June, 2006 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for June 2006

Nick Wilson, one of the co-founders of Performancing tells me that they are all set to launch an ad-network focussed solely on blogs. (Beta sign-ups here.) The network is called Performancing Partners. All the information is on their blog. Performancing makes a firefox… Read More »

The discourse and discussion in the blogosphere today is Google Checkout. “The goal here is to make it be one nanosecond from the time the customer decides to buy to the time the transaction is complete and the product is on the way,” Eric Schmidt, Google… Read More »

 
 

Movies on the Move- free service from Earthcomber

Earthcomber’s Releases “Movies on the Move” – First GPS-enabled Movie Guide in the U.S. – as Free Download CHICAGO (June 29, 2006) – Mobile phones and PDAs can now spot theaters and showtimes by how close they are to the person scouting for a movie, thanks to… Read More »

Yesterday’s post about another happy Q1 owner unintentionally solicited comments from many other happy Q1 owners, which I love to see. Now that I’ve had the device for five weeks and have relatively sung the praises, I have to do the fair thing and… Read More »

This is perfect timing as James is considering a new slate Tablet PC and the Electrovaya Scribbler is on his list. At the C3 Expo in New York City,… Read More »

I’ve been so busy with the Q1, that I haven’t looked at Vista lately; in fact, I’m pulling down the latest build right now. We previously heard that… Read More »

I am often amazed at folks who buy fancy scream machines such as Ferrari and continue to live in cities such as London, or Bombay where driving at over 25 miles an hour is a challenge. I can understand the desire to own something that sleek,… Read More »

Despite a sense of optimism that is currently running through Silicon Valley and other tech centers around the country, the technology IPO market remains luke warm. We all remember the Vonage IPO, and then yesterday more bad news. Web analytics firm, Omniture went… Read More »

Kurzweil develops PDA for the blind

Ray Kurzweil is a modern day genius when it comes to the study of artificial intelligence and the development of innovative uses for technology.  He partnered with the National Federation of the… Read More »

I am a mobile type of guy and when I use an ultra-portable device I really use it, often for hours at a time.  I may use it held in my hands or I might use it with an external keyboard and mouse, whatever fits what… Read More »

Typically equated with industry high fees and rigid contracts, Verizon Wireless might finally be listening to all the mobile masses who glibly chant "Can you hear me… Read More »

IBM’s latest version of the collaboration suite Sametime 7.5, will be released in the third quarter of this year and will add direct connectivity to BlackBerry, Nokia, and Windows Mobile devices which should be a boon to mobile professionals.  Sametime will offer access to… Read More »

More Must Reads

Meet Phil. Phil is from Cornwall in the UK. Phil is a long time MobileTechRoundup listener and jkOTR reader. Phil has given us quite a few mobile tech story tips lately (which we appreciate!) and I think I know why. In fact, I’m wondering… Read More »

I was just about to pull the trigger on one of those SD cards that snap in half for their hidden USB interface and now MobileWhack reports that Buffalo has something similar. This memory card doesn’t fold in half; instead, there’s a… Read More »

So UMPCs have been out and about for around two months and now you’re curious. One of the most often questions I hear about them is: what it’s like to work in XP on an 800×480 screen? Well, back in March, Hugo Ortega demonstrated… Read More »

Over on Alastair’s blog is a post that Apple has ignored a pretty bad OS X security problem since 2003. I’ve no doubts there are a lot of bugs in OS X, and that there are a lot of them that aren’t known in the… Read More »

Ross Levinsohn’s wheeling and dealing to get News Corp. back in the Web game has been ridiculed by many as profligate and late. But he may yet prove them all wrong. … this is my latest article for Business 2.0, which is now available online.… Read More »

loading external resource
Click to log in with: Not you?
Comment as guest:
By continuing you are agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Submitting comment...