Hello again happy reader, This is your afternoon installment from IDF09. Specifically, the keynote from Sean Maloney and friends. The topic: Intel Architecture Innovates And Integrates
Posted on September 22nd, 2009 by OMas
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Hallo hoppy reader, This installment of the Bitstream is all about tiny…I’ve got two, two, woops, three tiny gadgets in one tiny blog. Specifically, pico projectors and gigabigga disk drives. Read on…
Posted on August 6th, 2009 by OMas
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Hey there, happy reader… This Bitstream installment is a result of the ZigBee® Alliance’s announced development of the ZigBee Green Power feature set to establish global, standards for self–powered devices operating through energy harvesting techniques. Think symbioses: a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. That about sez it all for me when [...]
Posted on July 24th, 2009 by OMas
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Hallo hoppy reader, Back in April of last year, I blogged about the DTV transition and, since today is the Big Day, aka the Analog Cutoff, I thought I’d devote this Bitstream post to over–the–air reception, and some tips and tricks for better TV fun.
Posted on June 12th, 2009 by OMas
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Hallo hoppy reader, Back in October of last year, I blogged about some interesting tech, including display tech. This past week, at a recent D7 Tech DEMO, Plastic Logic CEO Richard Archuleta demo’d his keyboard–free e–reader for the crowd.
Posted on June 6th, 2009 by OMas
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Hello happy reader, Back in Jun of 2008, I blogged a bit here in the Bitstream about nouveau Mac clones. Well, the WSJ just reported that “Maker of Mac Clones Files for Bankruptcy.”
Posted on May 27th, 2009 by OMas
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Hallo hoppy reader, Several times this month, I’ve been asked about USB, FireWire and which is “better” for audio. Because of the recent jive about Apple “dropping” FireWire to control costs on some of their consumer products, I cannah take it any longer and this Bitstream installment is a response.
Posted on April 9th, 2009 by OMas
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Hallo hoppy reader, Back in April of last year, I posted a Bitstream item about UWB. A UWB press release just came across my desk that I thought I’d share…The ZigBee Alliance and the RF4CE Consortium have agreed to standardize a spec for RF–based, specifically UWB, remote controls for consumer electronics. The main improvement would [...]
Posted on March 9th, 2009 by OMas
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Hello happy reader; Here at The Bitstream, it’s time for more stuff from MacWorld 2009 that I found interesting or useful…
Posted on January 12th, 2009 by OMas
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Hello happy reader, This time around, I’m writing about some of the stuff I found interesting at the show; storage, IT infrastructure, tools to aid creatives, and just plain fun stuff. Here we go… First up, The Omni Group had current versions of their apps at show special prices. I use their OmniOutliner and OmniGraffle [...]
Posted on January 8th, 2009 by OMas
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