Archive for November 2005
Chrome is offering laptop bags with the ultimate in protection for your expensive gear. The two bags are available in either carbon fiber or Kevlar to provide the ultimate in protection while keeping the weight as low as possible. The bags also protect … Read More »
Paul Thurrott of the WinSuperSite has published an 11 page review of the 360 which leaves no questioned unanaswered about the newest gaming phenomenon. He covers everything about the hottest gaming console to date including playing at high definition, using the wireless controller, headset … Read More »
Bill Gurley, general partner at Benchmark Capital, and an early investor in Tropos “Mesh WiFi Everywhere” Networks calls University Avenue in downtown Palo Alto utopia. “Its 75 degrees, sunny and near perfect in how he looks,” says Gurley. More like…. “wireless utopia.” With an unaturally … Read More »
Bit Torrent, one of the companies I am a big fan of made a joint announcement with the Motion Picture Association of America that it would no feature any illegal searches via its search engine, and will also work with the Hollywood doyens to distribute … Read More »
On this day of thanks as celebrated in the US, it seems only fitting to share the things for which I am thankful.
My wife and family for making everything worthwhile
My friends, many whom I have never met in person
My clients, who make it possible … Read More »
More Must Reads
By Om Malik
Nov. 23, 2005, 8:21pm PT
By James Kendrick
Nov. 23, 2005, 10:38am PT
Nokia seems to be having problems getting production units of the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet out the door to consumers and have posted about the latest delay on their website. According to Nokia current orders (there are a lot of pre-orders for this … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Nov. 23, 2005, 10:30am PT
The cool Acer C200 Tablet PC with the unique sliding hinge has been officially released in the US. Acer has released two models, one with a Celeron processor and the other with a 2 GHz Pentium M. The high-end model has a 100 … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 23, 2005, 9:40am PT
By Om Malik
Nov. 23, 2005, 4:00am PT
Media and bloggers for once are on the same side…. they are collectively suffering from AOL Schizophrenia. A few weeks ago they were all saying AOL is piece of dying garbage. Today, after its investment and a deal with BrightCove, everyone seems to be thinking of … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 22, 2005, 10:43pm PT
It has been a hectic day, but before I called it a night, I just wanted to bring you upto speed on the latest on the OM & Niall PodSessions. We have a new website, which is live now, with the show notes from our … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 22, 2005, 10:17pm PT
Less two years into the hype cycle, and the VoIP services are going through a shakeout, indicating that there is little or no room for tiny-tots, especially the ones with a dubious claim to fame. TheGlobe, which tried its best to hype-up its GloPhone/VoiceGlo service … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Nov. 22, 2005, 8:34am PT
Satellite radio enthusiasts are up in arms over previously undisclosed limitations in the otherwise nifty Sirius S50 portable satellite radio player. It seems the RIAA got all over Sirius and early buyers of the S50 are reporting the following limitations, which have only recently been … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Nov. 22, 2005, 8:21am PT
Yes, the Xbox 360 articles are flying all over the web today since last night’s big launch has a few people who stood in line for in some cases days now have their hot little hands on the gaming console. Gamesfirst has a nice article … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Nov. 22, 2005, 8:12am PT
By Om Malik
Nov. 22, 2005, 1:22am PT
One of the great joys of writing a blog, is that you can keep up with the companies you have written in the past. Infinera, a Sunnyvale, Calif.- based photonic chip maker is one of them. Back in the day, I wrote about the company’s … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Nov. 21, 2005, 8:46pm PT
By Om Malik
Nov. 21, 2005, 7:50pm PT
By James Kendrick
Nov. 21, 2005, 4:59pm PT
By James Kendrick
Nov. 21, 2005, 4:49pm PT
Using the Tablet PC with its digitizer seems like the perfect interface for controlling your MIDI devices and Tablet 2 Midi does just that. From the developer’s web site:
Tablet 2 Midi is a standalone windows application that allow you to use your graphics tablet … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 21, 2005, 1:47pm PT
Mitch Shapiro: in the age of blogs and electronic word of mouth, PR muscle isn’t as overwhelming an advantage as it used to be
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By Om Malik
Nov. 21, 2005, 1:43pm PT
By Om Malik
Nov. 21, 2005, 1:43pm PT
By Om Malik
Nov. 21, 2005, 1:21pm PT
By James Kendrick
Nov. 21, 2005, 1:14pm PT
The newest episode of the MobileTechRoundup (MoTR) podcast will be out later today and you won’t want to miss this one. Dave Ciccone got his hands on an XBOX 360 before they are available in stores and Kevin and I talk him into opening it live … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 21, 2005, 12:58pm PT
By Om Malik
Nov. 21, 2005, 12:56pm PT
Rumors are emerging out of China that Ericsson is looking to make an acquisition, and the most likely candidates include UT Starcom or Harbor Networks. Shanghai Daily cites China Business News (CBN) as the source of this speculation. Apparently, Ericsson’s President and chief … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 21, 2005, 12:01pm PT
DNS device maker, Infoblox is blogging now over at BloxBlog. Bloggers include Stuart Bailey founder and CTO, Alan Dekok, contributor to freeRADIUS and Cricket Liu, DNS/BIND author. Lots of good stuff about directories, files, DNS, BIND and of course my favorite, the folders.
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By Om Malik
Nov. 21, 2005, 11:36am PT
By James Kendrick
Nov. 21, 2005, 10:00am PT
Lora Heiny has a knack for stimulating good conversation in the Tablet PC community and her latest article, Will the real Tablet please show its pen? is certainly thought-provoking. When Microsoft first launched the Tablet PC these innovative devices were the only full PCs that … Read More »
By Dan Lurie
Nov. 21, 2005, 9:31am PT
I admit, I’m a bit OCD when it comes to the cleanliness of my work area. Stray papers are kept in neat stacks, my wallet, hat, and keys live in a wire mesh basket, conveniently out of the way. But organization of my personal effects can … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Nov. 21, 2005, 9:06am PT
Rob Bushway reports that his English Standard Version (ESV) for the Tablet PC is now available. The program requires either GoBinder 2005 or Plan Plus for Windows XP but Rob reports he is working on a stand-alone version. The program is formatted with … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Nov. 21, 2005, 8:59am PT
TEC has produced the first 2 GB miniSD card so you will now be able to take thousands of photos with your camera phone. The cards are certainly speedy with sustained 18 Mb/sec read and 12 Mb/sec write. $160.
(Slashphone via engadget)
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By James Kendrick
Nov. 21, 2005, 8:49am PT
American Biophysics is a company in Rhode Island that sells the “Mosquito Magnet”, a system that fools mosquitoes into thinking there are humans nearby and then vacuums them into oblivion. Living in Houston I can appreciate the usefulness of such a device. The magnets … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 21, 2005, 8:44am PT
By James Kendrick
Nov. 21, 2005, 8:41am PT
I have been very free with dispensing my mantra about mobile technology that says simply a mobile device must enable you to do the task at hand and do it well to be truly useful. It is great when I run across mobile devices that … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Nov. 21, 2005, 8:33am PT
Texas Instruments new Digital Light Processing (DLP) technology for projectors makes it possible to design projectors that are smaller and lighter than current projectors that use a hot lamp for projecting the image. Three new pocket projectors are due to hit the UK in the … Read More »
