Tag: HP

Sep 11 2010

Microsoft Too Cocky Over Windows Phone 7?

This would have gone under the radar in mainstream news today Microsoft employees marched through the Redmond campus with two hearses – one for iPhone and the other for BlackBerry. You can read more about it at Neowin where you can see a collection of photos from the event (as well as their own version …

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Aug 13 2010

Desktop Operating Systems Don’t Belong on Tablets

Another quick one for tonight. Over the last decade and a bit, we have seen Microsoft attempt to get the tablet form factor to be a success in the marketplace but a Windows tablet just didn’t get any legs. I believe this is due to three reasons: Computing power at the time was insufficient for …

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Jun 09 2010

An E-mail Address for Every Printer – Silly or Smart?

Hewlett-Packard, a big name in computers and printers, has listened to smartphone users who have been looking for an easy way to print from their devices. iPhone users have had partial solutions by means of dedicated apps which are limited to printing photos and screenshots but everyone else has been rather hamstrung. So what is …

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May 07 2010

100th Blog – Roll the Highlights Reel!

Today marks the 100th post on my blog and of course, no significant celebration of a milestone would not be complete without looking over some of highlights since the beginning. I’ve written some informative pieces looking at ways to improve the accessibility and reliability of the technology that we use in our everyday lives. In …

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May 02 2010

MS Courier & HP Slate – iPad Killers Being Killed Off Themselves

Over the course of this week, there have been some shock announcements regarding potential competitors to the Apple iPad, specifically the Microsoft Courier and the HP Slate. On Thursday, Gizmodo reported that Microsoft had summarily pulled the Courier out of the incubator and tossed it in the bin. Certainly, in my opinion, the Courier looked …

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Apr 27 2010

Windows Home Server V2 – “Vail” Makes its Debut

After a period of expectancy, the next version of Windows Home Server has made its way to being released as a “public preview”. What this means is that the product is still very much in testing and many things may not work properly (or perhaps not at all). Codenamed “Vail”, Microsoft has unleashed this second …

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Mar 17 2010

Gadget Support & Warranties – Do Your Homework

One thing that many people may not fully consider when making their gadget purposes is what they can expect in terms of warranty and support in the day, weeks, months and years after that fateful day. Back in November 2009, I bought a Krups Espresseria EA8080 for the wife and I as an early Christmas …

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