Archive for February 2007
So unless you haven’t seen the light (and use a chat client such as Adium, for your Messenger chatting needs) quite yet, you may be interested to hear that Microsoft has released version 6.0.2 of it’s OS X chat client, Messenger. It’s nice … Read More »
Ron Garriques, a former Motorola exec in charge of the company’s mobile phone division, has left the handset maker for Dell, where he’ll run the consumer goods division. Job cuts, profits down — will more execs leave Moto?
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I’m thinking that in the long run, Adobe will emerge as the premiere eBook reading platform. I’ve been a long time eReader fan but I’m reading more books on a UMPC than on a Windows Mobile device these days and Adobe is looking good. … Read More »
lifehack.org’s Craig Childs suggests using micro-blogging and message sharing tool Twitter to manage your to do list:
[it's] particularly useful while I’m away from the computer. I can send Twitter an SMS of something to do when I get back home. Or just something to … Read More »
As web workers, we can go days or even weeks without having a face-to-face business meeting or interview. Are your interview skills rusty after months of working barefoot? Can you effectively sell yourself, but only in an email or on the phone?
If you read “How to … Read More »
I don’t typically like reporting on all the rumors that abound. So much of it is just fluff created for buzz that it’s borderline annoying. But my inner-geek always likes to hope… So what’s your favorite rumor of late? The most recent … Read More »
Mike Bombich has released Carbon Copy Cloner 3.0 beta 4 for public testing. New features include:
Support for backing up across the network
Ability to drill down into folders to select exactly what gets copied and what doesn’t
Ability to stop the clone and pick up where a previously … Read More »
One sure-fire gauge of your current popularity is to check your web traffic. The more you get your name out there, the more people are going to start looking you up. With that said, Nintendo must be feeling pretty good right now considering their 82% increase … Read More »
Blackberry’s sleek and chic device, the Pearl, has already helped Canadian communications hardware maker Research In Motion (RIM) rack up some strong sales and profits in North America.
And by the looks of it, the device is going to be a hit in the overseas markets as … Read More »
Driving down the busy streets of New Delhi, it is not uncommon to see a billboard for Sony Ericsson advertising their latest Walkman phones, which also lure the potential buyers with a remix of a duet by Robbie Williams and the Indian diva Asha Bhosle.
The track … Read More »
If you are an investor in one of the many U.S.-listed technology outsourcing giants such as Infosys, then I have some bad news for you: they are no longer the cherished destination for the brightest and the smartest in India. Instead, they are being viewed derisively … Read More »
More Must Reads
By Jason McMaster
Feb. 18, 2007, 1:45pm PT
Here’s our weekly round-up of the top stories on Giga Gamez from last week.
James takes a look at how China is becoming the center of Asian gaming and what it’s going to take for us to break in over there.
Electronic Arts isn’t content to … Read More »
By Jason McMaster
Feb. 18, 2007, 12:23pm PT
What we all knew was going to happen is finally coming to pass: the wow-factor of the Wii is kind of wearing off. At this point, we haven’t seen any good releases since launch other than Wario Ware: Smooth Moves, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption … Read More »
By Anne Zelenka
Feb. 18, 2007, 8:31am PT
Reader Paul Phillips let me know that the Medion RIM UMPC is now available for purchase in the UK on the Medion web site. The RIM is listed for GBP 799.99 with a VIA C7 processor and a 30 GB hard drive. It ships with … Read More »
My time at the Starbuck’s this afternoon was very well spent as I took the time to check everywhere for a Vista audio driver from Fujitsu that was a later version number than the one on the Fujitsu support site. The only driver Fujitsu has … Read More »
Today I am playing Dad/ Grand-dad and dropped my daughter and her family off at a wedding. They are going to attend the wedding and stay for a while at the reception afterwards which is in the same place so I decided I’d drop them off … Read More »
We first told you about the free (beta) ZYB backup service last year because it looked like a nice way to keep all of the important information you carry on your phone backed up to a server where it could be restored to … Read More »
By Jason McMaster
Feb. 17, 2007, 12:51pm PT
Eidos, the company behind Tomb Raider and Hitman, has announced that it plans to release more mobile verisons of its console hits. Last year we saw the release of mobile games based on the Tomb Raider, Hitman and Championship Manager franchises. This means more jobs in … Read More »
I just heard from a jkOnTheRun reader who has pre-ordered an OQO Model 02 from Dynamism and was told of shipping delays by OQO. Here’s the quoted shipping estimates for the various models:
Windows XP (any version Home, Pro, or Tablet) with NO integrated wireless … Read More »
I have been chronicling my experience running Vista on the Fujitsu P1610 since I went totally Vista a few weeks back. The only remaining issue I have is the SigmaTel Audio drivers that Fujitsu posted as soon as Vista was released publicly. I still have … Read More »
By Om Malik
Feb. 17, 2007, 9:51am PT
A few weeks back, the Venice Project aka Joost team had opened up an early alpha version of their peer to peer TV client for some of GigaOM/NewTeeVee users, and seeking their feedback on how to improve the software. Well, you all seem to … Read More »
By Jason McMaster
Feb. 17, 2007, 9:15am PT
In-game advertising, while a sore spot for some people, is big business nowadays. Since more and more people are getting broadband and, once that happens, playing a lot of casual games, there’s ample opportunity to make them watch clips about Mountain Dew. Not wanting … Read More »
By Om Malik
Feb. 16, 2007, 6:37pm PT
Did you hear that Google is becoming a limited partner and will be investing Gollars in two Indian venture funds – Erasmic Venture Partners and the SeedFund?
