One of the more persistent rumors on the Macworld Expo show floor this past week -- besides the one saying that Jobs would parachute onto the stage during the keynote in order to prove that he's fit as a fiddle -- was that Apple would be ditching Macworld next year for the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which also took place last week.
The new Palm Pre, which runs on the new Web OS operating system, will not work with older applications supported on the Palm Treo and other smart phones, a Palm Inc. official confirmed.
Smartfish Technologies is bringing a new, smarter keyboard to market in March. The wired keyboard, expected to sell for US$150, automatically adjusts itself over the course of a day.
Where Google Chrome security fails: the password I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
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