December, 2005 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for December 2005

Hey Paul, Isn’t this a good enough reason to switch to you know …. Mac! What two large ones for peace of mind, and sharp focus on “pithy insights?” Read More »

End of Broadcast TV

Terry Eaton thinks that 2006 is when broadcast television will eventually meet its maker. His essay, The Unbundled Awakening is a good read in how the video business might shake out in the year to come. via Doc Searls’s IT Garage. Read More »

 
 

The Ghosts of Internet Past

The Ghosts of Internet Time, an amusing and must read piece this Christmas. Read More »

Updated: December 27, 2005: The wholesale blog plagiarism is a much wider problem than most of us realize. In the past few days, as we tried to get one site shut down, many more examples have come to light that are simply ripping the content, and… Read More »

TAB named in Top 10 Feeds of the Year

For the past couple of years Feedster has been having a “Feed of the Day” on their site in which they recognize some pretty sweet blogs/sites. This year they are announcing their “Feeds of the Year” for 2005 and are doing it countdown style announcing… Read More »

2006, year of the video

Tao of Mac says 2006 is the year of the video. Read More »

Have a happy and safe holiday for those who observe one.   Best wishes from my family to yours.   Unplug, take some time to spend with your friends and family because gadgets are nice but they are not what is important.   Happy Holidays! Read More »

Did MySpace Censor YouTube?

Okay now that I have your attention, let me tell you about a little drama that played out while we were busy celebrating Christmas. Earlier this week, MySpace decided to cut off YouTube videos from their site. (YouTube folks wrote about it on… Read More »

Babes of You Tube

You Tube has some red hot videos. Here is a collection of some which are particularly beguiling! Much like Flickr’s hotties . Read More »

SlingBox for Mac?

A year after the trend started to emerge, The New York Times catches up with place shifting, in this long piece about Slingbox. The usual story, the usual information, but what really is interesting bit of information is buried at the very end of… Read More »

Everybody else is making predictions for the new year that is just around the corner so I figured I’d better jump in with my own. This year has seen some real advancements in both the hardware and software used to power mobile devices and I believe… Read More »

Mamma.com buys Copernic

Search firm Mamma.com has completed the buyout of desktop search company Copernic for $18 million. Not bad for a free search engine. (PR) Read More »

More Must Reads

Verizon Wireless and partner Microsoft are set to announce the launch of a new online music store, VCAST Music, at CES. The new service will go live January 16th and offer music downloads a la iTunes. Verizon intends for the new service to extend… Read More »

Podcasting buddy Dave Ciccone of Mobility Today has posted a thorough review of the OQO Model 01+. The timing for me is excellent as I am currently evaluating the OQO for a review and it is interesting to see how his experience compares to… Read More »

The Hive has posted a great 32 minute video interview of a couple of the OneNote folks who are working on the next version of the note-taking application. Excellent video and if you are as interested in OneNote 12 as I am don’t miss… Read More »

Kent Newsome, a fellow Houstonian, has declared that jkOnTheRun is the “King of Houston Bloggers”. This is a distinguished award and I am honored to receive this drubbing dubbing. Kent has a nice blog and has posted what he wants for Christmas… Read More »

Head over to the MoTR web site to listen or download or subscribe below. MoTR 16 is 34:48 minutes long and is a 23.9 MB file in MP3 format. INTRO: Based on… Read More »

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