November, 2004 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for November 2004

Netscape still doesn’t get it?

Blake Ross, one of the main architects of the Firefox revolution in an open letter to Netscape, says that they still don’t get the broswer business. After releasing one swarthy and obese product after another, the company continues to make browser missteps, he writes. “You … Read More »

OWC offering old PowerMac’s for under $200

There’s a whole slew of PowerMac G3′s for sale on OWC’s website for under $200. There’s actually one for $89.99…good times my friend…good times. Read More »

 
 

BandmateLoops.com Releases More Fun Toys

Bandmatelooops.com has just released a couple of fun new toys for all you GarageBand users! The first is Bandmates Synth Player – Padtastik. Over 45 new synth loops for “the ultimate in sonic warmth.” The next is Bandmates Guitar Player – Acoustic Guitar. This … Read More »

Toshiba’s new Multimedia hub for notebooks

If you have a notebook computer and want to get the benefits of a port replicator and complete 5.1 audio in one unit then you might be interested in Toshiba’s new … Read More »

Telecom: Party like its 2005

Business 2.0: Telecom executives have adopted a glass-half-full attitude these days. After three brutal years, 2004 proved to be a good-enough year, giving them hope that 2005 could actually be better. How can that be? Continue reading… Read More »

CELL technology exposed- move over Intel

IBM, Toshiba and Sony announced in 2001 a joint effort to develop a computing core that would allow for mass simultaneous task execution.  The three companies are spending billions to make this new computing platform a reality and today jointly announced their plans to bring this … Read More »

Nortel’s Mea Culpa

Mark Evans: You’ve got to hand it to Nortel CEO Bill Owens who said today he is embarassed by the company’s failure to get out its restated financial results. It’s healthy to see a CEO admit to being anything other than confident and/or arrogant. Read More »

Zaurus SL-C3000 review out- I want one!

I4U has published an overview of Sharp’s latest Linux PDA with a convertible form and based on their impressions I want one!  The Zaurus SL-C3000 is the first PDA with an integrated 4 GB hard drive, a clamshell design that converts to a slate, full … Read More »

Washington Times names iMac G5 computer of the year.

“IMac’s G5 top choice of year” from The Washington Times – “…It will cost close to $2,100 to get the supersized 20-inch model with extra RAM and a wireless keyboard and mouse. That’s a relatively high price in this age of far-less-expensive … Read More »

Falling over the (Reef)Edge

WiFi LAN business continues to go through a shakeout. It is particularly brutal in the wireless switch business where too many players are vying for a tiny market. Dell Oro Group estimates that the overall enterprise WLAN market in the third quarter of 2004 was … Read More »

R/C Bird- if you love it set it free

Something about R/C aircraft just gets people going. Man can’t fly so we transpose that long standing desire onto little aircraft that we can control as they soar … Read More »

Clever Cactus anyone

Folks, Clever Cactus, a company I have mentioned in the past is running out of cash. That is a shame. It is a worthy competitor to many of the P2P-sharing applications like Grouper. It is cross platform, and while has somewhat of a clunky interface, is … Read More »

More Must Reads

Okay what took them so long. Congratulations folks, and good luck beating rest of the Apple sites. Chris is making a spirited defense of ISync. Read More »

PCWorld.com: Intelsat Americas-7 satellitle has gone on a blink and has hit hard the subscribers of broadband services supplied by StarBand Communications, according to a statement posted on the company’s Web site. Meanwhile, the company is attempting to provide temporary dial-up service to customers affected, … Read More »

WirelessIQ: To paraphrase Mae West’s famous quip about a gun, “Is that a TV in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?” Seems like cell phone is becoming an unlikely savior for fast dying broadcast medium. Read More »

Merrill Lynch speculates at Apple introducing an entertainment server to the market, to possibly compete with current DVR’s and Media Center PC’s. “A 200GB Apple server at a reasonable price and possibly with PVR technology could be Apple’s next category killer,” the firm was reported … Read More »

Sometime early this morning, not sure precisely at what time…. I crossed the million page views a month threshold. I guess, it was a big enough surprise for me to see the email with the stats report. Could it be, that so many people actually find … Read More »

When it comes to DSL, all roads must lead to Dave Burstein who edits e-newsletter DSL Prime. But more than that, he is simply a wonderful guy. (Okay his choice of beer is not the greatest!) In his most recent newsletter he gave a big … Read More »

Well some like Callvantage, others like Vonage, but this boy is already a big fan of Broadvoice, and he has used the service for less than a day. Read More »

Good question, and still looking for an answer Read More »

India wants to beat China, in manufacturing! Dream On… A first person account by Morgan Stanley economist/strategist Stephen Roach. Mr. Roach… you left out one little thing… if you wrote a report like this about China, let me assure you, Morgan Stanley would be looking … Read More »

