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The most useful computer is the one in your pocket. What really makes any computer useful is the software that you are able to run on it. When I was a kid in the early 1960’s, one evening my Dad brought home a battery-operated AM transistor radio. I was immediately transfixed. That simple AM radio and I were inseparable. That
The latest version of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, 10.10 will be released tomorrow (if all goes to plan). Otherwise known as the Maverick Meerkat, this release focuses on improving the desktop experience and stability rather than radically updating it. As usual, the kernel has been updated along with the Gnome desktop and there has been one change to the default
There’s a new cross-platform video calling app that just became available called Tango. There are versions for both the iPhone as well as Android. Tango does what Apple’s FaceTime does, except it also does it cross-platform as well as via 3G. Apple’s integrated video calling app FaceTime works only with iPhone 4’s and via WiFi data network connectivity. I called
Considering how many shows have quit over the years that were with us in 2004, it is nice to be here and still cranking out the content. Thanks for hanging with me over the past 6 years, it has been a blast, the show continues to grow and that to me is the only sign I really need to know
Smashing Magazine is a website aimed squarely at graphic and web-site designers but there's some great resources there for all geeks. First up, is a series of absolutely gorgeous desktop backgrounds for each month of the year. October's were released at the beginning of the month (unsurprisingly) and they've taken them a step further with the inclusion of a calendar
I know a lot of telecommunications traffic is moving to the internet, but in some situations a real phone system is still necessary. And sometimes, I stumble across a technology that is just so geeky-cool that I can't resist it. That's why I am dying to build an OpenVBX system. It's like a home server for your telephones. If you
If you haven't seen how small Shuttle's XS35 series of ultra small PCs are, then you need to look more closely at the picture on the left. The PC is the unit stuck to the back of the monitor. The XS3510M is now available with a Blu-ray player making this a full hi-def media device. Powered by Intel's dual-core Atom
The iPad has been available for a while and it’s clear that the product is a runaway success. Say what you will, but it’s now obvious that Steve Jobs and Apple have shown us how tablet computing should be implemented. It should be a very thin, flat touch screen device that has built-in WiFi with an option for 3G. The
Over at How It Works there's a short story about a father and his two children sending up a weather balloon to 19 miles with a video camera on-board. The camera records all of the ascent and all but 2 minutes of the descent - the battery runs out! It takes the Geissbuhler family eight months of planning and it's
There has been such a rush to video of late, that I'm feeling left behind. I am not a video person. I'm not a tube-person either. I watch very little television, do not have "favorite" or "must see" television programming, and rarely watch video online. I watch local news daily, and Cardinal's baseball a few times a week when it's
In case you missed the news yesterday and today, Verizon Wireless is refunding approximately $50 million to about 15 million of it's wireless customers. This stems from incorrect billing that the company did over the past few years. In a statement posted to Verizon's website they stated: “We have addressed these issues to avoid unintended data charges in the future.
In "Blade Runner Revisited", François Vautier has produced an experimental homage to "Blade Runner", Ridley Scott's sci-fi noir classic. In creating the film, François ripped 167,819 frames from the "Final Cut" version and digitally pasted them together, making a single image roughly 60,000 pixels square. In digital camera terms, it's 3.6 gigapixels. Much of the film involves floating above this
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