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YouTube’s Sketchie New Contest

By May. 21, 2007, 11:08am PT 2 Comments

If you needed any more proof that YouTube is the new Vaudeville, YouTube announced a new sketch comedy contest called the “Sketchies.” The grand prize, provided by Paramount Pictures and Pepsi, includes a budget and equipment to produce a bit for and about … Read More »

Carry and use Mac System 7 on a USB stick

By May. 21, 2007, 10:49am PT 2 Comments

We’ve already seen that you can run Windows apps on a USB drive and heard rumors of Windows XPe on a stick as well, but Mac … Read More »

 
 

My HD is Better than Yours

By May. 21, 2007, 10:35am PT 2 Comments

A few days ago, I had pointed out that the biggest challenge for cable companies will be to find enough capacity on their system for HD video, something they have to offer if they want to stay competitive with satellite television providers. Digital Broadcast Satellite (DBS) … Read More »

Tip of the Week: Best Practices for Email Replies

By Anne Zelenka May. 21, 2007, 9:50am PT 2 Comments

You get two tips for the price of one this week, both on the topic of effectively and productively managing email replies: 1. get your reply tasks out of email and 2. be frugal with your email replies. The first tip: get to-reply tasks out of your email and … Read More »

See ya Cingular, yo AT&T

By Katie Fehrenbacher May. 21, 2007, 9:40am PT 6 Comments

We’d be hard pressed to ever admit that we would actually miss any telecom moniker, but still. . . . AT&T’s announcement this morning that it’s starting the final phase of its rebranding efforts from Cingular to AT&T, does make us pause. The Cingular brand, … Read More »

Monday Morning Vid-biz Headlines

By May. 21, 2007, 9:21am PT Comments Off

Fresh off the NewTeeVee news ticker, headlines from the world of online video: Escaped Gorilla tops YouTube Charts, as star of recent most-watched online videos on YouTube. (NY Times) Tremor, Eyespot in Partner Deal, to combine video ads with Eyespot video-mashup capability. (Media Post) VCast Adds New … Read More »

Mesh networks for the wireless masses, courtesy of Meraki

By May. 21, 2007, 9:15am PT Comments Off

These indoor and outdoor repeaters from Meraki have me thinking of pitching a WiFi mesh network to the neighbs in my development. The $49 indoor units are … Read More »

Poll reminder: integrated WiFi or WWAN?

By May. 21, 2007, 8:48am PT Comments Off

In case you missed it on Friday, we kicked off a reader poll that will run until tomorrow. I’ll post the results on Wednesday, use Thursday to consider a new poll question … Read More »

UMPCs at WinHEC: Vikram’s summary

By May. 21, 2007, 8:36am PT Comments Off

Sounds like Microsoftie Vikram Madan was busy at last week’s WinHEC conference! As a Development Manager on the UMPC team, who better than Vikram to show-off UMPCs, explain the concept and even … Read More »

GPS for the pet (and owner) who has it all

By May. 21, 2007, 7:55am PT 1 Comment

Now that all of us humans are getting GPS in our cellphones, what’s a pet to do? Go and fetch their own location device, of course! RoamEO … Read More »

Tablet PCs are compelling says Ars, but how much is cost an issue? What’s the value of ink?

By May. 21, 2007, 7:26am PT 4 Comments

Great to see that Ars Technica is lovin’ the ink-lifestyle lived with a Tablet PC. They wrote up a … Read More »

Going Private: Alltel for $27.5 billion

By Om Malik May. 21, 2007, 7:02am PT 7 Comments

Updated: Alltel, one of the smaller mobile carriers has decided to go private in a deal that values the company at $27.5 billion ($71.50 a share in cash), a 23% premium over Alltel’s closing price on December 29, 2006, when the rumors of the likely … Read More »

More Must Reads
The ChargePod for true gadget addicts
By May. 21, 2007, 6:36am PT Comments Off

What looks like a squid and will charge six mobile gadgets at the same time?  That would be the ChargePod by callpod.  The ChargePod works with small devices like cell phones, PDAs and iPods and a handy blue light indicates when each device is charging.  … Read More »

Tangler – a better forum
By Stephen Collins May. 21, 2007, 6:00am PT 18 Comments

Ever felt that forums just didn’t do it for you? That IM didn’t have the permanence? Problem solved! Aussie startup Tangler, which has recently gone into public beta is, in the words of its CEO, Martin Wells: …[blurring] the lines between what you … Read More »

Blow-by-Blow: Losing My Virginity
By ulink May. 21, 2007, 5:43am PT 3 Comments

I have a passion for wireless technology and have always wanted to design, operate and grow a business in this space. I spent nearly two years researching potential wireless applications that could be formulated into a unique business model. I also spent that time fighting back my … Read More »

