Archive for February 2007
BURLINGAME, Calif. — For too long, innovation in the Voice over IP world has simply meant cheaper calling plans. But Tuesday night at the inaugural Launch Pad event, a short list of innovators showed that era may be at an end, as truly interesting voice-enabled applications … Read More »
I have been using a T-Mobile Dash Windows Mobile 5 smartphone for almost a week now and enjoying the seamless web integration that T-Mobile has put into the Dash. Push email, the T-Zones connectivity, even web browsing on the Dash has been a real joy. I … Read More »
Blockbuster is again in talks to acquire studio-owned online movie service Movielink for less than $50 million in cash and stock, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Blockbuster, having worked its tail off to compete with Netflix in the mail-order DVD business, is looking for … Read More »
News Corp is pooling its efforts to show FOX television programming on more than 200 broadcast affiliate web sites, according to a press release sent to us by Fox Interactive Media.
In general, local stations have been less than happy with networks selling programs on demand and … Read More »
Since GigaGamez is all about the business of games, it just makes sense that we would want to take a look at what’s happening when it comes to gaming technology in the stock market. We’re going to be following the market closely and keeping an eye … Read More »
Your eyes are the products of millions of years of evolution. Unfortunately, this means that they’re optimized for spotting prey across the savanna, not for peering at letters built up of little dots on tiny screens. In recent years, optometrists have come to recognize a complex … Read More »
Web-based word processors add collaboration and remote access to Microsoft Word, but little else. Often, their makers claim stripping down Word for the web is a selling point — they say complicated functions would be better left to a desktop app. But Boston-based startup Virtual … Read More »
More Must Reads
It’s all fun and games until somebody gets their eye poked out — or caught on camera, uploaded, cached and mirrored across the internets. Maria Puenta in the USA Today article “Hello to less privacy” draws some rather dire conclusions from the countless crotch … Read More »
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Feb. 28, 2007, 1:04pm PT
Mobile video startup MobiTV says it’s passed 2 million paying subscribers, which is double what the company had a year ago. I’m not much of a fan of the mobile video over 3G viewing experience right now, but it looks like more people are signing … Read More »
Three words: "It’s about time!". At this point, I wonder why most, if not all relatively new digital cameras don’t have a way to connect to a high-definition television set. Here’s why: … Read More »
By Om Malik
Feb. 28, 2007, 12:03pm PT
If you sat through the too-long, too-boring narcissist display of Hollywood’s utter lack of creative imagination this past Sunday, aka the Oscars 2007, you know there is no way you want to watch the self congratulatory drivel ever again.
All you want to do is watch the … Read More »
By Judi Sohn
Feb. 28, 2007, 11:11am PT
This is either a ridiculously silly idea, or it will revolutionize how we deal with business email.
SecondLife and similar virtual reality worlds have taken our work lives and turned it into a game. But can we take a game and turn it into a new … Read More »
By Liz Gannes
Feb. 28, 2007, 10:58am PT
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Feb. 28, 2007, 10:26am PT
By Jason McMaster
Feb. 28, 2007, 10:25am PT
In a recent interview with N’Gai Croal of Newsweek, Phil Harrison, President of Sony’s Worldwide Studios, admits that there have been some problems with the way Sony has gone about the PS3 launch. “We did a very bad job between E3 2006 and the … Read More »
Two interesting BIOS updates have recently appeared for Origami specified UMPCs. One for the Samsung Q1 and one for the Asus R2H:
Rory left a comment on our last post indicating … Read More »
Despite not offering equivalents on its own site, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has gotten YouTube to take down all its clips of the Oscars, reports Variety.
