One of the problems with working from home or otherwise outside an office environment is that you don’t always have access to help with technology questions. What do you do if you’re trying to learn HTML 5 and have a question? What if you have a… Read More »
Archive for April 2009
Updated: Next week, several Bay Area cities, including San Francisco, will get 50 Mbps broadband service from Comcast as the cable company continues its DOCSIS 3.0 expansion. Om may not be a fan of Comcast’s 250 GB per month cap or history of P2P throttling,… Read More »
http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x91plu Mebius NJ70A Hands-On: The world first netbook with optical by AkihabaraNews With all of the cookie-cutter netbook designs out there, Sharp’s Mebius NJ70A is a breath of fresh air. In lieu of a boring little trackpad, Sharp inserted a 4-inch Optical Sensor LCD which… Read More »
At my desktop workstation I use an external keyboard and mouse with my Mac notebooks, and one keyboard function I really miss when I use them in actual hands-on laptop mode is the freestanding keyboard’s dedicated Forward Delete key. It’s something I’m accustomed to having, use… Read More »
One of the biggest announcements out of the CTIA Wireless show was that AT&T was going to subsidize the Nokia E71x smartphone. While pricing was announced at $99 after all rebates and contract, there was no word on availability. If Matt Miller’s information is correct,… Read More »
Greener Utilities: According to a new analysis from the DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, more than 850 utilities across the U.S. now offer green power programs, with wind making up the biggest chunk of renewables. Utilities in Texas, Oregon and California ranked among the top ten… Read More »
Starting today, enterprise customers can get all the bandwidth for high-definition video they need from AT&T, which has launched a private content delivery service for video inside company firewalls. The explosion of video inside corporate networks is straining resources, according to the carrier. But unlike the… Read More »
As widely reported last week, Oprah stormed onto the Twitter-verse on Friday (IN ALL CAPS) and instantly dominated (she already has more than 450,000 followers). Since she wasn’t on for a full week, Trendrr separated out the Oprah stats, but she was tweeted more than… Read More »
In today’s world of home-based businesses, geographically dispersed business operations, outsourced services and worldwide marketing activities, scheduling meetings can become a bit of a nightmare. It’s also a world of many calendar programs (Outlook, MS Exchange, Google Calendar, LotusLive (Notes), iCal and Entourage) and diverse platforms… Read More »
First it was personal computers — that’s where Moore’s Law, which dictates that the number of transistors on a chip doubles every 24 months, made its mark as a tech industry maxim that could turn geeks into millionaires. Then came the next version, with cell… Read More »
Analytics giant Omniture is adding a video measurement dashboard to its SiteCatalyst analytics service. The move brings Omniture into competition with homegrown video measurement companies like TubeMogul, Visible Measures and GlanceGuide. Omniture’s new video feature will aggregate data from views, ratings, and… Read More »
With so many ways to test a notebook platform and battery, I try to stick with techniques I’ve used before. This offers consistency in the test and therefore offers a frame of reference. That’s why I used the Battery Eater test in Classic mode on… Read More »
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