Articles categorized as "hardware"

GPS apps Waze and Google Maps obsolesce stand-alone devices

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series All things must end

Apps for tablets and smartphones make the purchase of stand-alone GPS unnecessary. Continue reading

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The standing desk

A step-by-step explanation of how I approached building a standing workspace. Continue reading

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Jolicloud is a fast, cloud-based OS for netbooks

Jolicloud is an operating system for netbooks that’s fast and cloud-based, an excellent alternative to Google’s upcoming Chrome OS. Continue reading

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Motorola Droid

The Motorola Droid officially dropped yesterday. It’s the first of several Android-powered devices coming to the Verizon network. Here’s a quick list of relevant phone features. 3.7″ capacitive touchscreen, 480×854 resolution 5 mega-pixel camera with flash, zoom and focus 16 … Continue reading

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Palm to release Pre on June 6

Image by renaissancechambara via Flickr We’ve mentioned sporadically that Palm would be releasing the closest thing we’ve seen to an iPhone killer in the last two years. We just didn’t know when it would happen, though we knew it would … Continue reading

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