Lowest cost Android tablet on the market

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Mark Urbin

Currently I would have to say that title belongs to the Nook.  Ya, ya…Barnes & Noble tells you it that it just an ebook reader, but it’s running a crippled version of Android that you can root pretty easily. It’s pretty straightforward, and you can find just about everything you need at nookDevs. Once you [...]

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I called the Chrome OS back in October

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Mark Urbin

Google announced an OS based on Chrome, this is supposed be a seperate OS than Android, which is already shipping on smartphones and has been ported to netbooks. The Chrome OS is based on open source LINUX code, and Google plans on freely distributing the OS. This can’t make Microsoft very happy. Back in October [...]

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A long post on Operating Systems.

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Mark Urbin

It’s an interesting time for operating systems. The landscape was Microsoft dominating, Apple with a small, but fanatically loyal share and LINUX pulling up a distant third with a tiny hardcore geek base. Then Microsoft decided to make its users relive the ME days with Vista, only worse. The timing was horrible, since Apple was [...]

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Open source 3D Printer

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Mark Urbin

The RepRap.  RepRap stands for Replicating Rapid-prototyper, meaning that a reprap machine can make the parts to build another reprap machine.  Which is kinda cool.  If you want to build your own click here. Stuff made by a reprap. I heard about this when the inventor was interviewed on The Future and You podcast.

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