This is a pretty wild device, with the whole “Minority Report” thing going. A computer table. Microsoft is calling it “Surface”.
Here’s a “Hands-on” from PC Week
PC World has a story here
All in all, very new. We’ll have to see if it amounts to anything more than something fancy for casinos and upscale hotels.

Well, that ’s what they say, anyway. This has been in the works for a while, but now looks like it might actually happen.
DRM - “Digital Rights Management” - is how the media companies (mainly music and video) restrict your use of products you purchase from them. Like where you buy a song on-line and [...]

From a CNet.com article:
Intel will roll out Vista internally only once the first service pack of the operating system has been released, and Dell is likely to do the same.
The usual feelings: Microsoft ships the “final beta”, and lets all of us be the “final 50 feet of the assembly line”. Service Pack 1, due [...]

AT&T expands broadband via satellite service
AT&T Inc. Tuesday announced the expansion of AT&T Yahoo Broadband via Satellite, provided by WildBlue, to homes and businesses across the company’s 22-state wireline footprint, focusing on areas that otherwise have little or no access to a broadband connection.
The announcement marks first-time satellite Internet service availability from AT&T for [...]

This looks very interesting. We have heard about this technology for a while, but it looks like it might be getting closer to reality. Yahoo Tech News has a pretty good piece on it.
Read it here

This looks pretty interesting: BlackBerry has a new product out that looks to be a bit more consumer-friendly. A little more media friendly, too, with a better camera and media player, that sort of thing. A pretty neat form factor, too, with a full QWERTY keyboard and thin layout.
They call it the “Curve”.
This does look [...]

We get asked this a lot — “what do I do with my old computer equipment?”
Dell Computers, in a partnership with Goodwill Industries, will take your old stuff. They take what you drop off and recycle or resell, whatever fits. Old computers, printers, monitors, whatever.
The Goodwill Industries in northern Michigan are participating. This is a [...]

It’s a biggie, but has lots of valuable info if you on the Vista bandwagon (I am).
Vista takes a little getting used to, and be sure you have the horsepower, plus compatibility issues remain with both software and hardware. But once you get past some of those little speedbumps it runs pretty darn good.
These tips [...]