Last month I suggested that Blockbuster buy Redbox to help usher brick-and-mortar DVD renters into their digital future through automated kiosks. While they didn’t buy Redbox, this week Blockbuster announced plans to roll out…kiosks! But the big boxes will only be used to download … Read More »
Archive for May 2008
Here comes a potential hiccup for companies in the business of ocean seeding like startup Climos, which just last week we reported was looking to raise more funding. Delegates at a U.N. biodiversity convention on Friday decided to call for a temporary ban … Read More »
The free WiFi plan for Starbucks customers has been brewing since February and it sounds like it’s just about ready for consumption. Dave Zatz got an … Read More »
Bell Canada may have to pay for violating net neutrality. A May 29 class action filing says Bell should reimburse each subscriber 80 percent of their subscriptions and $2,100 in penalties for throttling traffic to a fraction of advertised speeds and invading their privacy.
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VMware continues to forge ahead with their Fusion desktop virtualization product for Macs. Earlier this month, they launched a public beta of version 2.0 which is just a quick download away from your Mac. The new features include: Multiple monitor support — Use as many displays … Read More »
The more time I spend with the web development portion of the web worker community, the more I hear people say bad things about Internet Explorer. But it’s a fact of life that you need to make your sites work in … Read More »
It was a short week with the holiday but that didn’t stop VCs from dolling out the dough and entrepreneurs from making new laboratory proclamations. If you were too busy cleaning out the barbecue we’ve got all the important headlines here from this week in cleantech.
If your company or co-workers are involved in numerous web 2.0 sites, you may have images on Flickr, videos on YouTube, a blog with an RSS feed and so on. This results in giving your website users many places to look when they consume your organization’s … Read More »
“Multi-touch is the future. The mouse and the keyboard has had too long of a reign, it’s time to de-thrown them,” says Bridger Maxwell, a 17-year old from Orem, Utah, who took 4th place in a national science fair for creating a multi-touch display. Apple has … Read More »
I have been using a good portable wireless mouse for a long time. The ThinkOutside Bluetooth Travel Mouse has been a good workhorse for me but more and more recently I have been thinking of replacing it. While it’s nice to have a wireless Bluetooth mouse … Read More »
Not a mobile tech “first”, but a personal one. I’ve lived in the New Jersey and Pennsylvania areas all my life and I’ve never seen what … Read More »
Thomas wrote in last night to share the killer deal he got on an HP 2710p Tablet PC from the HP Clearance Center. I … Read More »
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