Rugged PC Review publishes a five paragraph look at the Fujitsu LifeBook P1620 Tablet PC. The Fujitsu P1620 is an update to the Fujitsu P1610. "The new P1620 has a 1.2GHz Ultra Low Voltage Intel Core 2 Duo processor. It uses the Intel… Full Details
Apple released the pink iPod Nano. According to the press release, "iPod nano delivers up to 24 hours of audio playback or five hours of video playback on a single charge* and is encased in a beautiful all-metal design made with anodized… Full Details
EA will unleash Battlefield Heroes in the Summer 2008. According to the press release, "Battlefield Heroes is EA’s first title that is offered completely for free, and features a built-in matchmaking system to ensure that players of equal… Full Details
Loren experiments using a Tablet PC with an external monitor in a live stream. During the presentation, he is cloning the Tablet PC’s display on an external monitor. Additionally, Loren shows how to use WebcamMax to switch between a webcam… Full Details
A Motion Computing press release outlines changes to their U.S. partner program and changes to the LE1700 Tablet PC family. Motion’s enhanced partner program now includes three tiers to better address the needs of its partner… Full Details
HP may have backed away from using the convertible Tablet PC phrase in the name of the product but the HP Pavilion TX2000 Entertainment PC is one of the best Tablet PCs available. HardwareGeeks published their review of the unit and gave… Full Details
Apparently a Neowin forum member published a quick look at Windows 7. According to Long Zheng, the post was cached and copied as follows: So here we’re at it, again Over the weekend I finally managed to play with the build…. but… Full Details
Remond Magazine published Windows 7 May Ship Sooner Than Expected. Four other topics are included in the post. Heading On Up to Redmond? Leopard Making Friends, Influencing Users Ninja Made Easier Sick of Your Job? The post is… Full Details
Robert McLaws provides an excellent overview of his experiences with the Samsung Q1 Ultra UMPC. The best part of the review is the usage scenarios Robert suggests in the post.LifecastingReal Estate AgentsMedical ProfessionalsFrequent… Full Details
Engadget, GottaBeMobile, Datamation, PC World, and Mobileslate are mentioned in the opinion piece written by Carl Weinschenk titled, UMPCs: The Promise and the Uncertainty Remain. Mr. Weinschenk is correct that the Ultra… Full Details
Akihabara News reports on the Toshiba Portégé R500. Two version will be available, the R500-11J and Portégé R500-11I. According to DailyTech, "The two differ in storage options and weight. The 1.7… Full Details
Jelsoft released vBulletin 3.7.0 beta 4 files this morning. These files were uploaded and the database updated. Picture Comments New to this version are picture comments – a system enabling visitors to leave comments on pictures in… Full Details
MacRumors publishes Apple Quietly Intros 64-Bit Windows Support in Boot Camp. From the installation routine: Important: You must use a single full-install Windows installation disc (Service Pack 2 is required for Windows XP… Full Details
The San Jose Mercury News reports Microsoft will unveil new virtualization software. Microsoft will use Calista’s software to speeds up the performance of applications running in a virtualized environment. No financial terms of the… Full Details
New servers were announced today by Dell. According to Forbes, the PowerEdge M-Series lineup includes the M1000e blade enclosure–starting at $5,999. Businesses may purchase the systems with either Intel or AMD processors. The Dell Press Release… Full Details
Digitimes reports Intel is ready to launch the E1400. According to their sources, the E1400 will be a 2GHz, 800MHz FSB, L2 cache of 512KB, and have a maximum TDP of 65W. I cannot imagine people interested in single-core processors any longer…. Full Details
Michael Arrington of TechCrunch wonders about the release of Delicious 2.0. Approximately four months passed between blog posts on the Delicious site but Arrington speculates the new version will be released this week. Do you use this service?… Full Details
According to the New York Times, HBO on Broadband begins testing this week. Green Bay and Milwaukee, Wis., then spread the service slowly to other parts of the country. The free service will allow access to about 400 hours of movies and… Full Details
Engadget is reporting the AT& T business plans for the iPhone. 2 year commitment, voice service, and data plan required $45 per month for unlimited data, visual voicemail, and 200 SMSes; $55 ups the SMS limit to 1,500; $65 for unlimited… Full Details
The custom search code is working. You may search the site using the custom search box in the upper right hand corner. Unfortunately, the links are not all correct because of the change in forum structure. Simply add /technology after the domain… Full Details
Microsoft Windows Vista includes a Windows Experience Rating to help individuals determine the relative performance of a computer. Yet, video cards and drivers can cause problems…. Full Details
Yannick Pasquet is reporting an anti-Nokia backlash because “The Finnish mobile phone giant said on Tuesday it plans to close the factory in Bochum in the Ruhr industrial heartland and shift production to Romania where labour costs are lower. The… Full Details
Silicon Alley Insider is reporting Yahoo May Cut 1,500-2,500 Jobs Within 2 Weeks. We believe Yahoo should reduce headcount by at least a thousand people, and others are looking for cuts of more than twice that. Yahoo’s stock has recently hit new… Full Details
Technology Questions continues to grow in members and posts. Yet, a frontpage design has been poor and building a community continues to lack traction. Therefore, I have made a few significant changes to the site. (1) The forums were moved to… Full Details
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The other day I wrote about the digital academy students learning to use Tablet PCs in the classroom. Today, I wanted to quickly share a victory for learning. Students in the digital academy started to download chemistry problem sets and complete… Full Details
Quick. Name 5 technologies you’ve purchased over the past 5 years that improved your life. Yeah, I struggled, too. I purchase tons of technology every year but adding the condition that my life was improved – well – now the list narrows. Here… Full Details
For years vBulletin has been a growing community because the forum software was inexpensive, easy to install, focused on creating great forum experiences for members right after the installation, and because a community of developers added to the… Full Details
Robert Scoble writes a fairly long post about blogs and the PR industry and how the PR industry is promoting things the wrong way when it comes to tech blogs–or the blogs are getting pulled into their strategies. I think Robert’s trying… Full Details