Posts by Dan Nosowitz
Software
Windows 7 Sales Are Great (Just Like Vista Sales In 2007)
4:20PM Dan Nosowitz | March, 2007: Windows Vista’s initial sales are great, “more than doubling” those of its predecessor, Windows XP. Flash forward to November, 2009: Windows 7 initial sales are 234 per cent higher than Vista’s. Those numbers sound awfully similar… More »
Gadgets
Remainders — Stuff We Didn’t Post (And Why)
3:40PM Dan Nosowitz | Apple Patent Describes iPod UI “Pushed” to Other Devices…Philips Announces Very Pretty Pro LCD Line…NYTimes Columnist Proposes Boycott of “Pro-Communist China” Bing…Ooma Adds New Handsets and International Plan… More »
Software
Intel Atom’s Snow Leopard Compatibility Re-Hacked
5:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Apple, understandably, broke Atom support in its latest 10.6.2 update for Snow Leopard — but that’s not going to keep enterprising Hackintoshers from finding a workaround. More »
Gadgets
Remainders — Stuff We Didn’t Post (And Why)
4:20PM Dan Nosowitz | Trade in Your DVDs, Plus a Couple of Bucks and Get the Blu-ray Versions…Steve Ballmer Acknowledges Apple’s Gains, Remains Cocky…Sanyo to Build Houses Powered by Solar Energy and Li-Ion Batteries…Sony Announces Vague “iTunes-Like” Store on PlayStation Network for Books, Movies, Music… More »
Software
Get Google Chrome OS, Now
4:19PM Dan Nosowitz | Wow, that was fast. Google Chrome OS was only unveiled today, and it’s already compiled as a VMWare image ready for download via torrents and gdgt. Techcrunch also has a tutorial for setting it up. More »
Gadgets
Gifts For Angry, Rant-Prone Apple Haters
1:00PM Dan Nosowitz | There are loads of Apple haters out there (even some among our commenters), and they deserve great tech gifts just as much as that guy who thinks all PMPs are called iPods. Here are some very un-Apple gift ideas. More »
Cameras
Flip’s Next Pocket Cam May Be A Wi-Fi Slider
3:40PM Dan Nosowitz | Cisco, who makes the Battlemodo Champion Flip line of pocket camcorders, confirmed that next-gen Flips will have both Wi-Fi and a large sliding screen (though not touch), a significant departure in styling. I just hope they keep tactile buttons. [CrunchGear]
Music
Olive 4 HD Music Player Brings Minor Updates, Now Costs $US2000
3:30PM Dan Nosowitz | The Olive 4 HD isn’t too different from the Olive Opus N4 we saw back in July, but has a few nice additions and a steeper price: The 2TB version now comes in at $US2000. Youch. More »
Gadgets
Remainders — Stuff We Didn’t Post (And Why)
3:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Samsung’s Bada Mobile OS to Launch in Early 2010…Google Talk Knows When You’re on Android, and Likes It…California Passes New Efficiency Standard for TVs…Acer Ferrari Netbook’s Tackiness Burns My Eyes… More »
Design
1:35PM Dan Nosowitz | Egg Collective’s Stump Light is exactly what it sounds like. It’d be a thematically appropriate bedside table-light combination if you’ve got a cabin in the woods, or a seriously dilapidated urban apartment. [Unpluggd]
Stump Light: Light From A Stump
1:35PM Dan Nosowitz | Egg Collective’s Stump Light is exactly what it sounds like. It’d be a thematically appropriate bedside table-light combination if you’ve got a cabin in the woods, or a seriously dilapidated urban apartment. [Unpluggd] 