Ellen Muraskin :For the remainder of 2004, SunRocket is even throwing in a premium—a Uniden multi-headset cordless phone with base station, and a companion satellite extension. Plug this into the router/terminal adapter (SunRocket wants to call this a “Gizmo” to allay the fears of technophobes) … Read More »

Earlier this year at the Web 2.0 conference, I had a chance to host a panel discussion on telephone as the new platform. In a short amount of time I had to cover a lot of ground, and perhaps could not really explore the … Read More »

Virgin is set to have the new Boomtube EX portable … Read More »

AppleInsider is reporting that the public is warming up to the iPod faster than it did to the Sony Walkman during the ’80s and ’90s. iPod sales are approx. 1 million units ahead of the Walkman after Walkmans equivilant 2.5 years. Read More »

Canadian television has started showing ads for the much anticipated iTunes Canada music store. The commercials appear to be exactly the same as the iTunes ads shown in the United States, but instead of ending with iTunes.com, they end in apple.ca. This follows Apples statment earlier … Read More »

Two financial institutions have raised their target prices for Apple stock. Merrill Lynch, stating that they are expecting an increase in iPod sales in the December quarter, 4 million up from 3.5 million, and 12.9 million for fiscal 2005 up from 10.7 million, raised target … Read More »

Owners of Tablet PCs understand how convenient and productive using a pen and ink on the screen can be and how it can stimulate the creative process.  Working with a stylus and a touchscreen is a totally natural way to interact with a computer and now … Read More »

Everyone is predicting a party — before the shakeout. By Om Malik, November 29, 2004 Business 2.0: Telecom executives have adopted a glass-half-full attitude these days. After three brutal years, 2004 proved to be a good-enough year, giving them hope that 2005 could actually be better. How can … Read More »

BagReview.com is a great recource for all of you ‘Book users. It has reveiws of all of the most popular laptop bags, including, messenger bags, backpacks, and sleeves. They also have reviews of iPod cases. The reviews are broken down into Asthetics, Comfort, Construction, … Read More »

TowerStream, the fixed wireless company which has been making steady progress, has finally been discovered by The New York Times. I wrote about them in 2003, and have marveled at their progress. Times, like other media, continues to flub the facts. Tower Stream is … Read More »

The New York Times : G. Dan Hutcheson, president of VLSI Research Inc., on Intel CEO-designate Paul Otellini. “As he came into power Intel tried to become a more aggressive marketing company,” he said. “They never seemingly made mistakes before and that was simply because … Read More »

A 19 year old man in the UK was sentenced to a six month custodial sentence for taking photos and video during a robbery trial using his camera phone.  I am sure there is a lot more to this story but it drives home the exposure … Read More »

2Wire which makes gateways and modems for DSL market is planning to go public in 2005, according to Venture Wire. The company could could get a lot of interest from Wall Street because of its expansion into the set-top box market, and its growing ties with … Read More »

The Sahara iTablet i213 is an interesting device that you do not hear much about and I have to confess I have never seen one in person.  Tabletpc2 has not only reviewed … Read More »

Apple beat out Dell computer’s website in the number of unique visitors by almost twice as many. According to Nielson/NetRatings, Apple had 4.9 million unique visitors to its site for the week ending November 14th, while Dell only had 2.7 million. Good times. Read More »

View From Silicon Valley: Overlooking the down years immediately after the bubble, where are all the new jobs today? With a VC funding rate +14.5% above the 1998 rate, Silicon Valley still down -94,100 jobs?!? We have nearly 100,000 fewer jobs than before … Read More »

FT has an amazingly sketchy piece on Verizon and SBC’s FTTH plans. Nothing which you have not read anywhere else before! Read More »

The Copenhagen PostDanish multimillionaire founder of IT company Giga, Finn Helmer, wants Danish government to provide 10 gigabit. Finn Helmer made his fortune when his company, Giga, was sold to Intel for DKK 10 billion. Read More »

Hindu Business Line : Indian ISP, WORLD Phone Internet Services Private Ltd (WPISPL), has just launched World Phone Diamond, a corporate VoIP package that allows customers to place unlimited calls to the US and Canada for Rs 3,995 per month or about $87 a month. … Read More »

Sunday Herald asks the all important question, Why bother with 3G when wi-fi can do it at less cost? “Receiving video on a limited range of handsets might be fine and dandy, the argument goes, but why bother when the wireless alternative is ready, reliable … Read More »

I print a lot of web pages and it is a pain to print something only to have the right margin cut off and leaving me hanging.  That troubles me no more with a nifty free utility that resizes web pages to the width of the … Read More »

The Globe and Mail has published a good review of the Creative I-Trigue 3400 computer speakers.  While not exactly mobile tech the point of interest for me is the ability with the … Read More »

A lot of people have either gone cell phone service only or use their cell phone at home to take advantage of calling plans that offer free long distance.  That can be … Read More »

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