Photosynth goes public

I’ve written about this cool photo mapping/modeling technology before, but now Photosynth lets anyone create their very own photo set.

HP updates the 2710p

The 2730p is a refresh of what I consider the best laptop I’ve ever owned – it also happens to be a good Tablet PC.

The best part is that the older 2710p’s are going for about half price, refurbished. If I had to get a new laptop, I don’t know which one I’d choose (my wife would probably break the tie and suggest I get the 2710p).

What I want in Windows

Contrary to popular belief, Vista is actually pretty good, assuming you have 2 gigs of memory, a not-so-ancient graphics and updated drivers.

But in response to this call from the top Microsoft program managers, I will say this: it needs to startup, shutdown, hibernate, sleep and resume much, much faster. As it stands now, it’s more convenient to check e-mail on my wife’s iPod Touch than it is on my own PC. Seriously.

P.S. And don’t make me use UAC to move stuff around in the Start Menu.