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Do you get the "shakes" without your Blackberry fix?

If your hipbone is connected to your BlackBerry or your thighbone is connected to your cell phone, those vibrations you're feeling in the car, in your pajamas, in the shower, may be coming from your headbone. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/11/tech/main3357103.shtml

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 10-12-2007
Filed under: Hardware, Health and Fitness, Industry News
Cincinnati Bell Launches Nation's First Dual-Mode Service

Just days before T-Mobile is supposed to go nationwide with its own dual-mode Wi-Fi/cellular service, regional carrier Cincinnati Bell Wireless has become the first mobile operator to make such an offering available to customers in North America, let alone the nation. Read it…

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 06-26-2007
Filed under: Hardware, Industry News
Surface computing. Great new technology, or just another way to spread germs?

Microsoft’s Surface computing looks and sounds cool — no question. But, can you imagine how many germs and viruses this thing will spread? This thing could start a whole new category of illness if we’re not careful. The “Surface Flu” would be fitting. Some enterprising individual...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 05-31-2007
Filed under: Hardware, Health and Fitness, Miscellaneous Nothings, Industry News, Chimping
Now, this is something I can get behind...

Wifi for electricty… Tired of your laptop's battery dying during presentations or bursting into flames? Take heart: scientists are perfecting a new method for transmitting electrical energy from a base station using a technique that resembles a wireless Internet connection. Researchers say that...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 11-15-2006
Filed under: Hardware, Industry News
A few quick thoughts on Microsoft's new Robotics Studio

The release of the Microsoft Robotics Studio has me in awe somewhat. These really are exciting times. We’ve progressed a long way with technology in a few short years. But, me, being a geek, can’t help but look at this from a devil’s advocate standpoint (and also try to be a little...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 06-20-2006
Filed under: Hardware, Industry News
Tandy computers

Microsoft released news about Microsoft Robotics Studio today. These are definitely exciting times. I wonder how long it will be before Google tries to duplicate this with some effort of their own. Anyway, do you remember Radio Shack and their Tandy Computer line from the 70’s and 80’s? If...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 06-20-2006
Filed under: Hardware, Software, Industry News
Trade Commission to Investigate iPod

The U.S. International Trade Commission voted earlier this week to investigate Apple Computer and its iPod music player, affirming a complaint filed by Creative in May . While not a decision in the matter, it is the first step in deciding the merits of the case. Read more…

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 06-14-2006
Filed under: Hardware, Industry News
Computer You

Semiconductor Brain: Nerve Tissue Interfaced With A Computer Chip For the first time, scientists at the Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried near Munich coupled living brain tissue to a chip equivalent to the chips that run computers . The researchers under Peter Fromherz have reported...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 06-02-2006
Filed under: Hardware, Health and Fitness, Industry News
Pretty funny stuff...

The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time These products are so bad, they belong in the high-tech hall of shame. Read the article… AOL and RealPlayer top the list! Is there where I’m supposed to say, “I told you so”? Now, I’m digging to find out where Adobe fits into the list...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 05-26-2006
Filed under: Hardware, Software, Industry News
Pay as you go computing? Will it work?

Microsoft to Offer Pay-As-You-Go PCs Hoping to bring the success of the prepaid mobile phone business model to personal computing, Microsoft on Monday launched a pay-as-you-go initiative in emerging markets. The program, called FlexGo , will provide low-cost Windows PCs that are subsidized by prepaid...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 05-22-2006
Filed under: Hardware, Industry News

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