December, 2006 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for December 2006

In Praise of Preview

Often, it’s the quiet utilities you use every day that speed your workflow. Without the bells and whistles of expensive commercial software packages, and lacking hoopla, they simply are there to help your Mac work better. Apple’s Preview application, which comes bundled with Mac… Read More »

File sharing is what the Internet is for. Whole reason it exists. What it’s been doing successfully since it started. But in 2006, some of the spotlight fell on the simple act of file-sharing, or more specifically, sharing files with others that might… Read More »

 
 

Miyagi, my Fujitsu P1610 Tablet PC, is a true workhorse and I couldn’t be happier with the boost in productivity I am enjoying having it around.  The small device is so light it begs to be taken everywhere and makes it simple to do so. … Read More »

Neuronet and IAVRT a Scam?

Over on the reBang blog, there’s a post about the Neuronet announcement by the IAVRT, Internation Association of Virtual Reality Technologies, and how it may possibly be a scam. We reported on the announcement of the Neuronet yesterday, and how it is… Read More »

In Google We Trust or Not?

If you have been around long enough in Silicon Valley, you see this story play out again – a start-up rises out of nowhere, is championed by the technology elite, becomes a successful company, and one day becomes a market leader, a dominant force. The market… Read More »

Do you have the need in your everyday life and business to store and send files? I believe we all do in some form or another, whether it is to show off a proof of something, or share ideas and collaboration. We were recently invited to try… Read More »

Apparently, that’s what the HTC Athena will set you back based on this HTC roadmap info tipped to us by Mobility Site. Both of those links will… Read More »

Dean Takahashi, game columnist for the San Jose Mercury, and author of the recent book The Xbox 360 Uncloaked, gives GigaGamez his thoughts on the year that was, and the year to come: The big game industry news items for 2006: - “Nintendo swiftly offered to… Read More »

The Ferrari Vista Question

My doorman just brought a package of blogger kryptonite, aka the Acer Ferrari laptop tricked out with Microsoft Vista and Office 2007. Before the recent brouhaha broke out, I was going to do a simple review, and then send the machine back to Microsoft.… Read More »

Sean Uberoi Kelly, CTO, founder and principal inventor of Wallop has left the San Francisco-based social networking start-up. We were able to confirm this information with Karl Jacobs, CEO of Wallop. According to him, Kelly has no plans to work on any other project. Kelly led the… Read More »

There might be something fishy about Neuronet and the organization behind it. We have not heard back from them for a while now, and there are others who are raising questions about the organization, IAVRT. GigaGamez posted an update, and points to Sven Johnson… Read More »

Now Qwest Needs Fiber Too

Qwest, according to a Light Reading report, is now looking to build out FTTx styled network and had asked equipment vendors to send in their proposals before Christmas 2006. In the request for proposal documents obtained by Light Reading, Qwest admits that current methods have… Read More »

More Must Reads

In a bit of sensationalist journalism/blogism today, I see article titles like this: “Apple Stock Options Fallout Continues” What fallout? I don’t see Jobs getting into the Pope-mobile and heading to his plane to hide in Switzerland. I called my friends at Cupertino and lunch… Read More »

Whenever most people hear the term “virtual reality”, a few things come to mind, but more often than not, the first thing to pop into peoples minds is either The Matrix or the holodeck on Star Trek. The idea of being part of a world that… Read More »

Lately I’ve been trying to weed out the over-grown garden that is my del.icio.us account. Going back to some of the original things I posted (from 2004!) I found one in particular that I thought may be of use to some of the readers of… Read More »

MacAppADay – in my estimation – gave away some decent software for free throughout the month of December. I found some apps that I probably wouldn’t have tried otherwise, and this was really the ultimate goal for the developers. So it worked… Read More »

Vista offers more customization and control over the user environment than any prior Windows version. Take for example, the desktop icons and shortcuts. You can use the standard icon sizes, but why use cookie-cutter dimensions? After all, everyone has different preferences and you want those icons… Read More »

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