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Gadgets

Use an iPhone or iPod Touch to Control Your Mac or PC

by Bruce Keener on July 19, 2008

I’m still tinkering with various apps on my iPod Touch, and am delighted at the variety of apps that exist for it and the iPhone. One that really impresses me is Mocha VNC Lite. This little app lets you connect to your computer via a virtual network, and you can actually control your computer from [...]

A Few More Thoughts on the iPod Touch 2.0

by Bruce Keener on July 15, 2008

Almost immediately after upgrading my Touch to 2.0, I went in search of a good Tasks application. I found one with Appigo, and thought it was so good that I modified my iPod Touch as a PDA and Entertainer post to talk about it. In my view, it turned the Touch into a full-fledged PDA. [...]

iPod Touch 2.0 Upgrade: Gut Reaction

by Bruce Keener on July 12, 2008

The purposes of this post are to just let you know:

My initial impression of the iPod Touch 2.0 upgrade.
That I have updated my iPod Touch as a PDA and Entertainer article to address some 2.0 features, and especially to include discussion of a task application that makes the Touch and outstanding PDA.

As to my first [...]

Tech News Update 29 May 2008

by Bruce Keener on May 29, 2008

Most of the tech articles I’ve seen recently have made me yawn. Only the following really caught my attention:

Google announces App Engine pricing I’m delighted to see making some of its cloud computing framework available for developers. Like with Amazon’s S3 and EC2, this has the potential to dramatically influence the scalability and utility of [...]

My Windows Mobile Applications

by Bruce Keener on May 9, 2008

Having just gone through a hard-reset of my Dell x51v, and having to reload software on it, reminded me that several of you have asked what applications I have on my Pocket PC. So, this article lists the ones that are actually loaded on my Dell. This is not a complete list of the Pocket [...]