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• Rumor: iPhone 5 to Debut on Sprint in October
  The iPhone 5 will come to Sprint's network in mid-October, according to sources who spoke to the Wall Street Journal. That's also the time frame that Apple's next-gen iPhone is expected to land on larger U.S. carriers Verizon and AT&T.; It's been widely reported that Apple is testing LTE models of the iPhone, but it's unclear if ...
  08.23.11

• Desktop Composition Software Changes the Face of Music
  It's the quintessential image of a classical composer: the gifted musician sitting with a thousand-yard stare at his piano, quill and paper ready to be inked with a new concerto or symphony. Today's equivalent could just as likely be a musician staring at a computer screen. Nodal, a new program designed to create and visualize ...
  08.23.11

• iPad's Domination Spreads to Cockpit
  United Airlines and Apple announced today that the airline will deploy 11,000 iPads for its United and Continental pilots. This is the first major airline to replace paper flight manuals with electronic flight bags, or EFBs. ¿The paperless flight deck represents the next generation of flying,¿ said Captain Fred Abbott, United¿s senior vice president of flight ...
  08.23.11

• The Web Ain't Dead Yet (And It's Getting Easier to Create)
  The main problem with apps and big platforms is that while they may be easy to use, they're still tough for non-programmers to create. Meanwhile, new HTML5 tools from Adobe, Twitter and WordPress make the web look better and work harder.
  08.23.11

• Android Apps Come to Google TV With Software Release
  Google released a set of software tools on Monday that will allow developers to create Android applications for Google TV devices.
  08.23.11

• Is Samsung Aiming to Snap Up HP's PC Business?
  Taiwanese vendors report that Samsung is looking to Hewlett-Packard's old partners to ramp up laptop production and outsourcing, suggesting that Samsung seems like it is "already in preparation to take up HP's PC business."
  08.23.11

• Hanging in Numberland With Les Trois Elles
  We're getting ready to head to Seattle in a week or so. It's only a couple of hours on the plane, but I always like to have a few tricks up my sleeve to keep Vivienne entertained. So I'm in the market for some new apps to play with.  Whenever I do a little refresh ...
  08.23.11

• Evernote Updated, No Longer Sucks On iPad
  Evernote, the love-it-or-hate-it note-taking app, has received a big update on the iPad and the Mac. The Mac version brings Lion-friendly features like full-screen mode and hard-to-distinguish monochrome icons along with a neat new All Notes view, but it's users of the iPad app that will be happiest: Evernote for the iPad finally doesn't suck. The ...
  08.23.11

• Lenovo Joins the Fray, Pumps Out a Decent Android Tablet
  With everyone trying to muscle into the tablet market, Lenovo's entry is a credible contender.
  08.23.11

• Apple Planning 8-GB iPhone 4 for Cheapskates
  According to "two people with knowledge of the matter," Apple is set to release an 8-GB iPhone 4 aimed at the low end of the market. Currently, the iPhone 4 comes in 16-GB and 32-GB versions. The story, from Reuters, comes by way of a Korean manufacturer that is supposedly making the 8-GB flash drives for ...
  08.23.11

• GeekDad Song Remix Contest Winners Announced
  I'd like to thank everyone who entered the GeekDad Song Remix Contest. Six Winners were randomly selected. All six will receive a $50. Gift Certificate from ThinkGeek.com. Here are the winners: Mike C. Casey S. David R. Raleigh B. Chris V. Haruhiko O. Special Thanks to Matt Blum, Ken Denmead, Z. and all of the folks at ThinkGeek.com for making this happen. Some ...
  08.23.11

• Why Nintendo Doesn't Need to Make iPhone Games
  We're never going to see Super Mario Bros. on the iPhone, no matter how much Nintendo's investors may clamor for it. In the wake of the disappointing launch of the Nintendo 3DS portable gaming machine -- this month, the company slashed the price of the device worldwide by as much as 40 percent -- investors and ...
  08.23.11

• Print to PDF, A Virtual Printer for Your iPhone, iPad
  Printing to PDF is one of the coolest unsung features of the Mac. Anytime you find yourself in a print dialog box, you can select a dropdown menu and turn whatever you were printing into a PDF file. It's great for "printing" boarding passes ready to be mailed to your local print shop for actual ...
  08.23.11

• Last Year's Smartphones Selling Better Than the Latest and Greatest
  Hardware companies are in the business of convincing you to buy the hottest new item. And save for Apple, it looks like smartphone makers aren't doing a good job of it. Four of the top five best-selling consumer smartphones of the second quarter were all made over a year or more ago, according to a ...
  08.22.11

