Diesel eBooks announced today the deployment of a free online tool designed to dramatically reduce the uncertainty of downloading an encrypted ebook. http://www.diesel-ebooks.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=testdownload Visitors are now able to certify their computer upfront by downloading a sample encrypted ebook at no charge. The test ebooks are available… Read More »
Archive for March 2005
I received an email from Tom Clarkson of OrangeGuava informing me that the version of OrangeGuava that incorporates ActiveWords hooks is now available. He also pointed out that the video demo I mentioned yesterday was not from the DEMO conference, but he did exhibit… Read More »
Ken Camp is the author of a really good book about VoIP, IP Telephony Demystified, and his blog is a must read for me. He recently wrote an excellent article about the current state of VoIP and who is actually benefiting the most from… Read More »
A lot has been written about employers giving their workers cell phones with GPS-enabled geo-locator services that lets… Read More »
Card Guard and Samsung are exhibiting at the CTIA in New Orleans their joint effort to supply the healthcare industry with remote patient monitoring. Card Guard’s PMP4 healthcare monitors measure and transmit… Read More »
Gizmodo found the MDA IV at CeBIT and snapped a photo of it on display. The MDA IV is manufactured by HTC and takes the Pocket PC to another level with the integrated… Read More »
Russell Beattie has a nice post on his blog that analyzes the various form factors that different mobile devices need to accomplish different tasks and he simplifies this overview with a wonderful abstract graphic of the different forms currently available. The main point of his… Read More »
Lora Heiny points out that Googgy Software has a blog covering their Tablet-GTD program. Tablet-GTD is a nice application for Getting Things Done users who need a good way to work the system using a Tablet. Marc Orchant and I discussed this program on… Read More »
You can’t go two steps on Sand Hill Road, the epicenter of venture capital without some money man espousing the virtues of vertical search. So often you is it repeated that it harks back to the bubble era euphemisms like “market places,” “new paradigms” and of… Read More »
When the rumors of Microsoft’s new portable OS emerged, we first heard the phrase Magneto. Then someone told me that no silly its not the OS, but its a codename for the next version of Microsoft’s ActiveSync technology, which will be a “RIM killer.”… Read More »
Did you know that one new subscriber signs up for DSL service somewhere on the planet every second? Don’t be surprised because the technology is gaining so much traction that there are more than 100 million DSL users worldwide. According to market research firm, Point… Read More »
There is a broadband face-off going on in Arkansas. And its over a bill that want to spur broadband penetration by offering income tax breaks. Even though it is not particularly a rich state, Arkansas is offering tax breaks worth around $36.5 million over four years to… Read More »
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