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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[The winds of change are blowing]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/30/the-winds-of-change-are-blowing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/30/the-winds-of-change-are-blowing/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/30/the-winds-of-change-are-blowing/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[I've had this phrase set on my various instant messaging clients for the past few days and it's prompted more than a fewcurious inquiries about just what is up.<br /><br />This will be my last post here at The Office Weblog. I've beeninvited to contribute at ZDNet where I will be writing under the title "<ahref="http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant">Office Evolution</a>". Don't click just yet - I'll be back online sometimein the next few days, once the wires get twisted together and the lights start blinking.<br /><br />I've had anincredible time writing here at Weblogs, Inc. I jumped when Jason Calacanis invited me to join a handful of otherbloggers. Back then, the promise of this network was just that - tons of potential and and a lot of big dreams. Thesepast two years I've had the great fortune to work with some fantastically talented people, make more than a few goodfriends, and have had a chance to speak with, interview, and pick the brains of a number of scary smart people.<br/><br />After almost two years, nearly 2500 posts, and more than 2 million words, I am really excited about this newopportunity to explore the changing way we approach work:<br />
<ul>
    <li><span style="font-weight:bold;">Office</span>: Not just the obvious office software suite coverage but also Software as a Service, Web 2.0online applications, and the changing nature of office and knowledge work (think time-shifting, virtual teams andcompanies, telecommuters, and free agents).</li>
    <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Productivity</span>: I lovetalking about techniques and tools to get more done. Whether it's Getting Things Done, a great new add-in for Outlook,a compelling life hack, or even a Moleskine Journal, if it relates to reducing stress and creating more time to focuson what's truly important, I'll be all over it.</li>
    <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mobile Computing</span>:From the Tablet PC to the Treo or Smartphone, we're getting cooler mobile toys every day. Not only do the latest mobileplatforms offer more computing power, better battery life, and greater usability than ever before, the variety of formfactors is increasing at an incredible pace. The recent introduction of the Nokia Internet Tablet and the refresh ofthe OQO palmtop are good examples of net-gen mobility tools that continue to push the envelope on portability andpower. USB thumb drives with a complete suite of software are another trend I'm simply fascinated by and plan tocover.</li>
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<br />As you can probably tell, I'm just a little bit excited. ;^)<br /><br />Check me out at the newaddress and let me know what you think.<br /><br />See you on the other side...<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/30/the-winds-of-change-are-blowing/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/586313/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/30/the-winds-of-change-are-blowing/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/30/the-winds-of-change-are-blowing/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-586313"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-586313?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-586313" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-586313&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/30/the-winds-of-change-are-blowing/" /></p>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-30T22:07:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[OnTheRun with Tablet PCs #11- Michael Linenberger interview]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/29/ontherun-with-tablet-pcs-11-michael-linenberger-interview/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/29/ontherun-with-tablet-pcs-11-michael-linenberger-interview/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/29/ontherun-with-tablet-pcs-11-michael-linenberger-interview/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://libsyn.com/media/jkendrick/OnTheRun_with_Tablet_PCs_11.mp3" target="_blank"><img width="200"vspace="4" hspace="4" height="200" border="0" align="right" alt=""src="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/media/2006/01/otr_tpc_cover_art_2.jpg" />Listen here</a> (21.4 MB, 62 minutes) or</p>
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<p> <ahref="http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/" target="_blank">James Kendrick</a> and I are back with a great new showfeaturing special guest Michael Linenberger. Michael is the author of <a href="http://www.seizetheworkday.com/">Seizethe Work Day</a> (Using the Tablet PC to Take Total Control of Your Work and Meeting Day) and a new book, <ahref="http://www.workdaycontrol.com/thebook.html">Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook</a>.&nbsp; <br/></p>
<p>James and I agree that Seize the Work Day is unquestionably the best book covering productivity with theTablet PC. In his new book, Total Workday Control, Michael provides eight best practices for maximum productivity inMicrosoft Outlook. Our discussion with Michael covers his books, how and why he wrote them, and even looks to thefuture of the Tablet PC.</p>
<p>Michael has graciously offered three copies each of both of his books to give away tothe podcast listeners so listen carefully to the show to find out what you need to do to win a free book. James and Iwill be determining the winners over the next few days so don't delay - listen to the show and get your entry in as acomment on the <a href="http://jkontherun.blogs.com/otrwithtpcs/2006/01/ontherun_with_t_2.html">podcast blog</a>! Wewill announce the six winners on the next show.</p>
<p>Enjoy the show and let us know what you think.</p>
