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Videora tames BitTorrent

By James Kendrick Jan. 14, 2005, 7:53am PT 15 Comments

Videora is a new program that puts an easy to use interface on BitTorrent downloads.  From the Videora web site: Videora 1.0 is the first version of our new personal video downloading program. Utilizing … Read More »

Sign the Mac Tablet petition

By James Kendrick Jan. 14, 2005, 6:35am PT 4 Comments

Mac fans have long been asking for Apple to produce a Mac Tablet to give them the same benefits and mobility that Tablet PC owners enjoy. The desire to see Apple produce a Tablet has even been evident here on jkOTR. I told you recently about … Read More »

 
 

Powerbook G5 as soon as Q2?

By Dan Lurie Jan. 14, 2005, 3:24am PT 2 Comments

Digitimes has an article giving the timeline of the Apple hardware line. Apparently, Quanta Computer has signed a deal with Apple to begin shipping the new Powerbooks sometime in Q2. This would coincide nicely with WWDC. Oddly though, this comes after Apple describing … Read More »

Cisco’s Secret Software Plan

By Om Malik Jan. 14, 2005, 12:01am PT 5 Comments

Light Reading has very exclusive skinny on the Cisco’s secret strategy to shift focus from pure hardware to value added services, a move which is going to put it in direct conflict with occasional partners, IBM, Microsoft and Hewlett Packard. This is not a surprise … Read More »

Griffin TuneJuice: Battery backup for your iPod.

By Rich Trouton Jan. 13, 2005, 11:17pm PT 2 Comments

Man, Griffin must have emptied their cupboard of cool product ideas and brought them all to MacWorld, as I ran across Griffin’s new TuneJuice today. TuneJuice is an inexpensive alternative to the rechargeable battery packs that some manufacturers are already selling for the iPod. … Read More »

Exploding TV, or New Distributed Content Model

By Om Malik Jan. 13, 2005, 8:47pm PT 1 Comment

Clearly, Jeff Jarvis and I have got our wires crossed over the whole exploding TV thing, as he points out in this comment. He is talking potato and I am talking tomato. I argued that the cable and other television is not going … Read More »

Free album from iTunes

By James Kendrick Jan. 13, 2005, 5:18pm PT 1 Comment

Gear Live has pointed out a very cool thing for iTunes users.  Apparently, when you buy a new iPod you get a download of a free album of 13 songs, "Universal Motown New Music Sampler".  What Gear Live has discovered is that if you have … Read More »

New PenOffice version

By James Kendrick Jan. 13, 2005, 4:09pm PT Comments Off

PenOffice 2.6, handwriting recognition software for Microsoft Windows Powered Tablet and Desktop PCs, has been released and is available for immediate download and/or purchase. PenOffice is based on the award-winning CalliGrapher handwriting recognition technology and can be used as a stand-alone product as well as in … Read More »

Sierra Wireless announces embedded EVDO support

By James Kendrick Jan. 13, 2005, 3:11pm PT Comments Off

Sierra Wireless announced today the launch of their embedded module for the EVDO network (currently only Verizon in the US).  The EM5625 is scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2005 and has already been selected by Panasonic and @Road for integration into products … Read More »

An iTrip for your desktop and laptop.

By Rich Trouton Jan. 13, 2005, 2:49pm PT Comments Off

Those with iPods are probably already familiar with the Griffin iTrip, or one of its counterparts, and know that you can use it to stream your iPod’s music over a nearby FM radio. Now Griffin has taken that same idea and applied it to … Read More »

Loose Wire interviews Marc Orchant

By James Kendrick Jan. 13, 2005, 2:11pm PT 8 Comments

I have recently discovered the phenomenon of the Moleskine journal and how people who use these notebooks not only swear by them but have whole communities that discuss them.  I thought this would be one area I was actually ahead of Marc Orchant but … Read More »

jkOnTheRun forum is now open

By James Kendrick Jan. 13, 2005, 1:45pm PT Comments Off

Blogs like jkOTR provide a great vehicle for people like me to talk about the things I am passionate about and get feedback from visitors.  The only thing this format is missing in … Read More »

More Must Reads
Covad’s very simple VoIP
By Om Malik Jan. 13, 2005, 1:26pm PT 5 Comments

Its like VoIP minus the headaches. Covad Communications has started pushing a new VoIP solution that doesn’t need any special gear in your house. I had written about this but can’t seem to find the link. Maybe I need one of them Google boxes. … Read More »

NY, Ohio join anti-VoIP crusade
By Om Malik Jan. 13, 2005, 1:17pm PT 1 Comment

California and Minnesota were not taking the Vonage/VoIP ruling lying down. And now the states of New York and Ohio are appealing the Vonage ruling. Just to jog your memory, FCC had ruled that Voange’s VoIP service was interstate in nature and thus free … Read More »

Apple Takes Care of It’s Fans
By Nick Santilli Jan. 13, 2005, 1:03pm PT 1 Comment

Merlin Mann has a terrific weblog called 43Folders that’s GTD (Getting Things Done) centric, but also heavily favoring Apple’s OS X. There are non-Apple readers of the site, but mostly things revolve around Macs. Great reading when you’re through with … Read More »

