TOSHIBA POCKET PC e310

Jun 29, 2002 | hardware, mobile

I’ve been wrestling with more Palm devices than usual for the last few weeks. (Normally Palms are simple and troublefree, but they’re incredibly annoying when they go crazy and decide not to sync any more or whatever.) It’s left me wishing I could convince more...

THE NEXT STEP IN PERSONAL COMPUTING

Jun 24, 2002 | computers, hardware, Microsoft, security

Here’s an important one. My mind is buzzing trying to guess the implications of this. This comes from an e-mail newsletter put out by Windows & .NET magazine, summarizing an exclusive account in Newsweek. It’s your first look at ideas that will profoundly change...

FRY’S ELECTRONICS AND OUTPOST.COM

Jun 11, 2002 | hardware

This isn’t new, but I just discovered that Fry’s Electronics acquired Outpost.com late last year and is running the Outpost.com web site. Fry’s is famous for low prices, huge inventory, and exquisitely horrible customer support. It should be interesting to compare...

UMAX PIONEERS NEW PRICE GOUGE

Jun 3, 2002 | hardware

Umax is one of the leading manufacturers of scanners. A week ago, they began charging for driver updates that previously had been available as a free web download. And prices are high – between thirty and sixty dollars. So if you own a Umax scanner and...

XBOX LIVE AND ONLINE GAMING

May 21, 2002 | games, hardware

The next hot market is online gaming – plenty hot already, but due for a big push in the next eight months. Many people are joining massive online worlds and investing oodles of time in their online characters. Everquest, Ultima Online, Asheron’s Call...

DATAPLAY – THE NEXT BIG THING (not)

Apr 20, 2002 | DRM, hardware

Miniature CDs will hit the market this summer, presumably with a heavy advertising blitz. The “Dataplay” discs look like CDs that are one inch across and come in a small plastic cartridge. They can store up to five albums, plus a bunch of computer data,...