<p>Specialthanks to <a href="http://www.tiedyekeith.com/" target="_blank">Tiedye Keith</a> for the great song"Vulnerable" with vocals by Tony Lindsay of Santana. </p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/29/ontherun-with-tablet-pcs-11-michael-linenberger-interview/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/585961/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/29/ontherun-with-tablet-pcs-11-michael-linenberger-interview/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/29/ontherun-with-tablet-pcs-11-michael-linenberger-interview/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-585961"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-585961?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-585961" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-585961&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/29/ontherun-with-tablet-pcs-11-michael-linenberger-interview/" /></p>]]></description><category>Linenberger</category><category>Outlook</category><category>productivity</category><category>Tablet PC</category><category>TabletPc</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-29T18:23:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[How would you use a portable scanner with your Tablet PC?]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/how-would-you-use-a-portable-scanner-with-your-tablet-pc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/how-would-you-use-a-portable-scanner-with-your-tablet-pc/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/how-would-you-use-a-portable-scanner-with-your-tablet-pc/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<img width="400" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="40" border="0" align="texttop"src="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/media/2006/01/docupen.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />That's the question <ahref="http://robbushway.blogspot.com/2006/01/win-your-own-docupen-rc800.html">Rob Bushway</a> posed to his readers theother day in a new contest he's running. The prize? Why a portable scanner - namely the <ahref="http://planon.com/docupen_rc800.php">DocuPen RC800</a> pictured here. It's a sweet little device that providesthe ability to quickly capture pages of content that can be imported onto the Tablet PC for review, annotation, andreference. When OneNote 2007 is released, the built-in OCR will even recognize the scanned text and make itsearchable.<br /><br />Rob set a minimum of 50 entries and he's already exceeded that mark. I agree with his assessmentthat there are some fantastic applications being suggested by the entrants - maybe one of them will give you a new ideaabout how to get more out of your Tablet PC. The contest is open through February 3rd so it's not too late for you totoss your idea into the pool for consideration.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/how-would-you-use-a-portable-scanner-with-your-tablet-pc/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/585753/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/how-would-you-use-a-portable-scanner-with-your-tablet-pc/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/how-would-you-use-a-portable-scanner-with-your-tablet-pc/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-585753"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-585753?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-585753" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-585753&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/how-would-you-use-a-portable-scanner-with-your-tablet-pc/" /></p>]]></description><category>OCR</category><category>portable</category><category>scan</category><category>scanner</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-28T09:49:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pete Wright wraps up his Vista adventure... for now]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/pete-wright-wraps-up-his-vista-adventure-for-now/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/pete-wright-wraps-up-his-vista-adventure-for-now/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/pete-wright-wraps-up-his-vista-adventure-for-now/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<img width="400" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="88" border="0" align="texttop"src="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/media/2006/01/vista_5270_tpc_005.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />It's been a veryinteresting week following along with <ahref="http://peterwright.blogspot.com/2006/01/end-of-week-with-vista.html">Pete Wright</a> as he has put Windows Vistathrough its paces on his Tablet PC. Due to some travel and speaking obligations, he's wrapping up his Vista trial andreinstalling Windows XP (very smart - giving a public presentation with a beta OS is daredevil territory). But Pete hasgotten me even more excited about Vista's potential by sharing his experiences in such great detail and with such candidhonesty about the good and the bad. Here's his summary:<br /><br />"But, I love it to bits. I really do. I hadscoffed at the suggestion that this  is the next version of Windows for the next ten years, but now I can quite see it. I love the UI. I love the tight integration of the apps (mail, calendar,  contacts, journal, ie etc etc) into theOS. I love Defender and it's somewhat  overzealous attempts to guard me when I try to do anything. I love that i can hibernate and restore from hibernate in lightning speeds compared to XP or it's  forebears. I love the Tablet supportmost of all, with the gorgeous new TIP, and  the beautiful click feedback animations. <br /><br />I love Vista. Once Ihave these  presentations out of the way, it's definitely going back on as my primary Tablet  OS."<br /><br/>Thanks Pete.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/pete-wright-wraps-up-his-vista-adventure-for-now/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/585747/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/pete-wright-wraps-up-his-vista-adventure-for-now/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/pete-wright-wraps-up-his-vista-adventure-for-now/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-585747"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-585747?