Ric Robertson, exec administrator for the Academy, said the organization had its content pulled “to help … Read More »
Just a quick tidbit of info to pass along, although this is an odd Zune issue, and an even odder solution. I actually lost the ability to sign in to … Read More »
Netvibes, the customized portal / RSS reader / nerve center of many fans, is no longer chained to the desktop. If you have a Netvibes account, try pointing your mobile device browser over … Read More »
By Nick Santilli
Feb. 28, 2007, 7:59am PT
Recently LifeHacker posed the question to readers, Mac or PC for Business? It’s been a somewhat common theme in recent months as Apple gains more and more momentum. Execs are being seen (and heard-of) toting MacBook Pro laptops around, in meetings, etc. … Read More »
By Liz Gannes
Feb. 28, 2007, 7:37am PT
How far can you push a widget? YouTube video embeds, quite possibly the most successful widgets of all time, are seriously failing these days. Click on most any embedded clip, it seems, and you’ll get a “This video is no longer available” warning. Perhaps this is … Read More »
I drive around town most days and almost every time I see a motorist do something stupid (and dangerous) I see the ever-present cell phone stuck to the side of the idiot’s head. I wish we’d do something like the Scots who are now using speed … Read More »
A driver in Los Angeles had plugged his laptop into the cigarette lighter and was apparently working while driving when he swerved into oncoming traffic and was killed when he plowed into a Hummer. Police found his laptop still running (wonder what brand that was?) but … Read More »
By Nick Santilli
Feb. 28, 2007, 5:48am PT
Apologies for a rather quick and dirty screencast this week. I’m headed out of town and wanted to make sure to get something out. So today’s is a quickie, but something you can easily build on to become more efficient with Quicksilver.
Watch the screencast, … Read More »
The internet is a transitory place, but you can generally rely on web pages hanging around for a while. Text and photos don’t start disappearing from online articles at random. Google is aggravatingly good at storing every little bit of information about you that’s ever made … Read More »
By Jason McMaster
Feb. 27, 2007, 11:59pm PT
We know we’ve been a little too post-happy today, but there’s a few more things we’d like to mention. Below, news about Revver, Pixsy, the latest YouTube hoax, and Brightcove.
Remember all the hubbub about Revver being blocked on MySpace? We were surprised when the ban wasn’t … Read More »
By Om Malik
Feb. 27, 2007, 4:59pm PT
YouTube, Joost and dozens of online video start-ups have done something many thought impossible: they have gotten the telecom executives excited. So excited that some of them are sponsoring Web 2.0 cocktail parties and cutting deals with little companies, hoping that Internet … Read More »
By Om Malik
Feb. 27, 2007, 4:00pm PT
By Om Malik
Feb. 27, 2007, 3:30pm PT
Come and join the GigaTeam tonight! The GigaOM ETel Reception will kick off at 8pm at the San Francisco Airport Marriott, right after the GigaOM/ETel LaunchPad event
San Francisco Airport Marriott
1800 Old Bayshore Highway
Burlingame, CA 94010 USA
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In what could only be called a great coup for Dynamism, today the cool gadget emporium announced that a lot of the high tech gadgetry they sell online will be available on the Best Buy Escape online store. Current offerings:
• Asus Ultra Mobile PC with … Read More »
By Paul Kapustka
Feb. 27, 2007, 2:33pm PT
Former FCC chairman Reed Hundt is part of a team looking to build a new national public-safety wireless network, which they say would be combined with a open-access, commercial 4G offering that would offer wholesale services to carrier customers.
While similar in theory to the idea floated … Read More »
Last month we featured measurement from Compete.com of the top 20 online video sites, according to its panel. Compete ranks according to “sessions” spent on a site, but it’s interesting to note that the number of unique visitors to one or more of the top … Read More »
By Wagner James Au
Feb. 27, 2007, 1:25pm PT
… or if that doesn’t grab you, how about World of MyCraft, or even Third Life? A new start-up called Kaneva is gunning for the market somewhere between online worlds and social networks with an avatar-based space now in closed Beta.
Not so much a … Read More »
After reading this post by Matt Miller, I’m starting to think maybe so! Since I’ve used Pocket PC / Windows Mobile devices almost exclusively for seven years, I realize … Read More »
By Nick Santilli
Feb. 27, 2007, 12:05pm PT
If you’re a fan of Quicksilver or Launchbar, undoubtedly you’ve had the debate over which is king. If this has ever been the case, you may be interested to check out the blog dedicated to Quicksilver or Launchbar being the better launcher apps for … Read More »
