Gamertell – Yesterday, at Microsoft’s big E3 conference, the company revealed a partnership that will make Xbox 360 cinephiles very happy. Netflix has partnered with the service to allow Live users (that is, gold subscribers) full access to the Netflix library (which boasts “over 10,000 movies and TV episodes”) at no extra cost. [...] read more
Personal TechIT Blogwatch – In Thursday’s IT Blogwatch, we wait patiently for Dell’s new mini laptop-netbook-Webtop-UMPC-whatever. Not to mention Yearbook Yourself…
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols gets practical:
Sources tell me, OK friends actually, that tomorrow, September 4th, is the long-awaited day that Dell will announce the release of its Inspiron 910… whoops they changed the name on me, it’s the Inspiron Mini 9 — mini-laptop. It will come with your choice of (Boo!) Windows XP Home SP3 or (Yea!) Ubuntu 8.04.
Before any Windows business users rush out to spend their hard-earned money on this spiffy little computer, they should keep in mind that Dell Inspiron Mini 9Ubuntu Linux is actually friendlier with Windows-based business networks than XP Home [...] read more
Feld Thoughts – I have completely fallen in love with my Kindle. Ive now read over 50 books on it and have another 50 or so queued up. Ive been reading exclusively on my Kindle when I travel (I no longer carry books with me), although I do read from the infinite pile of books in my house when Im home. As a mega-reader, Amazon has completely nailed it. However, I have one problem with the Kindle. DRM. I view the Kindle as a pure substitute for a book [...] read more