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-585747" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-585747&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/pete-wright-wraps-up-his-vista-adventure-for-now/" /></p>]]></description><category>Tablet PC</category><category>TabletPc</category><category>Vista</category><category>Windows</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-28T08:40:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catching up on Tablet PC news and opinion]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/25/catching-up-on-tablet-pc-news-and-opinion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/25/catching-up-on-tablet-pc-news-and-opinion/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/25/catching-up-on-tablet-pc-news-and-opinion/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[It's been a busy week in the Tablet PC world and it's only Wednesday. Here, for your reading pleasure, are links to someof the interesting goings-on:<br /><br /><strong>New Tablet PC blog from down under</strong>: <ahref="http://ubertablet.blogspot.com/">Hugo 'poogie' Ortega</a> is one very misguided geek. Knowing that Tablet PC takeup in Australia has been very unimpressive, to say the least, he has single-mindedly begun preaching to anyone, willingor unwilling to listen, about the merits of Tablet PC.<br /><br /><strong>Review of ArtRage 2 and Alias SketchbookPro</strong>: Chad "The Cartoon Monkey" Essley provides a very thorough, heavily illustrated <ahref="http://www.cartoonmonkey.com/mt2/2006/01/artrage_20_the_review.html">review of the newly released ArtRage 2</a>and compares it to Alias Sketchbook Pro. One costs $20.00, the other $179.00. How do they stack up?<br /><br/><strong>Vista on the Motion 1600 LE</strong>: <ahref="http://peterwright.blogspot.com/2006/01/installing-vista-on-motion-le1600.html">Pete Wright</a> chronicles hisadventures getting Vista installed on his Motion Computing 1600 LE slate. Pete boldly goes where this Tablet PC userstill fears to tread. Step-by-step screenshots are included for your vicarious viewing pleasure.<br /><br/><strong>Travelin' with Tablet Guy</strong>: Tablet PC MVP and TabletPCBuzz.com editor Dennis Rice launches a <ahref="http://mobilethink.blogspot.com/">new blog</a> chronicling his adventures in the Tabletscape. "When I firstmet Tablet Guy, I must say I was not all that impressed. I mean, look at the shoes ,man! But ya know, he kinda grows onyou after a while. Compared to the Channel Nine Guy, he downright cute (sorry Scoble)! So I've decided I'mgonna hang with him. He and I are gonna be buds, and travel the tabletscape together, commenting on things in theTablet PC world as they develop. So stay tuned...! Come on Tablet Guy..., Let's Roll!!<br /><br/><strong>Eric Mack's Paperless Challenge - the podcast</strong>: Join Eric and his special guest Tracy Hooten of the<a href="http://www.studenttabletpc.com/">Student Tablet PC blog</a> (who was recently named a Tablet PC MVP) as theydiscuss the results of their self-imposed <ahref="http://www.ericmackonline.com/ica/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/paperless-challenge-podcast-part-one">PaperlessChallenge</a>. Can the Tablet PC eliminate paper? Tune into the first installment of the podcast to find out.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/25/catching-up-on-tablet-pc-news-and-opinion/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/584775/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/25/catching-up-on-tablet-pc-news-and-opinion/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/25/catching-up-on-tablet-pc-news-and-opinion/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-584775"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-584775?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-584775" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-584775&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/25/catching-up-on-tablet-pc-news-and-opinion/" /></p>]]></description><category>blogs</category><category>news</category><category>podcast</category><category>review</category><category>Tablet PC</category><category>TabletPc</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-25T09:37:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ink Gestures in Outlook]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/22/ink-gestures-in-outlook/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/22/ink-gestures-in-outlook/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/22/ink-gestures-in-outlook/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Rob Bushway provides a <a href="http://robbushway.blogspot.com/2006/01/ink-gestures-in-outlook-2003.html">tip</a> thatyou can use Loren's Ink Gestures in Outlook if you have Word set as the e-mail editor. You'll need to download the <ahref="http://www.inkgestures.com/">latest version</a> (currently 1.09) for this to work properly. Good to know.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/22/ink-gestures-in-outlook/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/583747/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/22/ink-gestures-in-outlook/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/22/ink-gestures-in-outlook/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-583747"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-583747?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-583747" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-583747&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/22/ink-gestures-in-outlook/" /></p>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-22T11:29:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[ArtRage 2 now available]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/22/artrage-2-now-available/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/22/artrage-2-now-available/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/22/artrage-2-now-available/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<img width="157" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="154" border="0" align="right"src="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/media/2006/01/artrage_ui.jpg" alt="" />ArtRage 2 has been officially released. Twoversions - one free and one paid - are now available. Here's the announcement:<br /><br />"<font size="-1"face="arial,helvetica">This new version of ArtRage comes in two versions. The Full Edition gives you all the newfeatures, including four new tools, layers, metal paints, and much more for only $19.95US. Because of the support wereceived for ArtRage 1 we wanted to make a Free Edition as well that gives you all the tools ArtRage 1 had, with speedand tablet enhancements, and a few new things thrown in for good measure.</font>  <font size="-1"face="arial,helvetica">		</font>
