Craig McCaw, the wise sage of wireless apparently once said, there is no such thing as bad spectrum. He might have been speaking metaphorically but apparently, the Wall Street is taking him for his word, and is fueling a “spectrum bubble.” The efforts by IDT Telecom … Read More »
Archive for November 2005
I finally managed to finish the two pieces for the magazine and can breathe a sigh of relief. This following closely on the heels of a much needed break this weekend. And now as I make a list of my to-do-list, well it is getting longer … Read More »
I just realized that I am WAY too far gone as a Mac user. If you too can immediately identify what this tattoo stands for, you’re in the same boat with me. Of course the individual sporting that tattoo is in a different class all together!! By … Read More »
Apple Pandemic
By Nick Santilli
Nov. 7, 2005, 11:59pm PT
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Slashdot reports (via AppleInsider) that there have been 1 million (plus) Windows -> Mac converts in the first 9 months of 2005. Wow. I’m no expert, but that sounds pretty impressive to me. Studies show that many bypassed lower-end systems such … Read More »
First Nokia and the gang sue Qualcomm over WCDMA. Now Qualcomm sues Nokia over GSM. Law is the only recession proof profession or what! Read More »
BellSouth 6Mbps November 14?
By Om Malik
Nov. 7, 2005, 10:43pm PT
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Broadband Reports: BellSouth 6Mbps November 14 Read More »
NowPos, yet another voice to email service. Like Waxmail. via Aswath Weblog Read More »
Camino. getting better and better
By Om Malik
Nov. 7, 2005, 5:10pm PT
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Camino browser, which is based on Mozilla is just getting better and better. The new beta is good, fast and doesn’t hog the resources like other browsers. Good Safari alternative. Read More »
The chatter this morning has been dominated by Yahoo’s deal with TiVo, a news that was first reported by PVRBlog. (Nice work Matt!) I am amazed that the news of Yahoo working with an increasingly marginal player DVR space would get so much attention. Users … Read More »
Nokia 770 Internet Tablet Starts Shipping
By Om Malik
Nov. 7, 2005, 2:26pm PT
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The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet on route to those awaiting the device. Read More »
I never thought I would say this: right now I wouldn’t mind living in Long Island. Why? Because I would have access to Cablevision’s Optimum Online cable modem service which will offer a standard downstream bandwidth of 15 megabits per second, with no additional charge to … Read More »
More Must Reads
The search for the "killer app" for the Tablet PC always generates a lot of conversation and the current one started by Lora of whatisnew is a good one. The theory is that once this "must have" program appears it will drive a ton of … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 7, 2005, 12:17am PT
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Foldershare for OS-X is back for download! Yipee! Michael kept his promise … what a gentleman! Read More »
Christian Lindholm, the father of Lifeblog software and Navikey UI leaves Nokia . A few weeks later Lindholm joins Yahoo. A few months later WSJ publishes plans of Yahoo teaming up with SBC and Cingular of joining a co-branded phone made by Nokia. … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 6, 2005, 10:10pm PT
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Search SIG – The Search: A ten year perspective with John Battelle – Nov 10th – Microsoft Campus, Mountain View, CA – Pre-Registration Required! Read More »
By James Kendrick
Nov. 6, 2005, 6:56pm PT
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Marc Orchant and I had a lot of fun devoting this show to the Gateway Convertible Notebook (that’s Tablet PC to you and me). Marc just received his Gateway and has some good first impressions of the first widescreen Tablet PC. I have been … Read More »
VoIP Watch: Starwood Hotels LodgeNet ISP monitors net traffic, and if it doesn’t like what it sees, it throtles the speed down to 56K (i.e you get to pay $15.00 for dial up). Read More »
Over the weekend, I attended the >Play Conference at University of California’s Haas School of Business, and got a chance to meet some interesting folks who are conducting cool experiments in digital media. In between panels and keynotes, I snuck out for a quick puff, … Read More »
Mark Gilbert: “Reading Blodget’s views on the likes of Yahoo! Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., though, is akin to hearing former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay lecture on accounting, or former Tyco CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski comment on executive perks. The skin crawls. The hackles rise. It … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 6, 2005, 9:24am PT
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Futurometer, which tracks popular phrases online and in media, takes a gander at Google vs Microsoft. Results are well, like the stock market.. (via) Read More »
A few weeks ago, Rupert Murdoch’s satellite TV operator BSkyB shocked everyone when the company acquired Easynet for $373 million. No one was expecting the media giant to make a move into the high speed Internet access market, even though his acquisitions of MySpace … Read More »
GeckoTIP is an extension that provides Tablet PC Input Panel support in both Firefox and Thunderbird. This new version addresses the following known bugs in the previous version: The floating TIP icon sometimes stops appearing after Firefox has been open for a long time When … Read More »
Due to the way Feedburner creates the feed I have been using for the OnTheRun with Tablet PCs podcast the iTunes Music Store is not showing … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Nov. 5, 2005, 1:21pm PT
