February, 2009 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for February 2009

On the day I give up on my iPhone and trade it in for the iPod Touch, AdMob, a mobile advertising startup released its report that shows a big uptick in mobile Internet usage via Wi-Fi in the month of January 2009. According to… Read More »

Zunavision is an ad startup that has been on our radar for a while. It looks like we will be keeping tabs on them for a long time, now that they have snagged an early round of funding and launched a commercial product. The funding… Read More »

 
 

At CES last month, I got a chance to look at the Mophie Juice Pack that James uses with his iPhone 3G. The extended battery fits around the iPhone in a way that doesn’t add as much bulk as I had expected. Mophie isn’t resting on… Read More »

Wind turbine makers are aiming ever higher to get more power from the giant machines, building turbines that pack more of an electricity generating punch, as well as towers and blades that are just, well, bigger. But how big can the turbines get? Read More »

NBC’s NBC Direct download video service has gone through two maligned iterations, and now, as a tipster has pointed out to us, the peacock has quietly launched round three. NBC confirmed for us that the new version is out, but wouldn’t provide… Read More »

I have finally gotten time to give the HP Mini 1000 MI netbook a fair shake and so far it’s held up admirably.  While I sometimes experience a bit of lag doing things overall the performance is pretty good.  This video shows off the Mini 1000… Read More »

This week on the OStatic blog, we reported on Mozilla’s intent to wrap its Ubiquity project into an upcoming version 3.2 of the Firefox browser. If you use Firefox and haven’t used Ubiquity, now is a great time to get to know it.… Read More »

We’re sick of reading stories about how the credit crunch may slow Clearwire’s WiMAX deployment, which we first questioned last fall. And since Clearwire has consistently declined to comment on this particular issue, we may just have to wait until it reports quarterly results… Read More »

Startups, Strut Your Stuff at Green:Net!

Does this sound like a solid description of your startup? “We leverage Internet and computing technologies to fight climate change.” If so, then it could be a great fit to present during the LaunchPad session at our Green:Net conference to be held in San… Read More »

Today might be a BOGO day for BlackBerry handsets at Verizon, but you can’t get RIM’s new BlackBerry Curve 8900 there. That new handset is available now for T-Mobile customers and we got a look-see at CES. It was so slick that James… Read More »

Beginning Mac: Dashboard

When the Mac operating system OS X 10.4 (aka “Tiger”) was first announced, there were two things that I instantly fell in love with: Automator and Dashboard. While Automator is great when you really want to geek out, Dashboard is a great companion for… Read More »

More Must Reads

Earlier this morning, after enduring days and days of dropped calls and errant network behavior, I quit on my iPhone. It wasn’t an easy decision, but it had to be done. I love my iPhone — but AT&T’s network failed me. Read More »

Some long-awaited rules and regulations related to offshore renewable development could be introduced in the U.S. this year, potentially cutting the red tape for startups looking to put their wind, wave, or tidal projects in the water. Ken Salazar, the new head of the Department of… Read More »

For the first time ever, I’m glad to have seen The Hills and its spin offs. It means that I understand the joke behind The District, Newsweek’s (yes, that Newsweek) mashup of Barack Obama’s first 100 days as President and the faux-reality format perfected by… Read More »

Just in time for Valentine’s Day Verizon is running a promotion that will nab you a free BlackBerry for your sweetie and give you a great excuse to get one for yourself.  The BOGO sale at Verizon is running now through March 31st and is pretty… Read More »

In the current economic climate, many web workers are trying to increase revenues by expanding their service offerings. One popular way of doing that is to offer remote desktop technical support. There are many tools and services available that can get you connected remotely with users… Read More »

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