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Archive for 2005

Happy birthday to two great Tablet PC blogs

Two of my favorite Tablet PC blogs had a Happy first Birthday in the last few days. The Student Tablet PC blog is a must stop for all students and really anyone who owns a Tablet PC. Life on the Wicked Stage … Read More »

Intel’s Roadmap

Tom’s hardware have a good overview of the roadmap for future Intel CPUs, which undoubtedly will have a knock on effect on the CPUs that Apple will use and the types of device we can expect to see. Read More »

 
 

Richard Branson’s Four-Play Move

Given all the recent activity in the US around the concept of four-play (a combination of voice, video, data and wireless) services, it was only a matter of time before other countries jumped into the fray. The Telegraph reports that Richard Branson will merge his … Read More »

Free WiFi Causes BellSouth-New Orleans Rift

It was only a matter of time before we saw some kind of a backlash on the New Orleans wide Free WiFi network. The Washington Post reports that BellSouth has withdrawn its offer to give one of its damaged buildings that was a possible site of … Read More »

Eyeballs and Revenue Debate

The New York Times in its weekly What’s Online picked up the hotly debated issue of Eyeballs versus Revenues, as sparked by my Business 2.0 story, Return of the Monetized Eyeballs, and Jason Calacanis’ reaction to it. (Here is what Jason has … Read More »

Skype 2. oh oh!

VoIP Watch reveals that things are a bit more dire than even I had reported earlier. Read More »

Defrag your hard drive!

One of the preventive maintenance steps I recommend frequently is to regularly defrag your hard drive. This is especially important for mobile PCs as they usually have slower hard drives that really affect performance as the hard drive fragments. The computer will run … Read More »

MobileTechRoundup Podcast #10 is waiting for you

MoTR 10 is 33:24 minutes long and is a 23 MB file in MP3 format. Head over to the MobileTechRoundup web site to listen or download directly. INTRO: Based on “Time … Read More »

Blog Daddy says Sometimes Blog is Not a Blog

Blog Daddy says Sometimes Blog is Not a Blog. Particularly The Huff-Puff Post. Paul K thinks Jorn Barger is making a good point. Read More »

50 free downloads at eMusic

If you are looking for some good indie music but hate DRM then check out eMusic. They work on a subscription model with three levels of participation: eMusic Basic: $9.99 per month/40 downloads eMusic Plus: $14.99 per month/65 downloads eMusic Premium: $19.99 per month/90 downloads … Read More »

Girls of Technology

The Geek Gorgeous Calendar featuring Women in Technology. Come on …. what are the odds they work in Technology… despite what their bio says! They are for real, says Ms. June and calendar producer Lilac Mohr. Man do I have a big foot … Read More »

AT&T, Alcatel’s Stealth Take Over of 2Wire?

Alcatel, AT&T and Telmex have done what amounts to a quasi-takeover of 2Wire, a San Jose-based DSL modem maker with plans to deliver a triple set-top box. In a news release this morning, Alcatel and 2Wire announced that the french company was taking a 25% … Read More »

More Must Reads

What if sultry Angelina Jolie and NFL’s King QB Tom Brady somehow found themselves in matrimonial bliss and that led to a genetic mash-up? Imagine the beauty and ruggedness and now apply that to two of the hottest cellphones from Nokia’s stable – the briskly … Read More »

Oxymoron of the day: AT&T backs a-la-carte cable. No Kidding…. This Is Surprising? MSNBC/Motley Fool has this op-ed about how FCC is looking out for consumers. News flash guys …. no. Its looking out for the phone companies. It is using the consumer as … Read More »

I just received a copy of Michael Linenberger’s new productivity book, Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook. Michael is the author of my all time favorite Tablet PC book, Seize the Workday, and this new book adapts his proven productivity system to non-Tablet … Read More »

Kevin, Dave and I just put show #10 in the can for release tomorrow and I couldn’t be happier to report that the MobileTechRoundup podcast has been downloaded over 26,000 times in the first 30 days! This is absolutely phenomenal and I want to … Read More »

Now, before you all go dancing around the room, know that this is still technically not supported. Apple has make the Front Row 1.0.1 update available from their site. Andrew Escobar, Mac hacker extraordinaire has figured out an easy way to get the new version to … Read More »

Its a rather rainy Thursday in San Francisco. I am busy finishing up a story rewrite, so perhaps won’t get to the big stuff (BellSouth comments, cable ala carte debacle and e911) stuff till much later. However, for your amusement some latest developments that can be … Read More »

You can download Apple’s Front Row from their website. It will work on any Mac with 10.4.2 Andrew Escobar has a how t0 make it work. Read More »

On Flickr girls tagged Skype. Read More »

A retailer in the UK is offering the Universal wide-angle lens (22mm) for use with most digital cameras. The lens has a magnetic attachment system that lets you pop the wide-angle lens over the camera’s lens. Their web site mentions this lens will work with … Read More »

