All Entries Tagged With: "Office"

HP Goes Multitouch Crazy With TouchSmart All-In-Ones and Tx2 Updates [Hp]

HP was ahead of the touch game even before Windows 7’s finger friendliness, so it makes sense that the crazy computer maker decided to take after fluffy bunnies and breed lots of touch PCs.
In time for Windows 7’s launch, HP will release three new TouchSmart all-in-ones. The 20-inch TouchSmart 300 and the 23-inch TouchSmart 600 [...]

I-play Launches Hip Hop All Star for iPhone™

I-play, Oberon Media’s publishing division and the world’s leading multi-platform casual games publisher, today launched Hip Hop All Star for iPhone™ and iPod® touch. Featuring an original playlist with some of the biggest names in hip hop including Busta Rhymes and Kid Cudi, Hip Hop All Star introduces an all-new way for fans and [...]

Remainders – What We Didn’t Post [Remainders]

Marge Simpson To Pose for Playboy…Kindle Books To Cost More Abroad…Twitter Recommended for Nobel Peace Prize…Windows Mobile 7: So Close and Yet So Far
Marge Simpson is going to be on the cover of Playboy on Oct. 16, and I don’t know whether to laugh, puke, subscribe, or shake my head in utter dismay. What [...]

The Ads In Microsoft Office Starter 2010 [Microsoft]

Maybe I jumped the gun too fast yesterday, slamming Microsoft for including advertising in the free Microsoft Office Starter 2010, to be included with many new PCs next year. This is how they look, on the bottom right corner.

We missed these yesterday in the snoozing promotional videos in the Office page. They are not that [...]

NYPD May Track Your Cellphone If You’re Arrested For…Any Reason [Privacy]

The folks at the NYPD are so sweet! No matter what you’re arrested for, they’re nice enough to remove your cellphone’s battery “to avoid leakage” and jot down your IMEI number. They’ll even add it to a database.
According to the NY Daily News, a recent internal memo instructed NYPD officers to commit such acts of [...]

ThinkPad’s $100 a Year Warranty Service is Actually Pretty Good [Warranty]

Boing Boing Cory relates this tale using his $100/year global support service for his Lenovo laptop and actually liking what eventually happened. Wha??
The Benjamin-a-year plan entitles the user to a service rep to come out next-day, no matter where on the planet you are—provided it’s somewhere reasonable, we’d assume. The tech guy came by his [...]

Senate Passes Bill That Allows Cellphone Jamming In Prisons [Law]

The Senate has passed the Safe Prisons Communications Act of 2009—allowing authorities to jam cellphone signals inside prisons.
As a safeguard, the FCC would also be required to protect legitimate communications by conducting tests, approving equipment and laying out specific rules about when and where signals could be blocked. As you might expect, the issue of [...]

Bloatfest! Microsoft Office Starter 2010 Edition to Have F*cking Ads [Microsoft]

Coming 2010, your next PC will probably be pre-loaded with Microsoft Office Starter 2010. A free version of Office 2010 that will only include Word and Excel, capable of exchanging documents with the full Office 2010. But there’s a catch:
As part of Office 2010 software that will be pre-loaded by the PC manufacturers on their [...]

Iomega’s StorCenter ix2-200 NAS Has Bluetooth, Time Machine, Chubby Exterior [Nas]

Iomega’s on to something with the StorCenter ix2-200: built-in torrent and Time Machine support, Bluetooth-based uploads from phones, remote access, and lotsa spiffy features wrapped up in an earth-friendly green gadget. Together with the $270 price point, that’s appealing all-around.
It looks kinda chubby and short, but the StorCenter ix2-200’s full of features to appeal to [...]

Well, This Explains So Much About Google [Google]

You know how Google has a tendency to half-ass stuff, like Android out the gate? A little anecdote from CEO Eric Schmidt explains it all:
One day Larry and Sergey bought Android, and I didn’t even notice. Think about the strategic opportunities that has created. Sergey found Google Earth one day while he was surfing on [...]