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Marc Orchant’s Gateway Tablet PC, I mean convertible notebook, arrived days early and he has published the first of multiple promised posts about the out of box experience. I think he likes it so far. :) Read More »
General Motors is showing off a new vehicle-to-vehicle, or V2V, wireless communication system that alerts you when a collision is imminent.What if computers did the same? More @ CNET News.com Read More »
HP makes a nice docking station for the tc1100 Tablet PC but I did not order one when I bought the Tablet. They sell it for $299 which is too much dough for me so I have been happily using the tc1100 sans dock … Read More »
Most of GigaOM readers know a lot about me, but I don’t know much about them. In an effort to know you better, I am rolling out a week long GigaOM Reader Survey today and will be running it for next one week. The survey … Read More »
One reason why Rupert Murdoch is who he is, is because he has been blessed with this ability to cut through the crap, and get straight to the point. In an article in Wall Street Journal (sub required), he talks about his interest in AOL, … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 5, 2005, 7:41am PT
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Larry and Sergey are now flying on the friendly skies of Google. Read More »
I was looking around on the Gateway site and see that the entry level model of the CX200 is now only $999! It’s only a Celeron processor but the rest of the specs are decent. Finally, a sub-$1000 Tablet PC. Awesome. Read More »
I stay in OneNote all day and anything that makes the powerful program even more useful is great. Any utility that does that and is free just makes my day. It also makes my Freeware of the Moment list so here it is. … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Nov. 4, 2005, 3:31pm PT
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Fairfield, IA 52556 – November 4, 2005 The winners of the Fifth Annual Best Software Awards conducted by Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine (formerly Pocket PC magazine) have been announced at www.pocketpcmag.com/awards. Eighty members of the Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine Board of … Read More »
You can never have enough high quality fonts that look good everywhere, especially on web sites. Vitaly Friedman has compiled a list of 25 fonts that are license-free that can be freely used in your documents. Some of these look really nice so … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 4, 2005, 2:45pm PT
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My Pet Cam, that’s one way of keeping an eye on your pooch. The first real good use of broadband. Maybe they and Dogster do a little bow.wow.wow :-) Read More »
By James Kendrick
Nov. 4, 2005, 2:39pm PT
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Marc Orchant has detailed his network-wide backup strategy and explains why he uses the tools he employs to make sure every computer on his home network is automatically backed up. Read More »
By James Kendrick
Nov. 4, 2005, 2:34pm PT
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Vancouver, WA, Nov. 1, 2005 – Wacom Technology Corporation’s new Intuos3 6×11 pen tablet is specifically designed for photographers, designers and artists who are using multiple monitors or a widescreen display like the 23″ Apple® Cinema HD display. The Intuos3 6×11 features an active area with … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Nov. 4, 2005, 2:22pm PT
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I just got an email from David X. about the launch of a new service for sharing media, PixPulse. According to David PixPulse works on all carriers and lets you share your photos and videos directly to your friends’ mobile devices. Looks like … Read More »
David was going to order a Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet PC but when he saw that Marc Orchant ordered a Gateway and because Marc is so happy about the Gateway, David switched and ordered one too. It’s all Marc’s fault, that much is clear. … Read More »
WaxMail, a plugin for Microsoft Outlook lets you add voice messages to your email messages. Good for short podcasts as well. Read More »
Its been a couple of days to digest the Microsoft Live news, and try and understand its implications. Microsoft’s Mapping efforts, its foray into VoIP and the so called Live offerings – are emergence of what I think is a semblance of a business model. … Read More »
All those who have been eagerly waiting for the new Nokia 770 Internet tablet, well here is some good news – the device will be available in the US on November 10, through Nokia’s online sales channel at NokiaUSA.com. The device is already available to … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Nov. 4, 2005, 10:37am PT
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MoTR 2 is 31:29 minutes long and is a 21.7 MB file in MP3 format. INTRO: Based on “Time v2.1? by Meta Sektion, additional mixing by James Kendrick. HOSTS: David Ciccone, James Kendrick and Kevin C. Tofel TOPICS:Hello, hello, helloooo…Thank-you BatteryGeek Inc. for sponsoring … Read More »
The uber-cool Nokia 770 Internet Tablet has been released in Europe with the US hopefully not too far behind. The Nokia 770 is a WiFi-based little gadget optimized with open source software to allow easy web browsing and email handling. Mike Cane’s excellent … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Nov. 4, 2005, 8:09am PT
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If you have one of the cool Linux-based PDAs from the Sharp Zaurus line and you want to turn it into a full pocket workstation then head over to pocketworkstation.org. They have full instructions for installing Debian on the Sharp to get all the … Read More »
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