July, 2006 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for July 2006

DotMac.DotLame

Apple’s dotMac service has become a source of irritation to many Mac users who cough-up hard earned dollars for a limited web service that belongs to the last millennium. News.com reports that many dotMac users are experiencing serious issues with the service. The long delays in … Read More »

Free … Too much of a good thing?

It is nice to hear a CEO admit to the fact that he might have over-hyped his offerings a bit too much, and without sweating the details. Charles Dunstone, the maverick CEO of UK-retailer Carphone Warehouse confessed to The Sunday Times of London that his … Read More »

 
 

EchoStar, DirecTV Need AWS?

The upcoming AWS spectrum auction could be a desperate attempt for survival by EchoStar and DirecTV says the Denver Post. The companies are part of a consortium, with Rupert Murdoch and others, that was recently approved to bid for spectrum. Proving the importance of … Read More »

Zune This November with VoIP

Microsoft Zune rumors continue to swirl. Engadget is reporting that Microsoft’s “seamless music experience” device/service, Zune will launch on November 14, presumably with much fanfare. Engadget says that the device is going to have a 30 GB storage device and will have a FM … Read More »

Get the July Ink Shows before they’re gone!

It’s the last day of July and what a month it’s been for GottaBeMobile’s InkShows.  Rob, Dennis and Warner aren’t really pulling these July videos off the site, but if … Read More »

Boston WiFi: Non-profit or Non-funded?

In sharp contrast to Google’s free model in Mountain View and Earthlink’s for pay model in the city of Anaheim, Boston, home of Red Sox Nation, is exploring another model for planned city-wide wireless broadband. The Boston mayor unveiled plans of … Read More »

Need GPS for the nearest Drive-Thru?

Apparently, fast food and retail stores have graduated to the POI, or Points of Interest, that many GPS devices use. Tele Atlas is including POI icons based on company logos for … Read More »

HTC Excalibur exclusive photo: Smartphone Thoughts

Yowza this QWERTY keyboard Smartphone looks interesting. I’m still not into the whole Smartphone operating system due to my touchscreen addiction, but if you’ve been enamored by the Motorola Q, you just might want to feast your eyes on the photo Smartphone Thoughts has of … Read More »

Online Videos & Playing Into Apple’s Hands

Online video is the big story today… again. From CNN to AOL to Lulu.TV – everyone is talking about online videos, which begs the question – How many video sharing sites do we need. We had asked this question nearly a month … Read More »

Luckymonk combines Basecamp and Tablet PC for Scout

Basecamp is a fantastic on-line project collaboration tool and a Tablet PC is an equally solid productivity tool. So what do you get when you combine Basecamp and Tablet … Read More »

Broadband, Soon On Indian Skies

The ‘Broadband in the Sky’ concept is finding its way to India. Early next year, passengers aboard planes of several Indian carriers will be able to access the Internet to surf, chat and watch television on a broadband connection, reports The Financial Express. India’s private carriers … Read More »

Sony UX180P for only $1599!

I received an email this morning from Raphael Salgado from SonyStyle detailing a sweet deal from Staples for the Sony UX180P.  The UX180P is the Sony with the integrated EDGE from Cingular.  Here’s what Raphael had to say about the Staples deal: Staples is selling the Sony … Read More »

More Must Reads

Most folks know that I went solely to digital magazine subscriptions a few years back. There’s a few exceptions since some of my favorite mags aren’t yet in a … Read More »

Verizon is the first U.S. carrier to start selling LG’s hot new ‘Chocolate’ phone, which Verizon customers can buy online today and in stores starting August 7th. Verizon says the deal is exclusive, and that it will be the only carrier in the U.S. to … Read More »

EverNote just announced a deal with Lexar that helps keep you productive and mobile: the standard EverNote software will be pre-loaded on 1 GB and 2 GB Lexar USB flash drives. Lexar is including the productivity application with their PowerToGo software, which will allow you … Read More »

In case you missed it at the time, I did, early last week Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris was quoted in a Read More »

We often discuss the challenges a smaller screen mobile device faces, so this Office 2007 info is welcome news. Chris Pirillo notes a CRN article telling us that the Office 2007 Ribbon is getting some tweaks. You can currently minimize or collapse the … Read More »

I have made it clear how important I feel that TEO 3.0 is for Tablet owners who use Outlook so I won’t rehash that here.  I think that TEO is worth every penny of the normal $49.99 price but Josh Einstein has stepped up and offered … Read More »

Portable Firefox 1.5.0.5 has been released  by developer John Haller.  Firefox Portable (the official name) can be installed on a USB flash drive and run on any computer without leaving any traces behind when you leave.  This new release can be run from a CD … Read More »

If you grew up working on a Unix machine like I did, working in Terminal.app isn’t just a walk down memory lane, it’s more productive. While of my everyday computing happens within Terminal, be it server maintenance, MySQL, or file manipulation, using Alt-Tab or Expose … Read More »

Mouse Gestures is an add-on for Firefox that lets you perform common functions like page forward/back using a mouse.  The add-on is a natural for use on Tablet PCs and UMPCs … Read More »

