March, 2009 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for March 2009

So Apple announced their push facility for iPhone OS 3.0 today. I think that’s great. Unfortunately, it’s only half a solution, and the other half is pretty important, too. At least it is to me. Let me explain. If you want an app to let you… Read More »

What to Read on The GigaOM Network

 
 

We’ve asked before whether you really want widgets on your TV, and new data from The Diffusion Group indicates that yes indeed, you do want a dedicated area to access Internet-connected applications via your TV set. According to TDG’s numbers, 76 percent of consumers… Read More »

I’m back from a long lunch with St. Patrick (or just some old guy in green clothes, I’m not sure which) and just catching up on the Apple iPhone 3.0 Software event. By now, you’ve probably seen that cut, copy and paste made the cut.… Read More »

Today was Apple’s iPhone 3.0 Software event, and iPhone users will now have to think up a bunch of other things to moan about in its wake. Among the laundry list of over 100 new feature additions are some of the most frequently talked about omissions,… Read More »

Take the salt or waste out of undrinkable water, and what do you get? The product of a market poised to swell to 54 trillion liters per year by 2020 – triple the global desalinated water supply in 2008. According to a new report from Lux Research,… Read More »

Every year when I make my yearly geek pilgrimage to Austin for SXSW, I struggle with how much time to spend at BarCampAustin vs. SXSW, because they usually overlap. I love attending SXSW, but I am also a BarCamp fan, so the choice is… Read More »

I mentioned yesterday that I was feeling the urge to get the old faithful HP tc1100 Tablet PC out of mothballs and give it a go.  Last night I made good on that urge; I pulled the tc1100 out and started assessing what I… Read More »

Daily Sprout

Toyota Feels the Heat from Honda on Hybrids: Toyota may cut the price of its Prius down to $19,250 in Japan to match Honda’s new Insight Hybrid. — Bloomberg Feds Figure Out Permitting for Ocean Energy Projects: Two federal agencies have finally ended a turf war… Read More »

Today begins voting for the Streamys Audience Choice Award. Want your favorite web show to take the top prize at the first-annual Streamy Awards in Los Angeles on March 28? You can vote once per day until then. The finalists are listed below; head over… Read More »

Today’s buzz in the notebook world is all about the uber-thin Dell Adamo.  There is something about super-thin, ultra-light expensive notebooks that get our geek juices going.  One such notebook that has been out for a while is the Voodoo Envy 133.  This… Read More »

Funding File: Edgeware, Apture Raise Cash

We’re still seeing more than a trickle of online video-related venture deals, and two more came over the wire today. They’re a little peripheral to what we normally cover, but still worth mentioning. Alongside establishing a presence in the U.S., Swedish server maker Edgeware announced… Read More »

More Must Reads

Cloud computing and cloud services are real, but this is only the beginning. This was the message the guys who helped build Amazon Web Services, Google’s App Engine and Microsoft’s Azure clouds conveyed in Austin, Texas, this morning at South by Southwest’s only cloud computingRead More »

I’ve been at SXSW attending sessions, seeing product demos and interviewing tech company founders. I’ve also been asking anyone who identifies themselves as a web worker about their favorite web app and how it helps them with their work. Here is the first of a series of… Read More »

Updated: AT&T may have a lot of issues to work out with its data networks, but that’s not stopping the second-largest U.S. cell phone company from using its wireless network to angle for a piece of the smart grid market, which is set to… Read More »

The President of the United States doesn’t often tour garages. But this week, President Barack Obama plans to stop in at a plug-in hybrid and electric car test lab in Pomona, Calif., which includes the so-called “garage of the future” — a grid-connected, solar-powered green car… Read More »

The timing of yesterday’s Nokia E63 delivery was spot-on, as Om pinged me with some S60 software this morning. It’s called OctroTalk, and although the first iterations have been around since last year, it’s still maturing. At least I hope so, because out… Read More »

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