January, 2006 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for January 2006

While I was busy chasing down stories about Google’s earnings, finishing up my story for the magazine, the blogbees were doing their thing, trying to make sense of disparate bits of information, and assembling them into a honey pot about Google’s VoIP plans. Atleast the… Read More »

Today’s Freeware of the Moment is a utility that is always running on my Tablet PC. RoboForm fills in web forms and passwords with the click of the pen (or mouse) and learns as it goes so you can easily log into secure sites… Read More »

 
 

G-Oh-Oh-G

Google is off nearly $65 in after hours trading…. Bloomberg’s report had my head spinning, so instead I opted to read The Street.com. the search giant put its non-GAAP earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 31 at $1.54 a share. Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call… Read More »

Vodafone’s German fixed mobile subsidiary Arcor is getting serious about offering broadband and competing with the existing players. A few days ago the company announced that it would launch ADSL2 services on February 1, 2005 in 300 cities across the country. Arcor has 1.1 mln… Read More »

There are three billion phones on the planet – two billion fixed phones and another billion mobile. The percentage of those utilizing Voice-over-IP technology is so small that it doesn’t show up on the radar. In-Stat research estimates that there were a total of… Read More »

Syncing Nokia Phone + Yahoo PIM + iSync

In his latest infinite-loop entry, Om Malik tells us how he managed to sync his Nokia Phone with Yahoo and iSync. Yahoo doesn’t provide facilities for synchronizing your Mac to their service. They use Intellisync, and that’s Windows-only, as far as i can tell.… Read More »

Google Goes P2P?

John Battelle says Google is going P2P via ShareLive which used to be a file sharing site. Read More »

On the MobileTechRoundup Podcast that will be released shortly I mentioned my search for a GPS solution for the Palm Treo 700w. Dave Ciccone pointed out that ALK Technologies has just announced the availability of the CoPilot live 6 solution for the… Read More »

Paperless Challenge Podcast Part 2 is available

Eric Mack has released the second podcast in a series covering his paperless challenge on his Tecra M4 Tablet PC. Tracy Hooten of The Student Tablet PC blog joins Eric again to discuss the best practices and challenges they faced trying to go completely… Read More »

What’s Microsoft afraid of?

Nicholas Carr: Could it be that what Microsoft really fears is that the adoption of ODF [Open Document Format] won’t be a failure but a success? Read More »

TeleGeography Research says that Hungary now has 9.32 million and the mobile penetration has reached 92.4%, making it one of the more mature markets in Europe. Read More »

Google Is Sellout.com

Andy Kessler writes in today’s The Wall Street Journal that like all cool rockstars, selling out has basically cost Google its core audience but that might not be all. Google could have kept their cool and trusted image if they’d just worked with someone else… Read More »

More Must Reads

Sling Media has raised $46.6 Million in funding from Goldman, Sachs & Co., John Malone’s Liberty Media Corporation and Echostar Communications and original investors, DCM – Doll Capital Management, Mobius Venture Capital and Hearst Corporation. The company had raised around $15 million in previous… Read More »

Microsoft has cranked the customer empathy up a couple of notches with the We Share Your Pain (WeSYP) program. Take a look at this short video (spoof) and you’ll see what I mean. (via The Secret Life of an MS Author) Read More »

If you are like me, then syncing your iCal and Address Book with Yahoo’s web-based PIM has been virtually impossible. Given Yahoo’s long standing apathy for MacOS had sent many of us into the warm, comfortable embrace of Apple’s own .Mac service. Of course, a cuddle… Read More »

If you are looking to fund some Web 2.0 companies and are currently seeking inspiration, this is a great resource. … via who else but, the blog king of comedy, Joseph Weisenthal. Read More »

Paul Kedrosky: Mikey Don’t Blog… he just make money! Lot of money. Read More »

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