Cisco Discontinues Flip – What Are They Thinking?
-John Chambers, CEO Cisco
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April 2011
76 posts
Google Docs Gets Pagination and Better Spreadsheet Printing
For two days in a row the Google Docs team has announced an update to their online office suite offering. Yesterday they enhanced the printing ability of Spreadsheets and today they have added pagination. The enhancement to Spreadsheets printing in two-fold. The first the addition of of spreadsheets support for Google Cloud Print. When viewing your spreadsheet on a mobile
HP Workstation Timeline
HP has been around for quite awhile and they released a pretty interesting timeline recently. It shows off key innovations from the company, starting us off with the first documented “personal computer,” the 9100A. From there we move through the years until we reach present day and HP’s newest Z-series. Clearly, you won’t find every PC ever put out by
HP Released Two Z210 Desktop Workstations Today!
Today HP released two new desktop workstations designed specifically with professionals in mind. The new Z210 desktop comes in two form-factors; convertible mini-tower (CMT) and highly-compact small form-factor (SFF) for those of us who simply need a more space-saving solution. As far as specs go, it looks like both models will be able to provide customers with the same hardware.
HP Dreams in Colour With New EliteBooks
HP today refreshed the EliteBook w-series line-up with three new models, the 8760w, 8560w and 8460w. Built on HP's "FORGE" design framework that's been seen before on the P-Series, these are industrially-designed with a brushed gunmental finish, strengthened glass touchpad and HP DisplaySafe frame. The laptops meet the MIL-SD 810G military standard for toughness meaning that these laptops should stand
Nokia E6 and X7 Smartphones Announced
Nokia today announced two new smartphones, the E6 and the X7, both sporting the latest version of Symbian, codenamed "Anna". The Nokia E6 adds to the business range and the Nokia X7 excels at games and entertainment. The new Anna software has new icons and usability improvements, including better text input, faster browsing and a refreshed Ovi Maps. "We are further
Epsilon Risks Downplayed
The theft of names and email addresses from Epsilon has reached across the Atlantic. Last week I received notification from two UK companies, one of which is a household and high street name, Marks and Spencer, the other is Crucial UK, who will be familiar to almost anyone who has bought computer memory. I've included the content from both of
My Two Month Review of the Original iPad
I have had my iPad for about two months, I decided to get the original iPad even though I knew iPad 2 was coming. There was nothing that the iPad 2 had that I wanted and I was able to get the original iPad for a reasonable price. Am I glad I got it, the answer is a resounding yes,
Record Your Finished Tasks With iDoneThis
There are many online and free ways to make a To-Do List, but what about those times when you need to track things already done. For instance, I need to keep track of the number of articles I write. Well, there's something for that now also. iDoneThis is a free calendar type service that allows you to easily keep track
Adobe Announces Free Premiere Pro CS5 Video Tutorial Samples
Yesterday Adobe announced a series of free sample videos for those looking to learn how to use Adobe Premiere Pro CS5. Premiere Pro is a high-end video editing suite that allows to "work natively with the video formats you want and accelerate production from scriptwriting to editing, encoding, and final delivery." The video series is based on the Peachpit Press
GNC-2011-04-08 #661 Insane O-Meter
Win a Prize, watch "The Gadget Professor" sign up for the newsletter and send Don some feedback on this new show. You can win a Dymo Label Printer. Lots of parts in Motion. We demo CueToo.com our new media on demand site. New ads campaigns starting next week as well. Next show will be from the Geek on the road.
Microsoft Kinected Technologies Evening for Techsumers
Back with Microsoft for a more consumer oriented evening. This time it's going to be Windows Media Centre, Home Server, Xbox, Kinect and more on the phones. First up is Microsoft Home Server 2011 - every house should have one. As standard it's a media server, dishing out photos, music and videos. Usual DLNA stuff. Microsoft provides a remote site
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