Amazon Sets Tablets on Fire; Refreshes Kindle Line
New Kindles Demo’d, Silk Unveiled; & Content From Public Libraries Yes the new Kindle Fire tablet is a force to reckon with in the crowded (and floundering) tablet market. No, the Kindle Fire is...
View ArticleAmazon Fire Pre-Sales Top Apple
Amazon’s Amazing Fire Tablet Potential Amazon stunned general and IT Tech media pundits with September 28th’s announcement of the Fire tablet. Not that the 7-inch, Android-based device was a surprise…...
View ArticleSteve Jobs and the Hands of a 2-Year-Old
World Mourns the Loss of Apple’s Iconic Visionary We knew his struggle with pancreatic cancer would end one day. But not this soon. Not at age 56. Not when we all waited with eager anticipation for The...
View ArticleBackup and Restore Roundup: Part One
Easy-To-Use Backup Apps Ease Backup Chores You do backup your data REGULARLY, Right? Right? Yes it can be a pain. But modern backup programs ease that pain while making backups an easy task. We’ll...
View ArticleMore $200 Tablets Hit Market; iPad Better Than Books?
Study Says Book-Loving Seniors Prefer iPads German researchers find that senior citizens actually read 3 times faster on an iPad, even though most say they prefer holding a “real” book. The German...
View ArticleThe Green APPLE Dance: with Smoke & Mirrors
Being Green Is Good Business; But At What Cost? We all want to be green these days. The “Save Money & Save the Planet” mantra bespeaks of civic responsibility as well making good business sense—in...
View ArticleA Tale of 4 Hard Drives, 3 Programs, and Too Many Seek Errors
Backup & Restore Roundup: Part Two The vexing truth about computers is that solving technical problems is time consuming. Sometimes it takes hours to dig down to the root of a problem. Sometimes it...
View ArticleDown Right Now: A Nifty Online Tool
Is It Just Me? Online Monitoring Offers A Great Service LOCALIZATION is a tried and true troubleshooting technique for zeroing in on the cause of a problem. You can run down a list of likely culprits...
View ArticleAmazon Kindles Shoppers Hearts
Big Holiday Weekend For Amazon As Shoppers Buy Up Kindles BLACK FRIDAY and Cyber Monday kicked off the 2011 retail holiday season with a bang. Both big box retailers and online web stores report brisk...
View ArticleAndroid Causing WiFi Router Lockups?
Curious Report Suggests Android Devices Interfere with WiFi Routers Android powered devices are not playing well with home WiFi routers. That according to a growing list of user complaints and online...
View ArticleApples Greedy iBook Author; Microsoft Strong ARMs Linux
iBooks Author Users MUST PAY APPLE??? Win8 on ARM an Exclusive Install? Here’s a couple of seemingly unrelated Tech News items. But both developments smack of tech companies imposing unprecedented...
View ArticleUPDATED: Google’s Privacy Piracy; ANDROID – Now with Malware!
Is Google Taking A Risky Swipe at User Privacy? Malware Now Infects Android Apps After all the vapid ill-will thrust at Google’s Privacy changes, what’s the real deal? Meantime, Android-based apps can...
View ArticleSurvey Says: Kindle Fire, Android in Growth Spurt
A Spot Check of Surveys Paints a Rosy Picture for Tablets and Smartphones A LOOK at the numbers point to strong sales ahead for tablets and smartphones. We’ll review the winners and losers… [UPDATED]...
View ArticlePC Tablet Wars: Different Survey, Similar Results
iPad Sales Outpace All Contenders, But the Kindle Fire Gains Ground APPLE CONTINUES to enjoy a commanding lead in the expanding PC tablet market. Yet the Kindle Fire is closing in and the Asus...
View ArticleCanonical Connects Ubuntu to Android
Late Model Smartphones Can Now Run Ubuntu GNU/Linux CANONICAL, the commercial backer of the popular Ubuntu Linux operating system, announces a seamless marriage with the Android O/S. Just how smart is...
View ArticleGoogle’s New GOOGLE PLAY Ground
Google Announces a New, Integrated Service for Apps, eBooks, Videos, and Music GOOGLE PLAY is here, rebranding the popular Android Market and adding visibility to Google’s library of eBooks, videos and...
View ArticleGoogle App Store Slips to 3rd Place
Amazon’s Apps Store Gaining Ground on Apple. AMAZON’S KINDLE FIRE takes a commanding lead over other Android-based tablets. So it’s no surprise that Amazon’s Appstore has likewise gained popularity....
View ArticleVerizon Vader & the Sith Cable Overloards
GUARDIANS of the Old Republic are crying foul over a pending alliance. It’s a plot reminiscent of a cheesy, made-for-TV movie and brewing under the cover of secrecy. And guess who the white hats are!...
View ArticleRemebering Ray Bradbury
Noted Author and Futurist Ray Bradbury Touched the Lives of Millions. SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY great Ray Bradbury passed away the week at age 91. Few sci-fi writers are as prolific or as...
View ArticleApple v. Samsung v. Common Sense: Week-3
JURY to hear four numbing hours of final arguments before starting deliberations. The good news is that the in-fighting over who owns the better, older patents, whose patents are in force, who copied...
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