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From the New York Times: Chris DiBona’s work as manager of open-source programs for Google takes him on the road, where laptops grow heavier with every gate he passes in the airport. So he has been experimenting with piecing together the ultimate lightweight PC. At the core of his ensemble is the OQO-01, a full-featured …
A lot of the photography that I do is nature related. Each weekend, I am up before the crack of dawn so that I can get to my destination before the sun comes up, but nature is not all that I shoot. I also shoot assignments, weddings, engagements, and the different people I shoot with …
From TechRepublic: When are people going to learn? Many folks act as if e-mail is akin to a verbal conversation that comes and goes in the wind. Yet e-mail has a degree of permanence that hardly ever dies. Recent history is crammed with examples of e-mails that later became the bane of their authors’ existence. …
MapMuse is the best way to find your favorite brands and interests, all brought together on a single interactive map! With over 150 already available and more added each week, there’s something for everyone! MapMuse shows you the location of hundreds of brands along with generic categories. For instance, if you want to know where …
From the New York Times: Lower prices are part of the natural order in the world of electronics. Sometimes, though, the slow but relentless drop in price turns into a torrent. That’s happening now in personal computers. Prices are falling fast on notebook computers, as much as 18.5 percent so far this year, according to …
From CNet News: A lawsuit filed Wednesday accuses the Motion Picture Association of America of hiring a hacker to steal information from a company that the MPAA has accused of helping copyright violators. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California by Torrentspy.com parent Valence Media, doesn’t identify the man …
PCWorld.com has compiled a list of what they consider the worst tech products of all time: Picking our list wasn’t exactly rocket science; it was more like group therapy. PC World staffers and contributors nominated their candidates and then gave each one the sniff test. We sought the worst of the worst–operating systems that operated …
Last week I began my discussion about digital image sensor size, this week I will finish that discussion by talking about how image sensor size affects the quality of images. As you remember from last week, the size of the image sensor compared to a 35mm or full frame sensor when using the same lens …
From BusinessWeek: As corporate logos go, few are as recognizable as the bitten apple that appears on all things Apple Computer (AAPL). Few, that is, except maybe the swoosh that has appeared on Nike’s (NKE) shoes and apparel from the company’s beginning. Now the two companies behind those logos are teaming up. At an event …
From the New York Times: To the antispam researchers at MessageLabs, an e-mail filtering company, each new wave of a recent stock-pumping spam seemed like a personal affront. The spammers were trying to circumvent the world’s junk-mail filters by embedding their messages — whether peddling something called China Digital Media for $1.71 a share, or …