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HP Tech Forum Reading List

John Obeto — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:56:55 GMT

While I was at HP Tech Forum 2009 as a Social Media blogger, I am also interested as Chief Technology Officer of Logikworx. Well, the download availability of the sessions from HP Technology Forum 2009 makes it possible for me to timeshift the event,...(read more)

AbsoluteWindows is giving away an HP dx9000 TouchSmart PC

John Obeto — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:56 GMT

In conjunction with two other sites, AbsoluteWindows will be giving away a brand new HP dx9000, the TouchSmart of business PCs. What do you have to do to get this baby? Simple: design a new business application utilizing the multi-touch functionality...(read more)

Ivy Worldwide wins the HP Circle Award!

John Obeto — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:32:29 GMT

Right off the bat, Ivy Worldwide is already garnering kudos! The HP Circle award is an award created by HP to celebrate marketing and design excellence at the company. Guess who won in 2009? Ivy Worldwide, formerly known as BuzzCorps. In a field of 411...(read more)

Et tu, Mark Sanford?

John Obeto — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:01:57 GMT

Now, we find out that where Mark ‘the righteous’ Sanford was: committing adultery! Wow! St. Mark violated one of the Top 10? Say it ain’t so, M! Seriously though, what is it with (US) presidential hopefuls and adultery? To wit: Ted Kennedy, Mary Jo Kopechne...(read more)

Blogging from the HP Tech Forum 2009

John Obeto — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:23:35 GMT

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R.I.P. Tuskegee Airman Roger Terry

John Obeto — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:12:42 GMT

Thank you for your contribution to winning World War II, and protecting this country. Rest in peace....(read more)

HP Tech Forum: Keynote/Ballroom Prep

John Obeto — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:04:18 GMT

In the more than two decades that I have gone to tech events such as COMDEX/CES and the like, I have not been privy to the work that goes on behind the scenes to produce the event(s). No longer. At the HP Technology Forum, (HPTF), we were shown the stage...(read more)

HP Tech Forum: Pre-show events

John Obeto — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:30:48 GMT

We’re at the Mandalay Bay Exposition Center for the HP Tech Forum 2009. Booths are getting their final setups, and a varied cross section of developers are represented. Brad Mays of HP’s ‘Blade SWAT Team’ is here setting up, among other things, a BladeSystem...(read more)

Bing: Be afraid, Google. Be very afraid!

John Obeto — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:03:16 GMT

In this article in the Technologizer, Harry McCracken states that Google should not be afraid of Microsoft’s Bing. I disagree, and these are my reasons why. As Harry correctly points out, this IS Microsoft's best thought out production yet....(read more)

OpenSauce World walks the talk

John Obeto — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:50:22 GMT

Gotta give these yobs props for this. In one of the online fishwraps, I just read the OpenSauce World (yeah, intentional misspelling; then again that’s what I think of them,), the event formerly known as LinuxWorld, is going, well, the open source way...(read more)

The SmallBizWindows HP ScanJet 7000 Review

John Obeto — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:52:00 GMT

Prior to the start of MedikLabs, my only interaction with scanners were of the personal desktop kind, since I left all the heavy lifting to the pros at FedEx Kinko’s or their peers. However, the healthcare industry, as constituted in these United...(read more)

Tech Data will NOT carry Linux netbooks

John Obeto — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:17:16 GMT

Sanity reigns supreme in technology distribution! This Computerworld article will have those freaks all a twitter. While the writer rightfully points out that a quarter of netbooks sold worldwide last year were shipped with Linux, he didn’t furnish us...(read more)

Ivy Worldwide’s $2500 Logo Design Contest ends Friday

John Obeto — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:32:28 GMT

We are down to the final days of the Ivy Worldwide Logo Design Contest. The prize? $2500 USD. Details at www.ivyworldwide.com...(read more)

The Los Angeles Lakers Finals Schedule 2009

John Obeto — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:01:20 GMT

Kind of late, but….....(read more)

It’s a Windows netbook world after all!

John Obeto — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:21:39 GMT

“You will not be able to download any distro, freetard. You will not be able to use plug-n-play, just turn on the system, and get it to work. You will not be able to lose yourself in movies streamed from Netflix, and skip, Skip out for Jolt, or any other...(read more)

Unsubscribe? Or less spam?

John Obeto — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:10:22 GMT

A certain store chain* specializing in boudoir outfits hit is on the nail with their customer-forward thinking when you hit the unsubscribe key: ask if you want to unsubscribe completely, or reduce their spam to one spam piece per week. While not optimal...(read more)

Android to surpass iPhone?

John Obeto — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:35:53 GMT

Will this nonsense ever stop? Now you have some dimwits proclaiming the ascent of Android….over the iPhone! Wha??? For goodness sakes, it would NEVER happen! Even if you look past the desirability of the iPhone*, how do you get past the Linux underpinnings...(read more)

Introducing….Ivy Worldwide

John Obeto — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:03:06 GMT

BuzzCorps is changing to Ivy Worldwide, reflecting an expanded mission, and new capabilities to be added to their offerings. However, to start, Ivy Worldwide needs a new logo. To get your creative juices flowing, the pot is primed with $2500 for the winner...(read more)

Bing. Can you Bing?

John Obeto — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:44:44 GMT

Today, Microsoft unveiled Bing, it’s new search service. I am looking forward to testing the service against Google and other search engines for relevance....(read more)

Microsoft limits netbook sizes: no story here!

John Obeto — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:16:00 GMT

Sometimes, you gotta wonder! Over this past weekend, the blogosphere has been all a-twitter, pun intended, about a leaked* Microsoft document limiting the sizes of systems shipping with Windows 7. All of a sudden, a specious, at best, connection is made...(read more)

Excellent choice: General Charles F Bolden, Jr, USMC, (Rtd)

John Obeto — Mon, 25 May 2009 02:08:53 GMT

In what is IMHO, the best pick yet by this administration, President Obama picked retired US Marine Corps General and 4-mission Shuttle astronaut, Charles F. Bolden, Jr. to lead NASA. This is very, very cool! I believe it is an excellent choice since...(read more)

Windows 7: Agree to disagree

John Obeto — Sun, 24 May 2009 20:27:47 GMT

On Neowin.net, Simon Andrews gives an unbiased review of Windows 7. What’s the big deal, you ask? Simon is a Mac user. In his review, he informs us of the process he went by as he formed his opinion. For me, it is most amazing that a Mac user could be...(read more)

Linux lovers only deploy 20%

John Obeto — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:41:34 GMT

Even I cannot make this stuff up! For all the braying of the Linuxhead sheep about the advent of Linux, comes this report that even companies that ‘love’ Linux, only deploy the OS to 20% of their workforce. 20%? That’s it? Eh, riddle me this: isn’t real...(read more)

Learn with a Twist Contest

John Obeto — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:44:18 GMT

Live in Australia, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, or Singapore? Then this contest is for you! The prizes: HP TouchSmart PC HP Mini 1000 HP iPAQ Travel Companion Portable GPS Four winners will get a package of all three products. There are also consolation...(read more)

The Intel Antitrust Saga Part II: The EU Cash & IP Grab

John Obeto — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:39:00 GMT

One of the unheralded items in the fallout from the IMO illegal EU hobbling of Microsoft, is the requirement that Microsoft publicly release, for a mere pittance, communications and other protocols to, ostensibly the world, but to EU companies in particular...(read more)