Category Archives: Short

Little Dog

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Via RGS

Introducing the Kindle Gutenberg Bookreader

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

The end-user license agreement is up at McSweeney’s: Congratulations on purchasing the newest iteration of our electronic readers, the Kindle Genius Browser. We have made this new device compatible with all previous versions of the e-book, but there are some … Continue reading →

$9,995

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Etsy via Cult of Mac.

I can see forever

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Greenpeace praises HP for killing most PVC from supply chain, Nokia still cleanest

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

From Greenpeace: The 13th edition of Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics rewards Hewlett-Packard for putting a PC on the market that is virtually free of PVC (vinyl plastic) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs). Only the power supply unit and cable … Continue reading →

Tablet computer gallery

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Wired’s Brian Chen polishes off the history of tablet computers … beginning in 1888.

“My ongoing Kafka-esque nightmare of dealing with Palm and their App Catalog submission process”

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

JWZ tears his hair out: though among the earliest Palm Pré developers, trying to get stuff into its app store is a pointless waste of time. Apple devs think they have it bad, but at least Apple is strongly motivated … Continue reading →

Windows 7 party time!

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Watch: Then: Source

Rocky Mountain Bank sent your banking details to random Gmail account, got judge to shut it down

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

When Rocky Mountain Bank mistakenly sent banking info to the wrong email address, it demanded that Google tell them who owned this email address. Google: “No.” How did Federal Judge James Ware respond? He ordered gmail to close the innocent … Continue reading →

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Crunchgear talks of the coming tablet PC war (in which it is a participant.)