<p align="justify"><font size="-1" face="arial,helvetica">For more information on thefeatures of ArtRage 2.0 Full and Free editions, look <a style="text-decoration: none;"href="http://www.ambientdesign.com/artragefeatures.html"><strong>here</strong></a>."</font></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/22/artrage-2-now-available/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/583745/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/22/artrage-2-now-available/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/22/artrage-2-now-available/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-583745"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-583745?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-583745" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-583745&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/22/artrage-2-now-available/" /></p>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-22T11:15:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should MCE and Tablet PC be combined?]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/21/should-mce-and-tablet-pc-be-combined/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/21/should-mce-and-tablet-pc-be-combined/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/21/should-mce-and-tablet-pc-be-combined/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<img width="215" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="142" border="0" align="right"src="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/media/2006/01/IPRONTO.JPG" alt="" />That's the intriguing question Kevin Tofelposes over at <a href="http://www.hdbeat.com/2006/01/20/do-you-think-its-time-for-wmce-and-tablet-to-merge/">HDBeat</a> picking up on a thread at the RemotelyCool forums. Hop over at add your thoughts.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/21/should-mce-and-tablet-pc-be-combined/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/583569/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/21/should-mce-and-tablet-pc-be-combined/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/21/should-mce-and-tablet-pc-be-combined/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-583569"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-583569?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-583569" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-583569&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/21/should-mce-and-tablet-pc-be-combined/" /></p>]]></description><category>MCE</category><category>remote</category><category>Tablet PC</category><category>TabletPc</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-21T08:54:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xplore Technologies ruggedized Tablet PC with EV-DO]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/21/xplore-technologies-ruggedized-tablet-pc-with-ev-do/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/21/xplore-technologies-ruggedized-tablet-pc-with-ev-do/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/21/xplore-technologies-ruggedized-tablet-pc-with-ev-do/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<img width="187" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="280" border="0" align="right" alt=""src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/01/centrino-front-alt-280.jpg" />Engadget is all over the newly announced <ahref="http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/19/xplore-technologies-dualmode-allvue-tablet-pc-ix104c2dv/">XploreTechnologies</a> ruggedized Tablet PC. The iX104C2DV (try saying that three times fast) features both active andpassive digitizers (that's penabledand touchscreen respectively) and built-in <ahref="http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/20/xplore-adds-ev-do-to-their-ix104-tablet-pc/">EV-DO</a>. The technical specsare modest - this is a unit designed for durability, not performance and I tend to agree with the Engadget kids thatthe price tag is probably out of reach for private citizens. Slap a little camo paint on this puppy and it'll fit rightinto an Abrams tank.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/21/xplore-technologies-ruggedized-tablet-pc-with-ev-do/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/583568/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/21/xplore-technologies-ruggedized-tablet-pc-with-ev-do/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/21/xplore-technologies-ruggedized-tablet-pc-with-ev-do/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-583568"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-583568?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-583568" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-583568&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/21/xplore-technologies-ruggedized-tablet-pc-with-ev-do/" /></p>]]></description><category>EV-DO</category><category>ruggedized</category><category>TabletPC</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-21T08:43:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ink Gestures for Word now in public beta]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/19/ink-gestures-for-word-now-in-public-beta/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/19/ink-gestures-for-word-now-in-public-beta/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/19/ink-gestures-for-word-now-in-public-beta/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://journals.tuxreports.com/lch/"><img width="412" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="329" border="0"align="texttop" src="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/media/2006/01/inkgestureshelp.jpg" alt="" /><br /></a></p>
<p><ahref="http://journals.tuxreports.com/lch/">Loren Heiny</a> has been hard at work on Ink Gestures for some time now.James and I have talked about it in passing on our podcast and I've been trying out an early beta release for the pastcouple of weeks. Loren has now gotten the add-in stable enough to feel comfortable making a <ahref="http://www.jumpingminds.com/InkGestures/index.htm">beta</a> available to the public.</p>
<p>The shortdescription: Ink Gestures provides access to over twenty common editing operations using simple gestures. For example -let's say you want to underline a word. Draw a line under the word. It's that simple.</p>
<p>The shorter description:<strong>If you spend any significant amount of time editing, you want this.<br /></strong></p>
