There are lots of online site building apps out there. Many of them are ancient, horrible to work with, and produce poor results. Which is why it’s refreshing to see that Tank is different. It’s easy to use, the basic version is free, and in the… Read More »
Archive for February 2009
Any of you who happen to follow me on Twitter will know that when the original method for unlocking iPhone emoji on non-Japanese phones had me fairly excited. Bubbly, even. I lived in Japan for a brief time, and I came to love, and… Read More »
Savvis, long a provider of co-location and dedicated hosting services, today unveiled a new cloud compute offering aimed at large corporations. Unlike Amazon, whose array of services are focused on the broader market, Savvis will start off with an on-demand computing service called Savvis… Read More »
Updated to include quote from DOE’s David Frantz: Energy Secretary Steven Chu wanted checks cut in four weeks. Today, the director of the Department of Energy’s much-delayed loan guarantee program for clean energy technology, David Frantz, revealed what he sees as a realistic timeline: In… Read More »
Imagine: It’s early evening on a typical Wednesday, and you, a producer on a late-night talk show, are watching the show’s host interview a talented young actor about his upcoming film. Except that today, the talented young actor in question is either drunk, high, experimenting… Read More »
YouTube said today it will allow some content partners to start offering video downloads through the site so that viewers can watch videos offline. While YouTube is saying that it’s just offering consumers another way to view video — let’s be honest, the company… Read More »
Recently I mentioned that I was getting concerned about the Verizon USB727 modem I use and how it sticks out of my MacBook. Reader Ron jumped in and left a comment: Also those little usb adapters that let you do a 90 degree angle can help… Read More »
Apple has been a “recent” devotion for me. Within the last six years have I come to appreciate the quality and design that goes into the products I use daily. So why not better understand the culture and devotion behind the company? If you love your… Read More »
Skyfire is a mobile web browser that seems like it’s been in beta forever. That feeling won’t go away soon as the latest beta version has just been released, 0.9. This new version of Skyfire adds support for new screen sizes on the Windows Mobile platform,… Read More »
Energy harvesting has been getting interest from a number of different sectors for tiny, energy-saving applications, and now it’s making its way down to the nanoscale. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have attached a tiny muscle-movement-driven generator to… Read More »
DTV Update: Obama signs bill that delays the digital TV switch till June 12. (The LA Times); FCC prevents 123 stations from going all-digital on Feb. 17 (previous coverage), 368 stations will do so. (Broadcasting & Cable) Feds and YouTube Near Deal; agreement would… Read More »
Symbian said today that 14 new companies, including Hewlett-Packard, MySpace, Qualcomm and SanDisk, have joined its foundation. This brings the number of companies that have signed up to use the mobile operating system’s platform to 78, putting it ahead of the 47 members of… Read More »
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