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Akismet has caught 2000 spams so far

Akismet comment spam protection service has caught 2000 spams so far. The spam of the day: cingular ringtones. Read More »

Sonos is Better with a Cradle

Sonos Sound System did feel incomplete without a cradle/charger for the wonderful remote control. Now it seems the little music family is complete. I think the photo says it all! Check out my review of Sonos. Read More »

 
 

James Enck is One in a Million For those more in…

James Enck says his blog is worthless, while mine is $1.15 million in blog dollars. James, good buddy you are one in a million. Same holds true for Martin Geddes and Richard Stastny. In my books at least! Read More »

At Dell a faulty capacitor leaks $300 million

At Dell a faulty capacitor leaks $300 million. PC maker will take a $450 million charge to restructure consumer operations. The iPod curse in effect. Somewhere, Jeff Jarvis is uncorking Korbel! Read More »

Happy Diwali All

All my friends, we are celebrating the Indian festival of lights, aka Diwali. The official day of Diwali this year is November 1, which means my family has already started celebrating. It is the day I miss my family the most, and hope that some day … Read More »

Webster adds WiFi to the dictionary

Webster adds WiFi to the dictionary, defines it as “Wi-Fi used to certify the interoperability of wireless computer networking devices.” Read More »

FCC approves MCI-VZ, AT&T-SBC mergers

Are Bandwidth Mergers Enough?

Updated: For nearly two months I had been hearing chatter that WilTel was in play. I had heard that even Comcast was interesting in the company, and there was some talk of Level 3. Unfortunately, I could not pin this one down, and now feel bad … Read More »

3M Post-It Notes now works with ink

Marc Orchant points out that the current version of 3M’s Post-It Note software now has pen input on Tablet PCs. You have to spring $25 for the professional version to get the ink capabilities but I found it useful enough to do so. It … Read More »

Blogging catfight

Ken Yarmosh, a paid consultant to Blogscient is upset that his client didn’t get a fair shake from Techcrunch because Mike is Gabe.memeorandum’s friend. Mike fires back. Will Scoble play daddy? Read More »

Pocket PC Addict for sale

It was with great sadness that I got this information from good friend Brad Isaac, owner of Pocket PC Addict. PPCA has long been one of my favorite Pocket PC enthusiast sites and I hope it will survive: Well, I’ve got a lot of mixed … Read More »

LG Electronics EVDO notebook

The first notebook computer with embedded EVDO connectivity is scheduled to appear next month in Korea. The X-note Express LW20-EV has been developed jointly by LG, Intel Korea and KTF. No word if this will be sold outside Korea. (AVing via Ubergizmo) Read More »

More Must Reads

For all its global assets, India was one of the countries that was conspicuously missing from Vodafone’s global footprint. World’s largest wireless operator changed all that, and bought a 10% stake in Bharti Telecom, one of the largest GSM operators in India. Vodafone paid $1.5 … Read More »

Marc Orchant, Warner Crocker and I had a discussion on the current OnTheRun with Tablet PCs podcast that touched on how to choose the right type of Tablet PC for you. The expanding number and types of Tablet PCs available today makes the task … Read More »

Venkatesh is helping out over at the Broadband Wiki by mapping the data we are collecting to Google Maps. On his blog, he proposes a marriage of Google Maps with Google Talk. Consider hypothetical situation, whereby google release API similar to Google Maps, where by users … Read More »

Light Reading: Level 3, Cogent Kiss & Peer Up Read More »

OnTheRun with Tablet PCs is the podcast all about ink and slate and … Read More »

Wi-Fi Networking News reports that Qwest, Earthlink, MetroFi and VeriLAN are amongst many companies that are planning to bid for Portland, Ore., Metro Wi-Fi Network Read More »

The New York Times has one of the better articles I have read in recent times on the strained yet working relationship between the city of Philadelphia and its biggest and most famous corporate citizen, Comcast. The two entities are having a lovers spat, over … Read More »

Corning is as pure a play on the LCD trend as there can be. The company makes the very basic component – glass – that allows the likes of LG, Phillips and Samsung to churn out those LCD screens to go with your super fast computers, … Read More »

Burningbird Shelley is not too impressed by memeorandum. Check out the comments to her post, many make good points. Read More »

