May, 2005 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for May 2005

Engadget just got a tip that Verizon Wireless and ALLTEL might be in merger talks. Haven’t been able to confirm this yet, so take it as a rumor for now, but we just got a tip that Verizon Wireless and ALLTEL have been in merger talks… Read More »

The US VoIP Race Is On

TeleGeography says that there will be 4.1 million VoIP subscribers by end of 2005 and these subscribers will spend around $1 billion on their VoIP home services. U.S. residential subscriber totals have jumped from 150,000 at the end of 2003 to well over 2 million as… Read More »

 
 

Vonage chief executive Jeffrey Citron told Reuters that his closely held firm currently has more than 700,000 subscribers, and was adding about 15,000 a week. The company added 249,000 subscribers in the first quarter, up from 114,000 in the fourth quarter, but Citron said… Read More »

First Telmex now Telefonica. Regular reader, Leo emailed me a link to story which basically says that Telefonica Chile has been sued for blocking VoIP to their clients. The most amazing thing is that they’re not blocking it by being the ISP, they are… Read More »

HTC Universal photos

The HTC Universal is shaping up to be a fine Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition and ePrice has some nice photos of the "mini-laptop" on their site.  The Universal is expected to ship with the new Windows Mobile 5.0, UMTS/ WCDMA, VGA screen, camera,… Read More »

Slashdot reports the availability of the first video plugin to be released to work with Skype for providing video calls over the popular VoIP service.  Dialcom’s video4skype ( clever, huh?) is available for free to be downloaded from their web site. Dialcom states they… Read More »

Intel/AOpen Mini

Intel and AOpen have produced their answer to the Mac Mini… Read More »

The Microsoft Office suite is chock full of advanced features and it is easy to miss many of the things you can do with all of the programs.  There are so many options, toolbar features and productivity enhancers that it is very difficult to get your… Read More »

Acer has announced their newest Tablet PC, the C310.  It definitely sounds like OEM market research is telling these companies that bigger is better.  The new Acer has some really solid specs: Intel® Centrino™ mobile technologies Intel® Pentium® M Processor 730/740/750/760/770 Intel® 915GM Express chipset (UMA graphics) Intel®… Read More »

New rugged Duo – Touch Tablet PC from Itronix

Itronix has long produced some of the best rugged notebooks and Tablets… Read More »

I try to write most of my productivity articles by explaining how I have set up for a particular task, or how I do something in the real world.  This type of article allows readers to see how I go about a given task and from… Read More »

Do you have a Tablet PC and would like to tell the world about it on your very own blog?  Or do you have your eye on a Tablet and looking for another good source of information about them?  The first family of the Tablet PC… Read More »

More Must Reads

If you read the news reports you would think that harried consumers sick and tired of malicious spyware and all the other online crud normally blamed on Internet Explorer would be switching allegiances in large numbers. That percentage seems to be around 11%, according to research… Read More »

I found this on Computer Geeks- refurbished Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 for $164.50!  The SL-5500 is the Linux based PDA from Sharp that has a sliding QWERTY keyboard for maximum portable use.  This… Read More »

Forgotten processor manufacturer Via has announced the C7 "Esther" processor designed for mobile devices.  Via hopes the C7 will bridge the gap between their earlier offerings and the Pentium M while offering OEMs a cheaper alternative to the Pentium M.  The C7 sports a proprietary front-side… Read More »

Looking for a good way to bring HDTV to your portable computer?  The FusionHDTV DVB-T USB converter fits in your hand and requires no external power adapter, drawing all its power… Read More »

Business 2.0 Hugh Panero, XM Satellite Radio CEO on rival Sirius Satellite Radio and its chief executive Mel Karmazin. “There’s a difference between press attention, which is what they have, and momentum, which is what we’ve got. He used to tell everyone that satellite radio… Read More »

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