From the archive

2009

660 posts

Android for Pre likely, with or without Palm

In my article on Pre last week I mentioned that Palm would do well to investigate having an Android or Windows Mobile version. According to Engadget, if Palm does not put out an Android version, the hacker community might do it for them. Given that the processor in their phone is not a proprietary one it should be possible for

Welcome to the Real World!

I can just hear them screaming at the top of their lungs. Imagine going from having your iPhone, Mac or Updated PC and having access to every program under the sun to walk into the White House to find Windows Machines that are probably running Windows 2000 with heavily dated software.

Apperance on Andy Bumatai Show in Hawaii

This coming Friday I will be a guest on the Andy Bumatai Show here in Honolulu. The program is aired at 9:35pm on KFVE or better known as K5.

Japanese Cell Phone and Unlimited Data Plan Rentals

I have had a dilemma over the past few days. I am getting ready to do a whirlwind tour of Japan. Where I will stay from night to night may be a challenge and I absolutely had to have Internet access 24x7

Video Streaming…a Nearly Epic Fail Live

How many of our geek readers attempted to watch the inauguration online yesterday? I did, as did some of my coworkers. We had the best streaming on our enterprise machines that are on the clearest, non-proxied connection. Machines in proxied labs could not keep the feed running no matter where they went. We opted for cnn.com's coverage in my computer

Viable Hearing Impaired Products – CES 2009

Viable continues to lead the way in Hearing Impaired products and their team was back at CES this year. Their portable communications device has come a long way.

HyperSpace – CES 2009

How many of you are sick and tired of waiting for your laptops to boot up or shutdown. The folks at Phoenix Technologies have a software solution called HyperSpace that allows you too quickly boot-up your laptop / netbook. Designed to quickly get on the net and then as quickly shutdown your machine.

DisplayLink USB Graphics – CES 2009

Did you know that you can now run your monitors via a USB cable? The folks at DisplayLink have introduced some new products that will allow you to run multiple video displays off a single USB cable.

Krown Sign Language Translator at CES 2009

While at CES 2009 we saw several hearing impaired products. The product that Krown Manufacturing released is a Sign Language Translator that is pretty unique.

The folly of big brother technology

There is no such thing as a perfect system and the more complex the system the further the best possible solution diverges from perfect. This is as true in human systems as it is for technological ones. A work group, or a company, or a society rely more on people being willing to strive for the benefit of the group

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