Apple Business Plan
By Nick Santilli Jan. 13, 2005, 11:57am PT 4 Comments

Paul Nixon seems to have nailed the business plan Apple’s following. He’s created a very nice infographic of the Apple products and pricing, and how they relate to Consumers. How closely do you think he nailed it? Read More »

TiVo CEO To Go
By Om Malik Jan. 13, 2005, 11:07am PT 1 Comment

Thomas Hawk, actually sums up what I was thinking: What took the board so long to realize that Mike Ramsey wasn’t cutting it? Or in-fact the company’s business model hasn’t been working. Here is some back of the envelope calculations: total revenues as a public … Read More »

E-bay, from Flea Market to Fleece Market?
By Om Malik Jan. 13, 2005, 10:37am PT 4 Comments

E-Bay is jacking up its rates. I guess owning the entire market gives you that kind of monopolistic leverage. The price boost is going to be between 28% -to-50% . You know what even Microsoft doesn’t pull stunts like that. If a phone company raised … Read More »

Is MuniBroadband For Public Good?
By Om Malik Jan. 13, 2005, 6:33am PT 3 Comments

St. Paul-based economist and writer Edward Lotterman takes a very dispassionate view of the current debate about municipal owned broadband networks. “There is no clear right or wrong answer on this issue,” he writes today in the Pioneer Press. I agree with him – … Read More »

Yahoo Desktop Search is a keeper
By James Kendrick Jan. 13, 2005, 6:31am PT 11 Comments

There is no shortage of desktop search tools to choose from with Yahoo’s recent entrant into this hot but crowded field.  Yahoo Desktop Search (YDS) joins the tools from Google … Read More »

EnergyBlue theme for everybody
By James Kendrick Jan. 13, 2005, 6:13am PT 9 Comments

If you want to spruce up your Windows XP Luna theme you can now download the Energy Blue theme that was … Read More »

Some Shameless Self Promotion
By Om Malik Jan. 13, 2005, 6:07am PT 1 Comment

Okay permit me to indulge in some naked shameless self promotion. I am being quoted by The Daily Camera on Level 3 lay-offs. The story is behind a curtain so it might be difficult to access without registration. Here is essentially what I said: Om … Read More »

Very Briefly This Morning
By Om Malik Jan. 13, 2005, 5:33am PT 3 Comments

Mercora 2.0 is ready for download Citations Shoot-Out: Bloglines Citations is winning RSS live search war. Martin Tobias is getting rid of these guys: “AlwaysOn and anything ‘new’ Red Herring (Never found anything new here and very high signal to noise ratio). Silicon Beat: … Read More »

Some New Vonage Rumors
By Om Malik Jan. 13, 2005, 5:12am PT Comments Off

Andy says that “Vonage is close to announcing a PBX like service geared for the SOHO and smaller enterprise market. ….. Vonage may make a deal with Level3. Problem is Level3 is slowing down. Reports are the hardly have any job postings, layoffs are expected. … Read More »

Verizon FIOS almost arrives
By Om Malik Jan. 13, 2005, 5:02am PT 1 Comment

Broadband Reports says that Verizon has started scheduling installs for its fiber connections in Florida’s Tampa Bay Area. A number of Tampa area Users in our Verizon forum say they’ve been scheduled for installation or already installed. Who knew this whole FTTH thing wasn’t … Read More »

I am on G’day World Podcast
By Om Malik Jan. 13, 2005, 4:34am PT 1 Comment

Well I have officially joined the world of PodCasting. Cameron & Mick called me on Skype a few days ago, and we rapped about a whole bunch of stuff – “from Arnold Schwarzenegger, cricket, his new book, Broadband, how the generation gap is closing on internet … Read More »

Mac Love
By Dan Lurie Jan. 13, 2005, 1:56am PT 24 Comments

PC users like PCs. They enjoy using them, building them, tweaking them. Some may even develop a special liking for a certain machine. Mac users on the other hand, love Macs. We feel a connection to every peice of hardware and software. It speaks to us, … Read More »

Firefox watch
By James Kendrick Jan. 12, 2005, 10:34pm PT 6 Comments

I have commented in the past on the rising popularity of the Firefox browser among the many visitors to jkOnTheRun and I have decided to create a historical picture by posting the browser share graph every week or so.  Here’s the graph of today’s visitors by … Read More »

A useful WiFi detector.
By Rich Trouton Jan. 12, 2005, 10:26pm PT Comments Off

Seen the various WiFi detectors floating around the Expo floor? Intego has one, Marware has one, and other manufacturers are getting into the act. But they all seem to share one limitation: they don’t really show anything besides an open network’s signal … Read More »

Creative thinks the industry will laugh at Shuffle
By Josh Pigford Jan. 12, 2005, 8:38pm PT 4 Comments

Looks like Creative Technology thinks Apple’s new flash MP3 player is out dated and a joke. Sim Wong Hoo, Creative’s CEO, says that Shuffle is was “a big let down” to him. Creative has less than half of the market share that Apple has in … Read More »

