By Jeffrey the Barak Yesterday Google held a press conference which included the sad news that Chrome and Chrome-based netbooks will most likely not be on sale until the second half of 2011. Having abandoned smartphones because I find them too tiny, (I sold my ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak I have set up a table on the battleship Missouri and have invited my Google Spreadsheets to take seats across from my iPad and shake hands. I am waiting, but my fellow sailors are reminding me that there is a $1000 ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak Los Angeles, 4:30PM November 19th, 2010. Today is the day for the Jolibook to launch in England. Meanwhile a look at the Jolicloud site revealed a change, they now allow you to sign up and try Jolicloud OS in your browser, ... Read More

When an event and a moment collide. By Sig Shonholtz For most of us, the phrase “what a coincidence” is simply a phrase like any cliché. I was still in high school when I started thinking about it more seriously. It was the result of ... Read More

Waiting for Google Chrome, part 16 By Jeffrey the Barak Since the Chrome project started, we’ve seen many changes. Microsoft is advertising Windows 7 as a cloud application, showing a normal lady editing photos in the cloud, in a TV commercial, Jolicloud has been out ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak. Jolicloud is a Linux-based operating system for netbooks and also PC’s that is available now and very easy to use. It is all you need if your computing life is all about email, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other activities that require ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak The new September 1st 2010 iPod Nano, 6th Generation. Yesterday, Apple unveiled the 6th Generation iPod Nano. Following the keynote announcement, I went to Apple.com and bought the 5th Generation Nano at a third off. Two days ago, this was the ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak How to make twenty-four dollars sound like ten. It seems like a bargain, only ten bucks, and then they’ll throw in a second one for free, “just pay separate shipping and handling”. But that’s the catch. Shipping and handling may be ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak. I am a man-bag flipper. I like my personal luggage, be it a briefcase, messenger, pouch or satchel. I was never one for going around with no stuff, or stuffing my pockets, so a bag just makes sense for me. I ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak I spend most of my waking hours in front of a 27″ iMac. Not that I’m complaining. When I’m not working, I play here too. But sometimes I have to actually leave my desk and be in other places, and then ... Read More