By John Dodge
Netbooks were all the rage in 2009 and a dog in 2010.
The bloom came off the netbook rose early last year, possibly in anticipation of the iPad and then directly from the wildly popular tablet.
Dodge Retort: Whatever happened to Netbooks? Read More »
By John Dodge
Now this is the phone I want.
Dodge Retort: HTC Thunderbolt -Verizon’s first 4G Smartphone? Read More »
By John Dodge
For now, my 4G decision is easy because Verizon has already made it for me.
Dodge Retort: To 4G or not to 4G Read More »
By John Dodge
I just bought a new desktop after eight years living on a Dell 8300 Pentium 4 for which I plunked down $2562 on April 2, 2003.
Dodge Retort: PC upgrade work & research…pays off Read More »
By John Dodge
It’s been almost eight years since I acquired my last desktop computer. It’s time to go shopping for a new one and wade through dozens of models with long unmemorable names and figure out a configuration amid infinite variations.
Dodge Retort: Buying a Long Overdue Desktop Read More »
By John Dodge
When three of your computers start acting up, you look for the common culprit. By acting up, I mean slow to a crawl or shut you out of key applications.
Dodge Retort: McAfee Hassles Read More »
By John Dodge
The Samsung Fascinate is the fifth Android smart phone I’ve reviewed in the past year and it reflects the evolution of Android devices. It may be my favorite one yet.
Dodge Retort: One of Best Android Smart Phones Yet Read More »
By John Dodge
The movie The Social Network is a worthy and multi-faceted flick. It evoked some thoughts given I have traveled in high tech circles for most of my career as a journalist.
Dodge Retort: The Social Network a Good Yarn, but Incomplete Read More »
By John Dodge
I am writing a couple of short bylined features a month about video, cloud computing, borderless networks and virtualization for News@Cisco. My first story reporting on the first TV broadcast of an NFL game in 3D.
Dodge Retort: Sports in 3D-The 2nd Best to Being There in Person Read More »
By John Dodge
The Droid is the fourth Android-based smartphone from I’ve had the chance to test out during the past 10 months and I must say, there’s a certain sameness to all of Verizon’s Droids. So it’s the details that distinguish them from one another. It’s sort of like if Apple has four different size iPhones.
Dodge Retort: Droid 2 a bit better than original Droid Read More »