of MythBusters, built him a robot. This article includes a short video of Grant working with the robot.

Posted on: April 6, 2010 9:00 am

Gateway NV5933u

For about the price of an iPad, Gateway is offering a netbook with a 2.13-GHz Core i3 330M CPU, 4 GB of RAM, and a 320-GB hard drive running Windows 7.

Posted on: April 6, 2010 9:00 am

SBSH Historia for BlackBerry released

Aimed at business users, Historia includes Calendar Logging technology, an extended call log, advanced call information with details on each call, and more.

Posted on: April 6, 2010 9:00 am

Sequencing the Video Genome

Researchers in Israel have come up with a way of detecting features in videos that stay the same despite basic color and resolution changes. The resulting “video genome” allows them to match pirated video to the original work.

Posted on: April 5, 2010 9:00 am

iPad Programming: A Quick-Start Guide for iPhone Developers

Now that the iPad is out, this book is aimed at giving those already familiar with iPhone development the information needed to work with the iPad. The book is currently available as a Beta Book, the print version will be released later this year.

Posted on: April 5, 2010 9:00 am

iPad Sales Reportedly Exceed Half a Million, Beating Expectations

An estimated 600,000-700,000 iPads were sold over the weekend. At this rate, it won’t be long before a million iPads are in use.

Posted on: April 5, 2010 9:00 am

HP Promises Everything the iPad Isn’t with Slate

While the iPad has the hype, HP’s Slate may be the device that provides the capabilities you want. This article has information on what the Slate has that the iPad doesn’t.

Posted on: April 5, 2010 9:00 am