Amazon has announced a firmware update for the Kindle 2 and the Kindle DX that enhances battery life, provides native PDF support for the Kindle 2, and improves the PDF support of the DX. Â You can read more about it...
For the past few weeks I have been streaming live video from my son’s high school water polo matches and tournaments. Â When I first proposed the idea, the coach loved it but was told that it would take a while...
After further review it appears my initial install troubles would have been avoided had I installed the device drivers for the SATA drives that I was NOT going to use when installing Win 7. Â It seems to have installed, but...
After disconnecting all the other drives, the install went off without a hitch. Â The computer booted into Win 7, took me through the first time user screens (adding the license code, setting up the username and password, and selecting the...
UPDATE: Â I have posted an update, with a re-install attempt that seems to be working. Okay, here we go! Â I was excited to have been selected for the Win 7 Launch Party. Â I received my “party pack” with my signature...
This week I am attending  the 2009 INFORMS “Annual Meeting.”  This is more of a Symposium, or a Conference, than a “meeting” with nearly 70 sessions occurring simultaneously, 4 times a day for 4 days.  That is 1, 120 sessions and each...
An interesting CNet story posted today, Report: Analyst has seen Apple tablet, predicts September launch, gives anonymous teeth to the story that Apple has a touchpad ready to go. Â According to the article Apple is waiting for final approval from...
Simply put: They aren’t the same thing! I am reminded of the old BASF motto “They don’t make the things we use, they make the things we use better.” That fits Google Voice to a “T.” I have read over...
A while back my brother and I asked in a Survey “How do you watch TV?” The survey came from a discussion my brother and I were having about Hulu, and our curiosity surrounding how many people, and what types...
Paul Thurrott has written a rather scathing critique of the new Dell Adamo computer. It is sexy, sleek, lightweight, and (relatively) expensive. Just the sort of thing one would say is a GREAT way to finally compete with the Apple...