Is this the sign of an India VC bubble getting a bit bigger?
The answer to that question is … Read More »
By Om Malik
Feb. 16, 2007, 6:00pm PT
It’s been a year since the first official release of the Democracy player and podcast client, and the Democracy team is celebrating this birthday with the release of version 0.95. So what’s new, what’s coming up, and when will we see Democracy version 1.0? Democracy … Read More »
By Paul Kapustka
Feb. 16, 2007, 3:35pm PT
The fallout from the AT&T lawsuit against so-called “free” phone call providers continued Friday, with the Allfreecalls.net service going offline. According to the blog of Allfreecalls CEO Pat Phelan, the company’s provider in Iowa “took flight due to increasing pressure from a large … Read More »
By Nick Santilli
Feb. 16, 2007, 1:43pm PT
If you tinker in the Terminal (yeah I’m falling behind on weekly Unix tips, they’ll be back. Promise.) you may also be into Visor – from Blacktree – which we covered here. Apparently there is a bug in Visor that causes it to … Read More »
By Mike Gunderloy
Feb. 16, 2007, 1:36pm PT
“If you build it, they will come.” We’ve all heard those words way too many times, and yet I’ll bet if you look around at your online haunts you can find more than a few ghost towns: places that some web worker built where nobody bothered … Read More »
By Jason McMaster
Feb. 16, 2007, 1:30pm PT
Handheld games, on average, don’t suffer as bad of a drought as PC and console games do after the holiday season, but they’re not exactly coming out of the woodworks, either. As in our other article about PC gaming in Q1, today, we’re going to take a look at … Read More »
By Wagner James Au
Feb. 16, 2007, 1:29pm PT
I’ll never understand why game developers are so unwilling to stay true to the spirit of their non-game IP. Easily the most anticipated movie of the season, Frank Miller’s 300 is a highly stylized retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae, in which several hundred … Read More »
By Jason McMaster
Feb. 16, 2007, 12:14pm PT
Electronic Arts is a ridiculously huge mega-publisher that owns half of the gaming business. There’s no doubt about that. And once you reach that level, you usually end up being the bad guy – just look at Microsoft. However, there’s one thing that’s easy to forget: all of … Read More »
By Anne Zelenka
Feb. 16, 2007, 12:08pm PT
Web designer Cameron Moll is leaving his freelancing career after 18 months to take a traditional job. He says “it was a blast while it lasted” and shares his tips for succeeding as an independent.
Here’s a good tip on smoothing out your cash flow:
Smooth out … Read More »
By Paul Kapustka
Feb. 16, 2007, 10:53am PT
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Feb. 16, 2007, 10:51am PT
Will Apple and Cisco hash out the iPhone fisticuffs by next Wednesday? Cisco says it’s giving Apple even more time to negotiate. Perhaps there is an amicable ending somewhere on the horizon of trademark law and the buzziest name in the mobile industry, though there’s only … Read More »
Everyone’s, uh, ‘favorite’ Dallas MC, Vanilla Ice, has turned his, um, ‘fame’ into a gig pitching a UGC contest sponsored by TurboTax. Upload your verse about taxes and you get this year’s installent of TurboTax for free. There’s also a $25,000 grand prize … Read More »
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Feb. 16, 2007, 9:07am PT
It should be a good time for the telecom world right now. Carriers are spending billions on new and upgraded wireless networks, cell phone shipments are reaching record numbers, and Internet infrastructure is getting an upgrade too to make way for bandwidth-heavy activities like online video. … Read More »
By Julian Bennett Holmes
Feb. 16, 2007, 8:58am PT
Disco is a brand new disc burning application.
The coolest thing about Disco is that, when you’re burning a disc, it smokes.
Literally:
Many people see Disco as simply a run-of-the-mill disc burning app that has a fun little effect. I, however, dissagree. I think that, … Read More »
Those prolific developers at Spb announced the next version of Spb Mobile DVD at the 3GSM show and this new version adds something I’ve not seen in any video converter designed to rip DVDs to a format suitable for small screens. According to Spb the new … Read More »
