So what does a true geek do over a three-day weekend? Install Microsoft Windows Home Server, of course! I’ve only just set up the server and haven’t utilized it all that much yet. I also decided to install it on a beefier box than planned. Originally,… Read More »
Archive for May 2009
Comedians hosting talk shows for the web are most definitely nothing new, either as a joke or for real. But one of the early pioneers in mocking the institution is definitely comedian Zach Galifianakis, whose inspired Between Two Ferns series has been… Read More »
Facebook today confirmed that it has received a $200 million investment from Digital Sky Technologies, valuing the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company at $10 billion, significantly less than it was in 2007 after an investment made by Microsoft valued it at $15 billion. In… Read More »
http://www.youtube.com/v/qzVyjwa7Mxg&hl=en&fs=1 Yesterday’s news of multiple Microsoft Exchange account support on the Palm Pre was just an appetizer for my excitement. Today brings the next, logical course: a video walkthrough of the actual email client, which ironically, I haven’t seen much of. Since I consume roughly… Read More »
Cloud file storage app Box.net (previously covered on WWD) today announced some nifty new features that should prove useful, particularly if you’re a freelancer working with remote clients: Tasks, Global Folders and Custom Branding. Tasks lets you assign tasks around files, which… Read More »
If you have followed us here for long you probably remember seeing this (and laughing at me): This was the actual setup I was using last year to watch college football. Laugh at me no more. This weekend the wife and I headed to Sam’s Club where… Read More »
EDITOR’S NOTE: We’re looking to bulk up the StatShot! If your company has interesting NewTeeVee-related data that you’d like to share on a weekly basis, we’d love to hear from you. Email us at info at newteevee dot com. Now, back to our regularly scheduled stats. The… Read More »
If you’ve followed the music biz’s uncomfortable adaptation to the online age, you’ve probably heard this one before: One segment within the industry is taking “a larger slice of a shrinking pie.” A new study from U.K.-based Juniper Research forecasts modest growth worldwide in mobile… Read More »
Ascent Solar Technologies‘ thin-film solar panels may soon be flying the not-so-friendly skies as Bye Aerospace, a startup developing jets with better fuel efficiency and lower emissions than today’s commercial and military models, said Tuesday it plans to incorporate Ascent’s panels into its first… Read More »
The news about a new “Urban Man Bag” from SF Bags only came out a short while ago, but the folks who make it have already shot me a sample bag to give you a quick look. SF Bags is the company behind the Waterfield… Read More »
10 golden rules of social media (WebWorkerDaily) Get ready for TwitterTeeVee (NewTeeVee) New iPhone to have video download/purchase capabilities? (TheAppleBlog) Steve Westly predicts the next cleantech startups (Earth2Tech) BlackBerry app “gwabs” contact data from email (jkOnTheRun) Open-source Amplifeeder centralizes social media (OStatic) Read More »
Earlier this month, O’Reilly Media published its latest title in the “Missing Manuals” series, Josh Clark’s “iWork ’09: The Missing Manual.” It throws a spotlight on Apple’s office suite, with how-to guides for the Pages word processor, the Numbers spreadsheet and the Keynote presentation app. Even… Read More »
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