Jul 2, 2010 | Amazon, Apple, hardware, shopping, updates
The Apple iPad has been out for a while and it’s become clear that it may fill a niche for some people as a way to read magazines and newspapers, once publishers finish work on the apps and set reasonable prices. Serious book readers have discovered, though, that an...
May 28, 2010 | computers, hardware, laptops, netbooks
Almost a year ago I predicted that solid state hard drives would be mainstream devices once manufacturers finished ironing out some technical kinks and the price started to come down. What happened? Solid state drives (SSDs) are the devices that work like hard drives...
May 9, 2010 | hardware, printers, software, Windows7
Here are a few anecdotes about setting up printers and scanners on new Windows 7 computers. When Windows 7 connects to a new device, it attempts to install drivers automatically, and goes online to Microsoft if it can’t find drivers locally. It is successful so often...
Apr 29, 2010 | computers, hardware, laptops, mobile, phone
HP is buying Palm. Synergy! Patents! Engineers! Vision! Innovation! New smartphones computers tablets slates operating systems! Whee! I was idly reading stories about the deal when a sentence jumped out at me from the New York Times this morning. If this is true, it...
Apr 21, 2010 | Adobe, hardware
Last year I wrote critical comments about the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 desktop scanner’s lack of a TWAIN driver. There’s a way around that shortcoming – one of those tips that’s easy when you find out about it but apparently not obvious, since Fujitsu’s Product...
Apr 19, 2010 | computers, hardware, Microsoft, software, Vista, web_services, Windows7, WinXP
Microsoft has started broad beta testing of Microsoft Fix It Center, an automated tool for fixing common problems with Windows. I don’t know that everyone will want to rush to install it (I’d hate to have my clients forget that I am their automated tool for...
