April, 2009 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for April 2009

AT&T has adjusted its terms of service again — after retracting parts of a previous revision — to limit uses of mobile data plans for video services like Sling. The new change, as written up by DSL Reports today, excludes “redirecting television signals… Read More »

Solar firms have been hit as hard as anyone in the economic downturn as companies and residents have shied away from large purchases like rooftop and backyard solar panel installations. But First Solar, the stock market darling that is the leader in the thin-film solar space,… Read More »

 
 

No wonder this went unnoticed by most people. In the grand history of non-newsworthy news, this is right up there. Two days ago, Apple updated their MobileMe News page with the announcement of 24/7 Live Chat support. If you have a problem with MobileMe, and the… Read More »

When working on-site, it’s reasonably easy to maintain your employer’s or client’s confidentiality. But what about security in your home office? OK, so your dinner guests aren’t likely to be covert operatives for your employer’s largest competitor, angling to steal company secrets between the appetizer and… Read More »

http://www.youtube.com/v/CWWpiwkSYjI&hl=en&fs=1 Although my toolset flips back-and-forth, I’m streaming far more music to my handset than I used to. Last summer I stumbled upon Simplify Media for this purpose, but lately I’ve opted to use ZumoDrive. Regardless of the solution, this approach gets around the… Read More »

Daily Sprout

Tesla Model S Test Drive: The first person outside of the company to drive Tesla’s Model S concept car says the vehicle is “just barely ambulatory — more like a glorified golf cart than a harbinger of tomorrow tech.” — LA Times Segway Maker’s Next Step:Read More »

In iPhone OS Beta 3, there was a hint of a new feature that would presumably let a user change settings of the built-in App Store. With iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 4, seeded to developers earlier today, it has turned out to be a useful… Read More »

We recently told you about the BeBook Reader that has been making the rounds on the web, but word comes today from our friends at MobileRead of a new, smaller version. The Mini BeBook is reported to have a 5-inch screen and is… Read More »

I have been a fan of BlueAnt headsets for as long as I can remember. The V1 I have been using for a while is one of the coolest Bluetooth headsets I have ever used, and it works great with my iPhone 3G. The BlueAnt… Read More »

If you’re an actor, being a chameleon won’t make you a star — unless you make that versatility part of your mystique. That seems to be what actor Brent Rose is banking on. Rose is no stranger to new media, having co-created and starred… Read More »

Wave Hub, basically a giant underwater socket under development that wave power developers can use to feed power into the grid, has lost its second partner so far this year. Energy company E.ON, which had planned to use a… Read More »

I’m rebooting my life. After 10 years at the BBC, I’m switching careers and running my own business full-time. And that’s not the only big switch going on around here — I’m also moving from Windows to Mac for just about everything. Moving everything to the… Read More »

More Must Reads

We’ve had a couple of really great entries for our Paintbrush/Backblaze Contest but would love to see more! We’re really looking for some awesomely cheesy drawings here, so don’t feel like you need to be a pro artist. The cheesier, the better! As a reminder,… Read More »

I thoroughly enjoyed the time I had to play with the Intel Classmate Convertible, and that was timely as the folks at Peewee PC today are launching their commercial version of this netbook.  The Peewee PC looks to be the same as the… Read More »

TechHit’s OutTwit, a free Twitter client for Microsoft Outlook, hit version 1.0 this morning. If you’re a heavy user of Outlook and like to have everything in one place then OutTwit might be worth a try. OutTwit downloads tweets to an Outlook folder (make sure… Read More »

With the news this week that CBS would be banishing its new series Harper’s Island to Saturday night after sliding ratings, we checked in with Greg Goodfried, EQAL co-founder, president and COO, to ask about the future of companion web series Harper’s Globe. Goodfried pushed the… Read More »

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