Weekend Technology Roundup.

Ah the weekend... the time to round up the cool technology news.

Here's an interesting line-item comparison of iPad vs. Kindle (2) vs. Nook. Here's another comparison by CNET, who I respect.  Many of the CNET and other forums summarize the iPad as wonderful for a portable, larger multimedia device (large iTouch).  But if you want a dedicated reader, one whose battery life is 1-2 weeks (opposed to iPad of 1-2 days), then you go with the easier to read Kindle 2 or other E-INK reader.

Because Kindle application has been on the iPhone and iTouch for so long, David Carnoy wonders if the iPad will actually increase sales for Kindle and Amazon in general.

For writers and other office workers: If you're interested in an exceptional Office program, but don't want to front the money for Microsoft Office, then OpenOffice 3.2 is for you.  It has everything you need, at the price you need it: FREE.  Yes, it's free. It's available on Linux, Windows, and MacOS.  It's now up to version 3.2, having been downloaded 100 million times, so many of the bugs have been ironed out.

Speaking of Linux...if you're seeking a wonderful, easy-to-use operating system: Ubuntu' latest version 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) is out. Download it from here, which is a .iso file, burn that to CD and you can install the (free) OS from there. I'm using it and it's fantastic.

Dell has leaked some new cell phones (and probably another eReader with them).  The Dell Thunder.
Here's some other leaked phones from Dell.

Microsoft has a software eBook Reader. Rumor has it they delayed their split-down-the-middle hardware reader due to battery life issues. Perhaps it'll release for the Christmas shopping rush.

A poor software engineer at Apple abandoned his prototype iPhone 4 with OS 4 laying around a bar. Oops.

I came across quite an interesting comparison... this graph shows the number of unique visitors for three websites: Digg vs. NY Times vs. WSJ.  One would think the last two would lead, but alas, no.  Another sign that the world's wants and needs are changing.


And, that's it folks. The (English Premier League) Manchester United v. Tottenham is on, so I'm off.