Like it or not, Windows users are going to have to adapt to a new version of the ubiquitous operating system. Of course you’re not required to upgrade your existing PC to Windows Vista when the operating system comes out early next year, but if you get a new PC, chances are it will come with Vista. › Continue reading…
Archive for October, 2006
PUTS MESSAGES ON STATIONERY
By Larry Magid
Special to the Mercury News
October 18, 2006
Everyone in my wife’s extended family uses e-mail to keep in touch except my mother-in-law Lucy. Like many fellow octogenarians, Lucy hasn’t gotten around to buying a computer and getting online.
But, thanks to Hewlett-Packard and Presto Services, she’s now receiving e-mail from family members.
And all she has to do to retrieve her e-mail is pick up the paper from the output tray of the HP Printing Mailbox (that I borrowed for evaluation purposes and installed in her room).
by Larry Magid
Ever wish you had a GPS navigation system, perhaps when you’re out of town driving a rental car or walking around an unfamiliar city?
As it turns out you may already have a GPS in your pocket. Federal law requires new cell phones to have a GPS location finder so emergency personnel can find you if necessary, but the technology can also be used to help you find your way around.
TeleNav (www.telenav.com/) just updated its GPS navigation service that runs on some phones from Sprint, Nextel and, soon, Cingular. I tested it on a borrowed Samsung MM-7500 from Sprint. › Continue reading…
