Keith Shaw’s Cool Tools Alert
* LATEST COOL TOOLS VIDEOS:
Drobo brings RAID storage to the masses
Storage isn’t always sexy, but as Keith finds out, Data Robotics’ Drobo self-mounting storage system is quite impressive and simple to use.
* LATEST COOL TOOLS COLUMNS:
Palm’s mobile companion certainly looks like a laptop
If it looks like a laptop, acts like a laptop, maybe even smells like a laptop, is it a laptop? Nope — if you’re Palm, it’s not a laptop, it’s a “mobile companion.”
* LATEST TWISTED PAIR PODCAST:
Twisted Pair Podcast: Too much e-mail? Just give up!
Jason and Keith chat about the Spam King being arrested, new devices from Microsoft and Palm, and whether people overloaded with e-mail should just give up and declare ‘e-mail bankruptcy.’ Plus: More e-mail from Mac fans and everyone loses at Movie Madness. (40:55)
* LATEST COOL TOOL BLOGS:
Panasonic semi-rugged notebook includes 3G wireless support
Panasonic Computer Solutions Company today launched the latest version of its Toughbook semi-rugged notebook line, the 3G-enabled Toughbook 52. An upgrade from the Toughbook 51, the 52 uses the new Intel Santa Rosa chipset and has extra security features, a new carrying handle and optional embedded next-generation wireless network access. Notebooks will be available in July in two configurations – standard configuration will be around $1,699, and an optimized version (with a faster CPU, 512MB of dedicated VRAM and 120GB hard drive) will cost about $2,499.
Happy Internet Safety Month!
The fine folks looking out for our interests in the U.S. Senate have proudly declared the month of June as Internet Safety Month. My first thought upon hearing this was, “Shouldn’t every month be Internet Safety Month?” much in the way we answer children when they ask why there’s a Mother’s Day and a Father’s Day but no Children’s Day.
Is the GPS device now a PDA?
A couple of weeks ago Gartner came out with a report that said PDA sales were up in Q1 2007, breaking the cycle of a downward trend in this category. However, digging deeper into the details of how they categorized PDAs was an interesting tidbit – Global Positioning System (GPS) device manufacturer Mio Technology was among the companies classified as PDA.
