February, 2009 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for February 2009

Weekly App Store Picks: Feb. 28, 2009

Nine out of ten iPhone owners would probably agree that this article, containing the freshest picks from the App Store, is a nutritious and delicious source of information. Before we kick things off with this week’s picks, let’s take a quick look at happenings in the… Read More »

Since posting Psion’s response to the Intel/ Dell trademark scuffle I’ve been asked to post the Psion NetBook Pro promotional flyer.  Here it is (click to enlarge): Read More »

 
 

Microsoft and Yahoo are starting to once again shoot coy glances at each other, with suggestions that Yahoo may either outsource or sell outright its search business to Microsoft. But no matter how much either company may hint that such a deal would make sense, the… Read More »

Later on this year, when my lease expires, I’m going to move to a bigger place with a bigger home office. I’ll be building an office that suits me perfectly. Ideally, I am looking to build an office that has plenty of desk space for me… Read More »

If you’re an avid YouTube viewer, you’ve probably noticed the growing number of videos on the site that contain clickable links within the display screen. That’s the result of Video Annotations, a feature introduced last June that allows other clips to be embedded into videos.… Read More »

The official word comes today that Samsung is going to produce a 12.1-inch notebook, the NC20.  The NC20 is a larger cousin to the NC10 netbook from Samsung and this larger version will ship with a Via Nano processor. VIA, who is likely quite happy with the… Read More »

Last night, I attended a dinner hosted by Fortune magazine at the La Mar, a new-ish Peruvian restaurant in San Francisco. The dinner, which was emceed by Fortune magazine Read More »

We’d like to thank this month’s NewTeeVee sponsors: thePlatform: Download a free white paper on video syndication Ooyala: Video Publishing and Monetization Read More »

Here’s another weekly round-up of tasty tidbits on the Palm Pre. Information is coming in dribs and drabs, so I use this time as a brief news summary of the phone I’m leaning towards purchasing this summer. New Palm Pre video – This one popped… Read More »

I’ve written before about optimizations for home and office Wi-Fi networks and how to keep public Wi-Fi sessions secure. Xirrus has long provided free tools for monitoring Wi-Fi performance, finding hotspots and more. Now, the company is out with Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector,… Read More »

More Must Reads

Though comScore hasn’t officially released its numbers yet, Hulu was kind enough to share its copy of the VideoMetrix data for January (hence Hulu being highlighted in the chart below). But the big story from the numbers is Google/YouTube, which lept to 6.3 billion… Read More »

Stacey’s words from a year ago are still true, “Mobile video has taken off in a few places such as South Korea and Japan, but for the most part, press releases outnumber the viewers.” Especially in the U.S., where mobile numbers continue to be… Read More »

Earlier today, the LG Spyder 830 cell phone was recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), which said it presented a hazard to the public because it doesn’t hold a connection and has poor voice quality during 911 emergency calls. The recall stems from… Read More »

We’d like to say thanks to this month’s sponsor of TheAppleBlog: WunderRadio: WunderRadio Plays thousands of streaming internet radio stations and other audio streams Read More »

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