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In November, I presented a talk to a group of disability services personnel about the inaccessibility of the Amazon Kindle DX. Basically, the device is very cool, but has limited features that would allow those with print disabilities to access and use the device effectively. One of the key elements missing is audible menus, and a large range of font
The analysts over at IDC reckon that 2010 is going to be a year of "recovery and transformation". On the recovery side, they're expecting global IT spending to increase by 3.2%, returning to 2008 levels but a large chunk of this spending is going to occur in the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China. But more interestingly, the transformation part is going
Ok folks I give you the 411 on what happened on the last show. Plus we name the new Skype machine OhanaSaurus. Lot's to share everything from the Podcast Awards to the 24hr Podcast and whole lot of Tech. You will not want to miss the next shows and our the events happening this weekend. Listen to win lots of
Verizon Wireless is rolling out the first droid update starting today. From the Verizon webiste: The following enhancements to the Droid by Motorola have been made: * OS stability is improved. * Battery life is improved. * Camera auto focus functionality is improved, and time between shots is reduced. * Enhancements for three-way calling. * Audio for incoming calls is
I read an article today that indicated there are now more than 100,000 apps in the iPhone App store. There are 10,000 submissions a week for apps for the iPhone, most of which are approved rather quickly. How the heck do you navigate through 100,000 apps to find what you are looking for, or for something that can be useful?
When I was setting up my new 1TB USB hard drive this weekend, I thought I would do this short tutorial on how to do it. The one thing I left out was that you do want to format the drive to be used with a Mac. You do that under Disk utility. You can either partition the disk or erase and use the whole disk as one partition, either way you want to choose mac journal. After that you are ready to follow the tutorial on the video.
In GNC #532, Todd mentioned that the price of solar was going to fall by 30%. In this, case, he was talking about photovoltaic cells, i.e. ones that generate electricity from sunlight, but there are a whole host of green energy technologies. So what gives the best return on your green investment? The Self Build show was on in Belfast in
I broke my Kindle and it was my own fault. Sat my computer bag on it when I pulled it out of the overhead to pack things away from my flight home. I knew instantly that I had jacked the screen and that really was not the way I wanted to end my latest trip. I went online to check
Folks this is the rough draft and I am sure some times are going to change somewhat over the next couple of days. I also have some more participants to add. We have plenty of time slots for the middle of the night on the 13th please consider participating. As a reminder this is a charity event to raise money
I have been a Clearwire / Clear customer for 2+ years. Overall the service has been pretty bad over the past 2 years and we only used the service for a backup connection. On the old Clearwire 1st gen system we saw average Speed Test in the 1500 kbps down 350 kbps up and the connection was really bad. Last
Over the past 4 years I have been a subscriber of Sprint 3G/EVDO service here in Hawaii and have traveled extensively with the service. Up until last week I was using Novatel U720 card which in Hawaii and almost everyplace I went was able support 1550 kbps Down and 500 kbps up.. This was the speed I was able to
Reminder to oneself turn the heat off in the room before starting the show. Not good to record the show when its 80 in the room. The folks watching the live stream got to watch a meltdown. :) Full tech show for you tonight. Ready to head home plans for 24hr Podcast are progressing. I review names submitted for the
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