Microsoft is releasing SP2 for Office 2007 in a few hours, and as usual you will want to get this installed ASAP. There are a lot of fixes and improvements to the entire Office package, but the most notable may be the big Outlook performance… Read More »
Archive for April 2009
Facebook only just announced that it would be making its stream API public, and now it’s following up with the launch of a new Adobe AIR desktop app that takes advantage of those capabilities. Yes, it’s an AIR app, which makes it… Read More »
More people watching Hulu, but not for as long (NewTeeVee) Amazon buys iPhone ebook reader Stanza (TheAppleBlog) Intel, Dell among the IT firms buying considerable “green power” (Earth2Tech) How to make a client feedback form (WebWorkerDaily) Use the I Love BlackBerry app to find out… Read More »
An issue near and dear to Silicon Valley — financing for high-risk clean energy projects in the midst of a recession — took center stage on Capitol Hill this morning, as the Senate Committee on Natural Resources delved into the nitty gritty of proposed changes to… Read More »
Supreme Court Sides with the FCC Over “Fleeting Expletives;” court says agency followed proper procedures when issuing fines for swearing on broadcast TV, though the Supremes did not address the underlying free speech issue. (The Wall Street Journal) Researchers: TV Makes You Feel Less Lonely; new… Read More »
Apple and Verizon are in talks for the carrier to distribute an “iPhone-lite” device and a “media pad,” with one of the devices to be launched sometime this summer, BusinessWeek is reporting. As a Verizon subscriber, I wish I could believe this story, but we… Read More »
The Internet tubes have been awash with rumors of Apple and Verizon talks targeting a working relationship in 2010. While Verizon CEO Lowell McAdams has confirmed that they have talked to people at Apple, he’s otherwise not giving up any details about the discussions. Read More »
Updated: The UMID M1 has been available in Asia for a while but it’s only just starting to get available outside of Korea. Pocketables has received a unit from Australia and the obligatory unboxing has ensued. The UMID is basically a tiny clamshell that tries… Read More »
Last night saw the release of the latest latest beta of Firefox 3.5, which includes the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine (which should make web apps faster and more stable), Location Aware Browsing (as Om noted yesterday, we will see many more location-aware services… Read More »
A little while ago I posted an article about what to do when a contract closes. One piece of advice I gave was to gather feedback, using a form if appropriate. The key to whether or not people will actually use that form depends on your… Read More »
When Amazon released the HD version of its VOD service last week, the future of movie rentals seemed so close I could taste it. But while at first it was sweet, but after a few tries, it quickly turned bitter. Amazon’s high-definition streaming is close… Read More »
People who like to read books on their iPhones (including myself) will be pleased to hear that Amazon has grown tired of playing catch-up with Stanza on the platform and instead bought out the much smaller company behind the app, Lexcycle. The Stanza makers… Read More »
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