<p>Ink Gestures hasincreased my "Tablet Time" significantly. I've remarked on any number of occasions that I continue to favorthe convertible form factor for Tablet PCs because of the amount of writing and editing I do every day. In the shorttime I've had to experiment with Ink Gestures, I've found that I can now spend a much greater amount of time in slatemode using the pen than has ever been possible before. I'll be posting more about Ink Gestures in the coming weeks andJames and I will try to get Loren away from his Tablet PC long enough to visit with us on an upcoming installment of <ahref="http://jkontherun.blogs.com/otrwithtpcs/">OnTheRun with Tablet PCs</a>.<br /></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/19/ink-gestures-for-word-now-in-public-beta/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/582934/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/19/ink-gestures-for-word-now-in-public-beta/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/19/ink-gestures-for-word-now-in-public-beta/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-582934"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-582934?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-582934" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-582934&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/19/ink-gestures-for-word-now-in-public-beta/" /></p>]]></description><category>edit</category><category>gestures</category><category>ink</category><category>Tablet PC</category><category>TabletPc</category><category>Word</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-19T11:16:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tip of the Day from The Student Tablet PC blog]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/17/tip-of-the-day-from-the-student-tablet-pc-blog/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/17/tip-of-the-day-from-the-student-tablet-pc-blog/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/17/tip-of-the-day-from-the-student-tablet-pc-blog/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[The Student Tablet PC blog has added a new feature - a <ahref="http://feeds.feedburner.com/StudentTabletPcTipOfTheDay">Tip of the Day sidebar</a> that features its own RSSfeed. Nice idea and the first tip is a great idea for conserving power on your Tablet PC.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/17/tip-of-the-day-from-the-student-tablet-pc-blog/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/582123/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/17/tip-of-the-day-from-the-student-tablet-pc-blog/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/17/tip-of-the-day-from-the-student-tablet-pc-blog/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-582123"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-582123?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-582123" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-582123&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/17/tip-of-the-day-from-the-student-tablet-pc-blog/" /></p>]]></description><category>Tablet PC</category><category>TabletPc</category><category>tip</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-17T07:45:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[OnTheRun with Tablet PCs #10]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/16/ontherun-with-tablet-pcs-10/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/16/ontherun-with-tablet-pcs-10/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/16/ontherun-with-tablet-pcs-10/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://jkontherun.blogs.com/otrwithtpcs/2006/01/ontherun_with_t_1.html"><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4"height="200" border="0" align="right" alt=""src="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/media/2006/01/otr_tpc_cover_art_2.jpg" />Head over to the podcast site to listendirectly</a> (21.4 MB, 62 minutes) or
<p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OntherunWithTabletPcsPodcast">Subscribeto the show with this link</a>&nbsp; (RSS)</p>
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<p><ahref="http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/">James Kendrick</a> and I are back with a look at new Tablet PCs thatwere announced at the CES in Las Vegas recently. We share our congratulations with all the newly inducted MicrosoftMVPs in the Tablet PC category! Joining me in this group are <a href="http://www.studenttabletpc.com/">TracyHooten</a>, <a href="http://www.tabletoutlook.com/Overview.aspx">Josh Einstein</a>, <ahref="http://www.pringle.net.nz/blog/default.aspx">Craig Pringle</a> and Thorsten Koth. So my question... is this theonly podcast hosted by two MVPs? James gives us a rundown on the Tablet PC user's meetup in Vegas and we discuss whowas missing at the CES show. What Tablet PCs will run Vista? Listen and find out. I was particularly interested inlearning more about the <a href="http://www.dualcor.com/">DualCor cPC</a> that James had a good look at in Vegas. Howcheap will Gateway go with the Convertible Notebook? We round out the show with a look at how the <ahref="http://vzwshop.com/treo700w/">Palm Treo 700w</a> can work with the Tablet PC.</p>
<p>Enjoy the show and let usknow what you think.</p>
<p>Special thanks to <a href="http://www.tiedyekeith.com/">Tiedye Keith</a> for the great song"Vulnerable" with vocals by Tony Lindsay of Santana. </p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/16/ontherun-with-tablet-pcs-10/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/581700/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/16/ontherun-with-tablet-pcs-10/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/16/ontherun-with-tablet-pcs-10/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-581700"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-581700?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-581700" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-581700&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/16/ontherun-with-tablet-pcs-10/" /></p>]]></description><category>podcast</category><category>Tablet PC</category><category>TabletPc</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-16T07:38:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cast your vote for Tablet of the Year at Engadget]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/14/cast-your-vote-for-tablet-of-the-year-at-engadget/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/14/cast-your-vote-for-tablet-of-the-year-at-engadget/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/14/cast-your-vote-for-tablet-of-the-year-at-engadget/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/01/eng_awards.jpg" /><br /><br />Engadget is asking for yournomination of the <ahref="http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/12/the-2005-engadget-awards-nominate-the-tablet-pc-of-the-year/">best Tablet PCof the Year</a>. Head on over and cast your ballot.