The Archos 35 Home Connect is sort of a cross between a clock radio, a portable stereo, and an Android smartphone. Seriously. It’s little little device with a 3.5 inch touchscreen display, two relatively large speakers, and Android 2.2 Froyo. It can stream music from thousands of internet radio stations, view weather forecasts, or simply work as an alarm clock….

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Yesterday I got an interview request from Jon Gordon, host of a public radio technology show called Future Tense. He wanted to talk about netbooks, and of course he couldn’t really get me to shut up. So he’s posted two versions of our interview on the Future Tense website. The version that will go out to radio stations is about…

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Ever wonder where the magic that is Liliputing happens? Well, even if you haven’t, here it is. Xavier at Notebooks.com decided to start asking tech bloggers for pictures of their workspaces the other day. So I snapped a quick photo of my home office and sent it off to him. pardon the mes,but that’s honestly what my workspace looks like…

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When I’m not writing about tiny computers, software, personal video recorders, or the environment, I’m a radio journalist and occasional audio engineer. And every now and again, my worlds cross. A colleague recently wrote to ask for my advice on setting up a field recording kit, complete with a digital audio recorder, mic, cables, headphones, and to top things off,…

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