Kindle 3 is smaller, but a big deal e-readerThursday, August 26, 2010 @ 10:32PMThe iPad changed the e-book reader landscape, and Amazon has fired right back with a new Kindle that's smaller in size - and price - than its predecessor, but not short on features or promise.
High-tech spending on the rise for back-to-school shoppersSaturday, August 21, 2010 @ 11:13PMNow, students don't just pick up the essentials to study the 3 Rs, they also pick up items that enable them to keep up with friends and family via email and text-messaging, allow them to surf the Web to check on Facebook or Myspace, and to download documents for school.
A College Student Reviews a SmartpenThursday, August 19, 2010 @ 12:41PMEach summer, I’m joined by a summer intern, a high-school or college student who, for some reason, has become fascinated by the inner workings of a tech critic’s life. This year, it was high-school senior Matt Gibstein, who hails from Miami and made my life a lot easier this summer.
$ave Big on Back-to-School NeedsSaturday, August 14, 2010 @ 3:30PMShopSmart Magazine Editor in Chief Offers Suggestions to Help You Cut Costs and Get More Bang for Your Buck
Plug Computer gets Amahi server and a developer camp all its ownWednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 5:11PMAmahi released a "Plug Edition" version of its Amahi Linux Home Server for the Marvell Plug Computer, and is sponsoring a contest giveaway of Ionics' Stratus version of the device.
iPhone Apps: Noter2 for iPad, VideoPix, Mr. MoneybagsWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:58AMIPad - IPhone - Handhelds - Smartphones - Apple
* eComStation and Breadbox Ensemble *Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 5:54AM"As a long-time fan of GeoWorks Ensemble (now Breadbox Ensemble), a DOS based graphical user interface and office suite popular in the 80s, I've run it under a variety of operating systems and emulators over the years. You see, Ensemble requires an underlying operating system to provide a DOS compatible file system, not unlike early versions of Windows that required DOS. [...] With the release ...
OpenSUSE 11.3 ships with Btrfs, LXDEFriday, July 16, 2010 @ 11:11AMThe Novell-backed OpenSUSE Project announced the final 11.3 release of OpenSUSE Linux, featuring Linux 2.6.34, the Btrfs file-system, improved netbook support, and desktops including the new LXDE 0.5.5. Meanwhile, eWEEK reviewed Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, praising its new virtualization features, despite a few "snags."
Linux to dominate non-smartphone mobile sales, says studyThursday, July 15, 2010 @ 1:11PMABI Research projects that by 2015, Linux-based operating systems, led by Android and Chrome OS, will represent 62 percent of the OSes shipping in all mobile devices aside from smartphones.