And that one remote doesn’t require 3 inches of wasted space for a company logo or model number, either.

Dell, on the other hand…

After the math department at the University of Texas noticed some of its Dell computers failing, Dell examined the machines. The company came up with an unusual reason for the computers’ demise: the school had overtaxed the machines by making them perform difficult math calculations.

Now, Dell has a lawsuit on its hands after millions of PCs they sold between 2003 and 2005 had faulty capacitors, that, over time failed miserably. The funny thing is that all computer do is math. Without that, they don’t do anything.

I think Dell has a new slogan: “Dell PCs. They don’t do math, just like every other American”.

Microsoft’s Kin phone was announced in April. It launched in May. And it died in June.

Microsoft plans to pull the plug on Kin and integrate the Kin staff into the Windows Phone 7 team following sluggish sales, sources “close to Microsoft” tell Engadget and CNET.

Meanwhile, in Cupertino…

Apple Inc.’s newest iPhone was in hot demand as hundreds lined up outside stores in Tokyo, Berlin, New York and elsewhere to become among the first to own the device

“Apple of My Eye” – an iPhone 4 film from Michael Koerbel on Vimeo.

I’ve been using my iPad this evening, sitting on the couch and surfing the web, playing Sim City, watching YouTube videos and managing email for almost 90 minutes and I didn’t even know that much time had passed.

The Kindle and iBooks apps are great, too. I’ve used both to read more books in the last few weeks than I have read in the last few months. Plus, it appears that Amazon has slashed some Kindle eBooks to just mere dollars. I’ve been snatching up all kinds of books for $2 or $3. Even a cheapskate like me can pay that. It beats going to the library, only because it’s so easy. I wish digital libraries existed so we could all share great books.

It’s a really neat device and well worth the money. And the now poorly-named iPhone OS 4 is really going to make this a dream to use.

Not one slide with even a hint of Google on it.

In a sign that Amazon wants to upgrade its Kindle e-reader to compete head-on with the Apple iPad, Amazon has acquired Touchco, a New York-based start-up specializing in touch-screen technology, a person briefed on the deal said Wednesday.

Amazon will merge Touchco’s technology and staff into its Kindle hardware division, Lab126, which is based in Cupertino, Calif., this person said.

If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.

I’m trying to find an article that details how I can use my iMac as my primary machine, and my MacBook Air as the secondary display. Frankly, it’d be silly to go the other way because my iMac has much more power than the MacBook Air.

All of my machines use the Mini Display port. Haven’t found nary a thing online about the idea. Evidently, I’m the first to have it.

I wasn’t thrilled watching the keynote until I saw the price of $499. That’s very un-Apple and I’m glad they’ve finally started to understand how most Americans shop. I’m really tired of seeing crappy software and hardware from PC makers and being asked, “Which netbook do you recommend?” by friends because my answer is always, unequivocally, “None of them.”

However, the iPad isn’t for anyone like you or me. It’s meant for your non-techy sister or your partially inept uncle. The thing doesn’t fill a void in a tech person’s life. Already having an iMac, MacBook Air and an iPhone, this thing fits in my life like a bastard child.

I keep waffling on whether I’d buy it. Earlier I was no, then yes, now I’m back at “no”. I think Apple is looking to build something for mom and dad and something for cheap people to buy into to get them more interested in the iPhone and other Apple products. It’s a halo-device if nothing else.

The killer here is that it can’t multitask, aside from, I guess, the iPod software. But, if I’m doing a Keynote or working in Pages, which are without a doubt neat, I’m going to need to do some research online. And if that thing is as fast as everyone is saying it is, then I don’t get why they don’t enable multitasking.

I have a feeling that Apple is up to something. If they’ve got that fast new processor in the iPad, it’s only a few months away from getting crammed into an iPod and iPhone, then you’d better lookout. Part of me wonders if, maybe, JUST MAYBE, they want to save some sizzle for a pending iPhone 4.0 and if they spill too much on the iPad, it’ll give the competition (i.e., Google, Sony, RIM, etc.) time to prepare.

My prediction and advice: hold off on buying this thing until June/July when they announce the new iPhone as they always do. There, they’ll have new software, new hardware, and I bet new software for the iPad. The guy from Brushes mentioned the iPad uses iPhone OS 3.2. Clearly, there’s room to upgrade this summer to iPhone OS 4.0.

Thank you for coming. And thank you to President Obama for asking me to deliver this year’s speech. We’re going to make some history today.

You know, it was just a year ago that we announced our economic plan for 2009. We said we were going to turn around the recession. We said we’d create jobs. And we said we’d do it in 12 months. What happened? We did it in three. It was the most successful period in the history of the United States. And 2010 is only going to be better. How awesome is that?

So today, we’re introducing a new plan. It’s called Stimulus 2GS, and it’s sleeker than any economic recovery package ever created. It’s got bridges, it’s got schools, it’s got broadband Internet. All that, and it’s super easy to use—you can control it from iTunes. Pretty cool, huh?

(APPLAUSE.)

Now let’s take a look at national security. When we got in here last year, torture was basically OK. We were water-boarding people and doing all sorts of terrible things. If you’re the president of the United States, how do you solve this? Hmm. Oh wait, we have solved this. We banned torture. Boom. Now that’s what I call an amazing breakthrough.