New blog for the Witzke family

I've started a new blog for our family. This way I devote this one to items of technology.

Thoughts on UMPC - Origami

It looks like the hype machine got carried away again. The announcements at the Intel Developer Forum and Cebit did not give us the iPod killer that people expected. The information from Microsoft's Ultra-Mobile PC site provides a little bit of information. Microsoft's channel 9 has a great interview with Otto Berkes, the architect behind the Ultra-Mobile PC.

Engadget has a number of pictures and articles on the UMPC.

The UMPC will be playing catchup to OQO 01+ mini-tablet PC and the Nokia 770 Linux-based tablet. Battery life will be an issue for all of them.

RIM Blackberry Settlement

Glad to see that RIM and NTP have settled. Although I live in Canada, the repercussions of a shutdown would have been felt here. All of RIM's business would have been impacted.

Now RIM can get on with improving their technology to meet the challenge from Microsoft.

It's No Fun If Your Dead

The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) has launched its spring Road Safety & Loss Prevention campaign aimed directly at high school students. Using dark humor, www.nofunbeingdead.com talks directly to youth about the consequences of drinking and driving. With grad parties and warmer weather, our teens are put into situations that demand they make choices. The site includes audio segments from "Ask Death Radio Show".

Support your teen and let them know about this website and that "It's No Fun if Your Dead".

There are prizes for youth who are residents of British Columbia.