The 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, which takes place Jan. 7-10 in Las Vegas, is rapidly approaching. Numerous important technologies — such as 802.11b, the first really widely adopted Wi-Fi standard — got their early boosts at the show. Here’s what to expect this time. Read More »
Archive for December 2009
The issue of “transparency” has taken over the Copenhagen climate negotiations. If and how countries will provide verifiable measurements of their emissions reductions is the sticking point of the $100 billion annual fund that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced today, and a… Read More »
Greenwash or Real Deal?: “Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells Copenhagen that Iran, a fossil fuel giant, wants to dive into renewable energy and stitch cooperative links with other developing nations to develop non-fossil fuel energy,” including solar and wind. — WSJ’s Environmental Capital Road Ahead for… Read More »
Mobile consumers are increasingly looking to cut costs by moving to bargain-basement unlimited prepaid plans. One consumer advocacy group says that getting out of your postpaid plan and moving to prepaid may be cheaper than you think. Read More »
My favorite Windows utility has long been SnagIT by TechSmith, a screen capturing tool deluxe. I was ecstatic to hear that a Mac version has been released in beta, so I grabbed it and started using it right away. The ease of use of SnagIT… Read More »
Documenting attractive young people as they attempt to achieve their dreams has made Simon Fuller’s 19 Entertainment a global entertainment monolith — it’s that company’s coffers you fill when you watch American Idol. But for his newest project, Fuller is skipping over TV audiences and… Read More »
Dan Bricklin’s Note Taker App lets you take quickly take notes on the go by sketching onto your iPhone’s/iPod touch’s screen using your finger. Because scribbling small notes would be difficult, the app lets you write using large gestures, then shrinks your notes to fit… Read More »
It is Thursday and that means it’s time for another Palm Press. Palm Press is our weekly look at the world of Palm. Pre owners are all atwitter with news that the Palm Pre was one of the top trends on Twitter for 2009. The… Read More »
What’s the Italian word for “schadenfreude?” YouTube lost a copyright infringement suit to Mediaset — the Italian broadcasting firm that Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi founded — just a few days after clips of Berlusconi being assaulted began… Read More »
A123Systems, the Massachusetts-based battery maker that snagged a big Department of Energy grant and pulled off a successful IPO earlier this year, has just announced a new joint venture in China. Partnering with SAIC Motor — General Motors’ partner in the Chinese market… Read More »
Verizon yesterday said it tested a fiber technology that delivered 10 Gbps downstream over its FiOS network and 2.4 Gbps in upload speeds. It smoked its current speeds using Huawei gear and a forthcoming standard called XG-PON. Read More »
We’re still a good year away from the first Chrome OS netbooks that may come directly from Google, but more interesting to me is which processor will power them. My gut says that the Google-designed device will go ARM all the way for a few reasons. Read More »
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