January, 2006 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for January 2006

Crown Castle’s DVB is Modeo

Crown Castle’s (DVB)Mobile Video on Handset division is now called Modeo, which is expected to go live later this year in about 30 US markets. DVB handsets from LG and Samsung are already making waves, and we could soon see new handsets from Nokia. Modeo … Read More »

Open Office On A Stick

I am a big fan of USB drives as Port-a-PC, and have liked what U3 has done in the space. [ Never mind, they haven't done anything for Mac population.... or maybe they know we don't leave home without it (PowerBooks!) ] And now … Read More »

 
 

Emerging Video Trends… Podcast

Yesterday, I had posted my thoughts on why 2006 is the year when there is going to be a lot of action in the video space. You Tube, vSocial, and scores of other companies have popped up. Some didn’t agree with me, and … Read More »

London prepares for Citywide WiFi

The Cloud, a UK-based company that operates wifi hotspots is planning to build city wide WiFi clouds in London, Manchester and seven other cities. The network, is supposed to reach a total of 4 million people, and would also compete with incumbent phone and … Read More »

Australia Broadband, 30% Penetration by 2010

Thanks to a CAGR of 18% over next five years, Australia’s broadband penetration will reach almost 30 percent by 2010, with an ARPU of $37. Read More »

Google, Making CDMA Faster?

Search Engine Watch’s Gary Price reports Google has filed a patent that helps speed up wireless data exchange over CDMA networks. Google has been slowly expanding into wireless domain – it has launched Mobile Search and Mobile GMail. This patent application shows that … Read More »

New Tools GigaLinks and User Feedback

Dear Readers, We are in a new year, so its time for something new. For starters, I am introducing a new mobile RSS reader which lets you get GigaOM on your mobile phone, along with feeds from some of my recommended blogs. In other words, a … Read More »

Vonage buying from Sonus

Sonus Networks is expected to announce a deal with Vonage which confirms what has been informally known in VoIP circles for nearly a year: Vonage is buying Sonus’s gear including PSX Call Routing Server, SGX Signaling Gateway, and the Sonus Insight Management System. The gear … Read More »

Slingbox to go mobile

Sling Media will announce the ability to stream home TV to Windows Mobile devices at the CES this week. This will be accomplished with new software that lets Slingbox owners watch every single channel on their home TV anywhere they have an Internet connection (including … Read More »

MyTV ToGo nows supports iPod, PSP and Windows Mobile

If you have a mobile device and use TiVo then you need MyTV ToGo. The software allows you to copy video from your TiVo or Windows Media Center to virtually any mobile device for mobile enjoyment. Simply connect your mobile device to your … Read More »

Scanning on the run- DocuPen R700 reviewed on The Gadgeteer

If you are trying to remain paperless as I am you are always looking for very mobile scanning solutions that make digitial copies of text documents to bring into your PC. The Gadgeteer has reviewed the DocuPen R700 Handheld Scanner which is just … Read More »

VoIP Gizmos @ CES

One of the big trend at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will release of a ton of VoIP related gizmos. There is a healthy mix of headsets, hand-units and speakerphones, and USB-adaptors for VoIP users. The most attractive for Mac users will be the … Read More »

More Must Reads

Folks, here is the good news…. all Business 2.0 archives and new articles are wide open, no subscription necessary! You said…. “bring down those walls….” and we did. Not just Business 2.0, but also Fortune and Money. But its B2 which you want to read … Read More »

Niveus Media, one of the companies I have written in the past has just released what I call a big honking DVD jukebox. Niveus Disc Changer – Ice Vault 200 takes Windows XP Media Center Platform, strips and polishes the OS with Niveus proprietary … Read More »

France Telecom’s Orange says it has One Million UMTS/EDGE users. In 2005, Orange customers had 22.3 million video/TV sessions from their phones, and made 1.2 mln video phone calls over past year. Read More »

The First Family of the Tablet PC has come through again and arranged a meetup for Tablet users attending CES. Tablet PC Gathering #4 will be Friday, January 6th at 4pm at Cheese Burger at the Oasis in Aladdin’s Desert Passage. You can reach … Read More »

Skype Journal points to a new tool, Map Me by Khaos Labs which promises to map Skype Contacts with Google Maps. I wonder if they will map the ‘sign-on location’ or the dynamic location. Read More »

IPv6 doesn’t get much attention in the US, but is already being widely adopted by companies of all colors and hues in Asia, particularly in broadband-heavy nations like Japan and South Korea. IPv6, which stands for Internet Protocol version six is the next generation protocol … Read More »

2006 is going to be the year of IP video: from amaetur content on video sharing sites like vSocial to big sweeping efforts of BrightCove and the Regional Bell Operating Companies. What that means is that a whole slew of vendors are going to be aggressively … Read More »

I know you are all sitting at home trying to figure out what to do, now that the holidays are over and money is spent? How about spending some time on Google, and googling some of the popular names. What you will see if Google is … Read More »

Apple, I am betting is going to have a good if not great 2006. The reason I say that is because the company did rather well in 2005. While most of the world focused on the booming sales of iPod, Apple’s core business of selling … Read More »

Given that we are all tapped out after spending outrageously on really expensive stuff over the holidays, you clearly don’t want to hear about a $599 do-hickey that can turn your video iPod into a big screen television. But still….. eMagin Corp of Bellevue, Washington … Read More »

The SIGMA HDTV5 tuner can receive HDTV broadcasts and connects to your Tablet PC or notebook computer via USB 2.0. The HDTV5 offers a full 1920 x 1080 and supports time-shifting of live TV and comes in sporting colors. (via engadget) Read More »

Fellow Tablet PC MVP Trevor Claiborne has published a fantastic overview of the productivity tool ActiveWords on The Student Tablet PC blog. Trevor shows why ActiveWords is so powerful, and gives lots of examples to help new users get started being more productive. … Read More »

Head over to the podcast site to listen directly (17.4 MB, 50 minutes) or Subscribe to the show with this link  (RSS) Marc Orchant and James Kendrick take a fresh look at recent events in the Tabletscape on this week’s show.  Happy … Read More »

Firefox community is busy churning out writing extensions for the 15%-browser. Performancing made news recently, and now check out Xinha Here, a WYSIWG HTML editor. Pretty cool stuff, and works nicely on a PC. Mac trial in progress. (via 43F and LH) Read More »

Apple’s dot.mac service suddenly has upped the data transfer ante from 10 gig a month to a terabyte a month. Niall Kennedy sent me this this link to this screen shot, from another dot.mac user, but I have not been able to see … Read More »

Happy New Year All…. I thought it would be great to kick-off the new year with a little glimpse into the South Korean Broadband Revolution, and what is possible where there is real broadband everywhere. Here is a link to a torrent file, of a … Read More »

Hi folks…. Happy New Year! Here is to another year of blogging and great conversations. May all of you have a rewarding and fulfilling 12 months. Read More »

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