After my first two weeks being the owner of the Google Nexus 7, my impressions are positive. As a worker in the tech industry, I need access to a computer pretty regularly, and access to e-mail is an important part of my job. The appeal of getting a tablet was to have...
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Many Questioning Microsoft’s Moves
The release of the Microsoft operating system, Windows 8, and tablet, Surface, has been announced. October 26th is the date that will set Microsoft's fate, for better or worse. The backlash from the direction the industry giant is taking has already begun. Most of the...
Tablet Wars
Both Microsoft and Google presented a new tablet in the last few weeks of June. Over the coming months we'll explore the features and flaws of these devices as more detail is exposed. There will be time to explore the differences as we highlight each of these devices...
Your Mouse is Obsolete
A relatively new startup in the bay, Leap Motion, has been causing a stir as they have unveiled the fruits of this last year's labor - an affordable, fast, motion detection system for the PC and Mac. It has already been hailed as the final blow to the mouse. Since the...
Seagate Moves to Buy LaCie
LaCie has a large market share in Europe and Japan, markets Seagate is interested to get their brand into. More of note is LaCie had enjoyed a fruitful relationship with Apple, being the primary pioneer in the use of a new external storage technology,...
The new iPad: owner’s impressions
Windows on an iPad? Ask us how. We thought we'd revisit last month's article about the new iPad (aka the iPad 3) and give our impressions after nearly 30 days of ownership. Is it worth the $500 (at least) to upgrade? How did the upgrade experience go?...
The “new iPad”
Apple has released it's newest iteration of iPad tablet and remains dominant in the tablet market. The original iPad's release was a revolution in modern personal computing and the new iPad lives up to it's origins. The new iPad includes some nice upgrades to the...
No Office for iPad says Microsoft. (Really?)
In response to an article at The Daily that Office for the iPad coming in the next few weeks, Microsoft denied it's developing an iPad version of Office Suite; a move that suggests they want to strengthen their own attempt into the tablet arena. This...
The Mystery of Touchscreen Technology
It seems like touchscreen technology just came into our lives, yet we already take it for granted that when we touch an icon on our device a very specific action will be preformed. We expect the device to get it right, each time.
Get More Out of Your Android Phone
There’s a significant difference between Android smartphones and Apple’s iPhones. Android phones, powered by Google, allow for an impressive level of customization. Android phones are open source