Stories for Jul. 15, 2005

In the small yet capable category the MobiBLUE DAH-1500 MP3 player firmly fits.  The tiny audio player is just under one cubic inch in size yet packs 512 MB of memory and an FM tuner inside.  Anything But iPod has a nice review of the little […] Read more »

Shawn Erdenberg is a student at Purdue University who recently purchased a Toshiba Tecra M4 Tablet PC.  He has written a very thorough review of the M4 and anyone interested in the device should certainly give it a read.  His review gives an in-depth look at […] Read more »

The New York Times has an article about using a Junxion Box with a Verizon EVDO modem card to share the high-speed wireless connection over WiFi.  The Junxion Box is a simple and driver-free way to plug the modem card in, connect to Verizon’s BroadbandAccess network, […] Read more »

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You heard me correctly, networking at 500 miles per hour.  Eric Mack and Michael Sampson cracked open their Toshiba Tecra M4 Tablet PCs on a flight last month and using a crossover network cable were able to create a little LAN while cruising through the clear […] Read more »

Given my apathy for Motorola interface, I refuse to use any of their phones, But when reader, Jonathan Hirshon, Principal at Horizon Communications, sent in this tip, I could not resist sharing it with all of you. Hopefully you benefit from his insights. iSync is great […] Read more »

Oh boy, Broadbandits are falling like flies. Bernie Ebbers is going to the big house for 25 years, and now news that Robin Szeliga, former CFO of Qwest has pled guilty. Rocky Mountain News says she could face up to 10 years in prison. Joe Nacchio […] Read more »

Light Reading says a snafu in Cisco routers cause a big Internet outage in China. China Netcom’s 200,000 customers were offline for a bit. Is this the opening Huawei has been looking for? Read more »

Wall Street Journal says HP to do some restructuring. Analysts expect about 25,000 to be given a pink ticket. Many will send Carly an email: Wish you were here. (Insert, Scott McNealy one-liner here, except, these days Sun is the joke!) Seriously, these painful steps just […] Read more »

Networking Pipeline says two security holes in Cisco CallManager software means at best there could be a “denial-of-service style crash, at worst, a situation where the attacker could redirect calls at will or even eavesdrop on conversations.” ISS press release and Cisco advisory! Read more »

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In Silicon Valley, being the tech pioneer doesn’t necessarily mean success. Netscape comes to mind, and so do countless other products. Another company that has one blazed the path for countless others in the hotter-than-Oakland Athletics VoIP-business is Vocaltec. Despite an all around boom in the […] Read more »

Karl Bode says it all. Read this, and ignore every headline about Broadband price war. This truth, rest is well imagination. Read more »

Stories for Jul. 14, 2005

The second half of baseball season got under way. It means 12 bad days and 12 sleepless nights for me, the Yankee fan. We play BoSox, Angels and Texas Gunslingers – I mean the Rangers. Tough teams to beat, given the recent shakiness Yanks. Pitching is […] Read more »

We’re not Afraid is tracking the human tragedy that happened in London this past week. They are hosting messages, and photos and their existing servers cannot handle the load. They need help with bandwidth and hosting. People, please step-up to the plate and give. I know […] Read more »

Om Malik just got the inside scoop from a sipphone.com executive of the growing success of The Gizmo Project, which has showed a very high adoption rate and enthusiasm from the Mac Community. It would appear Michael Robertson heeded the advice he had sent out to […] Read more »

Podcasting Network, an Ozzie-podcast based network is seeing a massive jump in downloads as interest in podcasting goes up. The number of downloads rose from 91,965 in May to 205,766 in June, more than doubling growth in a single month. more Read more »

I have received some product information from Nyko, maker of accessories for the PSP, that contains details of two new products they are just releasing.  The cooler of the two is the Nyko Theater Experience for PSP that is basically a protective aluminun case that acts […] Read more »

