Hasta La Gadget!

Just to clarify right out of the gate, the “year” Fast Company is referring to is 2009, but nonetheless, it’s an award we’re sure Jon is happy to have. 11 geeks were found worthy of the “Geek of the Year” award in ’09, with the likes of Evan Williams and Biz Stone (Twitter), David S. Goyer (the creator of Flash Forward on ABC), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) and Neill Blomkamp (the writer of District 9) joining him. The justification for Jon making the cut?

“He came on board as the new chairman of Palm and brought about the Web OS and the Palm Pre, the start of a line of products that is the best hope for reintroducing the geek masses to Palm.”

After speaking with him on our first-ever Engadget Show and falling head over heels in love with webOS, we can’t help but agree. And yes, after last year’s introduction at CES, it’s all we can do to contain our excitement for this Thursday.

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Hey Lenovo, your cards are showing. Just weeks after the FCC tipped us off on a new pair of netbooks that are all but definitely slated for a CES unveiling, Lenovo has no one but its web administrator(s) to blame for this one. A “New product showcase” portal over on the outfit’s site has just revealed a half dozen new lappies that are slated to go on sale starting January 5th – 7th, with the ultra-sleek 13.3-inch ThinkPad Edge (pictured above) leading the way. Said rig boasts up to 7.8 hours of battery life, a dual-core CPU, Windows 7, Bluetooth and WiMAX options, integrated WWAN / GPS, WiFi, a spill-resistant keyboard, three USB ports, a 5-in-1 media card reader and an option for a red paint job. There’s also a sub-3 pound ThinkPad X100e ultraportable with an 11.6-inch display, AMD processor and an only-available-overseas Arctic White color option. The T410, T410s, T510 and W510 are bringing up the rear, with their (admittedly brief) specification lists spelled out in the source links below.

[Thanks, Jake and Daniel]

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This article was written on September 11, 2006 by CyberNet.

The competition for data storage has now begun because AOL has finally released a free 5GB to their users. Anyone can signup for the service on the Xdrive site but I am sure a lot of people are still going to be skeptical just because the name AOL is attached to it.

I decided to give it a try anyways and see what they had to offer. I definitely like the interface because it is easy to follow and you can find what you are looking for very quickly. The thing that makes me love the service the most would have to be the applications that they have to offer that integrates it into Windows.

Their desktop software has a lot of great features:

• Easy to use Backup Smart Pick Options
• Schedule multiple automated backups
• Access Xdrive through Windows Explorer
• Manage and share folders and files
• Drag and drop folders and files
• Open and save files directly from applications
• In-product help and user-friendly wizards
• Skip the Download plugin included

They also have a web browser plug-in that will let you download things straight to your Xdrive account by using an option in your right-click menu. I thought that would be pretty cool but I quickly got disappointed when I found out that it is only available for Internet Explorer.

An alternate solution to download content directly from the web is available but it isn’t as easy. You have to copy and paste the desired URL into a text box in order to initiate the download. It’s still nice for people who don’t use Internet Explorer.

I’m still not quite sure whether I would use this on a regular basis but I have been pondering the idea of using this for sharing files with my friends and family. Xdrive has an option that will let you share a folder with certain people that you choose. I’ll have to play around with it a little more to find out how much I really like it.

Thanks for the tip Jeff!

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Yeah, hardware accelerating Doom is an important milestone in any fledgling system’s career, but when you talk 3D acceleration, Quake is certainly a giant leap ahead of Doom in polygonal terms. The game has now been ported to webOS using the same new SDL library from version 1.3.5, and while it looks a little sluggish and crashy in the video after the break, it’s clearly a landmark event just the same. Now if only we could get stuff like this in the App Catalog we’d be perfectly happy forever and ever. Or for at least a week.

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This article was written on February 01, 2007 by CyberNet.

This morning I’ve been watching videos of the Mandriva Metisse Linux that, in my opinion, puts some amazing 3D features features at your fingertips. All of this XGL and 3D stuff is often shrugged off as merely being eye candy, but there are four video demonstrations that really show the usability that these features can really offer.

–Copy and Paste Done Right–

There is probably nothing simpler to do on your computer than copy and paste, right? Mandriva Metisse makes it a little easier to do that operation by using a “folding” desktop when copying and pasting between multiple windows.

–Side-by-Side Windows–

Putting two large windows side-by-side is not such a chore with Mandriva Metisse. It is able to place windows on an angle so that you can see both of them next to each other, and you are still able to interact with both of them.

–Multiple Desktop View–

I think this is probably the best virtual desktop manager that I have seen. You can tile your desktops and actually interact with the windows by dragging and dropping them around.

–Mirror Windows–

I think this is one of the less useful features out of the ones listed above, but it is one of those things that you can show off to your friends. Basically, you can mirror any window so that any action you perform on one window will actually show up on both.

–Overview–

I always thought that openSUSE Linux was always the furthest advanced version of Linux since they often implement the latest technology. However, Mandriva seems to be taking that crown away and I have really considered switching to it as my primary version of Linux that I use. I like the look and feel of their operating system, and it is obvious that they are exploring new ways to make it the best it can be.

Download Mandriva Metisse

Thanks for the tip Chris!

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