Archive for June, 2010

Confessions of a tablet overly early adopter

A friend at lunch the other day showing off his iPad 3G brought back this wave of tender nostalgia. For three years I too carried a tablet around. It was the tablet that time forgot (no not the newton), the original Microsoft full slate tablet PC. That’s me chewing on a tablet pc stylus in [...]

Where the heck is the ad-free “pro” version of streaming sports?

Let me say this. I love being able to stream big events like the Olympics, the America’s cup or the world cup over the internet in HD. As someone who has dumped subscription cable years ago it is a godsend. Occasional glitches/hiccups notwithstanding, HD streaming is fantastic. And it feels like the future. But omg [...]