Microsoft is making another attempt to capture more of the smart phone market with a new software release.  While they won’t be selling the actual hardware, they will be offering software for phones that resemble Windows 7.  Read the whole article here.

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Suzanne Choney at MSNBC is hypothesizing that we have reached a point of technological overload.  With the release of the iPad, another portable computing device, Google Buzz, another social networking site, and 3-D TV starting to emerge, people seem to be getting tired of technology changing every other day.  In the 1990s, it seemed that [...]

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Well, I really shouldn’t be surprised, but in a way I am a little.  Google is looking to get into the Social Networking niche with Google Buzz.  This is incorporated to Google’s email service and will allow users to post status updates very similar to Facebook.  As first glance, that appears to be all it [...]

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Randy Sarafan is releasing a book titled “62 Projects to Make With a Dead Computer (and Other Discarded Electronics).” In it, he details how to turn old technology into something completely different and useful. While my favorite is not the most practical use of old tech, I love the idea of the 8-bit Nintendo controller [...]

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This may not fit the mold of a regular IT story, but there’s a Canadian company which built a prototype interactive board game. It’s a board game that you play like a traditional Monopoly or Risk, but there are tiles that, when connected, will trigger interactive events. I’m a bit of a board [...]

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OK, this is just me being silly, but as technology gets more sophisticated, it also seems to be getting smaller. Apple’s recent iPad reveal aside, cell phones started off as 20 lb. bags and now are a few ounces that clip to your belt or rest in your purse. How much smaller can [...]

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While NASA’s budget might have taken an overall hit, there is an increase to help the Space Agency study Earth’s climate with help from satellites. $2 billion is allotted for the agency’s climate study activities, including the Orbiting Carbon Observatory. Read the full story at MSNBC here.

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If you’re curious about the iPad and associated questions, Harry McCracken has an article where he lists 25 questions that will remain unanswered until the iPad is released to the public.  Read his article here.

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In a story from MSNBC.com, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata dismissed the recently unveiled iPad as nothing but a bigger iPod touch. Now, while I’m not inclined to disagree with that, what makes me wonder if Iwata is really hip to current trends in technology is his similar attitude toward 3D technology and high definition for [...]

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Rather than trouble you with recapping the iPad presentation, I figured I’d let you take a look at Steve Jobs’ initial announcement from Wednesday. A couple of things: I love the idea of searching the web on computer that responds to touch without having to hunch over to see the screen, and I [...]

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