Apple’s new tablet is called… the iPad

In geeky gadget circles, Apple’s tablet has been hyped for months (years, by some) with speculation about it’s name, the operating system it will use, how it will get us to Mars quicker, etc.  As a Dinner Topics reader, though, you just want to know what it does, what it costs, and well… what it [...]

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Google Phone

Last week, Google released their own phone called the Nexus One, although many people just call it the “Google Phone.”  Why is yet another smart phone a worthy subject?  Because Google is selling the phone directly, like Apple does with the iPhone.  BUT, Google attempts to take things one step further by offering an “unlocked” [...]

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Steve Jobs Underwent Liver Transplant

Just as the title suggests, while Apple CEO Steve Jobs was on medical leave the past six months, he underwent a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago.  According to Bloomberg.com , Jobs “was considering the procedure as a result of complications following his 2004 surgery to remove an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor.” 1 [...]

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Palm Pre – Newest Smartphone from old Apple Exec

Rounding out Dinner Topics’ tech weekend, today’s post is about the new smartphone from Palm, available only on the Sprint network for the time being, called the Palm Pre.  It seems like new phones are released every day, and half of them claim to be an “iPhone killer,” but this one deserves a post on [...]

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