September, 2009 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for September 2009

Here are some of today’s phone conversations I enjoyed reading or viewing on the web, along with some brief thoughts: Samsung OmniaPRO B7330 launching in October (Akihabara News) – The QWERTY keyboard on this Windows Mobile handset reminds me of the one used by… Read More »

I admit I opened up a can of worms when I voiced my opinion that a slate form is required for multitouch on a notebook to provide much benefit. The folks at Lenovo were listening and sent me the ThinkPad x200 Tablet PC to… Read More »

 
 

Seesmic has unveiled new features to its desktop application, which helps you manage your Facebook and Twitter accounts, including the ability for users to set up a column to follow Facebook Fan pages, making it easier to keep track of favorite celebrities, sports teams and… Read More »

We were all excited when we heard about the upcoming new Office Web apps that Microsoft will be rolling out next year. That excitement was tempered a bit when we found out we’d have to wait a good while before getting a chance to try… Read More »

Statistics from the exo.performance.network indicate that over half of computer users (50.6 percent) are now using the Firefox browser, InfoWorld reports. Despite this, Internet Explorer is still widely used, with 84 percent of users still turning to it “regularly.” These numbers indicate that a… Read More »

CBS Sports announced today that all of the SEC football games the network broadcasts will also be streamed live for free on CBSSports.com. CBS’ coverage of the SEC starts this Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET with Tennessee vs. top-ranked Florida. CBSSports will live stream 15… Read More »

Our buddy Xavier at notebooks.com uncovered a really nice deal for Windows 7 for students with a .EDU email address. Now until January 3 of next year, the lucky qualifiers can snag a copy of Windows 7 for only $29 come Oct.22, the date… Read More »

Comcast’s Amy Banse to Speak at NewTeeVee Live

With TV Everywhere top of mind as we head into the fall, we’re delighted to announce that Amy L. Banse, the president of Comcast Interactive Media and SVP at Comcast will be speaking at our NewTeeVee Live conference in San Francisco on Nov. 12.… Read More »

Years ago — even before Getting Things Done was all the rave — a powerful note-taking application named Notational Velocity, was all the rage. And then it lay nearly dormant. For years. But just a couple nights ago I received a fantastic email notifying… Read More »

Out of all the startups that have tried to reinvent the way we listen to music over the past decade, few have attracted as much attention as free streaming music service Spotify, the latest potential “iTunes killer.” As the European company moves to unleash its… Read More »

Less than a year ago, electric car startup Tesla Motors took a gamble that funding or loan guarantees from the Department of Energy would come through for the Model S sedan manufacturing plant, a project that would be key to the company’s future as something… Read More »

Worldwide IPTV and cable video equipment revenues jumped during the second quarter of this year, hitting $1.2 billion, up 15 percent from the first quarter, according to new data from Infonetics. Additionally, the research firm predicts more M&A activity in the operator space because of… Read More »

More Must Reads

Although much has been said about the death of RSS I, for one, still get most of my news via RSS feeds every day. I find Twitter to be filled with too much extraneous junk, and services like Friendfeed and Facebook still don’t offer the feature… Read More »

It’s fun sitting down with a meme just past the expiration date, right at that moment when it’s gone from being a hilarious in-joke you’re sharing with the Internet to a tired and overplayed gag. That’s right — we’re going to talk about Kanye. The recap, for… Read More »

Need more browsing room in Firefox for your netbook? Back in March, we highlighted jkk’s easy optimizations that make using Firefox on a small screen more enjoyable. Most of those same techniques appear today on Lifehacker, but there’s even more you can do. Gina… Read More »

Like many of us, I spend a lot of time on the web and come across a staggering number of interesting things. In Clearing The Cache, I pull out some of my favorites and share them with you here. Online identity manager Read More »

I’ve said before that I want to get rid of phone numbers. Seriously. I’d love for my contacts to just call me and not a number. But I’m not sure having people call me on the phone through Twitter is what I want. Regardless, this Read More »

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