If you need your television fix while out and about, the two main options are the Slingbox from Sling Media and the freeware application called Orb. Personally, I’m an Orb user because I haven’t justified the roughly $200 expense for the Slingbox and there’s … Read More »
Archive for April 2006
For some odd reason, technology industry refuses to learn the lesson of simplicity. Instead, they try and cram as many features into a device, be it a mobile phone, a MP3 player, a media center or a computer. I fail to understand why it is hard for … Read More »
Need your Windows Media Center to look like a Swedish M&M and be small enough to take with you to the neighbor’s massive high-def television? Look no farther than the … Read More »
CNET has announced a new video on demand service, CNET TV, that will provide video news and reviews over cable, TiVo, and on the Internet. The deal was signed with Cox Communications, TiVo Inc., and TVN Entertainment to distribute the videos. Read More »
Word on the street is that Lenovo will soon release the i921 smartphone with a QVGA touchscreen. Lenovo is a big cell phone OEM in China the i921 is rumored to run Windows Mobile 5.0, have Bluetooth and an integrated 2.0 megapixel camera. It looks … Read More »
The folks at Copernic (or Mamma) have released a beta for the latest version 2.0 of the Desktop Search program. It looks like they have completely reworked the UI as well as added simultaneous searching of all categories, something sorely needed. From the Copernic web … Read More »
Kaboodle, a web-based clipping service has raised $3.55 million in Series A funding reports C/Net News.com. Investors include early Google advisor Dr. Rajeev Motwani, a Stanford University professor, Ron Conway, an early investor in both Google and Ask Jeeves; Georges Harik, former director of new … Read More »
I am very excited to announce that Kevin Tofel is joining me here on jkOnTheRun. Kevin will be writing about mobile tech and any other subject he wishes to share with the readers. I have been after Kevin for a long time to join me here … Read More »
Improbable as it may seem, but the bandwidth glut created by the telecom bubble of the late nineties might be coming to an end. Or there is at-least light at the end of the tunnel. Many of the major long haul service providers are in fact … Read More »
If you are interested in keeping an eye on what files – music, movies and software is flying over the Darknet, check out this site, Peer Mind. This is a service of a company called Nareos. Peer Mind doesn’t track BitTorrent traffic, but will … Read More »
By Jackson West Korean social-network juggernaut Cyworld has landed on American shores, with a new office in San Francisco. The social-networking service has reached saturation among young South Koreans, with reports estimating 90% of people in their late teens and early twenties as users … Read More »
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