Posts Tagged ‘com’

Ballmer Explains the Cloud, In 5 Easy Steps [Microsoft]

Friday, March 5th, 2010

4399f9deffloud 1 Ballmer Explains the Cloud, In 5 Easy Steps [Microsoft] In his first time speaking at University of Washington—the giant Microsoft-endowed school in the company’s backyard—Steve Ballmer explained “the cloud.”

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The 12 Best New Phones You Can’t Buy

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

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32 New Strangely Familiar Google Services

Friday, February 19th, 2010

f48637b296cestop 32 New Strangely Familiar Google ServicesFor this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to come up with more derivative services Google had in its pipeline. And here’s hoping Googmodo becomes a reality; I want to take at the Google Cafeteria!

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How Will Xbox Live Work on Windows Phone 7?

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

4de9c098957game1 How Will Xbox Live Work on Windows Phone 7?Apple may have the iPhone, but the iPhone doesn’t have the Xbox. Today, Microsoft leveraged their most compelling entertainment asset, the Xbox 360, into Windows Phone 7 Series. But what does this mean, practically speaking?

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77 iPad Updates That May or May Not Please the Critics

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

c60044500fpadtop 77 iPad Updates That May or May Not Please the CriticsFor this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to make some improvements to Apple’s iPad. Some of these entries are definite improvements. Others? Uh, not so much.

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Apple Tablet Event Liveblog - We’re Here

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

859f8a1fb5event4 Apple Tablet Event Liveblog   Were HereWednesday, Jan 27, 2010, 10am Pacific. The moment when Steve Jobs (or Phil Schiller) will step onstage and (probably) announce the Apple Tablet is almost here. Tune in NOW at live.gizmodo.com, so you don’t miss a bit of our liveblog.

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History’s Five Dumbest Apple Tablet Rumors

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

784f6195dctbrain Historys Five Dumbest Apple Tablet RumorsDays away from the supposed launch of the Apple tablet, we know almost nothing about it. While we can’t say for sure which rumors are true, we can definitely say which, over the past decade, were just plain dumb.

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Giz Explains: SSDs and Why You Wish You Had One

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

709d070fb7esolid Giz Explains: SSDs and Why You Wish You Had OneSpeed. Toughness. Efficiency. Silence. That’s why we want solid-state drives in our computers. But we worry about the zoom-zoom performance degrading over time, and the fact that SSDs might eventually wear out. Here’s what you need to know about ‘em.

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Palm Pre Plus Review

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

40790dc85clustop Palm Pre Plus ReviewSprint customers: If you’re worried that you bought a first gen Palm Pre only to watch helplessly as Palm released a better Pre on Verizon, stop. The Palm Pre Plus is essentially the same phone as the Palm Pre.

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10 Gadgets That Terminate Snow and Ice

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Growing up in upstate New York, I know something about ice, snow and struggling through region high drifts piled up by the city snow plows with a woefully inadequate Toro snowblower. God, I wish I had some of this crap back then.

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