Technologizer

HP: Touch, Touch, and More Touch

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

A month ago, HP unveiled a bunch of new Windows 7 PCs, but ones with touchscreens were conspicuous by their absence–and given that HP has been selling TouchSmart models for close to three years now, it would have been startling if it didn’t continue to do so once the touch-enabled Windows 7 debuted. Tonight, the company [...]

HP’s DreamScreens: Photo Frames on Steroids

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

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A couple of days ago, HP unveiled an array of new PCs. Now it’s announcing a couple of gadgets that aren’t PCs at all–or quite like anything else on the market. It’s calling them DreamScreens. And while I don’t think HP thinks of them this way, they strike me as upscale, next-generation photo frames that [...]

HP DreamScreen Image Gallery

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

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HP’s new DreamScreen device. Front view with capacitive buttons on.

HP’s Windows 7 PC Extravaganza

Monday, September 14, 2009

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We’re a little over a month away from the launch of Windows 7–which means that a lot of new PCs are also imminent. Tonight, HP is announcing a bunch of new laptops, along with one desktop. I had a chance to see them recently; herewith, some thoughts. I was most taken with two new notebooks called [...]

HP Mini 311-1000NR Netbook Image Gallery

Monday, September 14, 2009

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HP’s 11.6-inch Mini 311 netbook. Front view.

HP Envy13 Image Gallery

Monday, September 14, 2009

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HP’s new high-end laptop in its aluminum/magnesium case. Front, closed.

HP Technology Repairs Damaged Photos

Thursday, August 13, 2009

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Old crumpled, folded, and otherwise damaged photographs may have gotten a new lease on life. HP’s research wing has devised a technique to remove creases from photographs using standard scanners, according to reports published Aug. 12. Once flaws are detected, an automated process takes over to repair photographs using techniques including infilling and texture synthesis. A [...]

Lexmark Does Touchscreen Printing

Monday, July 13, 2009

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Last month, HP unveiled an $399 all-in-one inkjet printer with a Web-connected color touchscreen that runs applets for tasks such as printing coupons, movie tickets, and Google Maps. Today, Lexmark announced an all-new lineup of inkjet all-in-ones–and no less than three of ‘em are equipped with touchscreens. People, we have a trend here. The Lexmark (top) [...]

Are You an HP Calculator Geek? There’s an App for That.

Friday, June 26, 2009

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If you hate the iPhone’s built-in calculator and long for your old HP calculator with its programmable goodness and fancy built-in algorithms, you can now download three classic apps from the iTunes App Store to emulate the HP 12c, HP 12c Platinum, and HP 15C. The new apps give you all the functionality of your trusty [...]

HP’s Mini 5101: Netbook Deluxe, With All the Trimmings

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

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The PC industry may continue to be a tad uneasy with the popularity of netbooks, but there’s no question that the little guys are selling well–and not just to folks on tight budgets. Enter HP’s latest and most lavish netbook, the Mini 5101, which the company just announced. Aimed at business types, the 5101’s pricetag [...]

HP Unveils a Web-Connected Printer

Monday, June 22, 2009

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HP likes it when people print. And print. And print. And I’m at an event where the company just unveiled (literally!) the PhotoSmart Premium with Touchsmart Web, a new $399 inkjet all-in-one printer. It’s got a large color touchscreen and connects directly to the Web via Wi-Fi–so you print out stuff without ever touching your [...]

5Words for April 28th, 2009

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

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I want 100-mbps Internet! Cablevision: 100-mbps for $100. Microsoft tests Twitter for emergencies. Survey: iPhones are primarily personal. Google News comes to you? Apple’s doing something with chips. Dell’s touch desktop available stateside. New Firefox 3.5 beta available. New HP laptops for business. How Microsoft should virtualize XP. GE’s 100-DVD disc technology.

HP’s MediaSmart Servers to Crunch Video, Stream to iPhones

Monday, April 13, 2009

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Microsoft’s Windows Home Server platform has only one major booster among PC manufacturers, but it’s a doozy: HP, whose MediaSmart Servers pack sizable quantities of redundant storage, Microsoft’s software for backing up, restoring, and sharing data, and HP’s own tweaks and additions, such as support for Macs. And today HP announced a software update for [...]

Yahoo Share to Likely Shrink in 2009

Thursday, April 9, 2009

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Definitely not good news for the world’s second biggest search provider. Yahoo is set to lose a chunk of market share over the next year or so, experts say. This is due to the loss of two toolbar partners: HP, who signed up with Microsoft’s Live Search toolbar early last year; and Acer who silently switched [...]

5Words for March 17th, 2009

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

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Happy Saint Paddy’s day, everybody! Sneak peek: Dell’s Adamo notebook. Macworld’s iPhone 3.0 wish list. Three More HTC Android phones. Nine-hour MSI Wind netbook. Comcast passwords exposed on Web. Super-fast game download service. Boxee does an iPhone remote control. Best Buy takes on Walmart. Rough February for Macs, iPods. HP adds long-life batteries. Nintendo victorious in remote lawsuit. Vatican: Serious about the Internet.

5Words for February 5th, 2009

Thursday, February 5, 2009

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What’s transpiring this fine morning? Hey, Woz is gainfully employed! Fake parking tickets install malware. Lenovo struggles, dumps American CEO. GoDaddy’s cheesy ads work, alas. HP unveils a Netbook Linux. Bill Gates bugs conference attendees. The new Macbook’s running late. Hankering for a 240GB iPod? Microsoft joins celebrity gossip race. Facebookers compile “25 Things” lists. Will Snow Leopard track you? Boy, Windows Mobile is behind. Xbox 360 owners [...]