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I bet you think you’re so cool with your netbook don’t you?  ”Oh, look at me carrying around my little two-pound computer with all this memory and RAM, running my Windows 7!  I’m so cool!”  You wanna know what makes you cool?  Carrying around a “portable” computer that doubles as your workout for the day!

Yesterday’s Foxtrot comic featured Steve Jobs pitching the iPad to some pretty well known super heroes.  Usually, you’d see these characters doing the saving but as some predicted the iPad to save comics, the future doesn’t look so hot for one in particular.  I’m sure other tablets will welcome him with open arms.

Only weeks away from launch, Apple is reportedly still working to close content deals in anticipation of the iPad’s success.  A few months back there were whispers of a possible TV subscription model that Apple wanted to bring to the then-rumored iPad.  This all-you-can-eat subscription costing around $30 would allow users to consume content to

Google has already infiltrated every aspect of your online life, and it’s working pretty hard and getting a good size chunk of the cellular phone industry in its corner, is the next bold new frontier for the company going to be your living room? Last week The New York Times ran a report that Google has teamed

On March 21st, 2006, 9:50 PM Pacific Standard Time (PST), Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey sent the very first message on Twitter. It wasn’t anything Earth-shattering, it was just a brief message saying, “just setting up my twttr”. And, yes, he really did mean to say “twttr.” Three board members of the Odeo podcasting network found themselves

…or is it?

While everyone has known for some time that video rental chain Blockbuster is in trouble, a regulatory filing with the SEC (Security and Exchanges Commission) last week painted an even bleaker picture than many had imagined. In its most recent 10-K filing, Blockbuster pulled no punches and admitted, “the increasingly competitive industry conditions under which

Need a new external hard drive? I did after my Western Digital drive malfunctioned. Seagate sent me a FreeAgent XTreme 1.5TB external drive, which has a 5 year warranty. Here’s the unboxing.

It appears that Microsoft has decided to play catch up with a feature that the Sony Playstation 3 has had since launch, and that is the ability to use third-party USB devices for storage. Joystiq came into possession of a document that outlines an impending update to the Xbox 360 software that will allow for

In this video we take a look at AT&T’s first Android phone, the budget-friendly Motorola Backflip. It’s running with Android 1.5 with the Motoblur interface. We go over call quality, the back-flipping keyboard, and the overall user experience. Will you make the Backflip your next phone?

Somewhere along the line the past few years, retailers and video game companies came up with the bright idea that there should be some sort of bonus to consumers for pre-ordering a video game.  Not a bad idea in and of itself, but the idea then got turned in to, “Why not have different bonuses

Being the CEO of a multi-million dollar company has to be a tough gig.  You have shareholders to answer to, you are responsible the livelihood of thousands of employees and everything you say is analyzed to death for a possible hidden meaning behind the words that might hint to the overall health of the company.  Yes, it

Before the year began, it was easy to see how 2010 would easily be deemed “Year of the Tablet”.  We’ve seen real, physical products like the JooJoo, the iPad, the HP Slate, all of which will be available in the not too distant future.  We’ve also seen video concepts like Microsoft’s Courier and a possible

Some ideas are in right in front of our eyes but are far too easy to overlook.  Graffiti has been around for as long as the Earth has existed but thanks to our smartphones, it’s possible to make it a bit more modern.  Follow along and ask yourself, “Why didn’t I think of that?!” Draw

Until now, the strategy to transition from print magazines into a digital form has been one of page swiping with some interactive advertisements or videos thrown in as no-brainers.  Admittedly, the demos from both Sports Illustrated and Wired Magazine are already fairly impressive in the way they incorporate content beyond text and images.  VIV Mag

Thanks to all that participated in the Jawbone Icon Giveaway. We’ll have the results of the contest next week. Sit tight until then! Originally posted: Here at TechnoBuffalo we’re not all gadgets and fun, we also have a bit of a social conscience.  With that, we’ve teamed up with AT&T to help promote the “It

At one time in blog publishing, the ultimate goal was to hit the front page of Digg.  Getting a story voted up to the point of being made popular enough to be on the front page meant you could see a rush of traffic to your site in the tens of thousands.  This occurrence is known as

The first time you boot up your computer you always go, “Wow, I can’t believe how fast this system is!” … and then a month later its just as slow as the system you replaced.  Many times people will suggest you add more RAM (Random Access Memory) or go totally over the top and suggest

The concept of apps on our mobile devices is nothing new and dates back years before the iPhone launched what would later be referred to as a gold rush for app developers.  The growth that’s been seen on the iPhone is unlike anything the mobile world has seen and it has clearly set a precedent.

The BuffaloBuzz with Winston Sih is back with another episode and this week, we take a look at: More BlackBerry Slider rumors.  The BlackBerry Slider rumors have been “sliding” around town for quite a while now and in the latest round, it includes side profile images of the smartphone.  Does it impress you? Does it

The two biggest news items out of the Windows Phone 7 Series saga have more than few people questioning if Microsoft isn’t overlooking features that many users consider elementary.  Until Microsoft answers all the unknowns when it comes to WinPho7 – which most likely won’t be until launch – all we’ve got to go off

I was holding out for an AT&T version of the Nexus One ever since it came out, and finally, it’s available. If you head over to the Nexus One site, you can choose the AT&T version, which will also work on Rogers Wireless in Cananda. Will you be picking one up?

Nearly six months before Sony’s expected to launch their attack on motion controls, they’ve released the first of what will likely be a series of advertisements that pit Move against Nintendo’s Wii and Microsoft’s Natal.  I wasn’t sure how they were going to set themselves apart from the competitors but it looks like they’ve got

The term “personal computer”, or “PC”, has become a staple of our everyday life, but have you ever wondered where exactly that term came from? There are many terms and phrases in our every day life that you never think about where they came from.  One of the best known is about “drinking the kool-aid”

I don’t know about you but to me this is more impressive than those digital magazine mockups we’ve seen from Sports Illustrated and Wired Magazine.  It’s takes the idea of an actual newsstand where your place your tablet on a Microsoft Surface table which recognizes the device and the user account associated with it.  After