Advice, Software, Alfresco, canonical, Java, JDK, repository, Ubuntu Enabling the Partner Repository in Ubuntu 10.04 (Linux) I am in the process of setting up Alfresco Community Edition on Ubuntu 10.04. In case you don’t already know, Alfresco is an open source collaboration suite that is a replacement for the Microsoft SharePoint offering. It requires that you install the Sun Java Development libraries. These are not a part of the Ubuntu repository. [...]

Advice, Hardware, Borders, Cell phones, ecommerce Amazon Opens Wireless Store I have to confess that I am a major fan of Amazon. They have consistently delivered on time and provided me with exceptional customer service. Whenever I have complained about anything, they have immediately taken action and not tried to blame UPS or some other third party. This is in sharp contrast with Borders. I [...]

Hardware, Software, AirCalc, AirSplash, Calculator, Inc, iPad iPad is Awesome! (and fast too!) On April 5th, 2010, I was one of those so called “early adopters” who went to a BestBuy early in the morning to buy an Apple iPad. It is bad enough that I woke up early on a Saturday to do this, but I also had to endure a great deal of sales incompetence at [...]

Hardware, Opinions, Software, iPhone, Microsoft, tablet, Windows Phone 7 Windows Phone 7 – Microsoft’s Revolutionary Software I have not written about Windows 7 Phone because I have been contemplating its implication to the advancement of computing, telephony and gadgetry in general. Microsoft wiped the slate clean with Windows Phone 7 and acknowledged that its previous offerings were less than stellar. I never thought that the Windows Mobile platform was undesirable, it [...]

Advice, Hardware, Opinions, Software, business cards, customer service, scanner, Service CardScan 800c = Excellent Support I purchased a CardScan 800c based on a recommendation from a colleague. I saw him scanning a stack of business cards effortlessly and asked him what he was using. He told me that he was using a scanner called “CardScan Executive.” He stressed the “Executive” [...]

Hardware, Software, Apple, AT&T, iPad, tablet iPad? Does Apple Marketing Employ Any Women? After waiting more than a year for Apple’s entry into tablet computing, I was not disappointed or surprised by the device. It is simply a larger form factor iPod Touch or iPhone without the phone functionality. Apple took existing technology and made it bigger and in many cases better. The only aspect of the device [...]

Hardware, Software, Amazon, Apple, HP, Microsoft, slate, tablet Microsoft/HP Tablet Considered a Dud After several technical glitches and power outages, Steve Ballmer finally gave the opening speech at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) yesterday. Perhaps it was appropriate that the new Microsoft/HP Tablet was introduced in the middle of a desert (Mojave Desert – Las Vegas, NV), it was more mirage than real product. The demo only showed [...]