Don Reisinger

Reports are swirling that an official, authorized biography of Steve Jobs is in the works. If true, the news is certainly ironic. Jobs is notoriously private. He also has had a tendency over the years to never discuss moments in his career that weren’t so special. Worst of all for Jobs, those moments were shed […]

Google announced Feb. 10 that it plans to deliver up to 1G-bps Web speeds to 50,000 people across the United States as part of an experiment to gauge the quality of next-generation apps, the viability of “new deployment techniques” and interest in “openness.” Google might even ramp up availability to over 500,000 people in the […]

Earlier this week, Google unveiled Buzz, a new social platform from the search giant that allows users to manage and engage in social activities from the company’s e-mail program, Gmail. In many ways, Google Buzz is a catch-all product. It allows users to share multimedia and update their status for friends to see. Users can […]

Since the beginning of this year, Apple and its many offerings have dominated the news. Speculation ran rampant over what it had planned for its tablet, now known as the iPad. Some folks were wondering if the company would finally bring its iPhone to Verizon Wireless and update the device to include multitasking. In recent […]

Although the combined market share of Linux distributions pales in comparison with Windows or Mac OS X, the Linux community is strong, engaged and, perhaps most importantly, loyal. Part of that is due to the community’s strong feelings against closed software, especially products sold by Microsoft. It’s also due to Linux’s creator, Linus Torvalds, who […]

10 Things Apple Doesnt Want You to Know About the iPad by Don Reisinger Hobbled Web surfing Although Steve Jobs didn’t talk about it during his keynote, the device’s browser doesn’t support Flash. That omission ensures that a large percentage of Websites won’t work on the iPad. It also ensures that some elements of popular […]

Amazon has acquired a small touch-screen manufacturer, called Touchco, according to a report in the New York Times. Touchco offers touch displays at a reduced price, compared with those Apple’s has purchased for the iPad. Perhaps most importantly, Touchco’s technology allows for multitouch and can distinguish between a finger and a pen. The technology is […]

Although there haven’t been any announcements to corroborate the claims that Google will be unleashing a Chrome OS-based tablet in the near future, the possibility of such a device hitting store shelves is becoming increasingly likely.Earlier this week, a mockup of how a Chrome-based tablet would work surfaced on the official Chromium blog. Although the […]

For the past three years, Microsoft has struggled with the poor development decisions it made with Windows Vista. During the same period, Internet Explorer drew unwanted attention from government regulators and Microsoft Office was subject to user criticism about the way its features have evolved. But Vista was undoubtedly the biggest target. The operating system […]

In a recent interview, Acer President Scott Lin said Acer won’t be offering an iPad competitor. He said Acer opted not to introduce a tablet PC because of the competitive barrier presented by Apple’s Tunes and the multitouch features on the iPad and iPhone. Furthermore, Lin said it’s iTunes that has made Apple products so […]