February, 2008 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for February 2008

In response to a post I did recently on collaboration tools, a reader pointed out Elluminate Vroom as a good application. Vroom is an applicaton that lets you mix and match videoconferencing,audio conferencing, whiteboarding, sharing presentations and unexpected features such as polling meeting… Read More »

I can’t believe how much I am getting asked how I compare the Fujitsu P1620 to the HP 2710p for every day usage.  To me they are very different beasts but I can appreciate how someone wanting to buy one or the other might be agonizing… Read More »

 
 

Taking the Fujitsu P1620 for a test drive on the Information Super Highway using the v740 ExpressCard modem on Verizon with the adapter by Novatel to make it work in the PC Card slot.  Just testing to make sure there is no speed loss using the… Read More »

Like a ballet, a patent lawsuit has dozens of carefully orchestrated steps, and today’s judgment against Limelight Networks marks the beginning of the exciting part of the show, which could drag on for years, or get cut short by a settlement. Earlier today a jury in… Read More »

NBC Universal filed comments with the FCC this week that side with Comcast on BitTorrent blocking. The company opposes Net Neutrality regulations because it wants ISPs to filter out copyrighted content, and it seems to be willing to blame P2P for all the bad things in… Read More »

2007 may be remembered as the year when venture capitalists went green. At least that’s the idea you get looking at data from Dow Jones VentureSource, which surveyed and interviewed VCs to find out that 221 companies worldwide received $3 billion in venture financing last year,… Read More »

Now that I’m using a very small notebook again, the Fujitsu P1620, it’s making me realize some things that I had forgotten from when I used its predecessor.  This has to do with… Read More »

Skyhook Wireless said today it will provide its Wi-Fi-based location awareness technology for users of Locr software who want to automatically add geographic information to their photos. Although fun, like many location-based services that have been long promised and poorly delivered, it’s certainly not the… Read More »

A lot of web workers carry a ton of data around in their laptops: everything from financial records to passwords to client code. If you’re one of them, have you given any thought to protecting that data if you lose the laptop? Hardware replacement costs can… Read More »

New OneNote Powertoy coming next week

There isn’t much info to go on, but there’s a good chance we’ll see a new OneNote Powertoy arrive early next week. There’s some last minute testing going on, so of… Read More »

In the great civil tradition of taking pen to paper, 176 organizations — corporate, environmental, consumer, faith-based, energy policy research and others — sent a letter to senators today via the Sustainable Energy Network, urging them to join the Senate Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RE/EE)… Read More »

2008, the Year the Mobile Market Gets Touch-y

Of all the technology subsectors out there right now, the one with the most promise is the mobile platform. This is true for many reasons, notably that: Your mobile phone is always on your person, making it a lucrative market for advertisers. Most cell-phone consumers are still… Read More »

More Must Reads

At the risk of sounding like an infomercial…”Has this ever happened to you?” You set your Comcast DVR to record only new episodes of your favorite TV series, but it winds up recording every…single…showing, including all repeats? The problem is especially bad with a show like… Read More »

Search engine Quintura, who offer cloud-based visual searching for the web, have opened a new affiliate program to all comers. Search clouds are somewhat like tag clouds, except that they’re composed of terms that Quintura automatically mines out of… Read More »

With so many videos of me wearing a Discovery Pro Cycling team hat or jersey, it’s probably no surprise that I enjoy cycling. My road bike is actually right next… Read More »

Last week, we wrote that the registrars were under increased pressure. Their higher-margin businesses, such as turnkey hosting, were threatened by third-party hosting, simplifiers like Google, and the trend towards distributed SaaS applications. The pressure went up a notch with Google’s relaunch of Jotspot,… Read More »

For all the chatter about Chinese solar stocks, Japan has long been the world’s leading producer of photovoltaics. Of course, given the number of investments Chinese companies are making in capacity, they are likely to overtake Japan in a few years. But for now, Japan… Read More »

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