March, 2008 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for March 2008

Normally I don’t get into the whole theme/skinning thing with my phones but when I saw this post this morning I knew I had to check it out.  The theme is inspired by images of the BlackBerry 9000 that recently surfaced and it looked so… Read More »

CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly.MoTR 127 is 38 minutes long and is a 34.8 MB file in MP3 format. INTRO: Based on “Time v2.1″ by Meta Sektion,… Read More »

 
 

HP has a new, middle-of-the-road option if you don’t want to go with a full-blown Windows Home Server solution. The new mv2150 Media Vault starts… Read More »

They’re just throwing darts at a wall. Or worse… “Oh, Look! Mr. Peepers just picked the very same [startups] your investment software did!” OK, venture capital may be slightly more sophisticated than this — but I have trouble with VCs who nobly claim that their business… Read More »

HP announces Elite Auto Focus Webcam

HP today has released the Elite Auto Focus Webcam, a USB cam that sports a 3 MP lens.  The Elite Webcam can achieve up to 12 MP with software interpolation and will… Read More »

Mashups ahoy! WhitePages.com, which has name, address, and phone number data for 180 million people in the US, has opened up a RESTful API to give access to anyone. If you can handle writing a RESTful query (or use one of the mashup engines that… Read More »

GigaNET AM: Green Homes & Open Source Brands

* Earth2Tech: Want a greener home? Sustainable Spaces can help. * NewTeeVee: Legaltorrents.com relaunches, now get more free & legal torrents. * Ostatic: Branding open source projects. * FoundRead: 10 Tips to widget-up your start-up brand. * WebWorkerDaily Survey: What kind of a web… Read More »

Among clean tech solutions, we often hear about wind, solar, geothermal, and then “energy efficiency.” This one large category rarely gets the specific treatment–other than a mention of compact fluorescent lightbulbs–that the other segments of the market do. But one company we found, Read More »

This year there are a plethora of options for getting your 2007 U.S. tax returns in on time and without spending all of your refund on software and filing fees. Get an overview of what’s out there and don’t be shy about letting us know what… Read More »

Kevin recently told us about SugarSync, a unique and full-featured way to keep files synchronized across multiple devices.  I had some free time last night so I decided to check it out and found it to be pretty cool and I am going to give… Read More »

vtap Syncs Video Search from Mobile to Web

vtap, a video search service for mobile phone, is doing something a little crazy. It’s taking an app it designed for mobile phones to the web — usually things go the other direction. The company, which first launched for the iPhone and Windows Mobile… Read More »

Jott is one of those deceptively useful services for mobile phone users that can make your phone far more useful than it is without it.  What makes Jott so great is that… Read More »

More Must Reads

Comcast is moving away from the much criticized practice of blocking P2P traffic, and instead is looking at alternatives to rein in a small group of Comcast customers that can be labeled bandwidth hogs. Comcast Cable’s CTO explains. Read More »

Is it really possible that the European Union regulators are actually fair and balanced? Microsoft and a few dozen other global companies might disagree, but today’s actions point to an EU that is not afraid to shake-a-stick at one of its own. Nokia’s $8.1 billion takeover of… Read More »

Legaltorrents.com, one of the oldest and most prominent destinations for legal BitTorrent downloads, is relaunching today, and its new version offers a bunch of new features for users and content creators alike, among them a donation system to offer content creators… Read More »

Widgets are taking social media by storm and becoming a valuable online marketing platform for interaction with consumers. Last June, comScore estimated that widgets reach 177 million people every month, or 21 percent of the worldwide online audience. ComScore’s tracking methods are debated (see also… Read More »

Despite the fact that Google said Blackle, the all-black site based on the company’s search engine technology that claimed to save energy, was BS, the search giant turned its home page black for Earth Hour this weekend. Google said the gesture was aimed at… Read More »

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