Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5B Cash

The internet landscape is about to change.  Today,  Microsoft announced that it will be buying the well known Internet Communications Company - Skype for $8.5 Billion.  There is a great strategic reason for this as I believe Microsoft is really looking to bolster it's mobile phone platform as well as fend off staunch competition from Google and Apple. More details can be found on Microsoft's Press Page.

New Apple iMac Benchmarked

The good folks over at Primate Labs have just put out some benchmarks of the new Apple iMac announced this week.  In summary,  these new models are up to 25% faster than their predecessors with up to 3x the graphics performance.  Hmm....an integrated all in one mid level gaming machine - Me Likes!

New Apple iMac Announced

Good news for those of you looking for a new desktop computer.  Apple has just announced their new iMac using Intel's Sandy Bridge Processors.  You can also upgrade the video card to an ATI 6970 with 2GB of memory and the 27" Model now has 2 x Apple Thunderbolt Ports based on Intel Light Peak Technology.  More details can be found at Apple.com

Best Portal 2 Game Review

This has to take the cake as one of the best video game reviews I've seen in a very long time: Portal 2

Something interesting from the ThinkPad People

I personally use a ThinkPad T Series laptop for work everday, but this little product from Lenovo may be quite the hit in an office environment going forward. Emphasis on the word "little". Behold the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 from Thinkpadtoday.com

I really hope that it has the same ThinkPad reliability that I've come to expect. More to come...

Still trying to figure out the best tools

I had hoped to get this blog up and running faster than what it is.  What I'm really struggling with right now is finding the right tools and appropriate time and place to sit and write stuff.

The right tool conundrum stems from the fact that I don't really have something that will allow me to sit in a relaxed position to write stuff and come up with ideas. I was really hoping the iPad 2 was the answer,  but it's pretty difficult to type long bits of text on it. I don't really like sitting at a desk and churning out words on a screen. I'd really prefer to be lounging on a couch in a relaxed position as I type and formulate content.  I don't think the iPad form factor is really conducive to this form of writing.  Maybe a NetBook is the answer???

The second issue is that I really have to find a place in my home to sit down and be isolated enough in order to collect my thoughts.  The only place I can think of is my Man Cave in the basement. I've gotta make more time to get down there.  There's a good $15k worth of home theater stuff down there and I rarely get time to enjoy it.  With 2 young kids, most of my time at home is spent playing with them and doing various activities.

I'm sure this will get better as time goes on.  I'll be off to various electronics stores this afternoon looking at various small form factor notebooks to at least address the "Right Tools" issue.  Updates to come in following posts.

Thanks for stopping by.

iPad 2 Review Coming Soon!

I've been one of the lucky few to get the new iPad 2 on launch day.  Spent quite a bit of time playing with it.  I will post my review of it in the comings days.  Stay tuned...