Software

moblin

January 30, 2009 on 6:44 pm | In Computer | Comments Off

A few days ago, I wrote about Jolicloud, which looks like a good distribution for netbooks.  Moblin is a different software platform to do the same thing.  They have a build available for install on netbooks or laptops.  I installed the VMWare image, and it boots pretty fast, and it comes pre-installed with the needed application for a netbook.

 [via Download Squad]

Multiple Calendars in NuevaSync

January 26, 2009 on 8:11 am | In Computer | Comments Off A while ago, I wrote about how I was annoyed that NuevaSync merged all calendar entries from my different calendars into one calendar on my iPhone.  A few weeks ago, they added support for multiple calendars.  Tonight, I set this up, and it works well.  Now I will not need SyncMyCal installed any more.

Jolicloud

January 25, 2009 on 9:39 am | In Computer | Comments Off

Jolicloud looks like it could be very interesting for netbooks.  Jolicloud is a distribution of linux that is optimized to boot faster on netbooks.  Also, the launcher in Jolicloud looks pretty cool.

[via Engadget]

i.TV

January 22, 2009 on 5:28 am | In Computer, Gadgets | Comments Off

i.TV is a very cool iPhone application.  i.TV shows you information on movies and TV shows.  i.TV also lets you see and modify your Netflix queue (Both the disc and instant queues).

i.TV relatively recently added the  ability to schedule recordings on TiVo DVRs.  I have used this a few times.  There is one thing that I would like to see added is the ability to set the priority of the recording request.  Currently, any request made through i.TV will not be scheduled if there is any conflict.

Garmin ecoRoute

January 8, 2009 on 5:47 am | In Cars, Electronics | Comments Off

In this post, I mentioned that Audi and Nissan are working on navigation systems that will give fuel effecient routes.  Garmin is also doing the same thing for their portable navigation units.  They are adding an ecoRoute routing type.  Navigation units with ecoRoute will have a setting that lets you specify the type of car you have. Then it can provide you with an effecient route.

The best thing about this is that they are making this available for all compatible devices.  I need to download the web updater to see if this will be available for our Nuvi 680.

[via CNET's CES blog]