The Crown Estate, which manages property in the UK, has picked 10 projects today for offshore wind development in Scotland, paving the way for up to 6 gigawatts of renewable power for the UK grid. But the… Read More »
Archive for February 2009
It’s been about five days since I ditched my iPhone and made the BlackBerry Curve 8900 my primary device. There are many things I miss about the iPhone, such as surfing the Internet with a full-blown browser. More importantly, I miss Facebook Mobile. And I… Read More »
Here I thought Qualcomm’s Gobi chip was impressive. Gobi is the one that supports both major 3G standards, EV-DO and HSPA, so your device isn’t tied to a particular data carrier or network. Sounds great, but that’s so yesterday. Tomorrow (well, next year to… Read More »
A look at Harvest, a time tracking application. Read More »
The folks at WunderRadio have let us know they are preparing to launch their program for the Windows Mobile platform. WunderRadio is a program that makes it easy to listen to over 36,000 live Internet radio streams on the mobile handset. It has been available… Read More »
Long Term Evolution (LTE), the next-generation wireless network chosen by 80 percent of the world’s carriers, isn’t turning out to be the star of this year’s Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona. Instead of announcing LTE rollouts, carriers are talking up their upgrades to HSPA+,… Read More »
The search engine that had a strong claim on the web long before upstart Google came along may be down, but they aren’t out. They’re planning a massive undertaking, a cross-platform release of a mobile suite of applications that, at least according to them, could revolutionize… Read More »
The idea behind Nero’s Move it software is a good one. This $50 application lets you move your videos, music, and photos to and from a variety of devices, including your digital camera, cell phone, Windows PC, and web sites like MySpace and YouTube. Unfortunately,… Read More »
About 18-months ago, the Open Mobile Terminal Platform was pushing for standard phone chargers using the micro-USB interface. Today, we’re finally getting somewhere. The Register The Guardian reports that all five phone companies in the U.K. are adopting micro-USB as the standard. Hopefully… Read More »
Cleantech investors have had trouble finding and funding efficient ways to make and manage clean water over the past few years, despite the fact that the water industry is “a dysfunctional train wreck” in need of some serious disruption, according to the Editor of Global… Read More »
One of the things that can really help you when you’re starting out as a web worker is having a “safety network” of mentors in your field. The ideal situation is to have access to a few people with freelance experience whom you know well enough to… Read More »
Two devices that go hand in hand in the corporate world are the ThinkPad and the Blackberry. The very thought of these devices has “enterprise” written all over it and a new alliance is going to make that even more the case. Lenovo has announced the development… Read More »
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