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• — Tablet Skirmish Heats Up With Toshiba Entry

     (Friday, 03 September 2010 08:00)

  Toshiba has announced its own entrant into the tablet market with the Folio 100, which will run on the Android 2.2 operating system. Sporting a screen just over 10 inches, the device will be larger than other early competitors to Apple's iPad tablet computer, such as the Dell Streak. The Folio will debut in late October in Europe as a standalone device with WiFi capability.

• — Samsung's Galaxy Whirls Into the Tablet Universe

     (Thursday, 02 September 2010 10:55)

  Samsung has unveiled its much-discussed Galaxy Tab Android-powered tablet at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Germany. The device runs Android 2.2, has a seven-inch display, and focuses on connectivity and entertainment. It also enables video conferencing and can be used as a mobile phone.

• — Sony's Shocking 'Other OS' Win and Suspect Distro Popularity Trends

     (Thursday, 02 September 2010 08:00)

  Despite the best hopes of many of us in the community, the man suing Sony over the removal of the "other OS" feature from its PS3 has apparently lost his case. The bad news is that the man won't get the money he had requested to compensate for an upgrade to his newly crippled PS3; the good news is that he reportedly wasn't forced to pay Sony's legal bill to boot.

• — 2 Smart Backup Apps Show You the Way to Go Home

     (Wednesday, 01 September 2010 08:00)

  In my dumber days when I ran Microsoft Windows, I was more concerned with backup programs. After I moved into the Linux desktop, I became much less paranoid about system failures. The Linux environment just never crashed. That does not mean that I never make backup copies of my critical data files.

• — Cloud Computing Calms Open Source Warfare

     (Wednesday, 01 September 2010 08:00)

  Cloud computing, technology delivered over the Internet, has become a hot area in the last few years. The technology marketplace moves at breakneck speeds, but it is still shocking when innovation almost completely wipes out squabbles like those over open source vs. proprietary software.