Wow.  This is going to be an amazing product. Hey Steve, can your iPad do this?

The Digits blog at the Wall Street Journal has an article on an expansion (very large expansion) of the HP TouchSmart technology.  It’s entitled “HP Testing a Touchless “Wall of Touch”  It’s a good read, but the video below gives the details and shows the cool technology.

“… an interactive touch screen wall comprised of up to nine 43 inch to 46 inch, 1.5 inch thick panels with a resolution of 1080p. Driven by an HP Z800 workstation”

Enjoy!

I received this in an email from the folks over at HP Learning.  I like free, how about you?

Enjoy!

Enough said.  More to come...

Now that Windows 7 is in general availability most hardware manufacturers have updated their lists of drivers available for their pc’s.  If you've installed Windows 7 like I have, it would be good advice to take a few minutes to update those drivers now.  I have an HP EliteBook that I use for work and when I took a look today at the HP support site I noticed that 9 of the drivers listed were newer.

Time to start the downloads and keep my system running smooth.

Later!

The word is out on some great new HP products.  My favorite right now is the HP Dream Screen. It takes the digital picture frame to the next level, providing not only pictures, but music, videos, access to Snapfish, Facebook.  It’s like a mini HP TouchSmart PC.   I’d like to see them open this up with an API to allow us to develop apps for this little wonder or add some more ports to be able to port the video/audio to an entertainment center.

Prices are quite reasonable too the HP DreamScreen 100 with a 10” screen is now only $199.99 (after $50 instant rebate), and the HP DreamScreen 130  with a 13” screen is currently $249.99 (after $50 instant rebate).

Time to start building that Christmas Wish List.  The 130 is top on my list so far.

Enjoy!

As of this morning the EDS.com web site has changed, and the internal emails are flying through my inbox.   The big announcement is that the EDS brand is being retired and being replaced with “HP Enterprise Services”.  It’s been a little more than a year since HP bought EDS and they have done an amazing job of integrating the two very large companies in a relatively short period.  It’s been a bit rough at times, to say the least, especially with the staff cuts and salary reductions.  Throughout the process however, there seems to have been this undercurrent that the EDS brand was fading.  Oh sure, no one was going to admit it out loud, but something in the back of your head said it was going to happen.  Many have speculated that way for months.  You could see it in many of the decisions being made.

I’m not sure my position on the movement, change, retirement.  Something in me still has pride for working at EDS, Electronic Data Systems, but there is some excitement in working for a new company especially one that people recognize.  HP has products in a lot of my friends and families homes.  EDS has long faded from the company that Ross Perot founded over 47+ years ago and built into one of the premier IT Outsourcing companies in the world.  A lot has changed even in my 17 or so years with the company.  It’s been a great ride working at EDS.  I’ve enjoyed it a lot.  Now I look forward to next ride aboard an even bigger ship.  Let’s just steer clear of those icebergs.

Hang in there, We’ll make it out the other side!

Update:  An article in the New York Times

It’s arrived!  I’ve been waiting for a week or so (and expecting it to take longer) for it to get here.  I was very surprised when the Fed Ex truck pulled in today.   HP-EDS is moving away from the Dell Laptop’s we had and issuing new HP Laptops.  I was fortunate enough to get one of the high end models, an HP EliteBook 8530w Mobile Workstation with 4GB of ram and 250GB hard drive.  It has the T9400 processor running at 2.53 GHz.  It comes in a sleek brushed aluminum case with black keyboard and accents.  It’s also built fairly tough with a stronger case and keyboard and more durable hard drive.  I’m impressed with the overall design and like the “touch” bar that allows control of the volume, WiFi, presentation switch. 

It comes with Vista pre-installed, but I’m about to change that.  It’s definitely time to load Windows 7 (64-bit).  Oh yea, today is going to be busy.  The only question now is, do I perform an in-place upgrade or do a clean install?  Hmm, something to ponder for a bit. Right now I’ve just booted it up and it’s going through a ton of patch installations.  I would’ve thought that the COE department would update their Vista image more often so this initial setup wouldn’t take so long.  Oh well, for now it’s back to work, but I’ll be updating you soon on my experiences with this new laptop.

This is the life……

Just saw this post by Steve Clayton about how engaged companies are with their customers.  I work for HP so I’m always interested in how our company compares with the rest.  It’s good to see we’re on the list and not that far down.  We need some improvement I think.  Especially since blogging is still not openly encouraged within HP and the blogs are hidden under the “Newsroom” section of our website.  Kind of obscure.  Although there is another HP communities site that my expose it more.

Enjoy!