Takeaways from Microsoft CEO’s Ignite Keynote
Keynote talks come and go, and often they are more misguided sales pitches than actual keynote talks. That wasn’t the case at Microsoft Ignite this year, when CEO Satya Nadella spoke about a more significant change (it’s worth watching) in 30 minutes than most others talk about over several years of keynotes. He spoke about a coming massive data-center...
How NVIDIA Got Creative with Crypto-Miners
Crypto-miners have become the bane of graphics processor-card companies. Both AMD and NVIDIA have complained about miners who buy their cards in bulk, resulting in retail shortages. When they ramp up manufacturing, they dump those cards back on the secondary market, resulting in massive inventory problems.
Well, NVIDIA finally had enough, but they realized that just making it more...
Microsoft Surface Pro 7: Best Laptop for Pandemic?
Virtually every laptop currently in the market was designed before the pandemic. I get to see many laptops long before they are released, and, to date, I have yet to see a laptop specifically designed for how we work now. Think about it: Before the pandemic, portability was essential, long battery life was critical and the ability to work...
Dell’s U4021QW: The Ultimate Work-from-Home Monitor?
I’m putting a question mark (others didn’t) on the title because what you and I have as work-from-home space is quite different. For instance, I have a custom desk that can handle a monitor of any size. Still, my wife likes to work out of the kitchen, and her space is limited both horizontally and vertically in such a...
Lenovo X1 Carbon vs. Lenovo X1 Fold: Very Different User Cases
The Lenovo X1 Carbon and X1 Fold represent very different devices that should appeal to very different users. Interestingly, the most revolutionary of the two products, the X1 Fold, may be better for the pandemic world we have now than the more traditionally designed X1 Carbon. On the other hand, the status aspect of the cutting edge X1 Fold...
Qualcomm, the Road to Autonomous Driving and the Age of Robots
Two fascinating transportation trends are emerging and haven’t yet, but will be, positively impacted by the pandemic: autonomous cars and autonomous flying cars. The latter is misnamed because autonomous flying cars actually are autonomous personal flying vehicles.
Few have any intention of ever driving on roads, and those that do are either not autonomous or are some strange car/plane morphing...