In a ruling that shows how logic is never used in copyright infringement court proceedings, Stephen Cooper was found guilty of copyright infringement in Federal Court in Australia.  Cooper didn’t host pirated music recordings on his site but the court ruled he was guilty for posting […] Read more »

PBS has announced the first downloadable web-exclusive series from a major broadcaster, NerdTV.  The series will be available September 6 and will feature the host Robert Cringely, the technology columnist for PBS.  The show will feature Cringely’s interviews with technology personalities like PayPal co-founder Max Levchin […] Read more »

The email program built into the Windows Mobile OS has never been very full-featured and a number of third party apps have appeared over the last few years to fill the void.  CE Professional is a program that takes the look and feel of desktop Outlook […] Read more »

Greg Hughes is back with his day two review of the Lenovo ThinkPad X41 Tablet PC.  He is getting more detailed about the specifics of the unit and has some nice photos with his article, which you should go read if you are interested in the […] Read more »

Sharp is proposing one of the most interesting display ideas I have heard yet with their DualView LCD.  The DualView LCD displays two different screens depending on viewing angle.  That is brilliantly simple, isn’t it?  This could be great technology for incorporating into mini-notebooks that would […] Read more »

In the beginning there was Palm, and it was good. Many throughout the land had Pilots, and it was very good. Then a deep malaise descended on the people and the Company lost its way and much market share was lost, and it was not good. […] Read more »

A few months ago I wrote that start-ups are missing out a big opportunity by not addressing the Mac market first. Mac users are early adopters and amongst them are many bloggers/media people who can help create the buzz for the product. Apparently someone was listening […] Read more »

Mac lovers might have been happy to upgrade to OS-X Tiger earlier this year, but like me they very quickly realized what a piece of garbage it really was. Two upgrades later, I have finally found a feature I love – the new improved wireless access. […] Read more »

Stories for Jul. 13, 2005

At Macworld Boston this week, a new service called Etch-A-Mac was debuted. “Wait, does that company do what I think they do?” you might ask. And yes, they do. This company has just launched their new laser-based personalization service which uses a CO2 laser to etch […] Read more »

Ben Kuo, who’s right outta SoCal, send us this Google Map mash-up that well maps the SoCal VCs and also restaurant maps with reviews. Fantastic. Read more »

Techdirt swats the “stratellites.” Press releases aside, they are full of crap. I have said that time and again…. that’s just gas! Read more »

That BellSouth is buying Vonage is even a rumor, that’s just loco. Why in the name of god would they pay $4375 per subscriber (total $3.5 billion) when they very well know that Vonage customers bail much before the vital two year pay-off period is over. […] Read more »

Global IP Sound is fast becoming a standard for broadband voice – Skype, Gizmo Project, and now Microsoft. The Microsoft deal could be the biggest for the San Francisco-based company. GIPS technologies are expected to be used with MSN and Microsoft Office Real-Time Collaboration (RTC) solutions. Read more »

Instat is forecasting a super duper year for cell phone handset business, with sales topping $112 billion. India, China and Eastern Europe are leading growth in emerging markets, but the growth is going to slow they predict. Read more »

Wifi Hotspots are being reinvented. Earlier MetroFi did the same kind of mash-up! More of Google Maps. Read more »

As the guy who helped perpetrate the biggest fraud ($11 billion or so) in the history of US business, this is fair. Ebbers was convicted in March on nine counts of fraud. “I find that a sentence of anything less would not reflect the seriousness of […] Read more »

MILFORD, Conn., July 12, 2005 – DataViz, Inc., leading provider of Office compatibility solutions for over 21 years, today announced that its new RoadSync solution for Palm Powered handhelds and smartphones is shipping. Based on the Exchange ActiveSync protocol licensed from Microsoft, RoadSync is the first […] Read more »

Fellow Lockergnome contributor Sven has published a good review of the Samsung i730 Pocket PC Phone Edition from Verizon.  Aside from Verizon’s continued disabling of the Bluetooth DUN profile (already hacked) Sven likes the EVDO speed in the palm of his hand.  You won’t find any […] Read more »

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