JustOneMoreThing
By Dan Lurie Jan. 12, 2005, 7:02pm PT 3 Comments

I now present, for your reading delight, The Blog of Steve Jobs. It seems that he and I share some similar opinions about communism and the head of M$. EDIT: At the very bottom, it says, “a parody”. But I’m not sure…wouldn’t Steve have sued … Read More »

Say hello to Justin and Sarah
By Om Malik Jan. 12, 2005, 6:31pm PT 1 Comment

Old buddies Justin Hibbard and Sarah Lacy, now safely grinding way and turning out good journalism at Business Week are the new entrants to the blogworld. Welcome … Check out their Deal Flow blog right here. Justin and I used to work at the (real) … Read More »

A Small Exploding TV Reality Check
By Om Malik Jan. 12, 2005, 6:18pm PT 7 Comments

Lots of folks are talking about “exploding TV” right behind Mac Mini and other problems Apple is having with bloggers. Jeff Jarvis, Fred Wilson and Chris Anderson are leading the conversation. I don’t agree – I think the difference has to be … Read More »

T-Mobile Finally Responds
By Om Malik Jan. 12, 2005, 6:07pm PT 1 Comment

T-Mobile has issued a press statement. Apparently they did the right thing. Our investigation revealed that this third party was able to view the name and social security number of 400 customers. These customers were notified in writing of this incident. Customer credit card information was … Read More »

Write, Read, Write
By Om Malik Jan. 12, 2005, 5:30pm PT Comments Off

A week ago I wrote about Videora, then followed up with an e-interview with Sajeeth and today Wired has a story on Videora. Write, Read, Write… the new relationship between blogs and publishing world? Read More »

Understanding spyware and malware
By James Kendrick Jan. 12, 2005, 5:12pm PT 6 Comments

Spyware and malware (malicious software) are insidious problems to have as they can use your resources, network bandwidth and spy on your activities without you even being aware it’s happening.  Whenever I help a friend or family member with their computer I always find at least … Read More »

Jobs vs. Gates
By Dan Lurie Jan. 12, 2005, 3:22pm PT 22 Comments

In the past week or so, we have seen keynote speeches from both Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs, and Microsoft CEO Bill Gates. Gates’s CES keynote was filled with negative comments, including his comparison of “free culture” advocates to communists. Job’s speech, on the other hand, … Read More »

Three Strikes & You ‘R Out
By Om Malik Jan. 12, 2005, 3:08pm PT Comments Off

One day, three senior level resignations amazing…. TiVo’s Michael Ramsey is going to do big strategy stuff… Motorola COO Mike Zafirovski resigned for now Ed Zander is firmly entrenched at the top… and Alcatel CTO Niel Ransom has had it with french food and … Read More »

AireSpace sold for $450 million
By Om Malik Jan. 12, 2005, 2:30pm PT Comments Off

The WLAN shakeout continues. Cisco just announced that it is buying AireSpace for about $450 million, in an attempt to fill a gaping hole in its WiFi product strategy. News.com had the story first. The Linksys could not really scale into the enterprise after … Read More »

More Mac Mini Thoughts
By Nick Santilli Jan. 12, 2005, 12:45pm PT 6 Comments

Reading (more and more all the time) about the Mac Mini, a thought just hit me. With all the new Mac users this machine will attract, these previous windows users will have one litte niggle to get used to right off the bat: There’s no eject button. … Read More »

Level 3 Shocker
By Om Malik Jan. 12, 2005, 12:18pm PT 2 Comments

Level 3 is cutting 12% of it workforce, a move it expects to save the company $60-to-$70 million a year. Why the cuts? Despite the promise of VoIP, CEO Jim Crowe says that the end demand from the customers of its wholesale customers is taking … Read More »

Sidekick Hacked
By Om Malik Jan. 12, 2005, 11:39am PT 4 Comments

A computer hacker had access to all the Sidekick related boxes at T-Mobile according to Security Focus. Which means the not only had access to all the pictures (naked I presume) Paris Hilton was taking of herself, Snoop’s dirty laundry but also customer passwords and … Read More »

iPod Shuffle Hysteria
By Nick Santilli Jan. 12, 2005, 10:30am PT Comments Off

Wired’s got a cool article about the insanity the iPod Shuffle caused at the conclusion of Steve’s Keynote yesterday. …at the close of his Macworld keynote address at Moscone Center, Apple CEO Steve Jobs had said he’d “heard a rumor” that the iPod shuffle was … Read More »

What’s Wrong With This Picture?
By Nick Santilli Jan. 12, 2005, 9:58am PT 10 Comments

Can you tell me what’s wrong with this picture? Ok, maybe it’s just my interpretation of this Ad image. But what is the girl looking at? There’s no screen on the iPod Shuffle. Plus, with only 5 buttons (which come in a … Read More »

ThinkSecret founder at risk?
By Om Malik Jan. 12, 2005, 9:28am PT Comments Off

Harvard Crimson has a report on student Nick Ciarelli and ThinkSecret founder’s legal chances. Roger M. Milgrim, a New York intellectual property attorney and the author of Milgrim on Trade Secrets, said that Apple might be trying to scare off other sites from … Read More »

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