Archive for August, 2005

What’s the point of a five button mouse if you can use only two of them? Well, that’s what I thought when I started using IOGear’s Laser Mouse, which has been built for Windows. Except Jim Parsons sent me a link to nice shareware software called,… Read More »

Boingo adds 30 more airports to its hot spot footprint including some Canadian ones. Meanwhile Toshiba MyConnect has started offering $3.95/hour WiFi access but that’s going to cost a one-time $9.99 plan activation fee. Me, I would settle for EVDO, if I can find it. Read More »

SBC, once again proving that it is one of the canniest companies in the world is likely to switch its name to AT&T once the deal closes. AT&T is a bigger, and perhaps a better loved brand than SBC, at least in People’s Republic of California.… Read More »

What’s next from Google? Google Wallet?, the much awaited PayPal killer. There is the same 404 error on the Google Wallet page as we saw in Google Talk! (Of course this could be one big load of c..p)Good work, Google Rumors. eBay flew under… Read More »

If you took things at face value, then the recent fad of adding voice to the “instant messaging” clients is nothing but Silicon Valley’s version of keeping up with Jones. Yahoo (via DialPad acquisition), Microsoft (via Teleo acquisition), AIM, Google Talk and Apple’s iChat are taking… Read More »

Today might be a good day to yell “touchdown.” Two months ago, I had reported that Microsoft had been eyeing Teleo, a small San Francisco-based VoIP provider. Now finally, there is a confirmation via C/Net News.com. “We’ve been making a lot of investments in voice, but as… Read More »

Skype says, its not for sale! Of course, if you got $3 billion, then lets talk. The company says it might consider an initial public offering. Read More »

The Glass Mouse That Roared

The fine folks at IOGear sent me a test unit of their new five button mouse, The USB Laser Mouse, promising me that it would be a fantastic experience, especially if you are using a PC laptop. They said you could program the five buttons to… Read More »

What is WiMax Reality?

The number of (WiMax) trials has ballooned to more than 100, up from 50 just months ago, reports AP. That to me is the clear problem – trials, not deployments. Its like I have heard the same executives say exactly the same thing for so long,… Read More »

iPhone that cried wolf

The story of iPhone, the much rumored, and eagerly awaited iTunes phone from Motorola and Apple, reminds me of the childhood story about a boy who cried wolf. Once again the rumors have flared up about the pending launch of the device, probably on September 7,… Read More »

Email This
  or cancel