“The whole world is drunk and we’re just the cocktail of the moment. Someday soon, the world will wake up, down two aspirin with a glass of tomato juice, and wonder what the hell all the fuss was about.” — Dean Martin, in The Rat Pack. That’s … Read More »

Gateway has announced a back-to-school special that is starting today at 3200 Wal-Mart stores in the US.  Wal-Mart will be selling the eMachines N-10 Notebook Bundle consisting of the following: eMachines N-10 Notebook with 14.1-inch Widescreen Ultrabright™ Display backed by a two-year parts- and labor-warranty Microsoft® … Read More »

Dianah Neff, the technology czar and champion of Wireless Philadelphia is going to leave her job, and return to the private sector, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Philadelphia daily quotes four unnamed city government sources. Neff’s deputy, Terry Phillis is being wooed to take … Read More »

The FCC just released a list of 168 qualified bidders for the AWS spectrum auction coming up on August 9th, and also announced that the process will not involve the controversial blind bidding. We’ve been following the companies interested in bidding pretty closely, and there were … Read More »

The New York Times takes a look at the emerging trend of mobile phones with built in Wi-Fi connectivity and concludes that the barbarians are at the gates. Their conclusion is that WiFi could pose challenges to the traditional cell phone carriers. Maybe, maybe not! Instead … Read More »

Former Second Life staffer Rueben Steiger crunches the numbers on Second Life’s growth, and figures that if the current rate of 22% monthly growth continues, there will be 3.6 million Second Lifers by July 2007. Slower growth, say 10% every month, will still bring the … Read More »

Those great folks at Thoughts Media, producers of top web sites like Pocket PC Thoughts, Smartphone Thoughts, and Digital Media Thoughts, have announced a new addition to the family that is coming soon.  Zune Thoughts will obviously cover the new Zune Media … Read More »

BPL, the technology that could work, or not is getting another test, this time in Austin, Texas. The Austin City Council is planning to spend around $317,500 just to test the technology, though there are no plans at present to bring this to the city dwellers. … Read More »

CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly.MoTR 59 is 33:14 minutes long and is a 30.4 MB file in MP3 format.INTRO: Based on “Time v2.1″ by Meta … Read More »

Ok, I’m sure that U2 has nothing to do with the Mighty Mouse. But I blame them for my need for black Apple products. I mean, after all they are the ones who got the people excited to see a black iPod. I bet they are … Read More »

It’s a safe bet that almost everyone reading this has received an email with some sort of phishing scam trying to get you to supply the scam artist with personal information that can be used to not only make fraudulent purchases but also to steal your … Read More »

For writing I’m using Writeroom and SubEthaEdit (although at some point I’ll get Pages as NeoOffice seems a bit flaky for me)…. Most importantly I’ve found a game of Solitaire and have managed to get World of Warcraft working (although Second Life is terribly slow). Read More »

37 Signals, creators of Backpack, Basecamp, and Ta-da List(and the geniuses behind Ruby on Rails) have added a calendar to Backpack. Read More »

You do remember the Briefcase utility that has been around practically since the dawn of Windows, don’t you?  While it never seemed to catch on with many folks the Briefcase is perfect for keeping a few crucial files you carry with you on a USB flash … Read More »

I have been a long-time fan of Dragon NaturallySpeaking (DNS) and recently reported on the new version 9 that has been released.  Podcasting buddy Marc Orchant has recently picked up DNS 9 and has written up his first impressions on ZDNet.  I received … Read More »

Since this morning, we have been noticing increased comment activity on our previous post about MySpace outage. It seems a lot of people are having trouble with the service, and accounts are being deleted. I would have ignored this trend for a wee bit longer, … Read More »

iSkoot, a startup that connects Skype over regular cell phones, just upgraded beta software on its site that lets users receive Skype calls, add and remove contacts, and set an online status. The upgrade also adds support for phones like the Motorola RAZR, SLVR … Read More »

Microsoft showed a prototype of the FonePlus yesterday, a concept phone that doubles as a full PC when connected to a display and keyboard. This device ran Windows CE, not a full-blown desktop OS, but don’t underestimate the potential power of CE here. Additionally, if … Read More »

I gotta wonder if you could actually use the LogiNoki mouse for Windows SideShow; the built in LCD display isn’t super powerful, but just maybe…. This interesting little rodent … Read More »

Clearstone Venture Partners has been quietly incubating a considerable number of consumer Internet startups recently. First we found some vague details on SPOCK, and earlier this week I bumped into ThisNext, an online shopping discovery company, that has raised $3.5 million, led … Read More »

Yahoo IM and Google Talk, both are getting major upgrades. Yahoo says its IM with voice is now out of beta and has published a list of 180-odd plugins that work with the Yahoo Messenger. Nice to see Pando right at the top of the … Read More »

For Moto its all China all the time. Earlier this month the company opened a store in Shanghai, and now Motorola says it has a deal with Chinese online game company Shanda for mobile gaming. Motorola’s E680g handset will offer several of … Read More »

Last month I grabbed a Slingbox and the Sling Player software is one of the most often used apps on my UMPC, not to mention my PCs at home on my WLAN. … 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...
results