That’s Belly-Button Lint Levels Of Exciting!
"It's more powerful than a phone and almost as powerful as a PC," Steve Ballmer said of the slate computing devices he revealed at his CES keynote. Kinda sounds like a touchscreen netbook on steroids running Windows 7.
Boy, that's exciting. You can look at some photos of this thing over on Engadget.
The World Is About To Explode. Sorry, Gang.
Brandon "J. Is For Jackass" Mendelson writes on his blog on whether or not Microsoft can out-Apple Apple on Wednesday by revealing a tablet PC nearly 20 days before Apple is supposed to reveal their own highly-anticipated tablet offering. He says 'No.' I agree.
It's the end of the world as we know it, folks. I mean, I don't necessarily agree with why it won't work (he says it's because of the Apple Fandom, I say it's because Microsoft will likely not do anything revolutionary with the product whereas Apple will... Although, to be fair, I'm an admitted member of the Apple Fandom he talks about), but for us to agree on anything takes an act of Congress most times.
Also, should Microsoft and HP unveil a tablet tomorrow, expect all sorts of commentary here about it. 'Cause, you know, techno-nonsense is kinda my thing.
They Dropped Seinfeld For This…?
Discovered via Wired, a new ad promoting Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference, where Windows 7, the successor to Vista, will be shown for the first time.
This bit would have been funnier if it was about two minutes shorter. Sitting through the nearly four minute running time is torture, but I'll let you see for yourself.
I'm so sorry.