‘Office’ Stars Visit Scranton
By May. 21, 2007, 5:00am PT Comments Off

Promotional stunts just got a bit more valuable thanks to online video. Actors Brian Baumgartner and Angela Kinsey, who play characters Kevin Malone and Angela Martin on NBC’s “The Office,” dropped by the real Scranton, Pa., where the fictional comedy is set to … Read More »

Of screen size and resolution on mobile PCs
By May. 21, 2007, 4:30am PT 13 Comments

We are entering an interesting time in the cycle of mobile PCs with the appearance of devices of all different sizes.  This fact was driven home to me over this past weekend as I was rebuilding the Sony U71 to send out to the winner of … Read More »

How do I make the break from my 9-to-5 job?
By ravneetg May. 21, 2007, 4:24am PT 10 Comments

I am an engineer with good ideas for possible products, but I’ve struggled with how to make the break from my 9-to-5 job to build my startup. *What is the best way to make the transition from “9-to-5er” to founder?* Should I make the change slowly and gradually, … Read More »

Telco dogs need to learn software tricks
By Om Malik May. 21, 2007, 3:30am PT 36 Comments

Last year, after visiting British Telecom (BT) and meeting with their executives, I left London with one key take away: BT was one telco that completely understood that it was facing uncertain times, and had no choice but to reinvent itself to survive. The senior BT … Read More »

Will XLNTads Change the Advertising Game?
By May. 21, 2007, 3:00am PT 1 Comment

XLNTads (pronounced “Excellent Ads”) hopes to take advantage of a crowd of amateur content producers online to generate advertising spots for big sponsors. It only follows that the first contest is to produce advertising for XLNTads. Winners receive $5,000 and 10 runners-up can … Read More »

Bebo, Wall Strip, Feedburner – who is getting bought out?
By Om Malik May. 20, 2007, 11:00pm PT 7 Comments

Which of the three rumored deals – CBS-WallStrip, Bebo-Yahoo or Google-Feedburner – will come true? Take the poll. If you think two out of three are going to happen, let us know your pick (in comments of course.) Read More »

Whale Watching, YouTube Style
By May. 20, 2007, 9:34pm PT Comments Off

OK, with the Warriors out of the playoffs… and the whales apparently headed back to sea, what better way to spend some time Sunday night than watching whales who got lost and spent some time in Sacramento? Of course if you live coastside seeing whales … Read More »

Adobe Digital Editions out of beta next month?
By May. 20, 2007, 6:01pm PT Comments Off

I guess Sundays are the time to announce future releases of products. ;) Earlier today we mentioned the impending maintenance release for the Palm 700p; just a few minutes … Read More »

Palm 700p maintenance release planned next week
By May. 20, 2007, 2:51pm PT Comments Off

Palm is expecting to roll out a software update for Palm 700p smartphones during the week of May 28th. Originally, the company planned a smaller update earlier in the year … Read More »

Did Microsoft go lose its head over aQuantive?
By Kevin Kelleher May. 20, 2007, 2:30pm PT 30 Comments

I’ve been trying to find a way to illustrate just how screwy Microsoft’s $6 billion bid for aQuantive is, and here it is: For $6 billion in cash, Microsoft could have hired, in a single day, 60,000 engineers and salespeople (plus managers to make sure … Read More »

Geekapalooza #5 contest winner announced!
By May. 20, 2007, 8:36am PT 18 Comments

There is no question the jkOnTheRun Geekapalooza #5 contest in celebration of our third birthday was a smashing success!  First of all, 3 years in blog years is like 100 years in the online world.  :)  We received over 100 entries to the contest, no … Read More »

How To Crank Through Your Gmail
By Leo Babauta May. 20, 2007, 8:00am PT 33 Comments

If you get a lot of email — and let’s face it, web workers live in their email — it’s likely that you already use Gmail to handle your communication needs. But are you doing it as quickly and efficiently as possible, so you can get … Read More »

MobileTechRoundup 99: Qbacca goes to space, er Spain
By May. 20, 2007, 7:20am PT 5 Comments

CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly.MoTR 99 is 36:40 minutes long and is a 33.7 MB file in MP3 format. INTRO: Based on “Time v2.1″ by Meta … Read More »

Virtual World Population: 50 million by 2011
By Wagner James Au May. 20, 2007, 6:46am PT 3 Comments

When technology analyst group Gartner recently asserted that “80 percent of active Internet users (and Fortune 500 companies) will have a ‘second life’, but not necessarily in Second Life” by 2011, a lot of people jumped the gun and assumed 8 out of 10 … Read More »

If Kafka had a YouTube (i)Channel
By May. 19, 2007, 5:33pm PT 6 Comments

You know you’ve found compelling online video when a new viral serial prompts you to amend your NetFlix queue. Halfway through episode eight I paused iChannel and tabbed over and moved Orson Welles’s The Trial to the top of my queue. … Read More »

Dell’s Ubuntu offerings to start this week?
By May. 19, 2007, 2:44pm PT 2 Comments

