While Rockville, CA is a pretty good name for a web series, Club Rockville is kind of a lame name for a music venue, especially a music venue crammed with hip kids in their early 20s. But that’s one of only a few missteps… Read More »
Archive for March 2009
Akamai Offers AdaptiveEdge Streaming for Microsoft Silverlight; quality of video adjusts based on user’s connection and can go up to HD 720p streaming. Canadian TV and Italian broadcaster RAI already using the service. (emailed release) Dish Adding Fandango; service will allow users to purchase movie tickets… Read More »
Even though web workers tend to do almost everything online, we still have files on our computer that matter. At one time or another, we’ve all probably learned the hard way what happens if our backup strategy isn’t automated or tested. With that in mind, there’s… Read More »
If you are a designer, then you know the joy of having thousands and thousands of fonts available to use in your projects. You probably are also familiar with the despair of waiting for apps to launch, font menus to draw, and the horror of kernel… Read More »
Last night, James, Matt and I had the opportunity to join in with The Cell Phone Junkie Unlocked podcast. This is a podcast about three things: cell phones, cell phones and (you guessed it!) cell phones. TCPJ is run by Mickey and Joey out… Read More »
The ability for people to remix, mash-up and otherwise take copyrighted works in new directions through avenues like machinima, which uses games to create animation, doesn’t always sit well with with content owners. But Funcom, the company behind the massively multiplayer online game Age… Read More »
Updated: Smart grid analyst Jesse Berst wasn’t kidding when he said companies are in a frenzy repositioning themselves to grab a piece of the smart grid market. The latest is the second largest cell phone company in the U.S.: AT&T. This morning, AT&T says it… Read More »
Dell is expected to finally launch its sexy, thin notebook, the Adamo, today. This laptop has been hotly anticipated, and Dell has even played a few viral marketing schemes to fuel the buzz. The Adamo is designed to go after the crowd willing to pay… Read More »
There’s less and less reason to fork over the expensive license fee for a full version of Adobe Acrobat these days. The web is littered with free, lightweight options that will allow you to do pretty much anything you’d want to do with Acrobat. Web app… Read More »
Technology standards don’t die a quick death in most cases. For years after the market has abandoned a failed standard, it still exists in orphaned products hoping for eventual resurrection. Yesterday, EETimes reported another step in the long road to obsolescence for… Read More »
There’s a story going around that some of what Apple may announce today for the iPhone 3.0 OS will be to counter Palm’s Pre. Kevin Rose mentioned this, and it’s covered in a few places, including right here. Personally, I think such discussion is Pre-mature. The Pre… Read More »
The notion of maverick Silicon Valley automakers rising up to take down Motor City — a popular one in the early days of electric sports car startup Tesla Motors — was never entirely accurate. Fisker Automotive, Think and others making a serious go at developing… Read More »
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