Software

by Pedro Hernandez on April 1, 2009 · 0 comments

Netbooks are all the rage, but your OS choices basically boil down to Windows XP or Linux. But now, HP is said to be considering Google’s smartphone OS. Hewlett-Packard Co is studying uses for Google Inc’s Android operating system,…

Read more HP Flirting with Android for Netbooks?

by Rafael Hernandez on March 30, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s Windows 7, being the highly anticipated operating system that it is, has quite a few eager people covering its every move. There’s nothing that goes on that will get past millions of enthusiast eyes looking for the latest…

Read more Loose Links…Apparently Leak Windows 7 Release Date

by Rafael Hernandez on March 30, 2009 · 0 comments

Nintendo’s Wii gaming console has had an amazing amount of success built on some rather low-powered computing hardware. Sure the games are fun and the controller adds quite a bit of interactivity and some ingenious new ways to frustrate players…

Read more Nintendo Wii Games Played At High Res, No It's Not A New Console

by Rafael Hernandez on March 28, 2009 · 0 comments

When it comes to the high-end graphics segment and today’s latest games you’re left to going for Microsoft’s Vista operating system due to its DirectX 10 support and fine tuned 64-bit support. Windows 7 is looking to one up Vista’s…

Read more High-end Gaming, Windows 7 Versus Vista

by Pedro Hernandez on March 27, 2009 · 0 comments

Unlike the Jackalope, a creature of myth and legend (jaunty or otherwise), Ubuntu 9.04 Beta is real and available for download. Just be sure to heed the warning and don’t install it on production machines. Otherwise, you’ll enjoy tons of…

Read more Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope Beta's No Myth

by Rafael Hernandez on March 27, 2009 · 0 comments

Apple has had a grand old time going, fairly or not, at Microsoft’s perceived foibles with a great amount of success. Now Microsoft is playing up the underdog in their new line of ads, which began airing last night, giving…

Read more Microsoft's New Ad Line Going Places, Drives A Volkswagen

by Pedro Hernandez on March 26, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft looks to have jumped the gun a little and published details on the timing of the Windows 7 release candidate on TechNet (now changed back to Windows 7 Beta info). The page, saved for posterity as a screenshot at…

Read more Windows 7 Release Candidate in May?

by Rafael Hernandez on March 26, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s Windows Vista has had a rough go of it in the eyes of some of the more vocal users out there, but that doesn’t stop Microsoft’s efforts in improving things. The company is working its way to a final…

Read more Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Nears

by Pedro Hernandez on March 26, 2009 · 0 comments

Palm may be able to get legions into Sprint’s stores when the Pre finally launches sometime this summer. But will it be the breakout product the ailing gadget maker needs to forge a bright future for itself? If some…

Read more Devs Will Make or Break the Palm Pre

by Rafael Hernandez on March 26, 2009 · 0 comments

General purpose GPU (GPGPU) computing has shown promise over the past year popping up in a number of applications, most notably popping up in Adobe’s Creative Suite 4, and now being used by MotionDSP’s vRevealin order to clean up your…

Read more MotionDSP's vReveal, Using Your Nvidia GPU For Things Other Than Games

by Rafael Hernandez on March 25, 2009 · 0 comments

Touch technology is making its way into all manner of gadgets, with some measure of success, so it’s only a matter of time until people demand it in their computers as well. Microsoft’s Engineering Windows 7 blog details the company’s…

Read more Touching Windows 7, Yeah You'll Have A Smudgy Screen