Well, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer did promise earlier this year that Windows 7 tablet PCs would be coming by the end of 2010. With the HP Slate 500 having gone live last week, albeit quietly enough that customers are bound to almost not notice it at all, additional slates are […]
Daily Archives: December 4, 2011
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A report from Forrester indicates consumer interest in Windows-based tablets has plummeted over the last few months. It’s true that Microsoft’s activities in the tablet market have been minimal so far. However, consumers may be uninterested in Windows tablets simply because there’s so little to see at present, a predicament […]
Nightlight IR Detector Hack This hack is so simple that, if there were a Book of Hacks, this one would be found at the top of the first page of Chapter 1, Volume 1. Infrared (IR) is electromagnetic radiation with a frequency lower than red light (infra means below) and […]
Finally you can do something with that old LCD monitor you have in the garage. You can turn it into a privacy monitor! It looks all white to everybody except you, because you are wearing “magic” glasses! All you really have to have is a pair of old glasses, x-acto […]
Linux is like that classic muscle car, in that if you are willing to put in the hours and don’t mind spending your weekends under the hood, you’ll have yourself a sweet ride at the end of the day and the knowledge you built and tweaked it with your own […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Carrier IQ is a piece of software installed on millions of mobile phones that logs everything their users do, from what websites they browse to what their text messages say. No, it’s not part of some great Orwellian plot; it’s a diagnostic tool that carriers say […]