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Archive for May 2004

Toshiba first to plate with WM2003 SE update

The Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition update for Toshiba e800 owners has appeared on a Toshiba web site. The update location is a Toshiba Europe internal web site and two different update files have been posted today. There is a separate update file… Read More »

Cisco’s Latest and Not So Greatest

Business 2.0: Why the brand-new CRS-1 is already a disappointment. (Read PDF) Read More »

 
 

Keeping up with Junipers

In case anyone missed the launch of Cisco’s big honking router (talk about mega publicity) I have a column today on Business 2.0. This new box, formerly known as Huge F******g Router (HFR) is now called Carrier Routing System. (CRS-1) Does CRS-1 live up to its hype?… Read More »

Comcast joins VoIP battle

The WSJ reports that Comcast is planning a national rollout of VoIP by year-end 2006. It joins the likes of AT&T and Vonage and will begin testing the service in three markets this year. It expects to offer the service to half of households passed by the… Read More »

Thanks PocketPC Paradise

PocketPC Paradise has mentioned jkOnTheRun on their front page today. Thanks a bunch! PPC Paradise is a wonderful French PocketPC related site that has great news, reviews, and VGA PocketPC themes. Bonjour, mon ami Frederic. :-) Read More »

from the heart- part 3

Time to continue the chronicle of a defining period in my life. Part 2 left off just after my shortness of breathe and I had just told my wife Sheri I needed to go to the emergency room as I could tell that something… Read More »

I saw this on engadget- PeaPod.com is an online grocery shopping service that lets you keep your shopping list on your PC and order your stuff online. It’s then delivered to your home at a predetermined time. I used this service years… Read More »

Bluetooth Headsets, a Fashion Accessory?

It has been long time coming but bluetooth is finally beginning to hit its stride, if only in the automotive and mobile phone sectors. Thankfully after the hideous product models introduced by Motorola and Sony Ericsson, the bluetooth headsets at the very least are resembling fashion… Read More »

T-Mobile & Cingular’s spectrum divorce

T-Mobile and Cingular are calling their joint venture off. The two had originally set-up this deal in 2001 when Cingular wanted to enter the New York market, and T-Mobile wanted to take California. After all now that Cingular has all the AT&T spectrum it needs,… Read More »

Sprint may try Flarion

First is said no way, today it says maybe. Sprint is going to test and experiment with Flarion’s 4g wireless technology, according to this report. Speaking at a Lehman Brothers’ conference, Sprint Chief Operating Officer Len Lauer said that his company will be looking at… Read More »

Bernie’s bigger problems

Bernie Ebbers, the deposed CEO of WorldCon (nee MCI) is in even bigger trouble according to the New York Post. A grand jury slapped six new charges onto its criminal case against ex-WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers yesterday – slamming him for filing fraudulent reports… Read More »

iPAQs go to the concert

A few weeks ago the New York Philharmonic sent an email to members of the Philharmonic family that announced their “Concert Companion” program. It detailed the plan of allowing concertgoers the chance to check out an iPAQ 4150 for $10 with wireless capability.… Read More »

More Must Reads

Nextel has had a dream run so far – sales are up, subscribers have been lining up and even its broadband plans are coming together nicely. And for a while it seemed that Nextel would get the much needed spectrum swap and boost the QoS of… Read More »

Isamu Kaneko is a Japanese software developer who wrote an anonymizing P2P app called Winny. He was arrested in Kyoto on May 10 and is still under detention in spite of the fact he hasn’t been charged with anything. The nasty side of this… Read More »

Richard “Dick” Notebaert may have saved the ship from sinking, but it would take a lot of effort and guts for him to get it moving. Qwest, the former Mountain Bells that was plundered by the Broadbandits, is facing some harsh realities, and things despite… Read More »

Wireless Number Portability is going national today when the second round of number switching kicks in. Last November the top 100 markets were eligible, but now it is everyone, especially the customers of regional carriers such as Alltel, US Cellular, Nextel Partners, and Western Wireless. During… Read More »

Channel9 reports that MS is polishing up a Tablet PC PowerToy that converts desktop fonts to your own handwriting. It’s not available yet but it sounds really cool.I really like Channel9- it’s hard to describe and loose flowing which just seems to fit it’s… Read More »

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