Android tablets and wireless keyboards: Decisions, decisions
I decided to turn my Android tablet into an all-purpose travel machine. First, I had to find the best wireless keyboard for a PC-like typing experience.
View ArticleTheory: Android's Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard based on BlindType
One of the most powerful features in Google's Android Ice Cream Sandwich release is the new system keyboard -- and I have a sneaking suspicion it's based on the technology of BlindType, a hot startup...
View ArticleStill shook up
User calls this help-desk pilot fish complaining that his laptop is beeping and flickering -- the week after a highly unusual string of earthquakes has rattled the Oklahoma office.
View ArticleSwype for Ice Cream Sandwich launching within 'days'
Craving some Swype with your Ice Cream Sandwich? Fear not: An Android 4.0-ready version of the popular keyboard is almost ready for digestion.
View ArticleAha!
Call comes in to this IT pilot fish from an employee who says there's something wrong with the background music in the lobby. It sounds to her like a scratched CD in repeat mode, constantly skipping --...
View ArticleLet's not even ask how those two got confused
Help desk pilot fish gets a call from a highly placed user: "My secretary just spilled her coffee on the keyboard and now it doesn't work. What can I do?"
View ArticleJust like in arithmetic class
Help desk pilot fish gets a call from an easily confused user, who says, "I am trying to use my computer calculator and my 'times' key has quit working."
View ArticleIf one is good, two is better, right?
User calls this pilot fish in a panic because emails are being deleted from his in-box without warning -- disappearing right before his eyes -- and suspecting a virus or malware, fish makes a beeline...
View ArticleThis wouldn't happen to be the CFO, would it?
Help desk pilot fish gets a call from a user with a puzzling question: How much does a Print Screen button cost?
View ArticleLuckily, modern keys are too cheap to have springs
At this big manufacturing plant, an employee has a problem with a mainframe-terminal keyboard that sticks -- and unfortunately, the vendor has a fix for him.
View ArticleYou had me at A S D K L C N M E R
It's a cold Wednesday morning when this IT pilot fish -- and everyone else in the division -- gets an email from a user who's looking for white paint to fix her keyboard.
View ArticleSome problems only the user can duplicate
General manager of a company division calls this pilot fish, requesting that her keyboard click be turned off But when fish stops by her office to investigate, he can't duplicate the problem -- the...
View ArticleStrictly speaking that would be 'Problem deferred'
Hospital IT pilot fish gets a call from the nursing department: A user's PS/2 keyboard has a bad key, and it needs to be replaced. But when he tries to plug in the new keyboard, he can't.
View ArticleDetails, details
Pilot fish accepts a contract to be the local hands-on tech to install a workstation at a local bank, and initially everything seems to go according to plan. He has everything he needs -- in fact,...
View ArticleAha!
Pilot fish is helping a friend deal with some problems in the PC he uses for his home business -- and the most pressing one is that the PC starts beeping non-stop as soon as he turns it on.
View ArticleAlternate fix: Roll the chair right
The big boss at this company is well known as a technophobe -- but he's also liable to bite the head off anyone who questions him. So when he calls in this pilot fish to complain his keyboard won't...
View ArticleiPad cover with keyboard to be announced today?
Apple to reinvent the Surface Type Cover? Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is rumored to be readying an iPad cover with a built-in keyboard. Microsoft Surface fans are no doubt suffering a severe case of déjà vu...
View ArticleDetails, details
Pilot fish is the IT manager for a company that makes paving materials when he gets a call from a plant manager: Asphalt manufacturing has stopped at his plant because a keyboard stopped working.
View ArticleOS X Mavericks: Fixing wireless keyboard/mouse connections
I've experienced unexplained connection drops when using an Apple wireless keyboard and/or mouse with my Mac. I looked into this and found others experiencing similar challenges, so I've gathered a...
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