RIM announces BlackBerry Storm with responsive touch screen display Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:14:16 -0700 It was no secret that the BlackBerry Storm was coming to Verizon, but now it is official as both Verizon Wireless and Vodafone announced the device with RIM tonight. The BlackBerry Storm is the first touch screen BlackBerry device and one of the first I have ever heard of that... First impressions of the Dash Express connected GPS device Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:58:05 -0700 I checked out a Garmin StreetPilot c580 last summer and thought it was a pretty compelling dedicated GPS system since it had MSN Direct integration to provide some wireless functionality. While it was useful for some things, the MSN Direct service is not designed for real-time wireless data and coverage... Apple notebooks to be fabricated from a solid "brick" of aluminum Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:49:48 -0700 The term "brick" was mentioned in a 9-to-5 Mac rumor piece on 10 September 2008 when their source said that the MacBook update is "all about the Brick." 9-to-5 Mac now claims that the "brick" isn't a specific Apple product but rather a manufacturing process that uses lasers and jets... Netrics offers vital link in automating healthcare Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:51:36 -0700 The application of standard artificial intelligence techniques, most of which have been around for many years, to the enormous and growing databases being created by health systems is very much overdue. by Dana Blankenhorn How a Mac Mini can beat a quad-core Vista behemoth (or how Apple can't write good software for Windows) Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:06:35 -0700 Here's a tale of how a humble Mac Mini system outperformed my cutting-edge quad-core system. It's also a story of how Apple can't write good software for the Windows platform. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes Can two AMDs be better than one? Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:49:30 -0700 AMD will today announce that it will split into two companies - but can two AMDs be better than one? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes