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Archive for March 2009

Opera Mobile 9.7 Getting Turbo-charged

I think Opera Mobile is the best mobile browser for my HTC Advantage as it gives me a very desktop-like browsing experience. I’m using an older version (8.65) as it works well and is the current “stable” version for Windows Mobile. The folks at Opera… Read More »

These days we’re seeing more and more webseries, of varying degrees of web-savviness, pop up to support current network programming. And each time, I try and work out what the motivation is. Does the web-only content provide additional insight into the world of the… Read More »

 
 

The makers of the popular file-sharing client Limewire have started to develop a podcast directory called LimeCast. The company is currently in the process of gathering content as well as building the actual platform, which is already online as a work-in-progress, Read More »

I am in a constant state of “meeting avoidance mode,” especially for those meeting requests that don’t directly relate to revenue generation. However, I just finished an interesting IM conversation with a friend of mine. It went something like this: Him: “What are you doing on Friday… Read More »

Where will you be this June? If you’re an Apple developer, you’ll want to be at San Francisco’s Moscone West for the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2009 slated for June 8-12. This is the premier event for Apple developers who create apps for Mac OS… Read More »

http://images.video.msn.com/flash/soapbox1_1.swf I’m still not sold on the multi-touch implementation coming out of Redmond. Oh, I like touch computing; that’s not the issue. To me it’s a question of what situations are best suited for touch and it feels like (ha!) Microsoft figures any and all situations… Read More »

EA Getting Sporty With 2009 iPhone Lineup

With the GDC ’09 well under way, there are heaps of announcements being made about video games by pretty much everyone in the biz. Now that the iPhone and iPod touch have become genuine contenders in the mobile gaming world, they’re getting some high-profile game revelations as… Read More »

Owners of the new 17-inch MacBook Pro have been reporting problems with the graphics that is described as vertical lines on the screen. Distorted graphics have also been impacting owners of the new biggest MacBook Pro, and Apple has been listening. The folks in Cupertino have… Read More »

In the summer of 2008, 2009 looked like it could be a breakout year for the next generation of ethanol. There were dozens of companies racing to be the first to churn out cellulosic ethanol made from non-food crops and plant waste from pilot and… Read More »

Google will soon announce comprehensive support for the Java programming language on its Google App Engine (GAE) offering. We are trying to get more details. Rumors of such a development emerged last year, but we can now confirm that it is going to happen. We… Read More »

Updated: Zenn Motor‘s first highway-speed electric car, the cityZenn, is still on the way, but it may take a bit longer to get to market than originally planned, thanks to the slow moves of its energy storage partner EEStor. Zenn Read More »

I have to admit, when I first saw the BlackBerry appear with a little trackball on the front, I was amused. It seemed like such a silly little way to control the phone, but once I tried one it became clear how useful these things… Read More »

More Must Reads

Obama Holds Video Town Hall; in yet another online first, Obama streams comments on the economy, answering public questions including some submitted by web video. (Whitehouse.gov) General Services Administration Signs Up With YouTube, Other Video Sites; after ironing out terms of service agreements, federal agencies can… Read More »

Video analytics company Visible Measures has raised $10 million in a Series C round led by Northgate Capital and including previous investors General Catalyst Partners and MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures. The company’s total funding amounts to more than $29 million. Boston-based Visible Measures helps broadcasters and… Read More »

Since Om divorced his iPhone and AT&T’s service in general, he’s wondering if there are others in the same support group. I personally think that AT&T’s service issues (or any carrier’s really) are more dependent on your location and less so on the… Read More »

Exclusive Heads up: A few months ago, I asked Skype CEO Josh Silverman when was he going to launch the iPhone version of the P2P voice and IM service that has now been downloaded more than 405 million times. He smiled and said, “Stay tuned.”… Read More »

Got a PC and a BlackBerry along with music in your Windows Media Player? RIM just made it far easier to get those tunes from PC to handset, thanks to version 2.0 of their BlackBerry Media Sync software. The prior version worked just fine… Read More »

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