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Archive for July 2007

Is PG&E fiddling while the grid burns?

The Internet may be bringing us all closer together, but the companies powering it are as fractured as ever. There are hundreds of utilities in the U.S., both public and privately owned, overseeing an aging power grid. And each is run differently, even in data … Read More »

Of Broadband & Long Tail Video

A few days ago I wrote a post for NewTeeVee, wondering if the promise of millions of channels over broadband is delusional and more importantly unprofitable. There have been many arguments that have been made about the Long Tail and niche content, I have … Read More »

 
 

Second Life & The Green Incubation

What does a virtual world have to do with making a real world businesses more eco-friendly? Potentially a lot. Here’s a cheat sheet on noteworthy green development projects in Second Life. Continue Reading. Read More »

Ashton Kutcher’s Latest Prank: Room 401, WTF

Among the many annoyingly-addictive gimmicks J.J. Abrams has helped loose upon the world — TV show cryptograms, mysterious movie trailers, Alias — is that inescapably virulent strain of marketing known as the interactive mystery. The latest show to employ the format, albeit without Abrams’ … Read More »

Virtual Worlds as Eco Incubators

What does a virtual world have to do with making a real world businesses more eco-friendly? Potentially a lot. Here’s a cheat sheet on noteworthy green development projects in Second Life, the user-created world I’ve been writing about over the last four years on my … Read More »

Until I transitioned to Google Reader early this year, I was an avid NewsGator user. I used the free online RSS reader with my PCs and found that Read More »

I stumbled upon this and have to admit I did not know there is the equivalent of the Windows RUN dialog on Windows Mobile 5 & 6.  The RUN box is handy for running applications without going through the menu system and it turns out it … Read More »

Question of the Day: ad networks

We have recently launched our website and are looking for interim ad network. (We are planning to hire ad sales people, eventually, when we can afford it.) I am interested in hearing people’s experience with different banner ad networks. We would like to be picky about … Read More »

FInally Kevin can carry his precious iPhone in a fitting manner with these new cases from Louis Vuitton.  He’ll be able to impress his neighbors and protect his iPhone at the … Read More »

The 3 Laws of Online Personal Branding

We’ve written about creating your personal brand and an online persona before, but given the importance of that branding in the world of today’s web worker, it’s important that you understand the underlying laws of branding. It’s not enough to write prolifically, to have a … Read More »

No question the HP 2710p is the nicest designed Tablet PC around, in fact it reminds me of the innovative design of the tc1100.  The 2710p sports a 12-inch … Read More »

MySpace announced tonight (via email) it is teaming with the FOX network and the Producers Guild of America to seek out television pilots. The partnership could provide a shortcut straight to OldTeeVee, with a promised “opportunity for a development deal with FOX” as well as $25,000 … Read More »

More Must Reads

Time and privacy are two aspects of our modern lives that are in short supply. The constant distractions of modern communications have placed increased demands on our time. And similarly, as we do more things on the web, we leave our footprints in the sand, sacrificing … Read More »

No matter increasingly speedy broadband connections, Internet TV is not ready to take on broadcast, cable, and satellite, Om wrote on NewTeeVee yesterday. He’s mostly right. But he asks, “can video content made for a handful of people actually make money?” And I think that’s … Read More »

Nuclear Power Debates: R-Squared blogger Robert Rapier talks about the democratic candidates’ views on nuclear power and discusses why he thinks nuclear will be needed in the long run — R-Squared Blog. “Green” UFO: Researchers at the Deift University of Technology in the Netherlands have … Read More »

Today, people accept jittery video from poor connections, inadequate bandwidth, and temperamental video players, but as more high-value content moves online, dragging ad revenues along with, advertisers will demand better quality. And so will you. Brightcove, KickApps, Move Networks, and Maven Networks … Read More »

For the mobile mountaineer (or Survivor contestant) in your life: we have Corsair’s new 8 GB Survivor GT USB flash drive. When closed it looks a … Read More »

After yesterday’s power outage in San Francisco’s SOMA District shut down data center 365 Main, we weren’t the only ones wondering what sent the operations of the data center screeching to a halt. (We doubt it was caused by a drunk employee.) 365 Main, the … Read More »

iPhone’s first weekend didn’t turn out to be as hot as Wall Street analysts had predicted. The sales weren’t 700,000 or 500,000. Or 146,000 for that matter, as AT&T’s results might have indicated. The actual number was somewhere in between. In first 1.25 days … Read More »

I just got back from running the kids around and see a direct Twitter tweet to me from Kathy Jacobs. Great news out of TechSmith today with the introduction of a Read More »

My boss, Om Malik, will be making his debut as an internet TV host tonight with the launch of the GigaOM Show. Produced with Revision3 and co-hosted by Silicon Valley startup lawyer Joyce Kim, the show will be a video version of our mothership site, Read More »

Israeli solar thermal company Solel just scored a deal with PG&E to build an estimated $2 billion massive solar thermal plant in California’s Mohave Desert. Not a lot of people have heard of the 250-person company, or even really solar thermal technology for that … Read More »