Nothing official from the company at this point, but Jeremy claims to have an e-mail that Dell sent its employees. If it’s legit, we should see Ubuntu available as an … Read More »

Matt Miller reviews the HTC Vox
By May. 19, 2007, 2:33pm PT Comments Off

Good buddy and fellow MobileTechRoundup host Matt Miller has more phones that AT&T.  I’m not kidding about that, he really does.  The most recent phone to cross his palms is the super slick HTC Vox, Windows Mobile 6 smartphone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.  … Read More »

Last day for Geekapalooza contest #5; Skype phone also up grabs
By May. 19, 2007, 12:40pm PT 1 Comment

As I write this, we have nearly 100 entries in the Geekapalooza contest #5. The entry deadline is at midnight tonight, so if you waited until the … Read More »

Saturday Morning Vid-Biz Headlines
By May. 19, 2007, 11:18am PT Comments Off

Fresh off the NewTeeVee news ticker, headlines from the world of online video: IPTV Will Take Center Stage at NXTComm, according to equipment providers who are planning big exhibits at June Chicago event. (Telephony) BitTorrent ‘Pirate’ Loses Appeal, Chinese court says he must finish out sentence. (Read More »

Weekend Reader
By Anne Zelenka May. 19, 2007, 8:05am PT 4 Comments

Ranking resumes — TalentSpring launched this week with a resume marketplace using ranking instead of search to help employers find potential new hires. In order to have your resume included in their database, you must rank 12 other resumes using pairwise comparisons (i.e., do you like … Read More »

Sometimes, a phone is just a phone
By Om Malik May. 19, 2007, 7:50am PT 16 Comments

Put this in the “what took them so long to figure this out” category. Nokia is introducing a new phone, Nokia 3109 Classic which is a phone first, and everything later. “We recognize that a sizeable number of people just want a mobile phone to stay … Read More »

Kingston MobileLite Video Review
By May. 19, 2007, 5:07am PT 2 Comments

Remember that super small USB card reader I told you about a few weeks ago?  Well the Kingston MobileLIte 9-in-1 USB card reader arrived today so I though you deserved a quick look at the coolest multi-format card reader I’ve ever used. http://www.youtube.com/v/BVWG2tU96h4 Read More »

What’s on GigaNET: Weekend Edition
By Om Malik May. 19, 2007, 4:57am PT Comments Off

Web Worker Shoot Out: Google Calendar vs 30Boxes: in a bit of a David vs. Goliath match, let’s set an appointment to pit these two calendar applications against each other and see who’s left standing. Continue reading. Under the Hood … Read More »

Under the Hood of The Pirate Bay’s New Video Site
By May. 18, 2007, 6:00pm PT 8 Comments

YouTube could get some unusual competition soon: The operators of infamous Swedish Torrent site The Pirate Bay have announced that they are going to start their own streaming video platform soon. A short message on Thepiratebay.org doesn’t really reveal any details, but promises … Read More »

Ask a Ninja: Now Powered by Castfire
By May. 18, 2007, 3:50pm PT 30 Comments

The book writing, Webby award-winning Ask a Ninja has launched a new player, featuring a campaign for Ask.com. The dynamically inserted ad clips are powered by Castfire’s video and audio CMS tool, with segments promoting Ask.com’s site and Ask a Ninja’s online … Read More »

Notes from PDF: YouTube Candidates
By May. 18, 2007, 2:59pm PT 1 Comment

Who thinks John Edward’s hair flip-n-comb video is the equivalent of the Howard Dean yelp? It’s no macaca, and pretty dated, but still. Well, if anyone could predict, it’d be the folks hanging out at the Personal Democracy Forum, which opened in New York … Read More »

Dell Latitude Tablet PC spotted on Dell’s blog
By May. 18, 2007, 2:18pm PT 9 Comments

Let the rumors subside: Dell will indeed have a Tablet PC this year and you can see it showcased in a short video right on the Direct2Dell … Read More »

What speed is really Broadband for you?
By Om Malik May. 18, 2007, 1:03pm PT 32 Comments

There is a lot of discussion these days in the Congress about broadband, with some legislators openly criticizing FCC’s definition of broadband (200 Kbps) and clamoring for faster connections for consumers. Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) says that 2 Mbps is what should be deemed as … Read More »

AppleTV replacement: a UMPC and an Xbox 360?
By May. 18, 2007, 12:36pm PT 17 Comments

(Update for the nearsighted like me: there is a hard-to-see UMPC that’s serving up music via WiFi just in front of the HDTV!) For a few days after the AppleTV … Read More »

Now that Feedburner Story….
By Om Malik May. 18, 2007, 12:18pm PT 15 Comments

Every so often we hear about Chicago-based FeedBurner, the RSS remixer/syndicator is getting bought by someone. This morning, Sam Sethi pointed out that Feedburner was in talks with Google. Valleywag says they have a confirmation and the price range is in the $100 million … Read More »

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