Technology has become more about what we want and how we do things than about what we need and what will make us more productive. On Hot Hardware.
Believe it or not, e-readers are making readers out of more people. We’re buying more books! On Techi.
Archive for the 'Hot Hardware' category
June 30, Palm drops app developer fee
Palm decided to drop its $50 app developer application fee and refund all fees previously paid. A last-ditch effort to compete in the smartphone market? Hot Hardware.
May 28, is there actually a Facebook alternative?
April 26, open source ignorance and the tiniest map in the world
Open source is not synonymous with free, but that’s what some people think. Why that shouldn’t annoy us. Network World.
IBM scientists have created the tiniest map in the entire world. Wow. Hot Hardware.
April 16, Girls like computers & rank your Mac metropolis
Ubuntu Women is trying a novel approach to getting more girls interested in computers: Show them girls who are interested in … computers. No pink allowed. Network World.
The “Mac Metropolis” ranking from Experian – how does your city stack up? Hot Hardware.
April 12, open source, VOIP and 24
Educating people in open source principles and practice isn’t so easy. Network World.
Vonage releases its Android application. Hot Hardware.
24 pissed me off. Officially. big time. TV Tyrant.
April 2, data surpasses voice and Mozilla releases data
Mobile data has surpassed voice, and it’s only becoming a bigger piece of the pie. On Hot Hardware.
Mozilla releases data on its usership, and it accounts for nearly a third of browser use internationally. On Network World.
March 28, top tech CEOs
Fully a third of Barron’s top-respected CEOs are from the tech industry. On Hot Hardware.
March 26, Microsoft & open source, Netflix on Wii and no more 24
Microsoft claims it’s not the enemy of open source software it once was. It kind of makes sense. On Network World.
Netflix has announced it’s started shipping discs to customers who have Wii consoles, so they’ll be able to stream directly to their television sets. On Hot Hardware.
Finally, this is the final season of 24. For realz. On TV Tyrant.
March 10, score one for bicyclists
Responding to community appeals, Google has added a bicycling layer to its Maps. Hot Hardware.
On Lost, we finally had a hint that not everything is predestined and not everyone has to repeat the mistakes he or she made first time around. TV Tyrant.