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Daily Playlist (Extended): Interesting Links, 6/15/2010

June 15th, 2010
PC World - Holy Trump Cards, Batman!!! Microsoft apparently outed the outsters (whatever that means) by throwing down a mad trump card for the other two manufacturers to flog themselves in an attempt to follow up. It gave away production units of its… more »

An Argument for More Digital Media

May 29th, 2010
As I sit at my MacBook Pro workstation, my Archos 7 Home Tablet is on the desk, playing a recording of the 2006 Formula One British Grand Prix. It occurs to me that it has been a long time since I purchased a video on optical media. The house is connecte… more »

Current Top Ten List

February 14th, 2010
These are not my favorite games of all time, but just my top ten lists of my current phase of gaming:PC:Ghost ReconGhost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2Ground Control 2Icewind Dale IIJust CauseLeft for DeadMass EffectMax Payne 2Need for… more »

What Will They Call the Apple Tablet?

January 20th, 2010
I am even starting to doubt that Apple will announce anything remotely resembling a Tablet Computing device next week. I far more so expect to see a touchpanel equipped iMac. But if they do let loose with what half of the tech/gadget community has been t… more »

Windows 7 Upgradin': It Ain't That Bad

January 18th, 2010
Flash backwards to the summer of 2009. There were some who were not enamored of the advance buzz they were hearing about the upgrade schema from Windows Vista/XP to Windows 7. I will not get into all the various ways to achieve an upgrade here. Mostly be… more »

Tablet Requirements

January 15th, 2010
Thanks CES. There have been more Tablet discussions than I can keep up with. And I mean generic Tablets...Tablets being rolled out by all of the manufacturers. No, the Apple Tablet is not the only Tablet being released on the planet. One of the more prod… more »

When a Mobile OS is Complete

October 31st, 2009
Much ado is made about the numerous apps available on Apple's App Store. Some 25000 and increasing last time I looked (which was admittedly some time ago). I am a Windows Mobile user and also own a Palm Pre. But I spent my time with an iPhone. Some 18 -… more »

When Things Break

October 28th, 2009
After much dorking around with Microsoft in the spring of 2007, when my XBox 360 broke, I replaced it with a 360 Elite. When my first (single Ethernet port) router finally burned out in the summer of 2002, I replaced it with my Siemens Speedstream router… more »

Falling In Love with the TabletPC - all over again...

June 1st, 2009
It is the summer. Time for things to return. The blockbuster movie. Ice Cream cones. Bikinis. E3 in its regular format. WWDC and Computex. It is also apparently time to revisit some of my favorite tech topics, as I’ve been getting a lot of questions abou… more »

Console Report Card - Best of 360 to Date

April 7th, 2009
It has been quite nearly 3.5 years since the Xbox 360 launched to much acclaim. Several hundred red-rings of death later, the little green console is certainly entering its waning years of pre-eminence. I have postulated on several forums that I fully ex… more »