By saying “no” to netbooks, is Apple nodding “yes” to tablets? (The Apple Blog) Why Palm should revive the Foleo as a netbook (jkOnTheRun) Adobe gets out of the content syndication biz (NewTeeVee) Gattner puts Microsoft Project online (WebWorkerDaily) Startup Helion Energy seeks $20 million… Read More »
Archive for April 2009
Today I’ll be hanging out in Houston at The Coffee Groundz from roughly 2 pm through 4 pm hoping to meet readers and see what cool technology startups the nation’s oil and gas capital might be home to. I hope folks in the area will… Read More »
The more than $4 billion allocated in the stimulus package for the smart grid will deliver a massive boost for information technology companies and utilities that want to add intelligence to the power grid. But the funds need to be spent in an effective way in… Read More »
Earlier this week, Minneapolis-based software company NetEx released a cloud-specific version of its HyperIP solution. HyperIP represents technology originally designed for high-speed satellite communications other high-latency, high-packet-loss networks redesigned to work with IP. Now, the product can run with pretty much any application — including… Read More »
Jenn Lee published a thorough review of the Viliv S5 Premium UMPC this past week that has captured my attention. The review gives a complete overview of the S5 hardware and included software and addresses the usability in a number of different areas. You will… Read More »
Joost is looking to sell itself and become an online video platform for cable or satellite operators, with Time Warner Cable supposedly interested, according to an anonymously sourced article at CNET. When asked about it, a Joost rep provided us with a “we don’t… Read More »
Just a reminder that I will be hanging out at Coffee Groundz today from around 2 – 4 pm. Drop by and say hi if you are in the area, who knows what cool gear you’ll see. Here’s what you’ll almost certainly see in person: Viliv… Read More »
Helion Energy, a startup developing engines powered by nuclear fusion, is certain to pique the interest of sci-fi fans. But the more important question for Helion President Philip Wallace is whether the same can be said of venture capitalists. That’s because the Seattle-based company is… Read More »
The mobile Internet will be responsible for getting more of the world online, according to Internet co-founder Vint Cerf, who now works for Google, speaking at a conference in Madrid today. In an earlier post, Om made a similar point, saying that instead of… Read More »
Earlier this week Simon asked us to share what we carry with us when we go mobile. Unlike Aliza, my forays out of the office tend to be short, usually for things like client meetings or local presentations, so my needs are pretty sparse.… Read More »
For the most part, I remain very satisfied with the performance of most tasks I perform on my middle-aged 1.33 GHz 17-inch PowerBook G4, which I bought back in 2006. But not when it comes to dictation. Interestingly, the most dramatic performance boost I’ve realized transitioning… Read More »
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