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. 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. 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. It seems to have installed, but...
After disconnecting all the other drives, the install went off without a hitch. 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: I have posted an update, with a re-install attempt that seems to be working. Okay, here we go! I was excited to have been selected for the Win 7 Launch Party. 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. 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...