Jasper S20 Cellphone Rocks The Java OS, People Flee in Fear
Lots of people hate Java for being both slow and a memory hog, so what better place to put it than on a cellphone? The Jasper S20 is the first guinea pig cellphone to meet the JSR-209 specifications on the Java Platform Micro Edition. Translated into English, all it means is that the Jasper S20…
WID101 Makes Monitors Wireless
You’ve got a wireless keyboard, wireless mouse and wireless speakers, so why are you still connecting to your monitor with a cable? What are you, some kind of luddite? You need a wireless monitor connector, like the new WID101 from Teq Gear. This device connects the DVI port on your PC to the one on…
Neeerds In Spppaccee!
It must be the dream of every nerd to get into orbit, but one lucky bastiche is going to fly: Former Microsoftie Charles Simonyi is now training to be the next space tourist to the International Space Station. The self-described nerd (who lead the teams that developed Word and Excel, and is thus richer than…
CNET Writer Gets Nabaztag, Fails to Fall In Love
CNET writer Daniel Terdiman is a cruel, heartless sort of dude: he got a Nabaztag (one of those electronic bunnies that reads you the news and wiggles its ears), but completely failed to fall in love with the floppy eared technological marvel: I wasn’t as impressed as I expected to be… Spoken messages from fellow…
Geek Squad: Hot or Not?
As we mentioned earlier today, Geek Squad is opening a new facility to help redress customer grievances. So Gizmodo wants to know, what has your experience been like with the Geek Squad? Gawker Media polls require Javascript; if you’re viewing this in an RSS reader, click through to view in your Javascript-enabled web browser. Feel…
Geek Squad Tries To Suck Less With New Facility, Fabio Helps Too
You know the Geek Squad, right? Those admittedly nerdy guys and dolls in Best Buys ’round the country that try to fix your computer? Well, they’ve heard many of the complaints lobbied against them like slow turn around time and not-as-high-quality-as-it-could-be service. (Brian Lam, our fine leader, had a few friends screwed by the Geek…
Fabio on Technology: A Brief Interview
As promised earlier today, I interviewed Fabio at the Geek Squad event yesterday. Here’s some highlights. •Fabio likes his Macs. He uses Final Cut Pro to edit video he does for TV, but is using a G4. WTF? He’ll spring for a MacPro soon, though, he assured me. •The dude is an old school gadget…