Life On the Wicked Stage: Act 2

Pete Wright's First Impressions Of His Motion LE1600

As promised Pete Wright is blogging his intital impressions of his new Motion LE1600. Sounds like it got there just in time as his M200 gave up the ghost about the time he fired it up. He's quite detailed with his impressions and speaks highly of Allegiance Technology Partners where he ordered from.

Check out his impressions here.

Russinvoich Joins Class Action Lawsuit Against Sony BMG

According to Brian Krebs' Security Fix column, Mark Russinovich, the security researcher who broke the Sony BMG Rootkit Fiasco wide open has joined the defense plaintaiff's team in a class action suit being filed in New York.

Russinovich is quoted as saying that he "wanted to make sure that a message was sent loud and clear to Sony and hopefully to the rest of the industry."

Sony's in more legal hot water over the issue with a suit filed by the State of Texas and a possible one brewing from The State of New York. It appears that Eliot Spitzer's office sent investigators out to local stores a week after Sony recalled the CDs and they were still able to purchase the Rootkit CDs off the shelf.

Mobile, Tablet, Convertible PCS As A Fashion Statement?

Want your laptop or Tablet PC to be a fashion statment? Looking for a little more style in the case design? Take a look at this CNET artlcle about the possibilites of notebooks with leather, fabric, chrome, or wood cases. They are all prototypes at this point, but who knows. Make sure you check out the zebra stripes.

New Academic Tablet PC Wiki On Channel 9

There is a new Academic Wiki On Channel 9 in addition to the regular Tablet PC Wiki.

Do you work with tablets in academia/research? Add yourself to the list here. Have any good conference papers? Add a link. Wrote any good software for tablets? Click 'edit' (on the left) now, and add yourself.

Check it out here.

Via Lora.

A Tablet PC Bug?

Bugs exist in hardware and software all the time. Some can be squashed. Some can't. Apparently the very real bug Casey falls into the latter category. You'll need to crawl over to his blog to find out what it is.

Via Julie Lerman.

Get Ready For Another Tablet PC Guy Giveaway Contest

Tablet PC MVP andTablet PC Buzz Moderator Dennis Rice (TabPCMan) is starting up a contest on Tablet PC Buzz with the prizes being a Tablet PC Guy of your very own. Watch the Buzz for details.

jkOnTheRun: WindowsBlinds Gives You Glass On Your Tablet PC Now

James Kendrick is trying out WindowsBlinds 5 and likes it. According to jk if you're looking to experience Glass on your computer and can't wait for Vista next year this will do the trick. Check out screenshots and more info on jkOnTheRun.

Some Reviews And Commentary On The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet

Some interesting reviews and commentary from some hands on experience with the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet have recently surfaced. It seems like it may be next year before folks in this country get there hands on one due to demand. Here are some recent and past reviews to take a look at while you may be waiting. This looks like it's going to be a hit.

• Raja Kumar spends a weekend with his Nokia 770.
• MSNBC's Gary Krakow takes a look at the Nokia 770.
• Samuel's Blog gives the Nokia a once over with some great pictures.
• Mike Cain posted a guest review on jkOnTheRun back in June.
• The MobileTechRoundup Podcast talks about the Nokia here and here.

Set PHaSRs To Stun

The US Airforce has unveiled a new hand-held laser weapon that gives security forces a non-lethal option for crowd control and perimeter protection. Called the Personal Halting and Stimulation System (PHaSR) (do they use the same guys to name things as Microsoft?) is still a prototype and a few years away from being used in the field. It shoots a low-power beam of laser light that temporarily impairs a target's vision.

Pete Wright, His Tenderhook Emotions, And The Motion LE1600 Tablet PC

Pete Wright is a Microsoft Consultant and the author of a number books on Microsoft Technology. He's also into Apple. But at the moment his emotions are on tenderhooks as he awaits the arrival of his new Motion LE1600 Tablet PC. His new Tablet PC will replace his Toshiba M200.

He promises to blog his impressions with his new Motion and I'm looking forward to seeing what he has to say. I really like this quote from his post:

Now, why the sudden re-fascination with tablets? Well, it looks like 2006 is going to be the year Tablet explodes. Analysts are predicting a massive jump in sales thanks to more and more manufacturers adopting the convertible form factor. Also, now that it's possible to pick up a tablet PC in many consumer electronics stores here in the States, more and more people are actually getting their hands on the devices and seeing the benefits they bring. So, now is definately the time to be working on developing next generation software for what is undoubtedly one of the few next generation platforms around today.

Check out the full post here.

Via Rob Bushway