Dell Adamo

Dell’s new laptop is nice to look at and, at 4 pounds, is lightweight. But it only has a 1.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor, so don’t expect stellar speeds.

Posted on: September 4, 2009 9:00 am

E-Readers at $50: A Best Seller, Says Report

A new report by Forrester Research indicates the magic price to get wide deployment of e-readers is about $50, considerably less than it costs to build one.

Posted on: September 4, 2009 9:00 am

Network Woes? Hate the iPhone, Not AT&T

The iPhone sports lots of innovations, most of which require bandwidth by the bucket-full. Some reports say iPhones use up to ten times the bandwidth of other smartphones. So, what’s a carrier to do?

Posted on: September 4, 2009 9:00 am

Future of the Screen: Terminator-Style Augmented-Reality Glasses

The idea of a wearable virtual retinal display, or VRD, has been around for a while. Now technology is catching up to the dream.

Posted on: September 3, 2009 9:00 am

Rechargeable Laptop Batteries Offer Support for Portable Solar Chargers

Tekkeon’s myPower ALL line of rechargeable laptop batteries work with lightweight solar chargers such as those from Global Star.

Posted on: September 3, 2009 9:00 am

Mobile Design and Development–Practical Techniques for Creating Mobile Sites and Web Apps

Brian Fling’s book provides practical guidelines, standards, techniques, and best practices for building mobile products. He shows you basic design and development principles plus more advanced capabilities, including markup, advanced styling techniques, and mobile Ajax.

Posted on: September 3, 2009 9:00 am

Wiretapping Skype calls: virus eavesdrops on VoIP

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems, such as Skype, have a weak link in the Windows operating system. A Trojan virus can be deployed to a computer allowing any calls to be recorded.

Posted on: September 3, 2009 9:00 am

Microsoft Discontinues All Current Zunes

Zune HD will be available for purchase on September 15. In preparation, Microsoft is withdrawing all other Zune models from the shelf.

Posted on: September 2, 2009 9:00 am

Actually, Obama Doesn’t Want to Take Over The Internet

U.S. Senate bill S-773 deals with presidential, and other, powers in case of a “cyber-security” threat. It’s been through several revisions over the past several month. The current wording is loaded with “ifs” which isn’t the same as some are saying.

Posted on: September 2, 2009 9:00 am

Preware v0.8 Now Available

This is beta software, it’s not final yet, but if you’d like to try the next to-be OS for your Pre, here are some links and information.

Posted on: September 2, 2009 9:00 am