January, 2010 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for January 2010

Focusing on a specific realm of the food world has been prolific fodder for many producers of web content, a fact reflected by last night’s Tasty Awards in San Francisco, where several creators working in the space were celebrated for their achievements. Frogwater Media’s Naked Wine… Read More »

I don’t know what to make of the way Microsoft handles Windows Mobile. You can’t look anywhere on the web without finding some information pointing to how far Windows Mobile is slipping behind the competition. Even enthusiasts, who regularly try to make sense of the direction… Read More »

 
 

WebWorkerDaily readers are a diverse bunch. Every week, I profile a different reader and ask them to share what they do, how they do it, and some of their favorite hints and tips. Who are you and what do you do? My name is Aditya Mahesh and I… Read More »

The Federal Communications Commission has received 23,137 filings and more than 100,000 comments on its proposed net neutrality rules, that would prohibit both wired and wireless Internet service providers from discriminating against the content flowing across their respective pipes. We take a look at some excerpts. Read More »

Not too long ago, EnerDel seemed mighty close to winning the contract to supply batteries for Fisker Automotive’s upcoming plug-in hybrid Karma. After several months of talks between the companies, EnerDel told us it had entered the in-vehicle testing phase, or what it described as… Read More »

The two federal agencies responsible for allocating $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus spending today released information about the next round of funding, which total $4.6 million. They also revealed how they would handle the missing $2.3 billion from the last round of grants. Read More »

5 Most Popular Posts on WebWorkerDaily This Week

Just in case you missed any of them, here are the five most popular posts on WebWorkerDaily this week: 5 Alternatives to Keeping a Fax Machine Many people don’t keep a fax machine any more. Thursday outlines five online alternatives. 10 Tips: My Personal Journey Toward Maintaing… Read More »

Well, America, 2010′s first round of schadenfreude, courtesy of Fox, has finally come to pass. Wednesday night, the second aired episode of talent competition American Idol introduced a nation hungry for distraction from the destruction in Haiti and the late night wars to General… Read More »

Yahoo wants to aggregate its users’ activities from around the web, something it’s laying the groundwork for with its pre-announced Facebook Connect integration, a key feature called Yahoo Updates, and the unification of all its applications onto a platform layer. Read More »

Here Comes Dynamic Caller ID

Flat Planet Phone Co., an Israeli VoIP startup, has developed a new VoIP technology called Dynamic Caller ID, that essentially allows you to have dynamically generated multiple Caller IDs. These IDs depend on the local number being dialed. Read More »

Just two weeks into the new year, California government authorities are helping to bolster one of our four green building trends to watch in 2010: the tightening of green building regulations. Earlier this week, a California state commission voted unanimously to approve the nation’s first… Read More »

I’ve been on my fair share of remote writing projects, including technical writing, contributing to books and writing for publications. Working on such projects and hearing from clients and colleagues about successful (and less so) remote writing projects, I’ve come to see that… Read More »

More Must Reads

Time and again, we get asked which cellular network is the best. The answer is: it depends completely on you and on varying factors outside of your control. Location, other network users in your area, and activities on the network at a given time all… Read More »

Netflix’s access to streaming video content from Disney and might be limited come 2012, unless Starz can negotiate a deal that will keep the studio’s new release titles online, according to Bloomberg. That would comes as a huge blow to Netflix, which depends on Starz… Read More »

As the controversy surrounding Google’s standoff with China continues, it’s easy to forget that many countries have closed Internet policies. While potential punishments can be severe, there are people and organizations around the world who circumvent censorship. Here are some of the free resources they use. Read More »

Macworld’s Joe Kissell observes that there are many fine Mac Web browsers to choose from, and there’s no reason not to have several installed so that you can switch among them as needed. Indeed, I virtually always have at least three up and running at… Read More »

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