2008 March

Archive | March, 2008

March 6, 2008

My MacBook Pro is Here

Today is simply way too hectic for me to devote the time I need (and want) to do either a full MacBook Pro unboxing pictorial or video…and it’s killing me! I want to open my box! Since I have a Samsung camcorder review due next week, I should probably do a video, right? That [...]

GearChat: The Demise of Print Media and a Possible Reason for the Amazon Kindle

Once again, we invite you to eavesdrop on our email conversations… Wayne: R.I.P. … the Internet slays another print publication… Mitchell: I was a subscriber to PC World for about 5 years, and then I realised that I was paying for a magazine with content that I had read weeks earlier on the internet. It [...]

Mid-Size Matters

The term “mid-size,” when used to describe an automobile, is a bit misleading these days. Today we take a look at a pair of recent “mid-size” sedans we have driven recently. One is celebrating a half-century of production this year and the other is a rebadging that should have been done several years back. Both [...]

There’s Something in the Air…Unboxing

Huge tracks of hard drive space coming to a laptop near you.

Think you’ve got lots of hard drive space in your notebook computer with a 250 GB hard drive? Well, think again. 500 GB notebook hard drives are coming. Thats right, all the top players in the notebook hard drive industry have recently released 500 GB hard drives for installation in notebook computers; Samsung, Fujitsu, and [...]

The Venturi Mini Review

Chris Spera called me the other day while I was driving my Alfa. We talked for a little bit, but then I finally had to admit that I was driving a stick shift in traffic, and holding my mobile phone to my left ear was a little bit tricky…since that was the hand I needed [...]

Vonage Visual Voice Mail: Get Rid of Telemarketers Forever!

Two years ago I disconnected AT&T (formerly SBC ) and replaced them with Vonage VOIP (Voice Over IP) phone service. The sound quality is amazing and it routes every call over my internet connection. A month ago my good friend and fellow consultant Mark Chinsky started raving about Visual Voice Mail from his Vonage service. [...]

Navigon Announces New GPS Unit

Well, CeBit 2008 is underway, and that can only mean one thing: No, Gizmodo is NOT running around turning off televisions (we presume). No, it means a lot of your favorite device manufacturers are making significant announcements, and Navigon is not to be left out. We have reviewed some of Navigon’s older units (sorry folks, [...]

Ubuntu has Brainstorm

Now alot of people will ask, what’s so different about Linux that makes it better then Windows? Well, alot of things really, but I think the best thing is the community. Ubuntu listens to the community and it’s even listening more now that Ubuntu has setup the Ubuntu Brainstorm website. Brainstorm is where Ubuntu users [...]

OMG

Mike Cane just sent this, and it almost made me spit Diet Coke onto my laptop’s screen. I’m not sure why it hit just right, but I bet it will put a smile on some of your faces, too… For the record, Mike’s email subject line said “OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1″

First Drive: Lexus LX 570

In my haste to bring you the exciting news about the upcoming IS-F luxury sports car from Lexus, I nearly overlooked the fact that we were in the Mobile Bay area recently to get our first impressions of another new vehicle from Toyota’s luxury division, the LX 570.

Review: Spb Mobile Shell 2.0 — Never Look At Windows Mobile The Same Way Again

[Note: This review was originally posted at Just Another Mobile Monday, and is reprinted here with permission.] Since its inception in February, 2007, Spb Mobile Shell has consistently been named among the top, if not the number one, overall programs for Windows Mobile devices, even earning a spot on the coveted JAMM Essential Applications List [...]

Zareason UltraLapSR Unboxing

I received the UltraLapSR today and here’s the unboxing! It took a while to get here, but that’s because Zareason does the right thing and thinks of the customer first! Walk with me as I unbox this beauty! Building Linux hardware so you don’t have to. I like that!

Yay, My MacBook Pro is Back…With a Catch

For several months I have needed to take my MacBook Pro in for repair. Some of you may remember the ExpressCard that melted inside my MBP, due to a faulty motherboard. I’ve also noticed an increasing amount of grey pixels on my display, very annoying during normal use, and even more so when editing photos [...]

Verizon V740 Expresscard – Up To Speed Or Not?

One of my goals is to work more productively when outside the office. I’ve already done away with Microsoft Office and Microsoft Exchange in favor of working “in the clouds” via the suite of Google Apps. The only problem with working in the clouds — is you need clouds (aka an Internet connection). To accomplish [...]