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Sometimes I just feel so…out of touch. Who is “Fred” and why is he so freaking huge on YouTube? Seriously. He has four of the site’s top 20 videos this month, attracting a total of more than 12.7 million plays. Of the 16 videos he’s … Read More »

The Solid State Disk (SSD) is starting to appear in a lot of mini-notebooks since one was initially included in the orginal Asus EEE PC.  We’ve all been waiting … Read More »

 
 

iPhone: Does 3G Matter to You?

When I see folks like AT&T Mobility’s CEO say the iPhone “totally and completely mobilizes your data” now that it’s 3G-capable, I know we’re not quite living in the same world. Ralph de la Vega may view 3G as a … Read More »

Don’t count on seeing any MIDs thinking they can run a desktop operating system like Vista on an AMD processor. In fact, … Read More »

GearJuice Offers Power Backup for Phones

If you’re the sort of person who runs their phone battery down to nothing on a regular basis, IOGear’s new GearJuice, could provide just the bit of insurance you need to stay connected. It’s basically a shell that fits around … Read More »

Is a Solar Juice Bag Worth It?

I love my bags. In 1999 I swapped a $400 leather overcoat for the perfect recordbag/backpack/laptop bag…in 2002 I found a Levis faux-denim convertible messenger+backpack that I hung onto for years, until I replaced it with a Timbuk2 Detour, and this March a Commute … Read More »

WWDC: Slim Pickings for Web Workers

The Steve Jobs keynote at WWDC 2008 ended a few minutes ago, and now it’s time to reflect on what it means to web workers. In truth, what it means is – not much. While WWDC is a developer conference, the usual runaway rumors had many … Read More »

Cell Phones Won't Turn Your Brain to Popcorn

After our computers, our cell phones are surely the most essential tool for most web workers. With our on-the-go working habits, many of us spend hours every week with the tiny phones pressed to our ears, dealing with clients and coworkers. Recently the potential health risks … Read More »

Hedge Your Tech Bets with a Buyback Plan

If you’re like most web workers, you’ve got a stack of obsolete hardware in a closet somewhere. Now TechForward, a relatively new company, wants to take your future junk off your hands – and pay you for it. Their concept … Read More »

Pingie SMS service adds weather, traffic, links

As more folks move to 3G-enabled handhelds, it’s easy to overlook the use of SMS for getting quick and timely information. We covered Pingie a few months back because it … Read More »

Five Ways to Boost Your Battery Life

If you’ve ever been in the frustrating position of needing to get something done while on the move, and having your notebook battery die, you know the mobile vicissitudes. As more and more people use hotspots, and compute on the go, I’m surprised that they often … Read More »

8 Ways to Use a Whiteboard in Your Home Office

The traditional whiteboard isn’t exactly a hip Web 2.0 app, but it has many uses for the web worker. If you already have one or you’re thinking of getting one, consider these roles it can handle when it comes to your work and life. Read More »

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Work-at-home web workers seem to divide into two categories: those who make do with just a laptop computer balanced on whatever flat surface has just enough space to hold it, and those who try to establish a personal workspace that makes it easy and pleasant to … Read More »

Considering the “on-again, off-again” nature of the free AT&T WiFi for Apple iPhone customers, this might be another spin down the same path. Still, I have to believe that … Read More »

CBS is bragging that when it acquires CNET, as it announced it would do this morning for $1.8 billion in cash, it will instantly become “one of the 10 most popular Internet companies in the U.S., with a combined 54 million unique users per month, … Read More »

Hiawatha Bray, a writer for The Boston Globe had an opportunity to tour the new Boston Apple Store set to open this Thursday, at 6:00 pm. Bray got to see a new innovation at this Apple store: a green roof. Not the “green” that means … Read More »

VoIP has some major advantages over traditional landline phones. First, typically you can call phones in the US and Canada for one monthly flat rate. Also, international calls can be made very cheaply. Included services with your flat rate service include: call waiting, call … Read More »

We were so excited about giving away our HP HDX Dragon prize bundle today that we missed telling you about today’s contest kickoff over at Windows Connected.  They have just kicked off their 7 day contest so you’d better get over there and get your … Read More »

In an earlier post, I made the point that web workers who rely on home Wi-Fi networks, and who haven’t yet upgraded to 802.11n Wi-Fi wireless technology should definitely do so. Even though the 802.11n Wi-Fi proposed standard is not quite ratified yet, and some … Read More »

The rumor mill has been churning for months, with both RIM and Apple gearing up for Round 2 in the smartphone wars. Apple fans hope the next iPhone stomps the BlackBerry into the ground for business users, while the CrackBerry addicts hope the next BlackBerry will … Read More »

A director friend called to tell me about a new web series he’s working on. We were chatting when he asked “How many episodes should I launch with?” Hmmm… That’s an interesting question. The web is so much more flexible than oldteevee, you could release as … Read More »

As the good weather takes hold in the northern hemisphere, more and more of us think of hauling the laptop computer out to the park or the back yard to do some billable work in a natural setting. What could be better than tanning while you … Read More »

