Sep 14, 2006 | audio, hardware
What a week for devices! I’m worried that every week will be like this for the next few months as manufacturers fill the channels for Christmas. Keeping up will be impossible.Microsoft officially unveiled the Zune media player. It has a slightly larger screen...
Sep 6, 2006 | computers, hardware
Dell is aggressively updating its models with the new Intel Core 2 Duo chips. Many of the Latitude, Inspiron, and XPS notebooks now have Core 2 Duo processors either exclusively or on many models. The desktops aren’t far behind. Here’s a review of an...
Aug 29, 2006 | business, hardware
The people marketing to consumers are malicious and hostile. Or possibly they’ve been kidnapped and replaced by aliens bent on driving us crazy. Those are the only explanations that make sense.You may have read the media coverage of Intel’s blazing new...
Aug 24, 2006 | Apple, hardware
Apple has announced a recall of 1.8 million Sony lithium-ion batteries, supplied with some iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 notebooks. Here’s an article with details about today’s announcement.Other manufacturers used the same batteries – this may not be...
Aug 24, 2006 | broadband, hardware, mobile, phone
Travellers love Verizon’s EVDO service. You can get a reasonably speedy broadband connection for your cell phone/PDA or for your notebook computer, almost anywhere there’s cell phone coverage.For a computer, the service requires a new piece of hardware...
Aug 16, 2006 | business, hardware
Although Dell is the featured name in the headlines for its notebook battery recall, don’t overlook that this is Sony’s fault and Sony is paying for the embarrassing cleanup. It continues Sony’s nearly unbroken record of technology...
