January, 2005 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for January 2005

New Sony U dedicated site

A new site has sprung up for Sony U enthusiasts and owners.  Uaddict is brand spanking new and doesn’t have much content up yet but the site is nicely designed and I’m sure we’ll see some good stuff soon.  They plan to have a user’s … Read More »

I promised some pics to compare the size of the Moleskine and the Sony U750 so here are just a few.  I took some to show the size comparison between the Sony, Moleskine, Sharp Zaurus SL-C3000 and Toshiba e800.  There are also a few pics of … Read More »

 
 

Sony U is in da house!

Powerbook Theme Song!

Jonothan Coulton is the geek acoustic musician. “A Laptop Like You” is his ode to his Powerbook. While you’re at his site, pick up “Smoking Monkey” from the iTMS. Ya know, help a starving artist out. Read More »

The Mac Media Center Project

The Mac Media Center Project, an open source project to develop a complete media center interface for the Mac mini, launched this past week. There’s already links up for how to connect all your A/V hardware (also see Engadget’s how-to for more on that), … Read More »

iPod Shuffle Review

I finally got my 1GB Shuffle today. The nice FedEx man dropped off a huge box. (huge relative to the size of the shuffle its self). Upon opening said box, I was confronted with 4 things: 1 iPod Shuffle box; approx the size of 4 jewel … Read More »

AT&T-SBC Fallout: Winners & Losers

Light Reading: Who wins, who loses? Hardware perspective from Light Reading. Adtran Inc. and Sonus Networks Inc. could benefit from the merger, while Lucent Technologies Inc., Nortel Networks Ltd, and Avici Systems Inc. may suffer. Deployment of SBC’s fiber initiative, Project Lightspeed, could be pulled … Read More »

Best Buy to sell the Mac Mini?

(Hat tip: MacNN) Chalk this one up to still being a rumor, but one I think is in line with Apple’s “iPod halo” marketing strategy. According to a report released by Merril Lynch, Best Buy may begin selling Macs again. The analyst firm … Read More »

Virtual keyboard a reality?

The Virtual Laser Keyboard (VKB) has been virtual far too long and that may now be corrected with the introduction of a web site that is selling them.  The VKB is a laser keyboard designed to be very portable by projecting a virtual keyboard … Read More »

That WiMax Thing, ain’t happening

The Economist has finally pricked the WiMAX hype bubble. Sure I have been crying hoarse about this crap, but hopefully now finally rest of the world will see the light. With $500 in consumer premise equipment costs, the technology doesn’t make economic sense even as … Read More »

Its time for Moto Linux

Linux Devices reports that Motorola will introduce eight to 10 smartphones in 2005, and a large number of those will be powered by Linux, which apparently is coming from a small Linux vendor Montevista Software. More details here. Read More »

More VoIP Security Warnings

There has been growing concern about VoIP security and with recent flaws in Cisco IOS and other systems, many experts are worried. Information Week: In its recent report, Security Considerations for Voice Over IP Systems, the National Institute of Standards and Technology says VoIP … Read More »

More Must Reads

Verizon is expected to announce that it has picked Microsoft as a primary software platform for its fiber-to-the-home networks reports Light Reading. For Microsoft, this further establishes its dominance in the North American consumer video software market, as it’s already scored big wins for commercial … Read More »

I’m an app junkie. Without fail, my favorite blog posts/topics are the golden nugget applications that people can’t live without on their OS X system. No matter how often I come across a blog post/comment thread of this topic I find at least one … Read More »

As mentioned recently here on TheAppleBlog, The iLife ’05 suite of applications has been causing a good number of users some headaches. Well Apple knows (or knew…) and has released a software update for iMovie HD – a mere week after its ship date. iMovie HD … Read More »

Business 2.0 :: Given all the bad news at AT&T (T), it may seem hard to make a case for Ma Bell as a great acquisition candidate. That’s true for SBC Communications (SBC) and pretty much any Baby Bell that would want to shell … Read More »

You are coming up fast on that impossible deadline with major implications to your career.  It’s not going to happen because the server just went down, four voice mail messages are waiting for the answer to "how are we doing?" and as your laptop started beeping … Read More »

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