<br /><br /><strong>UPDATE</strong>: D'oh! I was so excited that Ifailed to RTFM. Products need only be nominated once. Of course I'm not the only one. There are a number of multiplenominations in the comments. Read the instructions first, Marc!<br /><br />Limit your nominations only to devices thatwere introduced and sold for the first time in 2005 (which means no concept devices or prototypes, though we will allowupdated versions of previous products).<br /><br />  Also, products only need to be nominated once to be in the running,so if you're planning on suggesting something, please make a quick scan to see if someone's already beat youto it (i.e., <strong>please don't nominate anything more than once!</strong>). Thanks!<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/14/cast-your-vote-for-tablet-of-the-year-at-engadget/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/581370/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/14/cast-your-vote-for-tablet-of-the-year-at-engadget/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/14/cast-your-vote-for-tablet-of-the-year-at-engadget/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-581370"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-581370?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-581370" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-581370&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/14/cast-your-vote-for-tablet-of-the-year-at-engadget/" /></p>]]></description><category>awards</category><category>Engadget</category><category>Tablet PC</category><category>TabletPc</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-14T10:50:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[ContextExplorer for MindManager and Word]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/14/conceptexplorer-for-mindmanager-and-word/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/14/conceptexplorer-for-mindmanager-and-word/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/14/conceptexplorer-for-mindmanager-and-word/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<img width="416" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="149" border="0" alt=""src="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/media/2006/01/contextexplorer.jpg" /><br /><br />I found this via <ahref="http://robbushway.blogspot.com/2006/01/contextexplorer-for-word-and.html">Rob Bushway's blog</a> this morning. <ahref="https://www.model.ca/product.php?id=cew">ContextExplorer</a> is a utility that extracts keywords and key relatedphrases from Word documents. The company is currently developing an extension to this capability that would be able togenerate a mind map to display the results. Very compelling - this would be a terrific assistance in many of thewriting projects I work on.<br /><br />ContextExplorer for Word (currently available with a very generous 90-dayevaluation and sold for a very reasonable $29.95) allows me to "feed" it reference material I've collectedfor a writing assignment. It extracts the most essential points by looking for keywords and associated phrases andpresents the results in a very nicely designed explorer that allows me to parse the content in a unique and powerfulway. What the <a href="http://www.model.ca/product.php?id=cew&amp;sub=mmintegration">MindManager integration</a> willdo, based on what I've read about their prototyping efforts to date, is take those results and generate a structuredmind map that would allow me to manipulate the results using all of MindManager's capabilities.<br /><br />I'll befollowing the development of this tool very closely and have already suggested to Model Technologies, the developer ofContextExplorer, how important pen and digital ink integration will be for Tablet PC users.<br /><br/><strong>NOTE</strong>: This post updated with the correct name of the product: ContextExplorer - the eror was mine.The developer also points out in the comments that the application can extract keywords and concepts from PDF files,web pages, and other documents and offers multilingual support. Thank for the corrections.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/14/conceptexplorer-for-mindmanager-and-word/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/581367/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/14/conceptexplorer-for-mindmanager-and-word/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/14/conceptexplorer-for-mindmanager-and-word/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-581367"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-581367?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-581367" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-581367&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/14/conceptexplorer-for-mindmanager-and-word/" /></p>]]></description><category>concept</category><category>keyword</category><category>mind map</category><category>Mindjet</category><category>MindManager</category><category>MindMap</category><category>Model Technologies</category><category>ModelTechnologies</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-14T10:33:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Geckotip extension for Firefox]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/12/new-geckotip-extension-for-firefox/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/12/new-geckotip-extension-for-firefox/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/12/new-geckotip-extension-for-firefox/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<img width="401" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="255" border="0" alt=""src="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/media/2006/01/geckotip.jpg" /><br /><br />JK <ahref="http://feeds.feedburner.com/jkOnTheRun?m=1159">posted</a> about the new <ahref="http://geckotip.mozdev.org/">GeckoTIP</a> extension for Firefox, Thunderbird, and Sunbird yesterday and sureenough, an update was waiting for me in my extensions list. The new version works much better and pretty much makesinking in Firefox a non-event (like it should have been all along). Some nice new enhancements include:<br />
<ul>
   <li>"Caret tracking" enabling the proper function of the floating Tablet Input Panel in website and UI textfields.</li>
