J.D. Lewin

The i-mate JAQ3 is certainly the new, hot Windows Mobile device for the size-conscious among us. At just a touch larger than a T-Mobile Dash in every measurement, but with Pocket PC being its ace in the hole, this svelte handset is going to make you the talk of your road warrior circle.Check out…

Belkin's wifi phone for Skype can now be found in the wild, and the first reports back are relatively good. The advantage of being able to manage our Skype existence from either the desktop or the handset outweighs the few niggles related to Belkin's hardware design. The ever-growing access to…

In rebuttal to an article for the same magazine, Dan Warne has written his 10 reasons to get Vista for APC. Dan points out how Vista has been built with digital media in mind, as well as the advantages of full desktop search and DirectX 10.On the Office front, the extensive work done to make the…

One of the most time-honored traditions for geeks is the setup process of a new machine, and with Vista only days away millions of people are readying themselves for this ceremony. Mike Torres has found one to add to our lists: the Natural Language Search option in Windows Vista.This brilliant…

It's no secret that listening to music gets most everyone through the day, and Pandora has made the listening experience worlds better with their Music Genome Project special sauce.Today though so much of our digital lifestyle takes place inside of browser windows that anything to lighten the load…

The proliferation of online services has created a huge problem of identity management. Every week there’s a new demand to create an account or profile, which means each of us has an ever-growing archipelago of disconnected personas. OpenID is an attempt to solve the problem by having one set of…

There are already plenty of reasons to upgrade to Windows Vista, but if you need another, how about free WiFi access? T-Mobile and their pink planet is offering Vista users access to their HotSpot network. The details can be found at Sky Surprise, which features at least 7 minutes of entertainment…

As if it weren't already plugged into our DVR schedule, but The Daily Show will host our man BillG Monday, 29 January. There will no doubt be a lot of talk about Vista, as well as some chat about the Gates foundation. We here round the 10 reservation are hoping that MS Bob gets an honorable mention.…

Once in a while little gems of entertainment can be found buried deep within massive corporate websites, and microsoft.com is no different. Microsoft Japan's Dominoken animation that is simply good fun. It's a nice example of what can be done with Windows Presentation Foundation, so turn on…

The basic graphical user interface serves well as the standard for computing, for many people taking a hand off the keyboard to operate a pointing device is a productivity killer. The team at Humanized has created a 21st century command line called Enso.The first two Enso products, a launcher and a…