We’ve already seen Phoenix HyperSpace on X86 netbooks and it looks like we’ll see it on low-cost ARM devices as well. Phoenix Technologies developed the Linux software so computer owners could quickly get to the web, Skype or e-mail — sometimes even while… Read More »
Archive for February 2009
Ultra-wideband startup TZero Technologies has shut down, according to a story posted today by EETimes. The chipmaker, which raised $18 million back in March, joins at least two other defunct UWB startups that had hoped to use the wireless technology to… Read More »
Palm has excited the tech world with the preview of its upcoming WebOS-based Pre smartphone and many felt that the old Palm OS was soon to be a thing of the past. Palm officially stated this week that there will be no more phones… Read More »
February’s onslaught of Google service improvements continues with four new additions to the still fairly weak Contacts application in Gmail. Two features focus on cleaning up your contact data, which is key. Now that Google will sync Contacts over-the-air to handsets, we… Read More »
Analyst firm the Yankee Group put out a paper today calling for President Obama to focus on the nation’s broadband and technology, suggesting, among other things, that DTV delays be halted, that new multitenant housing and office buildings be required to have fiber installed during… Read More »
Has the Favorites list within your iPhone’s Contacts app grown so long that you might as well be using the entire Contacts listing? As it turns out, I have a lot of favorite people too. So as the list grew out of control, I started using… Read More »
The Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF) unveiled version 2.0 of its open-source video player, Miro, yesterday. The new version features a revamped UI, a smaller memory footprint and the ability to access streaming video sites like Hulu.com from right within the client. We
On Feb. 17, VLAB presents “Tales of Young Entrepreneurs” at the Stanford Business School — a night of stories from the youngest and most promising minds in Silicon Valley about how they achieved their initial success and what they plan to do with it. Topics will… Read More »
As part of the optimistic newsletter from Tesla this week — the one detailing hopes for a cash-flow positive Roadster this summer and a $350 million DOE loan later this year — the electric vehicle startup showed off this sneaker pic of its next vehicle,… Read More »
In recent years, free, open-source content management systems (CMS) have become very powerful tools for building, deploying and managing web sites, blogs and more. You may be familiar with some of the top-notch names in this arena, including Drupal and Joomla. WebWorkerDaily’s sister blog
One of the features of Mac OS X I use daily is the window scrolling even when the window doesn’t have the focus. It’s super handy when dealing with multiple apps. I don’t click an app to gain the focus, I just move the cursor… Read More »
When Garmin announced in the lead-up to the Mobile World Congress an ongoing deal with Asus to build its long-anticipated Nuvifone GPS phone line, you could practically hear the wincing. Within hours, the move was alternately being called an admission of failure (Garmin originally planned to… Read More »
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