    <li>Manual setting of the Input Scope of a given text field to any combination of predefined MicrosoftInput Scope definitions and/or an arbitrary Regular Expression that handwritten input must match.</li>
    <li>Heuristicinput scope guessing based on textual information associated to a text field. This allows GeckoTIP to accurately guessan appropriate TIP input scope for you with no user intervention. An important example of this feature is that GeckoTIPautomatically sets the URL bar in Firefox to the "URL" scope, allowing easy input of website addresses. Therules used to guess input scopes are user-modifiable.</li>
    <li>Support for alternative 3rd party input panels(currently: Alphatap, MessagEase, SHARK, Fitaly, TAPLESS, and WordLogic). With one of these panels loaded in memory,GeckoTIP can automatically open and position the panel near your cursor when a text field is clicked and automaticallyclose the panel when the text field loses focus.</li>
    <li>Optional scrollbar on the left side of the screen forleft-handed users (currently Firefox only, further development to come).</li>
    <li>An alternative "Go"button for Firefox that acts as an Enter key no matter which field is active.</li>
</ul>
Kudos to developer Ian Weinerfor his continued hard work on this vital extension.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/12/new-geckotip-extension-for-firefox/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/580584/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/12/new-geckotip-extension-for-firefox/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/12/new-geckotip-extension-for-firefox/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-580584"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-580584?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-580584" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-580584&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/12/new-geckotip-extension-for-firefox/" /></p>]]></description><category>Firefox</category><category>GeckoTIP</category><category>ink</category><category>Tablet PC</category><category>TabletPc</category><category>Thunderbird</category><category>TIP</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-12T08:07:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Research solving bad writing?]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/12/microsoft-research-solving-bad-writing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/12/microsoft-research-solving-bad-writing/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/12/microsoft-research-solving-bad-writing/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right"src="http://microsoft.weblogsinc.com/media/2006/01/microsoft_logo.jpg" alt="" />Jason posted this over at <ahref="http://microsoft.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/12/software-that-makes-messy-writing-neat/">TUMW</a>. Microsoft Researchin Beijing have developed software that can process handwritten text (in English only, at this point), and clean it up,<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/info-tech/mg18925335.400.html">making it neater and easier to read</a>.It's still a research project and not yet available as a consumer application. This research could have some prettyexciting potential for the Tablet PC platform. I know it would certainly help me read some of the hastily scrawlede-mail messages, OneNote pages, and Messenger Live notes I get from my Tablet PC-toting buddies.<br /></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/12/microsoft-research-solving-bad-writing/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/580582/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/12/microsoft-research-solving-bad-writing/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/12/microsoft-research-solving-bad-writing/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-580582"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-580582?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-580582" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-580582&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/12/microsoft-research-solving-bad-writing/" /></p>]]></description><category>handwriting</category><category>recognition</category><category>Tablet PC</category><category>TabletPc</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-12T08:01:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[ArtRage 2 coming "real soon now"]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/11/artrage-2-coming-real-soon-now/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/11/artrage-2-coming-real-soon-now/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/11/artrage-2-coming-real-soon-now/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<img width="157" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="154" border="0" align="right" alt=""src="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/media/2006/01/artrage_ui.jpg" />If you've installed the Tablet PC <ahref="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/tabletpc/experiencepack/default.mspx">Experience Pack</a>, you haveprobably discovered the great Ink Art program that's included. It's one of my favorite applications to demo thecapabilities of a Tablet PC. The developers of Ink Art, Ambient Design Ltd.,just announced that Art Rage 2 (theprogram's non-Experience Pack name) will soon be released with an enticing set of new features and enhancementsincluding:<br />
<ul>
    <li>Faster &amp; More Accurate </li>
    <li>Improved Graphics Tablet Support </li>
   <li>Tool Controls </li>
    <li>Canvas Control </li>
    <li>Custom Papers </li>
    <li>Custom Color Pickers </li>
   <li>Native Photoshop file format (PSD) Support </li>
    <li>Tracing Image Control </li>
    <li>Online Updates</li>
   <li>Windows and Mac OS X versions</li>
</ul>
