Serving it up cold for episode 9, sitting down with Chris talking about the new MacBook, Windows 7, Asus’s Dual Touch Screen Laptop, and politics in the digital age. Find out if Asus’s plans for a their dual touch screen laptop has a mushy underside and if the new Macbook is priced too much on a icy slippery slope. Humming that icy treat tune, the Tech On Edge Weekly crew is serving up a soft scoop of tech, so join us for your serving of tech.
Archive for October, 2008
Tech On Edge Weekly 9: Icream Man
25
Oct
Cisco Telepresence
22
Oct
While flipping through channels I see the strangest commercial. It seems as if there is a “portal” that leads between I think it was North Korea and Japan. Anyways, I thought wow this looks awesome. It turns out that it was something called Telepresence by Cisco. This technology can be used for fun like in this youtube video or it can be very practical, like saving money on plane trips for business meetings by simply having telepresence in multiple offices. One of the features that makes this stand-out more than just a simple videoconference with webcams is that this is displayed using 1080p HD screens, making it seem like the person is right there in front of you.
Tech on Edge Weekly 8: Bricked
11
Oct
Using a little mortar to put this episode together, the Tech on Edge Weekly crew examines the masonry of a few new tech items. For starters the new MacBook Brick concepts that Apple looks like is going to have in store for its consumers. Then onward to Amazon’s future plans with its cloud style OS release all before Microsoft’s release of Red Dog. Then finishing up with a visual inspection of Ubuntu eee and Adobe Connect Now and Dim Dim. Join us this week as we build our own foundation of tech, of course, with bricks.
Tech on Edge Weekly 7: Running on Empty
01
Oct
As Tech on Edge Weekly hits episode 7, we pit wiki vs knol against each other and compare/contrast the advantages and disadvantages of these very different encyclopedia based websites. Then introducing this week a new segment centered around the panel’s application pick of the week. Picking into the candy jar called the Internet, the panel came up with some interesting applications ranging from Instant Messaging to modding an Ipod. Join the panel this week as they roll the dice, hoping to get lucky with episode 7.