If you are into serious color work you need to calibrate the color profiles so the colors you see on your screen match the colors output by your printer. You also want to make sure your color scanner is calibrated so images you scan … Read More »

Silicon Labs has come up with a new chip AeroFone, that combines “a quad band transceiver, baseband processor, ARM controller, power management, and other analog processing.” This is the kind of chip that will make the $50 phone possible, and basically get millions of … Read More »

NewsFactor Network reports that the VoIP service providers may fail to meet e911 deadline and need more time. Read More »

Blogniscient Gets a Makeover; now with twice as much Web 2.0 goodness! via Read More »

Rafat Ali asks, “Why aren’t journalists being encouraged to be entrepreneurs, and the other way around?” Why not indeed! Read More »

If you can’t beat them in the open market, then you get the authorities involved. That is a routine tactic which we have seen time and again used against Microsoft. Well, now, the same tactic is being used against Qualcomm. Eight months after I wrote … Read More »

Every so often I come across an article which says things like, land line losses for the Baby Bells are around 10,000 a day as more and more folks switch from regular PSTN to wireless, cable or some other form of VoIP service. But its always … Read More »

Sadly, Roam Magazine is not available in the US but the current issue (#3) has my article titled “Turbocharge your Tablet PC”. It’s a big article by magazine standards so if you are lucky enough to live in Australia or New Zealand check it out. Read More »

One of the most useful utilities on a Tablet PC is the Snipping Tool, provided as part of the Experience Pack from Microsoft. The Snipping Tool is that cool app that lets you draw a circle around anything on the screen and insert it into … Read More »

If you have a busy household with older kids it is a nightmare trying to keep track of where everyone needs to be at any given time. Mom and Dad have their own schedules and have to know where little Johnny needs to be for … Read More »

Globally Popular Mobile Technology Podcast "techADDICTION" Adds Third Host and Re-launches as the "MobileTechRoundup" Show Recognizing the growing public need for mobile technology news, "techADDICTION" co-hosts James Kendrick and Kevin C. Tofel add another mobile device expert. David Ciccone of the leading iPAQ enthusiast site, "Dave’s iPAQ", … Read More »

With PC sales stronger than expected, it was no surprise that Microsoft posted blowout numbers, even surprising some of the more skeptical company watchers. They gave a lukewarm forecast, but if you can manage to look beyond the myopic quarterly view of the world, you … Read More »

No, I did not pick up a Mac.  I have switched back to the HP tc1100 as my main Tablet PC.  I have been using the Gateway M280 (or whatever model number Gateway is using this week) exclusively for the past few weeks and … Read More »

Are we at the cusp of a new media trend called attack the bloggers? First it was Advertising Age and now its Forbes. I am disappointed to say the least by Forbes’ over-the-top cover-story that paints bloggers as a lynch mob. The fact that … Read More »

Eric Mack and Tracy Hooten have presented themselves with a Tablet PC challenge by going paperless for the next 10 weeks. Tracy is a student and Eric is a technologist so no doubt they will each find different challenges in front of them … Read More »

Dennis Kennedy has published an excellent article covering what he feels is the best Mobile Computing Kit for Lawyers which is a must read for those in the legal profession. He not only covers the particular items in his kit but the rationale behind … Read More »

The Flybook ultra-portable PC is on display in Japan this week and this new version 3 looks pretty nice. The Flybook is a convertible notebook that is touch-screen based and operates like a small convertible Tablet PC. The Flybook people state that the version 3 device … Read More »

OnTheRun with Tablet PCs co-host Marc Orchant reports on his blog this morning that he just ordered a Gateway s7200 Tablet PC. The specs on the Tablet he ordered are very powerful and knowing how Marc works the Gateway will be a perfect fit for … Read More »

Nick Starr’s FlickrLicio.us Banned From Flickr. So much for free-everything arguments! Read More »

The New York Post says Google will sell TV ads! In keeping with that spirit, I hereby grant the search engine giant exclusive rights for ads on my ass! Read More »

Finally, finally… people are discussing the economic aspects of the community-based start-ups. I brought up this question last week, but apparently everyone was sweating Google. So prompted by Anil versus Caterina debate, more folks have joined the discussion. Jeff Jarvis has … Read More »

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