February, 2006 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for February 2006

Commoditisation

On why the new Mac mini signifies a depressing new trend for Apple – the path to commodity hardware. Read More »

Apple New What?

Are you feeling a little let down by this morning’s big song and dance at the Infinite Loop down in Cupertino? I know I am! A $599 Mac Mini with Intel, when tricked out to play the role of a media center costs roughly $1000, … Read More »

 
 

Wikipedia on your iPod

If you’ve ever wished you had the wikipedia definition of ‘folksonomy’ or ‘web 2.0′ while out and about, now you can. Check out the wikipedia on your ipod. I haven’t tried it out myself just yet, but it looks as if you can … Read More »

Booting an Intel Mac from an APM-partitioned disk

I’ve been able to confirm that it is in fact possible to boot an Intel Mac and a PowerPC Mac from the same external hard drive, something that had been previously held to not be possible. The boot disks for the Intel and PowerPC versions of … Read More »

Apple Special Event Live Coverage

Posting as the news comes in. Intel Mac mini - Gigabit Ethernet, 4 USB 2.0 ports, SPDIF audio. Ships with Front Row and IR remote. Core Solo & Duo versions. Stream iTunes, DVD player, and iPhoto to other machines using Bonjour. - 1.5 Ghz Core Solo, 60GB, Combo Drive: … Read More »

Why (and When) Did Vonage CMO Quit?

Did you know that Vonage’s chief marketing officer (also the chief brand officer), Dean Harris left the VoIP service provider? It is hard to figure out when he really left, though his name is not in the S-1 filing anywhere. I had no idea that he … Read More »

Will mobile carriers block place-shifting?

Place shifting is the process of using technology such as the Slingbox from Sling Media to push the TV shows from your home to mobile devices anywhere in the world. The only requirement needed to place shift your video content is some video gear … Read More »

DSL Lifting Small Telecoms As Well

Sure, the big cable companies and Bells are raking in the broadband bonanza, but its good to see the smaller players are enjoying the party as well. This morning, Dallas-based Commonwealth Telephone announced that it had added 10,650 DSL customers in 2005, to take its … Read More »

Vista speech recognition video

CJHenley has posted a very nice video screencast of the speech recognition capabilities integrated into Microsoft Vista. Microsoft has finally put speech where it belongs, right into the core of the operating system and this 14 minute video shows how easy it is to … Read More »

MobileTechRoundup Podcast #29

CLICK HERE to go to the MoTR site and listen directly.MoTR 29 is 37:18 minutes long and is a 25.6 MB file in MP3 format. to go to the MoTR site INTRO: Based on Read More »

Philips Iliad ebook reader in retail outlets in April

The interesting ebook reader Iliad from Philips I mentioned a while back should hit retail stores in April. The Iliad has an XGA screen (1024×768) and utilizes a stylus for writing notes on the screen. The device can handle CF and SD cards … Read More »

Help me pimp my ITtoolbox blog- OnTheRun

A few days ago I mentioned a contest that ITtoolbox is running to recognize their top blogs in several categories. The nomination period is closed and I am honored to report that my OnTheRun blog at ITtoolbox has been nominated for three potential awards: Best … Read More »

More Must Reads

  Watch jkOnTheRun Audio Edition #12 here (WMV format, 1024×768, 19.5 MB, 14 minutes) Read More »

This is great! Install the plugin and you can search your Del.icio.us bookmarks through Spotlight. I installed it, and a moment later ran a query – my CPU has stayed steady as ever while the indexing occured – with instant results. Quicksilver also has a … Read More »

What a whopper of a year for cable telephony! Cablevision, the last MSO to report its fourth quarter earnings added 130,000 new VoIP customers, up just 7,000 from the previous quarter. The company also added, 94,000 new broadband customers, up from 81,000 adds in the … Read More »

YouTube has a genius parody up right now. Shows the way Microsoft would redesign the beatifully simplistic and effective iPod packaging. You gotta see this thing. The best part is, it’s SPOT ON. Go there now. Read More »

Barry Brahier of hughsung.com has published a review of an innovative scanning solution that uses a camera to capture the images. The Justice Visions Portable Scanner is a camera mounted on a foldable arm that fits in a small bag for transport. The … Read More »

So much has been written about Edgeio, that it is hard to add anything new to the conversation. The big news is that, it has finally gone live. Go try it out for yourself. Edgeio is a company co-founded byMike Arrington, who writes … Read More »

By Jackson West Let’s get the Gang of Four out of the way. Google released Google Pages, and almost immediately closed off new sign ups due to demand. Still, it smells a little like Geocities to me. Chris Pirillo, for his part, … Read More »

Paul Stone found has some screenshots which show that its not a matter of if, but when Google Calendar launches. I have been trying to nail down the specifics of the calendar for last 15 days, and have found some sketchy details. It has … Read More »

I was going to write up a C/C++ primer, but I think this will do well…. http://visualcplus.blogspot.com/. Just start with lesson one, and work your way from there. Now that it’s fallen off of the digg.com top spots, it should be accessible. Just ignore the Windows-centric … Read More »