Earlier this month I posted about the RIM BlackBerry 8830 that I purchased from Verizon only to discover that the integrated GPS had been disabled by the carrier.  There is much … Read More »

I caught wind of this during Chris Pirillo’s recent unboxing video of the phone he said he’d never buy. In fairness, he didn’t buy the iPhone to replace … Read More »

$10 billion in Worldwide Internet TV Ad Revenues by 2011? That’s the estimate from Understanding & Solutions, saying video could account for 18 percent of internet advertising altogether. (PDF, via paidContent) CNN/YouTube Debate Attracts Young Audience; pulling in a record 407,000 from the precious … Read More »

Our "Hosted Exchange 101" post got a fair amount of traffic and commentary, so I thought I’d follow up with a related topic: Cached Exchange Mode. … Read More »

Not every web worker is a web designer, of course. But enough of us at least dabble in that side of things that it’s worth keeping an eye on tools to make web page design easier and better. Here are a couple that I ran across … Read More »

Last night the Sony Metreon protected us from the cold San Francisco summer night, offering us our first indoors venue for the NewTeeVee and Metacafe Pier Screenings. We had a crowd of about 200 out to enjoy videos combining both advertising and content as well … Read More »

As an early auteur in the online video space, Lonelygirl15 creator Greg Goodfried has very distinct idea of what works and does not work. Which made him the perfect judge, and guest speaker, for this month’s NewTeeVee Pier Screenings event at the Metreon in … Read More »

For the longest time, it was American phone companies that went globe trotting, trying to add international holdings to their portfolio. Now there is word that Comcast might be getting its jets warmed up. The City A.M. (PDF via Cable360) reports that Comcast … Read More »

The more connected you are to your co-workers and clients without being intrusive, the better your working relationship. Let’s look at 12 ways Facebook can benefit you, especially those of you working out of your home offices. Continue Reading. Read More »

Good news for Palm OS device owners who also run Microsoft Windows Vista: Palm has a beta of Palm Desktop 6.2 that supports Vista. With the beta you can now … Read More »

Not to beat a dead horse (OK, maybe that’s exactly what I’m doing) but we want to remind you that a lot of good discussions about mobile tech are taking place on our Facebook readers group.  You’ll find advice on really important subjects such as … Read More »

Tracy Hooten of The Student Tablet PC blog is being featured in Laptop Magazine.  The magazine quizzes Tracy who describes very aptly how she got involved with Tablet PCs and how they benefit students.  It’s really cool to see a fellow MVP in the … Read More »

Last night we got an alert from PG&E telling us that they were going to make a “solar energy announcement of international significance,” Wednesday morning in downtown San Francisco. No explanation from them yet on the blackouts that plagued San Francisco yesterday, but they always … Read More »

Going.com, a hyperlocal events site (with social networking features) has raised $5 million in funding from General Catalyst and Highland Capital, two well known east coast funds for expansion into new cities. The site has over 500,00 users currently and currently operates in four cities … Read More »

http://www.youtube.com/v/CwYxuV2dVzw I’ve done some crazy stunts in my life but Mark Malkoff takes the biscotti. When he found out there were 171 Starbucks locations in Manhattan, he decided … Read More »

How long till your Prius is sold with a plug? Toyota says that it has developed a plug-in hybrid car, which it will test on roads in Japan. Like the Prius, the “Toyota Plug-in HV” has a gas-powered engine and an electric motor, but can … Read More »

One of the most basic and valid gripes around a digital music-based phone device would have to be no way to add custom ring tones. In Windows Mobile it’s a … Read More »

There must be some extra 800 x 480 touchscreens lying around now that Samsung went to the 1024 x 600 res on the Q1 Ultra. Adlink might have picked … Read More »

Web Worker Daily will reach its first birthday in September. As we refresh the site design and direction, we’d like your feedback on what you’d like to see from us. When WWD launched, it focused on neo-Bedouins, those web workers who move from café to café, … Read More »

I was working in my local Starbucks yesterday and got to talking to one of the regulars I see in there quite frequently.  He works in IT and in … Read More »

We first told you about Vista Battery Saver a while back, it even made our coveted Freeware of the Moment designation.  The cool utility makes it a breeze to squeeze the most out of your mobile device battery by doing stuff like turning Aero Glass … Read More »

Let’s face the facts, Vista doesn’t run very well on mobile PCs.  There, I’ve said it.  If you have a mobile PC, a notebook, Tablet PC, UMPC or ultra-portable PC, chances are you know exactly what I"m talking about.  It is commonplace for users to take … Read More »

During my last trip to the Bay Area, I visited with FoundRead’s “Carleen Hawn”:http://www.foundread.com/person/3291-carleen. When Carleen asked me what I was up to, I explained that I was buried in back-to-back meetings with folks around town discussing my current project, “Go BIG Network”:http://www.gobignetwork.com/. *“Are you … Read More »

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