Neonode makes a tiny, gesture-driven GSM handset called the Neonode N2 that’s sexy and intuitive. Released five years after the N1 prototype, it packs rich multimedia capabilities, huge storage, and a unique navigation model consisting of thumb sweeps into an ergonomically satisfying design. And it’s made… Read More »
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As Christian Einfeldt of Digital Tipping Point recently noted, when Amazon published its Christmas wish lists, Linux devices figured prominently. And it seems like Linux is indeed all around us. Apple showed us Unix could look gorgeous; Nokia has used it as the basis for an… Read More »
The recording industry is undergoing a transformation. A similar transformation took place not too long ago, only then it was in the video arcade. Read More »
In case you missed it, the TSA has made taking spare batteries for laptops on flights much more difficult. In addition to banning them from checked luggage, the new ruling, which went into effect Jan. 1, limits the size and number of spare batteries you can… Read More »
Microsoft at its Mix’n'Match conference in Redmond, Wash. earlier this month gave the developer faithful an early look at a new technology called Feedsync, which combines subscription models like RSS with data synchronization. The result of Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie’s in-house think tank, Feedsync works… Read More »
WordPress is growing quickly – both as a hosted platform and also via standalone blog installations. The rapid growth and its open, flexible approach to blog design, means it may become a target for hackers who embed malicious code within themes they distribute. One… Read More »
Anssi Vanjoki, EVP of multimedia at Nokia, unveiled the handset manufacturer’s gorgeous N810 handset at the recent Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. I got a chance to play with it shortly afterwards, and I can tell you that it lives up to much of its… Read More »
Stale Java for the Mac Faithful
Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard, released last week, has over 300 new features. Too bad the latest Java SDK isn’t one of them. And the Java developers that use Mac OS are fuming. They’re feeling slighted: In January, Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs told the New York… Read More »
Web 2.0 & The California Fire Crisis
I was in San Diego this week, and the wildfires there were extraordinary. Hundreds of thousands of people — normal, suburban, it-can’t-happen-to-me people — were displaced, stuck on roadways and desperate for information. The nature of the emergency — multiple fires, moving quickly — meant information… Read More »
