The lowdown on tablet PCs
<b>What is it?</b> A tablet PC pairs an electromagnetic pen or stylus with a touch-sensitive screen for controlling user input.
Taking stock of tablet PCs
If you want the best of what a modern subcompact notebook PC has to offer, along with a host of additional benefits such as handwriting recognition, voice recognition, full wireless capability and even more portability, you may want to take another look at tablet PCs.
Microsoft looks ahead
Bill Gates was in Washington recently saying, among other things, that the U.S. is losing its competitive edge in scientific pursuits, and Microsoft Corp. needs to be able to attract more foreign programmers.
New Itronix tablet goes to extremes
When a fire drill at GCN headquarters recently interrupted a meeting with Itronix Corp. officials, makers of rugged portables, the group, armed with a pair of the Spokane, Wash., company's new Duo-Touch Tablets, adjourned to a nearby park plaza to go over the features of the next-generation tablet line.
DVD+R with VideoGard
Have you ever lost an important movie on DVD because of a simple scratch?
Canary Wireless Digital Hotspotter
Back in the old days, miners used to send canaries into mineshafts to test the quality of the air before going down.
DeviceWorks Cable Manager
When I look behind my desk, I get hungry for Italian food.
FrogPad Ion PC USB Mobile Keyboard
According to the user's manual, the FrogPad has 'broken the QWERTY code.'
Canon PowerShot SD300
Every executive should have a small, sleek, high-performance, digital point-and-shoot camera.
USDA spending bill limits competitive sourcing
The House late Wednesday passed the fiscal 2006 spending bill for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, with language limiting competitive sourcing. The vote on HR 2744 was 408-18.
FBI counterpunches IT criticism
Stung by criticism of its IT projects, the FBI today denied charges from the press and congressional investigators about the management of its Virtual Case File and Sentinel projects.
The lowdown on bargain lasers
<b>What's a bargain for a laser printer?</b> Paying $399 for a laser printer might not seem like a bargain, until you realize that it's a color laser printer you're getting for that price, less than half of where prices for desktop color lasers once started.
Bargain lasers an oxymoron no more
Once included in the same ironic phrasing as 'jumbo shrimp,' the term 'bargain laser printer' is no longer a self-contradiction.
Moran doesn't mince words on Army enterprise networking
An Army general today provided a rather candid critique on the service and its failure to achieve enterprisewide networks and services.
A decade later, Clinger-Cohen Act still resonates
A panel made up of current and former government officials discussed the role the landmark legislation played in the past, present and future of government IT.
Make way for serial attached storage
The storage industry's next big wave of change will be the growing use of serial attached storage devices.
WiMax moves (slowly) toward implementation
Many customers may be waiting for assurances of multivendor interoperability before investing in the new wireless equipment.
Despite the buzz, VOIP still has hurdles to overcome
Moving VOIP from test beds onto production networks requires ironing out some wrinkles in the new technology, including security, protocol selection and support for services such as 911 emergency calls.
Drug safety reporting system might be national health IT project
HHS secretary Mike Leavitt said a prescription drug adverse-event reporting system could be one of the first projects that a federal advisory group might take on as part of an initiative to build a national health information exchange.
FCC chairman: Agency must change to confront realities of technology
Kevin Martin hinted that the regulatory agency might have to reorganize to better address the rapidly evolving technological landscape.
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