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News Week of February 17, 2008Somerset schools plug into digital classrooms This year, the Somerset School District is running trials with several different computer systems to see which, if any, they want to implement into the District’s educational structure in the future. Two of the main pieces of equipment being tested this year are SMART Boards and PC tablets. They have been issued to teachers in each of the three District buildings to see how they could be adapted into the school’s technology. The spread of technology in every-day life has carried over into education. People over 25 are known as “digital immigrants” because they were not raised in this wave of technology, while those 25 and younger are considered “digital natives.” (Source: Dave Newman New Richmond News) Google Wants Your Medical Records I recently had to switch physicians. The one I left had the coolest techno set-up ever. It included a complete electronic system whereby all patient records were stored locally on a My new physician, by comparison, is no more advanced than the doctors I saw as a kid. None of my previous information was transferred. A complete history had to be taken all over again and everything stored in gigantic paper filing cabinets. The technology is there to prevent this. Why not use it? (Source: Eric Zeman, Information Week) Kojinsha's E8 UMPC Is Tablet Competitor for EEE PC Roper Mobile techno9logy Duros Rugged Tablet PC Keyboard, mouse to get company in Windows 7 "The likelihood is that touch will become mainstream on certain form factors very quickly because we are working hand-in-hand with the hardware companies," Gates told CNET News.com "Speech and ink it's a little harder to say." Gates has been a tireless proponent of the Tablet PC concept and made it clear he is not giving up on that dream, despite the fact that such machines remain a small fraction of notebooks nearly half a decade after their introduction. "I'm a big ink lover," he said, adding that he hopes with Windows 7 more students decide to go with a Windows notebook that can use pen input. "I would vote yes, but I have a known bias." (Source: Ina Freid, CNet News.com) Samsung P9, the Future UMPC? (Video) Looks like Samsung is taking a step in the right direction with this multi-functional UMPC. It is still a concept at this time, but its sleek design is very appealing. It can be a portable computer, gaming device and media player. More manufacturers are turning away from the keyboardless UMPCs like the Samsung Q1. Asus, Fujitsu and now even HP are entering this subnotebook/UMPC market. The Eee PC has been a huge success for Asus and with many professionals and students preferring the lightweight, portable tablet notebooks it's a no-brainer that all the other manufacturers would follow suit. Check out the video of the Samsung P9 concept UMPC in action: (Source: Tiffany Boggs, TabletPCReview.com) ritePen 2.7 released, features Spanish handwriting recognition and support for large custom vocabularies. I am pleased to share with you that new version of our popular handwriting recognition software, ritePen 2.7 for Windows, has been released on the website http://ritescript.com. The new website is dedicated to EverNote Corp.'s digital ink and recognition software and technologies. New features of ritePen 2.7 include: As you know, ritePen is bundled with many models of pen devices, including Fujitsu LifeBook P1500/P1600, Dialogue FlyBook, Hitachi StarBoard, Luidia eBeam, etc. ritePen is particularly popular among healthcare professionals and large medical IT distributors. ritePen 2.7 software comes in full and free 30-day trial editions. (Source: Press Release) Review: Toshiba's Portege M700 The CMP Channel Test Center took a look at the $1799 Toshiba Portege M700 (-S7002) and loved it -- as much for its fit, finish, design and performance as for the ability it provides VARs to add layers of value in specific vertical market solutions. The M700 is a sturdy notebook that easily converts to a tablet PC with a swivel of the display. Toshiba named the color of the magnesium alloy case Titanium Silver, but it looks more like a smoky grey to us (Source: Brian Sheinberg, CMP Channel) Hands on with the Wacom Cintiq 12WX SDHC Cards vs Hard Drive vs SSD Almost every modern notebook has a built-in memory card reader, but not everyone uses these card readers for digital photography. Now that SDHC memory cards offer larger capacities at low prices, is this a good option as a second storage drive, or even your primary boot disk? We did some testing to find out just how useful a $30-$100 memory card is for laptop owners. One of the harsh realities of modern life is that we constantly need more storage space. Between software files, digital images, digital audio, and now digital video we just can't get by on a single 40GB hard drive anymore. But what if you don't feel comfortable opening up your laptop and removing the old hard drive? What if you don't like constantly plugging and unplugging external hard drives and flash drives into your laptop USB ports? Another option is to use the built-in SDHC card reader as a second internal storage drive. (Source: Jerry Jackson, TabletPCReview.com) The Adesso CyberTablet M17: Can It Beat The Wacom Cintiq Displays? |
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