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TV shows filled with web clips don’t work (R.I.P. Online Nation, Web Junk, et al), as Liz recently pointed out. So why not transport an entire web show? Many web series are powered by strong personalities — who from the small screen should make the … Read More »

Niche video just got even more specialized with the addition of a “green” video-sharing network. emPivot, which has been in public beta since August, offers a combination of video hosting for green organizations as well as a green-tailored search engine to deliver environmentally relevant … Read More »

 
 

While trying for the third time to install Ubuntu 7.10 under Parallels, I had a chance to catch up on the very busy and very informative ThoughtFix. He’s … Read More »

Pocket Computers: Slated to Leap Forward in November

November is almost upon us, and it promises to bring some advancements in tiny computers–larger than smartphones, but much smaller and lighter than notebooks. If you haven’t looked into these yet, do so. At the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco, Nokia has officially launched its … Read More »

Big Media vs. YouTube & Google: Smart or Not?

It is becoming increasingly obvious: Big media companies (content owners) are lining up against YouTube & Google (GOOG), and are coming up with their own strategies for online video. Today, NBC (GE) confirmed to NewTeeVee that it pulled its content off YouTube in a … Read More »

Now you needn’t have done what I did to figure out that lower costing products can generate high demand. That’s the theory behind the Asus Eee PC and … Read More »

emPivot: A Green-Filtered YouTube

Niche video just got even more specialized with the addition of a “green” video-sharing network. emPivot, which has been in public beta since August, offers a combination of video hosting for green organizations as well as a green-tailored search engine to deliver environmentally relevant … Read More »

What are a Startup's key assets?

ShelfMade CEO, Michael Sabat, muses about the key assets of web-based startups in a recent post on his useful, and not-always-techcentric blog. (Good to get a perspective that sees beyong the forest now and again.) Anyway, according to Michael… * The 1st priority asset remains … Read More »

Big Bad (& Really Fast) Home Networks

With digital gizmos beginning to clutter our homes, never before has there been such a need for speed inside our respective four walls. While we depend on broadband to grab content off the Internet, the heavy lifting really happens inside and as such, the demands … Read More »

6 eBay Tools for the Mac

There are generally 3 types of eBay users. Those who list and buy everything they can get their hands on who constantly have atleast a dozen auctions going, those who have never used eBay, and those who go in spurts of being the first type. I generally … Read More »

http://www.youtube.com/v/oM0B3N0jH2M See, James is away for a few days, so I figured there’s no jkOTR corporate meetings over a Skype video call. That’s why I decided to leisurely lounge around in comfy clothes only to be surprised by the FedEx truck a day earlier than expected. … Read More »

A representative from NBC Universal called us today and let us know that the network did indeed remove its channel from YouTube over the weekend in preparation for the launch of its own online video portal, Hulu. The spokesperson also de-emphasized the YouTube channel, calling it … Read More »

More Must Reads

As you may know, Apple has posted a guided tour of Leopard to the company’s Web site, giving us the most in-depth preview so far of the latest operating system upgrade, which hits stores this Friday. After taking the 20+ minutes to watch the … Read More »

I know that James is enjoying the HP 2710p Tablet PC; he must since he bought one out of pocket after using a loaner from HP! … Read More »

Who’s Sandy? The persona behind I Want Sandy, the latest application from Values of n, the folks who created Stikkit (which we’re written about before). Sandy functions as your personal email assistant, monitoring any email that you send to her or cc her … Read More »

Tape it Off the Internet Gets Funding; Pond Venture Capital leads the Series A round with a “seven-figure” investment in the social TV site. (TechCrunch, emailed release) New IBM Chip Speeds Up Wireless Video Transmission; Big Blue’s new initiative with MediaTek claims its use of 60 … Read More »

I’m still not sold on using an AMD Geode powered UMPC for my personal needs, but that Raon Digital Everun is getting more useful by the minute. Steve has … Read More »

Dave Winer, whom I have dubbed “The Constant Tinkerer,” has come up with yet another way to consume information in a simple and easily navigable manner. Well known for his work on RSS and OPML, he is now shifting his attention to finding … Read More »

“More quickly than most anyone imagined, blogging is growing up,” the San Francisco Chronicle declared over the weekend in a piece that featured Bay Area-based blogging startups including TechCrunch, PopSugar, BlogHer, and our little company. Well we think so, but what … Read More »

Fuel cells powered by bacteria that produce electrons as they eat are quietly making waves in labs around the world. Traditional fuel cell technology is powered by chemicals like methanol or hydrogen; the bacteria-based kind are known as microbial fuel cells (MFCs). While MFC’s … Read More »

Got a Nokia E-series device and been somehow living without Microsoft Windows Live Messenger? Yes, we know it’s tough to do without; I lost my Hotmail password years ago and life just hasn’t been the same since. Go check that Download! folder to see if … Read More »