Reckon the Blackberry is only good for email? Maybe when it’s fresh out of the box. But if you want to bump it up a few notches, here are seven powerful applications that can transform the way you use and interact with your BlackBerry. Jott for … Read More »

Many web workers are nomadic with their work. I certainly am, and I try to constantly collect tools for making this working lifestyle a little easier. In this post, I’ll round up five good ways to go about this. Online Storage. I continue to be surprised by … Read More »

Typically, there are two ways of getting online when you are traveling: either rely upon Wi-Fi hotspots where you can find them, or pay for a mobile broadband cellular card.  However, mobile broadband cards are very expensive when you do a pay-as-you go … Read More »

In a similar vein to a post I put up recently titled The Time is Now to Go to 802.11n, several 802.11n-related initiatives are taking shape this week that should be of interest to web workers. Whether your home Wi-Fi network is already 802.11n-based or … Read More »

It’s official: the Lenovo U110 IdeaPad is now available direct from the Lenovo site. A red one will currently get to you faster than a black one: 3 to … Read More »

The first taste is free, or in this case, the first 500 GB. Velocix is betting on the free business model bandwagon today by giving away its entry-level CDN service. The move isn’t surprising as CDNs are engaged in a bit of a Read More »

From Google Reader to NetNewsWire to Vienna, RSS readers have become somewhat of a commodity, with all of them providing a similar feature set and the same approach to getting your fill of feeds. Then, along comes Dustin MacDonald who – not content with the … Read More »

Whasai!* Chinese officials are cracking down on Internet cafes that let customers download illegal copies of movies. Beijing courts are levying bigger fines for copyright infringers as part of an overall campaign against piracy. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a third of China’s Internet … Read More »

In a post I did the other day titled The Time is Now to Go to 802.11n Wi-Fi, I made the point that many people who aren’t switching to Draft-N Wi-Fi because the standard isn’t ratified yet should go ahead and do so, because performance … Read More »

If you’re a user of a high-quality audio program such as Google Talk, Gizmo Project, or Skype, you know the difference these tools produce in audio quality when compared to a normal landline or cell phone call.  The … Read More »

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how you could optimize a Windows Mobile 6 Professional smartphone for web workers. This week I move onto the iPhone, which, according to research firm Canalys, accounted for 28% of the US smartphone market as of Q4 2007. … Read More »

Are you using 802.11n wireless technology to power your home Wi-Fi network? If not, you really should. Recently, I upgraded my home Wi-Fi network and the devices I have attached to it. I bought a Linksys WRT105N router for under $100, and a few inexpensive … Read More »

As if web workers didn’t have enough to worry about: now AT&T Vice President Jim Cicconi says we’re on the verge of exceeding the capacity of the internet to move bits around. He puts the breaking point in 2010, a scant two years away, and … Read More »

Mario is like the R.E.M. of Internet memes. While most memes Rickroll out of nowhere, take over our collective consciousness, only to evaporate almost as quickly, performing cover versions of the Super Mario theme song seems to endure. Like R.E.M., Mario has achieved and maintained … Read More »

“Do you own a fax?” Either you say you do, or you quickly reply that you don’t, but you can be contacted via email. Although most web workers snub the fax machine, it keeps finding its way into our lives when someone asks us that question. … Read More »

In the "color me embarrassed" department PC Magazine is reporting that a recent Vista update is wreaking havoc with some user’s USB devices.  Microsoft has admitted the update created … Read More »

We’re about to be subjected to another extended argument in the blogosphere over the relative merits of Mac and Vista personal computers. That’s because Popular Mechanics just published the results of their “ultimate lab test,” a supposedly objective comparison of laptops and desktops including benchmarking … Read More »

At Web Worker Daily, we’re aware that not everyone is working on the web from a hotel suite, home office, or coffee shop. Quite a few of our readers are leveraging the web from a more corporate location such as the … Read More »

One of the few synchronization applications for getting Google Calendar info to your handheld just got a wee bit better. GooSync added a new Task synchronization feature to the Premium … Read More »

This Verizon Wireless morning announced a new pricing plan for customers.  Dubbed “E-mail and Web for Smartphone,” the new package is priced at $29.99. Verizon has aimed this data plan at those who are looking for unlimited e-mail and Internet Browsing. E-mail and Web … Read More »

Want a Mac Pro so you can join the cool web working kids but can’t afford one? Miami-based whitebox computer manufacturer Psystar made some waves over the weekend as the tech press noticed their OpenMac: a $400 x86-based clone that … Read More »

The dedicated web worker can do pretty much anything within the confines of a web browser these days: send and receive email, create and share documents, chat via various messenger services, update task lists and calendars, even (thanks to sites like Heroku or Bungee Connect) create … Read More »

It’s been a great week for the BBC’s iPlayer project: The Beeb has just announced that the iPlayer is now attracting 550,000 daily views on average. The iPlayer is also now officially available on the Wii, making it the first … Read More »

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