Archive for July, 2005

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Symphony, a wireless Jukebox now playing

Om Malik, Thursday, July 28, 2005 at 9:47 AM PT Comments (8)

Sonos might have set the bar for digital music systems for the home, but that doesn’t stop others from trying, and knocking it off its perch.
The latest is San Francisco-based Olive Inc, which has just launched Symphony, a wireless music hub powered by IBM PowerPC. It has 2.5″ 80GB hard-drive, which holds up [...]

AOL launches MyAOL beta, Feedster to do RSS search

Om Malik, Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 9:10 PM PT Comments (1)

America Online is one step closer in its bid to transform itself from a dial-up ISP into a content powerhouse. The company has just announced MyAOL (it must be 1999, Yahoo people are thinking.) The most exciting part of the news is that they are taking RSS mainstream. Yup - right out of the elites [...]

Taking the Plunge with Opera CEO

Om Malik, Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 1:00 PM PT Comments (9)

Business 2.0: How do you get people to pay for a Web browser? Opera Software CEO Jon von Tetzchner found the answer by diving into wireless. I interviewed him, and asked him how come he can charge for a product that is available for free. “But when we asked people why they’ve chosen to pay, [...]

The Next PC Revolution Will Be Televised

Om Malik, Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 12:56 PM PT Comments (4)

Business 2.0: It uses less power than a night-light and plugs into a TV. Best of all, as the first $100 computer, it’s affordable enough to propel the rest of the world into the digital age. The inside story of Novatium, an Indian start-up, that has plans to use broadband and bring computing to the [...]

iConnectHere offers free VoIP hardware

Om Malik, Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 11:14 AM PT Comments (0)

Just like cell phone companies trying to lure you with free phones, now VoIP providers are offering free hardware with their service package. Chris has tips on how to use it with the Gizmo Project SJ softphone.

Teleo, the portable VoIP that no longer clicks

Om Malik, Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 11:09 AM PT Comments (1)

Apparently, Teleo-software is no longer available for downloads. Did Microsoft swallow them so quickly? Repeated requests for clarification on Microsoft-buying-them have elicited no response thus far from the company! (thanks Rick)

For Vocaltec, the end is near as it gives 70 the pink slip

Om Malik, Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 8:41 AM PT Comments (4)

Thomas Hirsch send me this link which apparently says that Vocaltec, which has been in bit of trouble laid off 70 of its 100 employees. The VoIP pioneer has fallen on hard times, and still waiting for its white knight. There was some talk of Vonage-Vocaltec deal. If you can read hebrew, then perhaps be [...]

Warcraft gives peace a chance

Om Malik, Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 3:39 AM PT Comments (1)

Okay that is not true, but Netcraft reports that the wildly popular World of Warcraft online game is having a big of a meltdown, (what in real world would be a heat wave in the Eastern US), and the site was offline for most of
Tuesday. The official reason - maintenance. There are 3.5 million gamers [...]

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