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Mobile enthusiast and author

Power To Go

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Frank

At the heart of the new, real personal computers are batteries. Ironically, while technology has changed by leaps and bounds the last two decades, battery technology is much the same. The Duracell and Energizer batteries you find in stores today … Continue reading →

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Installing Android On A HP Touchpad

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Frank

I gained a new tablet computer this weekend, but I didn’t go to the Apple store, Best Buy, or order one from Amazon, instead I followed the instructions on webOS Nation to install CyanogenMod on my HP Touchpad. CyanogenMod is … Continue reading →

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Apple Announces The New iPad

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Frank

Ironically, despite claiming that it “has its feet firmly planted in the post-PC future,” Apple ran a play from the classic PC-era playbook by announcing a new iPad with upgraded specifications. Nothing revolutionary was announced by Apple today as the … Continue reading →

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Metro Comes To The Desktop

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Frank

This past week Microsoft released the Consumer Preview version of Windows 8, which is the version that Microsoft intends end users to try. The previous version of Windows 8 was only expected to be installed by developers. You can download … Continue reading →

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Personal Computing Biases

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Frank

We all have biases, the difference is that some people are better at not wearing their biases on their sleeves than others. In the tech world our biases are most commonly expressed through the computer gear we use. A person … Continue reading →

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