The past week has brought me two new “gadgets.”
The big purchase was the HTC HD2- it’s a Windows Phone running Windows Mobile 6.5. However before you scream and run away in fear, HTC has developed their own user interface and masked most of the hideous parts of WinMo 6.5. Microsoft should have featured this phone [...]
Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
14 Dec
New gadgets
6 Nov
Steve Jobs: CEO of the Decade?
Fortune Magazine has dubbed Steve Jobs the CEO of the Decade.
He certainly is awe-inspiring.
23 Oct
Windows 7 – now available
Without a doubt it’s the best version of Windows.
Learn more about Windows 7
I’ve been using it since the beta without a hitch.
Jump lists, window & tab previews, easy window manipulation, stability, and security.
Also cool if you pair it with the new Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000. First set of hardware with features specific to Windows [...]
23 Sep
Courier
Gizmodo has details on a tablet from Microsoft Research.
Go to their site and watch the video. Am excited to hear that it is in “late prototype” stage.
17 Sep
Zune HD
Zune HD has been released in the US. I am going to put this on the must-buy list next time I return home.
Gizmodo declares it the “best touchscreen PMP on the market.”
For us international folks, we will have to content ourselves in the meanwhile with the Zune software.
17 Aug
O Brother, Can you Spare me some toner?
For those of you with Brother printers, you may be frustrated with the seemingly quick “Low toner” or “Replace drum” warnings.
These messages may occur even when you could print 1,000 more pages at the same high quality!
Masking tape gives toner a second life – from a review on Amazon.com.
CHEAP PRINTING FOR THE WORLD!
15 Aug
Zune HD
Here’s one reason to look forward to the next trip to the US… the Zune HD.
Zune HD Grand Tour
25 Jul
The future as predicted by Epcot
I’m a huge fan of everything Disney. When I was young my family purchased the “Three Season Salute” and it let us go to any Disneyworld theme park unlimited times for three months out of the year. I must have gone to Epcot Center over 50 times during my youth in Florida.
A couple days ago [...]
24 Jul
Bill Gates remembers 1979
Bill Gates wrote down some of his memories of 1979 and submitted it to the Gizmodo ‘79 celebration.
How sweet.
“More important, of course, is the fact that more than a billion people around the world use computers and digital technology as an integral part of their day-to-day lives. That’s something that really started to take [...]
21 Jul
FSJ on Twitter
One of the joys from the past few weeks is the return of Fake Steve Jobs (Dan Lyons).
His mix of biting humor, tech savvy, and industry knowledge make for entertaining reading.
Regarding Twitter:
“Twitter guys: You are a bunch of hapless half-wits, and now you’re hypocrites, too. Also, fwiw, your product is not a product — [...]
