Section: Computers, Hardware, Laptops, Trade Shows, CES The laptop market seems to be downsizing all the time.  Well, at least in size of the laptops at least.  There are some sacrifices to be made along the way, but there’s always some sort sort of sacrifice.  With the new HP P...

<p>As required by the FCC, all Mac-related web sites must publish pre-Macworld Expo predictions regarding what Apple may announce at the show. Remember: these are predictions based on little more than my own speculation and tea-leaf reading, so hold your applause until the end, and, pl...

In a whopper of a press release, Lenovo has announced a stunner of a new all-in-one desktop called the A600, three new IdeaPad Y-Series laptops, and announced instant-on capability and a multi-touch trackpad for their S10 Netbook. Regarding the new instant-on capability in the S10 Netbook: Other new...

It's New Year's Eve which means that once again it's prediction time. Last year's went pretty well with 17 of them, so I'll go up to 20 this time. I think the following will happen in 2009: 1. iTunes goes DRM-free Apple is clearly talking with the labels about this and I think it will happen sooner ...

It’s New Year’s Eve which means that once again it’s prediction time. Last year’s went pretty well with 17 of them, so I’ll go up to 20 this time. I think the following will happen in 2009: 1. iTunes goes DRM-free Apple is clearly talking with the labels about this and ...

I’m sure we’re going to look back at 2009 and say “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times’ and it will no doubt be interesting. Here’s my predictions…. Social Networking Everywhere Although online social networking companies are already struggling with diminished valuations,...

The Good of 2008 Financial Opportunities for Independent Application and Game Makers While so-called “ISVs” (small software shops, often staffed by just the founding programmer) have largely disappeared from the Windows platform, pushed out by Microsoft’s total dominance of most IT spend coupl...

Each year, we at GearBits post some predictions for the coming year. And then, in the interest of honesty, fairness, and self-deprecation, we take a look back to see how we did. Each of our predictions for 2008 are listed below, along with an update on what actually happened. 1) Blu-Ray Wins the For...

Think of 2008 as Act I when it comes to set-top boxes, the prelude of what’s to come. Next year will bring the conflict in Act II, and 2010? Hopefully Act III and a resolution. In 2008, all manner of brand-name and upstart players began vying to be the box that connects to your TV set deliveri...

[These notes will eventually become part of a tech talk on video encoding. List of all articles in this series.] Unless you’re going to stick to films made before 1927 or so, you’re going to want an audio track. A future article will talk about how to pick the audio codec that’s ri...