Originally posted on March 27, 2010 @ 12:11 am
PadGadget was able to get a sneak peak on the games you might be playing on the iPad once it comes out on April 3. They were able to do some digging in the iTunes web interface, and lo and behold, they saw that Apple accidentally leaked the iPad titles along with the regular iPod touch and iPhone games. [Read more…]
Originally posted on April 30, 2010 @ 1:06 am
Now, ailing company Palm is finally finding itself a savior from extinction. HP is looking at buying Palm, and they are shelling out $1.2 billion dollars to make the purchase. From the official press release:
HP and Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase Palm, a provider of smartphones powered by the Palm webOS mobile operating system, at a price of $5.70 per share of Palm common stock in cash or an enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion. The transaction has been approved by the HP and Palm boards of directors.
The combination of HP’s global scale and financial strength with Palm’s unparalleled webOS platform will enhance HP’s ability to participate more aggressively in the fast-growing, highly profitable smartphone and connected mobile device markets. Palm’s unique webOS will allow HP to take advantage of features such as true multitasking and always up-to-date information sharing across applications.
And if this doesn’t make things exciting enough, HP may actually put off its plans to release the upcoming Slate tablet computer in favor of a tablet computer running Palm’s WebOS. I’ve been watching WebOS since the Pre came out, and I must say that I’ve been disappointed at the WebOS phones’ floundering performance. It’s almost as good as Android, if you ask me. Now I believe that HP is trying to do an Apple and create computers and smartphones with their own OS running on it, instead of depending on Microsoft to release an update.
Would this work fantastically for HP or would it spell their downfall? I’d like to hear your opinions in the comments.
Originally posted on March 19, 2010 @ 5:42 am
I think it might be time to say goodbye to the Eee Keyboard.
Okay, the Eee Keyboard hasn’t even been launched yet, but we all know that it’s already woefully outdated by netbook/nettop standards. Heck, Asus’s own nettops beat the Eee Keyboard by sheer computing power a long time ago. Strangely, even though the all-in-one keyboard PC has been outdated since, I don’t know, the 80’s, but we’re enamored by the prospect of this form factor. I don’t understand why either. [Read more…]
Originally posted on March 7, 2010 @ 9:28 pm
So, while everyone else is eagerly waiting for the release of Apple’s iPad, us who aren’t really convinced of the iPad’s abilities to walk on water or its promises to cure cancer are looking someplace else. Enter: Microsoft’s Courier. The Courier is being marketed as a “digital journal.” Instead of Windows 7, we’re seeing the Courier has the same software that runs Zune HD, Pink, and Windows Mobile 7 Series. It makes sense, really. The iPad uses iPhone OS because full Mac OS X will not work well for touch screen interfaces. And of course Windows 7, with all its touch-screen friendly glory, won’t even give the best user experience. [Read more…]
Originally posted on May 28, 2010 @ 12:45 pm
I better file this under “just because I can.” If you’re wondering where the unused (for a good reason) Dream Scene features found in Windows Vista went when Windows 7 came to the scene, well, it’s dead, Jim.
If you’re looking for a way to integrate video in your desktop, you can try this one hack, with a little help from everyone’s favorite open-source media player, VLC. This isn’t going to help you with productivity, but why the hell not? [Read more…]