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E6500 Part II & Cutting the Cord

Update on my E6500 post . Things are improving in the driver department. Since that post, Dell has released new apps/drivers for: Sound, DCP, Fingerprint Reader, Embassy, and the...

15 years 10 months ago

Twitter vs. Facebook

I’m looking for some advice on microblogging etiquette and usage. I have both twitter and facebook accounts, but I haven’t figured out when I should use twitter vs. facebook status...

15 years 10 months ago

Tech Support for Geeks

Over the holiday break, I waited on the phone 30 minutes to hear a tech support person sing Celine Dion in my ear while telling me to reset my cable modem. Ok, let me back up a bit...

15 years 10 months ago

Zune 30, Killed by Complexity

I first heard of it early New Years Eve, I guess. Hoards of Microsoft Zunes were committing mass suicide (a gruesome thought but the actual quote from the Slashdot article). Fears...

15 years 10 months ago

Fun with my little VIA console

At the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose this year they handed out little VIA embedded EPIA systems to the attendees. I'm not sure everyone got one, but I was thrilled. It...

15 years 11 months ago

Dell E6500 – good hardware, but lots of software problems

I recently found myself in the market for a new home computer. I have a D820 at work, which has been working fine for a while now that I'm past the Vista pre-SP1 headaches, so I...

15 years 11 months ago

Why a good platform can't be free

I sure am having fun thinking about OpenConsole, i.e., a Linux based set top box that plays in the same space as Microsoft and Sony and Nintendo, but is really an evolution of the...

BMW wants to go open

Ian Skerrett, our fine director of Marketing at the Eclipse Foundation , pointed out this article from MotorAuthority.com . BMW apparently is feeling out the market to see if there...

Open Console you say

Linux powers "cloud" gaming console. More info here. I hate the term cloud, but this is close to the internet appliance/open gaming console I have been thinking about. Specs are...

16 years 1 month ago

Another legend has eyes on the future

I just finished reading an interview with another legend of the game programming industry, Epic’s Tim Sweeney (Mr. Unreal) . First it was John Carmack from id (Mr. Doom) wondering...

16 years 2 months ago