Several years ago I closely covered the muni Wi-Fi fad: city-wide wireless that was supposed to (and often failed) to offer consumers a cheaper wireless option than those offered by phone and cable companies. Now the next new thing in wireless — the smart grid —… Read More »
Archive for May 2009
While the rest of the geek world waits for the June 6 launch of Palm’s Pre, BGR finagled a unit early. They’re working on a full review, of course, but they’re already offering their first impressions. What they’ve seen so far is what I’ve… Read More »
Kamal DS (not related to Nintendo DS) over at GadgetMix spent a short amount of time with the newest Acer netbook and comes away with a mixed bag. The AO751H offers a higher resolution of 1,366 x 768 on its generous 11.6″ display, so that’s… Read More »
When it comes to potential battery partners for plug-in vehicles, Volkswagen is now a triple-timer: The German automaker has a year-old partnership with Sanyo Electric to develop batteries for plug-in vehicles, and a three-month-old arrangement with Toshiba for an upcoming electric concept — and… Read More »
Team Fortress 2 has already been on the market for 18 months, but the multiplayer shooter from Valve Software didn’t reach the peak of its popularity until last weekend — thanks in part to this month’s release of Meet the Spy, the latest… Read More »
The wireless and broadband revolution is finally spreading to the final frontiers of our planet. India, China, Brazil, Russia and the African continent have become major drivers of growth of the telecom networks. Across the planet people are signing up for either mobile services, landlines or… Read More »
This morning I spent five hours at the doctor’s office having some routine tests, and it gave me the opportunity to observe how the practice is run. My doctor is a very tech-savvy guy, and he uses a Fujitsu Lifebook convertible notebook in the office. I… Read More »
The spread of 3G networks in the U.S. has taken off at long last. The four major players in the U.S. 3G game, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile, all offer 3G services, and those who are considering stepping up to the 3G plate have to make… Read More »
Chrysler EV Plan: In proposals submitted to the Department of Energy as part of a bid for matching funds, Chrysler says it wants to spend $224 million developing plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles, with an equal amount coming from its “partners” if the DOE approves the… Read More »
Many people who manage web sites, blogs and web applications wrestle with the job of translating text to other languages, as discussed here. Babylon has long been a widely used tool for doing on-the-fly translations of words, text strings and entire web pages. It’s… Read More »
As a kid, or even as a university student, if anyone had mentioned back-to-school shopping, sales, gear, or anything else this early in the game, I’d definitely have lost it on them. The summer has yet to begin, just let me get my bearings! Still, if I… Read More »
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