• Hack Your TouchPad to Run Android, Win a Prize
  After HP announced it would discontinue production on its TouchPad tablet last week, it looked like early HP tablet adopters spent $500 on a dud. If you're an enterprising software hacker, however, there could be an opportunity to make your money back -- and then some.
  08.22.11

• From HP to Amazon, the Tablet Dilemma: Go Big or Go Home
  We don't have to appeal to bizarre events like HP's Touchpad sell-off to show that there's a market for a touchscreen tablet besides the iPad. The two winning strategies in the tablet market, exemplified by Apple's iPad and Barnes & Noble's Nook Color, are go big or go home.
  08.22.11

• How To: Turn an iPad 1 Case Into an iPad 2 Case
  Problem: I still have a bunch of iPad 1 cases laying around, but I now longer use my fugly, fat, slow old iPad 1. Of course, the iPad 2 fits in fine, but unless you use a dedicated case, you'll have to use that tiresome slide-to-unlock control every damn time you take the iPad out ...
  08.22.11

• Road Testing Vogel's Ringo iPad Mounting System
  It's no secret that we GeekDads love our iPads. Recently Don Martelli gave us Five Reasons Why the iPad Was Made to Keep Parents Sane and Matt Morgan also gave us another Five Reasons Why New Parents Should Buy a Tablet Now. I got mine when version 2 came out and have been very happy ...
  08.22.11

• Gorgeous $5,500 Titanium Bike Checks Every Box
  Yeah, Paul Budnitz's bikes might cost $5,500 apiece, but they look frikkin' awesome. Appearing like a cross between a beach-cruiser, a hard-tail mountain bike and a hipsters' single-speed, the bikes come with a component spec sheet that reads like a laundry list of all your fantasy bike parts. There are two models, the Nº1 and Nº2, ...
  08.22.11

• Clever Stand Clamps Keyboard to iPhone, iPad
  I would have started writing my novel by now, but of course I need just the right app/gadget/learn-to-write-novels-book to do it. Which is why I spend hours and hours on the Internet searching productivity porn for the perfect panacea (whilst simultaneously practicing my alliteration skills). And while the WINGStand won't get me back those lost hours ...
  08.22.11

• Dell Venue, The Android Version
  The Android-based Dell Venue is, like the Windows-based Venue Pro, neither svelte nor lightweight. But does pack a punch.
  08.20.11

• Report: HP'S WebOS Ran Twice as Fast on iPad
  It certainly wasn't poorly performing software that killed the TouchPad. Sources at The Next Web reports that HP's webOS team hacked an iPad 2 to run the software -- and it ended up running more than twice as fast on Apple's tablet as on the TouchPad. Even before the TouchPad tablet or Pre smartphone were officially released, ...
  08.19.11

• The Future of a Post-PC HP
  Hewlett-Packard's Personal Systems Group makes everything from pocket calculators to desktop computers. It may be the most storied division in the history of consumer computing technology. And within a year and a half, HP¿s current management hopes they¿ll be rid of it. Yesterday, they announced plans to split off the division within the next eighteen ...
  08.19.11

• Tron-Tastic Two-Wheeler for Toddlers
  Unsurprisingly, the kids of my bike-polo playing friends are riding two-wheelers before they get to three years old, but for the children of less bike-obsessed parents, the usual path to learning to ride is through the push-bike. These are pedal-less bikes which the kids sit on and scoot along with their feet. They are also usually ...
  08.19.11

• 10 Things That Slash and Burn About Conan the Barbarian
  1. What¿s it about? The story begins "afresh" and covers Conan¿s earlier years growing up in a Cimmerian village. The turning point is when Conan witnesses his father die and vows to avenge his death by hunting down X, his killer. The rest of the film centers on his adventures on the way to completing this ...
  08.19.11

• 10 Things You Should Know About Fright Night
  Fright Night is a remake of the 1985 horror movie of the same name. Like the original, this movie tells the story of a senior in high school named Charley who finds out he's living next door to a vampire. Soon after, wacky hijinks ensue.
  08.19.11

• iFixit Brings User Manuals Into the Tablet Era
  Manual-making software may soon be available to the masses. Dozuki, by iFixit, it features two products, Guidebook and Answers, to provide the maker and DIY community with "service manuals that don't suck."
  08.18.11