What do thin-film solar, traffic-management technology and power storage all have in common? They’re all innovations that can help fight climate change, and they’re all getting investments from Battelle Ventures and its affiliate fund, Innovation Valley Partners (IVP). The firms said this morning … Read More »

Despite the seasonal summer slowdown, the venture capital community maintained its furious investing pace in the third quarter, investing $7.1 billion, down just slightly from $7.2 billion in the second quarter. Here are some of the highlights from the data released by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the … Read More »

With CTIA 2007 all set to rock San Francisco, we thought it was time to point to Mobile Rules, a contest that encourages wireless innovation, especially when it comes to mobile applications. This is the second annual Mobile Rules! Business Plan Competition (formerly called Read More »

That’s really what it comes down to, doesn’t it? There’s no in between either. You can look fashionable and not wear this Thanko Charger Bracelet or … Read More »

Hey, didn’t Bandai used to make handheld video games similar to the ol’ Mattel Electronics ones? I don’t know, maybe it’s a different Bandai that is partnering with Realeyes3D for "Super Digitizer" apps. The fact remains that 60% of Japanese mobile phone owners use … Read More »

It was only mid-August when we heard that HelioVolt had raised a whopper of a $77 million Series B round. But given it’s taking many thin film solar startups a lot of capital to get to the production stage, we’re not surprised … Read More »

Nokia shot out a press release this morning on the new Nokia N81 handset: it’s now available and shipping. You’ve got your choice with and without the 8 GB of … Read More »

Time blogger Bill Tancer likes to get work done while watching TV: Lately I’ve been obsessed with couch multitasking — either working over e-mail while watching the tube, or in most cases adding depth to what I see on the television with real-time web-based research. Tonight, … Read More »

Since we’ve seen more news on small laptops, Internet Tablets and other exciting mobile devices lately, now might be a good time for a level set; especially for our newer readers. UMPCs, or Ultra Mobile Personal Computers, have generally been small Intel or VIA … Read More »

* WebWorkerDaily: Turn on the TV and get to work * NewTeeVee: MySpace gets in bed with Roommates. * Earth2Tech: BT bets half-a-billion on wind power * FoundRead: What are a startup’s key assets? Read More »

blinkBox, a London-based startup, has just opened up the public beta of a video greeting card service that helps users send their friends short clips from movies and TV shows. The company’s line-up is not the newest of the new, but it’s not … Read More »

MySpace continues its march into original content with the launch of Roommates, a new, scripted original web series, today. The move represents MySpace’s (NWS) first co-development project and first original web series created specifically for MySpace TV. Created with Iron Sink Media, Roommates follows … Read More »

Its like the Groundhog Day for Vonage (VG), the beleaguered VoIP services company. After being separately sued by Verizon (VZ) and Sprint (S), and losing its cases over patent infringements, the Holmdel, NJ-based company is now facing similar charges from AT&T (T). Vonage was ordered … Read More »

Update: SanDisk announced the new video player this morning and a new video portal called Fanfare. We were right about the portal part, not so right about the name of the portal. Fanfare for now features content from CBS and Jaman.com, and is powered … Read More »

This week, San Francisco will play host to the CTIA’s Wireless I.T. & Entertainment convention, an annual gathering of those intimately involved with the U.S. mobile industry — from tiny startups to corporate giants such as Verizon (VZ), Qualcomm (QCOM), Nokia (NOK) and AT&T … Read More »

NBC’s YouTube channel, along with all of the network’s posted videos, has disappeared, as first reported by Valleywag. NBC — which is preparing to launch Hulu, a project long nicknamed a “YouTube Killer” — previously had a revenue-sharing partnership with YouTube for more than a … Read More »

In our increasingly digital world, power is one of the main “cost centers” and most large Internet and telecom companies are grappling with this problem in unique sort of ways. Google (GOOG) and Microsoft (MSFT) are putting their data centers right next to hydroelectric power … Read More »

A very cool thing happened last week that I haven’t mentioned.  You’ve heard me mention in years past our local high school football team, the Cy-Fair Bobcats.  I mentioned them a lot last year as my stepson played for them and of course running back phenomenon … Read More »

I am still in Las Vegas and having a wonderful time and have decided to provide another update about traveling with the HP 2710p along with thoughts about mobile tech in general since I have a few free minutes.  I am able to take advantage of … Read More »

In advance of the Writers Guild of America strike authorization vote that passed Friday, I dropped by the office of WGA member Ezra Sacks, a veteran screenwriter on such films as FM and Wildcats who currently teaches screenwriting to students at New York … Read More »

Microsoft Launches Unified Communications Portfolio. Jeff Raikes, President of Microsoft’s Business Division tells CNET “The era of dialing blind, the era of playing phone tag, the era of voice-mail jam…that era is ending.” Good sound byte but far from truth. Aswath rightfully points … Read More »

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