As you get older, you realize that things need not be complicated. In fact, you learn that the simpler things are, the greater your chances of being happy.

Of course, it does not mean you have to lower your standards. That is quite another thing. Rather, I mean to say, as you get to be wiser, you get to acquire a deeper appreciation for what you have.

Maybe it partly comes from knowing that, hey, you do not have the longest of remaining time here on Earth. And you ought to make the most of whatever time you have left. As the Beatles was saying, life is too short for fighting, my friend.

Samsung HDD Displeasure

That is why I am trying not to be too bitter over the loss of data I have suffered -- gigabytes of memories and work files gone -- when my one-month-old Samsung S2 Portable hard disk drive went poof. I woke up one morning, and before I knew it, my home PC does not recognize my Korean-made portable HDD.

Instead of the green Samsung logo that used to greet me each time I would link up the HDD with my home PC, a prompt is now telling me to reformat the hard disk drive. In no uncertain terms, it says, “you must reformat your drive before Windows can use it.” Or something to that effect.

Bummer. But I am not losing sleep over it. And it is past midnight already.

Android-Friendly RIM

Research In Motion, the maker of BlackBerry smartphones, is reportedly developing software that will enable its coming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer to run Android applications. Several anomalous, I mean, anonymous sources have allegedly confirmed this rumor, I mean, report.

The same rumor has it that RIM, at first, tried the third-party route to enabling the tablet to run Google-friendly apps. The Canadian company was not impressed with the available third-party software, unnamed sources said.

Hence, the in-house software development.

HP’s Palm Tablet

HP has introduced the TouchPad, a tablet computer that runs Palm’s webOS, the mobile operating system used on Palm’s Pre and Pixi smartphones. HP executives hope that the device will help them catch up with the iPad, the current Alpha slate.

Meanwhile, at the same media event, HP also announced its plans to put webOS into its future personal computers, a move that is very much expected to disrupt, to say the least, its relationship with Microsoft.

HP’s TouchPad adds one more entry into the increasingly competitive tablet computer market, one that is currently ruled by Apple.

That’s all for the meantime, folks. Join me again next time as we keep on watching IT.