One of the aspects that most appealing to our community here is the great commentary that we all share. For the longest time, James and I have wanted threaded comments to make that experience even better. We looked at various third-party systems and plug-ins, but in… Read More »
Archive for February 2009
We’ve covered the Iris Browser from Torch Mobile in the past. Up to now, the Webkit-based software for Windows Mobile was in either a limited beta or a preview release. Earlier this week, Torch Mobile announced the generally available version 1.1.0. It’s yours for… 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 »
We’d like to say thanks to this month’s WebWorkerDaily sponsors: BrainKeeper: Collaboration that works FreshBooks: Online Invoicing for freelancers Read More »
California’s aggressive Renewable Portfolio Standard program has finally started to put a dent in the state power grid, more than six years since its launch and just around the corner from the first major deadline: 20 percent renewable energy in every utility’s portfolio by 2010.… Read More »
Another one bites the dust. Another in Apple’s line of Cinema Displays, that is. Apple pulled the 20″ entry-level model of their popular professional caliber display line Thursday, leaving behind only the legacy 30″ model and the 24″ newly updated LED Cinema Display with DisplayPort… Read More »
Cable operators are in cahoots with the networks to provide an online video extension to their cable subscriptions, was the overnight word from the Wall Street Journal, as we mentioned this morning. But where the WSJ quoted anonymous sources, now Comcast (s cmcsa )subsidiary,… Read More »
Last month, I was asked by one of our readers to recommend a netbook. We all debated on what the best netbook is for the price. I ended up concluding that the ASUS Eee PC 1000HA was mighty compelling for under $400. The ever-changing… Read More »
HP seems to believe that firms delivering software and possibly platforms as a service will do better than those delivering infrastructure as a service (much like Amazon’s EC2). In its final discussion with customers about cloud computing this week, HP executives talked about research goals and… Read More »
Videos of passionate intellectuals talking about the random topics they care about have made quite a home for themselves online (ahem, TED). That’s because, at least according to Brady Forrest of O’Reilly Media, “What geeks crave more than anything else is details — they love to… Read More »
I’ve seen a few articles lately on the file incompatibility between iWork ’08 and files saved in iWork ’09. Macnn and other sites have discussed it. As usual, there are the silly comments regarding Apple not having tested this, it’s worthy of Microsoft, blah, blah, blah. Many… Read More »
Germany’s SFC Smart Fuel Cell said today it’s launching commercial sales of its portable fuel cell system, called the Jenny — one of only a handful of portable fuel cells to hit the market. But… Read More »