Technologies such as JavaScript and Flash are changing the way we interact with content online. In this week’s PodSession Niall and I discuss the latest trends in the world of rich interactions. Are these technologies interaction too complicated for the average person to grasp? When … Read More »

The memetrackers are buzzing with this new device being planned by Microsoft, code-named Origami Project. Microsoft’s new toy that will change everything comes out later this week, but the buzz around it is as loud as an Aerosmith concert. Even The New … Read More »

Head over to the podcast web site to listen directly (12.9 MB, 37 minutes) or Subscribe to the show with this link  (RSS) Marc Orchant and James Kendrick are back with a look at the past couple of week’s big news … Read More »

By Robert Young With nearly 60 million registered users, 15 billion page views per month, and more than 150,000 new users signing up every day, MySpace is that rare social networking contagion that keeps spreading and growing. Can this beast be stopped? Is there anyone … Read More »

Tablet PC MVPs Rob Bushway and Dennis Rice have launched a great new web site- GottaBeMobile. They already have a lot of good information on the site including some nice video reviews so add them to your feed reader before you forget! Read More »

CLICK HERE to head to the MoTR site to listen directly.MoTR 28 is 33:46 minutes long and is a 23.1 MB file in MP3 format. INTRO: Based on “Time v2.1″ … Read More »

Speculation about the Origami Project is running rampant everywhere and my podcasting buddy Kevin Tofel may have found some hard video via a comment on an engadget post discussing the mysterious project. Kevin points out if you go the the Read More »

I am pretty sure I ran across this a long time ago but listening to a recent Daily GizWiz Show brought it back to memory. The patented JetLag Watch is an ingenious analog watch that tries to ease the psychological effects of jet … Read More »

From Loren Heiny: It’s live…That is, InkGestures 1.1 is live. As of early this morning InkGestures was released into the wild. You can download it from TabletPCPost. Thanks everyone that downloaded and tested … Read More »

VNUNET reports that Intel is planning a new type of ultra-mobile PC aimed at business users. The devices with screen sizes similar to the Toshiba Libretto are to incorporate extended battery life and feature integrated wireless connectivity capability via cellular carriers. Intel probably … Read More »

Wall Street is quite excited about triple-play. In a move that hopes to capture their enthusiasm, Occam Networks, which makes Ethernet- and IP-based loop carrier equipment, decided to do a one-for-forty reverse split of its common stock. “We recently achieved our first profitable quarter and … Read More »

Greg Hughes has published a thorough review of the Magellan Roadmate 760 GPS unit with voice naviagation. He got it for half price but claims it works so well he’d buy it again at full price. The list of features he’s included … Read More »

I have been blogging for ITtoolbox for a few months and the reception that OnTheRun has received has been just great. The folks at Ittoolbox have an excellent site for IT professionals (and others too) that has an astounding amount of information for the … Read More »

I just received word that the Tablet PC demo video I posted recently has been named the Camtasia Studio Screencast of the Week.  Camtasia Studio is the program used to create the video.  Cool! Read More »

When I first saw the Matrox Extio F1400 I immediately pictured this in Eric Mack’s digital sandbox. He’s been looking for high-resolution graphics to hook up to his Tablet PC and the Matrox certainly fits that description. The Extio F1400 is a … Read More »

I just received a MicroCenter flyer in the mail and look what is in there (and at an excellent price, too): Read More »

My latest Business 2.0 article, The Black Box That Would Conquer Telecom, just went online over at the CNN Money website. This is a story about a stealthy startup called Vyatta, that has build the world’s first commercial open-source router, and how open source … Read More »

My podcasting partner Niall Kennedy is organizing SF Tech Sessions, and the debut event is tonight. It is a straight-up shoot out between the new groupware applications – Joyent, Zimbra and Kerio. The event will bring together journalists, bloggers, small businesses, and other … Read More »

TUAW posted a tip about Bravo adding Inside the Actor’s Studio to Apple’s iTunes Music Store. Looks like it’ll drop next week. I think this is the first time I’m actually excited about new video content being added to iTMS. If you … Read More »

Restaurants and cafes represent the fastest growing segment of public Wi-Fi, according to JiWire. They estimate that 34,544 eating establishments currently offer Wi-Fi access, which is up from 16,277 a year ago. Tokyo (1,037) has the most restaurants and cafes with Wi-Fi access, followed by … Read More »

Darren of Tablet Minds gave a demo of the Tablet PC to educators yesterday and as usually happens when you demo the Tablet to those who have not been exposed to the ink and slate he had a successful show! I even had applause when I … Read More »

I just ran across an intriguing web site that is obviously some kind of teaser. The web site is origamiproject.com and it shows 3 weeks on a timeline and ends with “learn more on 3.2.06…” . I’m going to keep an eye on … Read More »

Kevin Tofel has been jonesing for a Treo 700w but Verizon’s antics have given him time to look at the XV6700. He’s going to make a purchase decision pretty soon and he needs your help. He has set up a vote on his site … Read More »

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