Laptop or Tablet, Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Has You Covered
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010Whether in reaction to Apple’s anticipated month-end announcement, or just because the idea has reached an intersection of demand and technical capability, 2010 is looking like the year of the tablet computer. I think that tablets, once they pass the hurdles of price and capability (see the history of notebooks for that) are going to [...]
An Embarrassment to Blogging
Friday, January 11th, 2008At CES, staffers from the tech blog Gizmodo went around with a TV-B-Gone remote, shutting down vendors’ display screens on the show floor. They did this during presentations as well. The web community knows about this because they “confessed” on their site yesterday. The confession and its accompanying, unconvincing, apology were presented next to video [...]
The Gates Keynote at CES… Just Add Excitement
Sunday, January 6th, 2008I just watched the Bill Gates keynote at CES and I’m feeling underwhelmed. It’s not that they didn’t talk about anything cool. The multi-touch table computer is very cool. It’s just not terribly new, as technology goes. I’ve seen videos demonstrating this stuff for many months. And everything else just [...]
HD Format War Nearing an End?
Saturday, January 5th, 2008Yes, I’m following up the last two posts about video with a post about… video. Indulge me; this is a passion of mine. In case you didn’t hear, yesterday’s big news was a thundering shot in the HD disc format war. Warner Brothers, owner of a huge catalog of films, past and [...]