It’s not shipping in the US yet but the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet has appeared on the CompUSA online store. The Nokia is listed for $400 which is $40 more than on Nokia USA’s online store. CompUSA may very well pull the listing … Read More »

I stream music at home using Windows Media Connect and it works great but yesterday for the first time Windows Update offered me an update to version 2. It turns out this new version has been out for over a month but WU never … Read More »

Skype has announced a deal with SixApart, makers of the TypePad blogging service, that let’s bloggers integrate Skype with their blogs. This integration is now part of the new Skype beta, version 2.0: Skype 2.0 also offers users the ability to show their availability and … Read More »

Microsoft has added support for two new languages in the Enhancement Pack for Tablet PC which brings the best of both the Experience Pack and the Education Pack previously unavailable to non-English language versions of the Tablet PC. The new version now supports 8 … Read More »

Another day, another beta. Skype, a division of eBay launched Skype 2.0 beta for Windows. Just in time for some customers who got their passwords compromised. The elaborate press release and WSJ review while impressive don’t help mask the fact that, Skype is short on … Read More »

Earlier this year, when announcing their bid for the San Francisco wireless network, Google executives indicated that they plan to work closely with the incumbents including cable operators and the phone companies. Given the antagonistic stance taken by some Bell executives, it is safer … Read More »

The good folks at Mindjet are at it again and this time they have released a plug-in for MindManager that makes me very happy. On a recent OnTheRun with Tablet PCs podcast Lyn and Olga expressed a desire to be able to draw freehand … Read More »

On the last OnTheRun with Tablet PCs podcast Lyn and Olga mentioned a trip to Cape Split, the place with the highest tides in the world. Olga promised on the show she would shortly post the photos they took of that trip (with … Read More »

Everybody needs a good screen capture program, especially anyone who blogs regularly. Even if you don’t, sending a screen grab to a tech support person can often be the easiest and quickest way to explain your problem. FGWndGrab is a free utility that … Read More »

Another week, and another edition of Om & Niall PodSessions. This week are tackling some of the issues related to blogging, blog tools and RSS. Amongst the issues we discuss… * The problems with today’s blogging systems. Are they just glorified publishing systems, instead of tools … Read More »

OddPost’s RSS Lives Again in Yahoo Mail. Charlene Li has more. John podcasts the whole thing. Here is proof of OddPost heritage. Scott Gatz explains why he loves his own dog food and writes, “its cool to realize that we are the … Read More »

Tech.memeorandum is abuzz with the news of the launch of Corante Hub, where the site is going to aggregate great writing from member blogs. Hylton Jolliffe talks about it here, and well given the many changes the site has gone through, I think … Read More »

7days of XBox 360 make you realize it is not a revolution, but new level of immersion. Read More »

The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet has been enticing consumers for a few months now and a lucky few have taken delivery of their 770. Mobileburn has one and have published an outstanding hands-on review of the Nokia with tons of screen shots and photos. … Read More »

A few weeks back I introduced you folks to Meebo, a browser-based IM aggregation client that leveraged technologies collectively known as AJAX. Now meet Gtalkr, a Flash-based implementation of Google Talk. I have been playing around with it for a few days, and as … Read More »

Want that cool Glass effect on your Tablet PC (or any computer for that matter) now? Don’t want to wait for Vista to ship sometime next year to get it? Stardock sent me an email today telling me that WindowBlinds 5 was released and I … Read More »

The local authorities here have informed me that a nationwide problem is growing at an alarming rate and laptop (and Tablet PC) owners should be aware. It seems that roving bands of laptop thieves are going to restaurants at lunch time where lots of business … Read More »

A quick one to point out that Think Secret is scoring a juicy alleged scoop regarding the next evolution of the Mac Mini and its impact on your living room, ahead of MacWorld San Francisco 2006. Om weighs-in. Read More »

Nick Denton’s Startup kit. Many different ways to boot-strap your business Read More »

Vital Security reports that your Podcast can be hijacked by nefarious people. Okay I don’t get how this whole thing works (someone please let me know if you can figure it out) but I am already worried about Om & Niall PodSessions, my … Read More »

MoTR 9 is 32:13 minutes long and is a 22.2 MB file in MP3 format. Head over to the MobileTechRoundup web site to listen or download. INTRO: Based on “Time v2.1″ by Meta Sektion, additional … Read More »

Google downgraded by Stanford Group. I guess $400+ is too rich for them…Will they be Jonathan Cohen of Web 2.0 or prescient forecasters? Read More »

It is that time of year again and I proudly present the jkOnTheRun top 10 gifts ideas for the geek in your life. You know who you are. All of the gifts are from my favorite online store- ThinkGeek and presented in reverse order. Hey, I’ve … Read More »

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