Tech News, Web Design in San Diego by GeekBabel

Is the Tablet War Fizzing Out?

Kelly Johnson — Thu, 20 May 2010 02:38:40 +0000

This is a special guest post by Shannon Wills. Read more from Wills at her Internet Provider blog. She welcomes your comments and questions, . Competition drives innovation and inspires creativity. So just how good is the news that Microsoft has scrapped Courier, its prototype tablet device, or rumors that HP is rethinking its Windows 7 [...]

Just Hold It

Kelly Johnson — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:44:08 +0000

I’ve been reading a lot of what other bloggers have been saying about the iPad. It doesn’t support Flash. Okay. It doesn’t have a camera. Nope. There’s no HDMI out. That’s true. The name sucks. Yes, but only because we’re a nation of adolescents. I have just one question for all these naysayers. Have you held [...]

Spring Into Summer

Kelly Johnson — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:31:25 +0000

Spring hasn’t yet sprung, but if you’re the parent or guardian of a geek kid, it’s already time to plan for summer. The joys of summer camp are alive and well at tech-focused camps, but instead of singing kumbaya by the campfire and eating S’mores, these kids are designing computer games and building robots. Most [...]

Amazon Needs an iPad Strategy

Kelly Johnson — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:15:44 +0000

With the iPad’s official coming out (or soon to be coming) party today, I began wondering if the reigning eReader pageant winner, the Amazon Kindle DX, was getting nervous. Sure, you can read books and magazines on the Kindle, but the iPad does all that and more. It looks and acts more like a laptop. [...]

Don’t Ask. Don’t Tell.

Kelly Johnson — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:54:23 +0000

I’m a very private person. I have lots of friends, but the truth is, I’d rather be on the beach with a good book than partying in the Gaslamp Quarter. I don’t always answer my cell phone. Most of the time, I don’t even know where it is. I’d rather email or IM than talk. [...]