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February 6th, 2010 
admin It comes in either 10.2 or 12.1 inch flavours, it will sport a 1.6GHz Intel processor, 512MB – 2GB of memory, built in 3G, bluetooth, 250GB of storage, 3 USB ports, HDMI out and a 1.3 megapixel camera. It runs Windows 7, Windows XP Tablet Edition or Linux. X2 Computing has a wide range of tablet and convertible notebooks, but this one has the most attention grabbing name. We’ll just have to wait and see if Apple let’s this go or not.
February 2nd, 2010 admin Google announced an update for the Nexus One today that enables multi-touch in the browser, photos and maps applications. Most Android handsets were multi-touch capable and multi-touch was even available in some third party apps, but not until now were they available in native apps.
I’ve read rumors that the reason Google didn’t enable it in the first place is because Apple asked them not to. It’s been said that Apple holds a weak patent for gesture based multi-touch and didn’t want to have to defend it because they don’t believe it would hold up in court. Google’s Chairman/CEO Eric Schmidt until recently sat on Apple’s board. Schmidt was elected to Apple’s board of directors on August 28, 2006. On August 3, 2009 it was announced that Schmidt would resign his board member position at Apple due to conflict of interests and the growing competition between Google and Apple. (source Wikipedia)
January 28th, 2010 admin As far as I can tell the Apple iPad is just a big iPod Touch. It’s not even as powerful as a cheap netbook and does way less, yet is almost twice the price! Since it runs the iPhone OS, you get access to the 140,000 apps in the iTunes store, but no actual computing apps. The device will riddled with DRM and locked down by Apple. Oh and did I mention since it’s the iPhone OS there is no multitasking? So a tablet that is supposed to replace my note/netbook, but I can only do one thing at a time on it? I like to listen to music while I browse the web. I just can’t see what the purpose for this device is.
January 28th, 2010 admin Foxit Reader – An alternative to Adobe Reader, Foxit is a lightweight no nonsense application for viewing pdf files.
January 28th, 2010 admin Dropbox – Allows you to sync your files online and across your computers automatically and backs up your files online without you having to think about it. You get 2GB of online storage for free.
January 28th, 2010 admin SyncToy – A free application from Microsoft that synchronizes files and folders between locations. Typical uses include sharing files, such as photos, with other computers and creating backup copies of files and folders.
January 28th, 2010 admin Songbird – A very robust music player that supports skinning and a ton of addons.
January 28th, 2010 admin Microsoft Security Essentials – Another free antivirus/malware solution. This one is from Microsoft, it’s pretty good for basic protection, but doesn’t do heuristics.
January 28th, 2010 admin AVG Free – A virus/spyware solution that updates automatically daily, scans email and downloads and even has heuristics!
January 20th, 2010 admin Can I just tell you how frustrated this makes me with the Canadian carriers! The US already has the Motorola Droid and the HTC Nexus One and now Korea gets the Motoroi. Here are the specs:
More info at their site, but it’s mostly in Korean. http://www.motoroi.co.kr/index.html
