My work is a Mac shop. Everyone has a Mac, some people even have two (desktop and laptop). Anyway, I recently decided to do an inventory to see what we had and what was/was not under warranty. I started by making a Google docs spreadsheet… Read More »
Archive for May 2008
Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos charmed everyone at this week’s D6 Conference with his optimism for Kindle, but I got him to talk about Amazon Web Services and his company’s efforts in cloud computing. Here is a short excerpt from that conversation, captured on my… Read More »
Many web workers work on numerous projects simultaneously, and some serve various masters. If these descriptions fit you, consider looking into some of the free time-tracking applications available online. These can give you much more perspective on how you are actually spending your time, and allow… Read More »
The denial-of-service attack against online video distributor Revision3 continues to make waves. Revision3 CEO Jim Louderback revealed yesterday that his company had identified the anti-piracy outlet Mediadefender as the source of a massive flood of messages that brought Revision3′s infrastructure to… Read More »
Freescale should get ready for change. I visited the Austin-based chip maker yesterday to talk about wireless and networking chips as well as broad trends in the industry, and walked away realizing that the firm needs to split itself up in order to survive. The company has… Read More »
As more folks move to 3G-enabled handhelds, it’s easy to overlook the use of SMS for getting quick and timely information. We covered Pingie a few months back because it… Read More »
It was an eclectic week for Hollywood deaths — no one earth-shaking, necessarily, but a few surprises, a few “really, he made that?”s. It began on Monday with the death of Sydney Pollack, one of the great elder statesmen of the industry both behind… Read More »
Woe to the ethanol makers out there, because higher corn prices this summer will mean even more shrinking profits for ethanol producers says a report from Texas A&M University. There’s also the potential for more variability in the price of corn this summer, because supply… Read More »
We looked at site-specific browsers last year – desktop applications that capture a single web site so that you can interact with it outside the bounds of your browser. A new entrant in this field, Bubbles, is out with… Read More »
Since all the web’s a-buzz over the expected .Mac re-brand to Mobile Me, I thought it was good time to resurrect my thought from two… Read More »
When it comes to the widget ecosystem, lavishly funded companies like Slide, Clearspring and RockYou hog the limelight. But it is Userplane, now a subsidiary of AOL, that seems to be revving up the money engine without much fanfare. The company that started out offering a… Read More »
More Must Reads
Back-to-School Specials and AppleCare
Image via AppleInsider AppleInsider is reporting that Apple’s yearly back-to-school buy a Mac and get an iPod special may be starting early this year, and may be extra special. Speculation puts the price point at about a $199 mail-in rebate. It would be nice if… Read More »