For more details check out the <ahref="http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage2.html">Ambient Design site</a>.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/11/artrage-2-coming-real-soon-now/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/580140/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/11/artrage-2-coming-real-soon-now/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/11/artrage-2-coming-real-soon-now/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-580140"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-580140?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-580140" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-580140&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/11/artrage-2-coming-real-soon-now/" /></p>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-11T08:28:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe the coolest mouse idea yet]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/07/maybe-the-coolest-mouse-idea-yet/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/07/maybe-the-coolest-mouse-idea-yet/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/07/maybe-the-coolest-mouse-idea-yet/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="252" border="0" align="right" alt=""src="http://www.bloggingdemo.com/media/2006/01/mogo-mouse1.jpg" />Check out the <ahref="http://www.newtonperipherals.com/index.html">Mogo Mouse</a>. Introduced this week at CES, fits into the PC Cardslot on your Tablet PC (or plain vanilla notebook) where it charges. Eject it from the slot and it pops open to giveyou an anywhere, anytime mouse. If you prefer using a mouse to a trackpad or pointing stick, this might be just theticket. No word yet on pricing or availability.<br /><br />Via <ahref="http://digg.com/hardware/FINALLY_The_coolest_mouse...that_is_actually_useful_">digg</a><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/07/maybe-the-coolest-mouse-idea-yet/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/578902/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/07/maybe-the-coolest-mouse-idea-yet/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/07/maybe-the-coolest-mouse-idea-yet/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-578902"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-578902?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-578902" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-578902&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/07/maybe-the-coolest-mouse-idea-yet/" /></p>]]></description><category>PC Card mouse</category><category>PcCardMouse</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-07T11:14:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh... to be in Vegas]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/07/oh-to-be-in-vegas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/07/oh-to-be-in-vegas/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/07/oh-to-be-in-vegas/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Now I am soooo sorry I couldn't figure out how to get to Las Vegas. <ahref="http://feeds.feedburner.com/RobBushway?m=938">Rob Bushway</a> posts a sampling of those who attended the TabletPC meetup at the Aladdin during CES. I'll be sure to quiz James about how much fun he had (and I missed) hanging withthis bunch in our next podcast. It's a veritable who's who:<br />
<ul>
    <li>Kevin White of Agilix </li>
   <li>Fritz Switzer ( Ablet Factory) </li>
    <li>Betsy Weber from TechSmith (SnagIt) </li>
    <li>Trevor Claiborne</li>
    <li>Chris Pirillo </li>
    <li>Robert Scoble </li>
    <li>Ken Collura </li>
    <li>All of the Heinys(Lora, Loren, Layne (his daughters), Bob and his wife </li>
    <li>Dennis Rice </li>
    <li>Arjay </li>
    <li>SteveBeller </li>
    <li>James Kendrick </li>
    <li>Chris DeHerra </li>
    <li>Linda Epstein </li>
    <li>BuzzBruggerman </li>
    <li>Renee Roberts </li>
    <li>Rick Segal </li>
    <li>Sierra </li>
    <li>and manyothers... </li>
</ul><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/07/oh-to-be-in-vegas/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/578894/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/07/oh-to-be-in-vegas/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/07/oh-to-be-in-vegas/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-578894"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-578894?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-578894" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-578894&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/07/oh-to-be-in-vegas/" /></p>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-07T10:37:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gateway shows off dual core notebooks - no word on Tablets (yet)]]></title><link>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/06/gateway-shows-off-dual-core-notebooks-no-word-on-tablets-yet/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/06/gateway-shows-off-dual-core-notebooks-no-word-on-tablets-yet/</guid><comments>http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/06/gateway-shows-off-dual-core-notebooks-no-word-on-tablets-yet/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/01/gateway.jpg" /><br /><br /><ahref="http://engadget.com/2006/01/06/gateway-shows-dual-core-laptops/">Engadget </a>reports that Gateway has announcedtwo dual-core notebooks at CES today: the business-oriented M685-E and NX860. Both will be powered by Intel's CentrinoDuo processors, and will include 17-inch displays, nVidia GeForce Go graphics controllers, and will weigh roughly 7.7pounds. Both models are due out later this month. Gateway will also roll out a series of consumer dual-core laptopslater this quarter, including the NX560, which will feature a 15.4-inch widescreen display. No word on dual coreconvertibles (Gateway code for Tablet PCs) yet.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/06/gateway-shows-off-dual-core-notebooks-no-word-on-tablets-yet/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/forward/578594/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/06/gateway-shows-off-dual-core-notebooks-no-word-on-tablets-yet/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/06/gateway-shows-off-dual-core-notebooks-no-word-on-tablets-yet/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_133-578594"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/133-578594?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_133-578594" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=21&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=133-578594&amp;url=http://tabletpcs.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/06/gateway-shows-off-dual-core-notebooks-no-word-on-tablets-yet/" /></p>]]></description><category>dual core</category><category>DualCore</category><category>Gateway</category><category>laptop</category><category>notebook</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Orchant]]></dc:creator><dc:date>2006-01-06T12:10:00+00:00</dc:date></item></channel></rss>
