Stories for Jun. 25, 2005

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Camino is Firefox done right for Mac. The beat alpha version of 0.9 is a sizzler. It is brisk, clean and better than Firefox. Jonathan, thanks for the tip. Add this bit of spice, and go zoom! via Read more »

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MuniWireless reader in comments section posts: “The provider is Progress Telecom. The city has selected another vendor to provider a wider area of free WiFi coverage which should start within a matter of weeks following the approval by the Orlando city council of the new contract.” Read more »

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Reuters.com says sourcing are telling them that Motorola and Apple are working with Cingular and plan to rollout iTunes phone. I wrote about this a couple of days ago. via Read more »

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Former offices of IBM Corp. offices have been rewired for broadband and are at the epicenter of a “Digital Dutchess” initiative, which hopes to turn Dutchess County in Hundson Valley, NY into a tech hub. I often wonder, how many of these tech-hubs can we have […] Read more »

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I will be conducting a panel on search for blogs at the SDForum Vertical Search conference, to be held June 28th at Santa Clara’s (CA), Networking Center. The keynote speaker will be David Hills, the CEO of LookSmart. More details here. June 28, 4:00-4:45pm News / […] Read more »

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Owners of computers with integrated Intel wireless chip sets have complained of problems maintaining WiFi connections for a while and I have been following Rob Bushway’s problems with the wireless connectivity on his brand new Motion LE1600 Tablet PC.  Rob was able to fix his problem […] Read more »

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South East Asia region is the current leader in IPTV adoption, with seven out of 13 countries already having rolled out some sort of service including PCCW’s NOW, which is the largest IPTV deployment in the world, and accounts for one third of the total global […] Read more »

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Note:  I am re-posting this to accomplish two things- get my end notes from the Summit in text that is searchable so anyone looking for something here can find it, and to see what others think about inking posts in blogs.  Like many others I think […] Read more »

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Unstrung says NTTDoCoMo has conducted a successful trial of a 4G wireless technology that at present can do 1Gbps real-time packet transmission in the downlink at the moving speed of about 20km per hour. Of course in real life the speeds are going to be much […] Read more »

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Some media outlets have been receiving invitations from Apple for a July 7th event, which could features launch of iTunes 4.9 with podcasting support. New iPods? Perhaps? The details are sketchy. However, there are some who are arguing that we could see the launch of the […] Read more »

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O’Reilly’s MacDevCenter has two articles up which I think should be required reading, especially with the ongoing iTunes buzz. One is on video playing in iTunes and other is audio gadgets. Read more »

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Do you remember, when you were a kid, about the rumors of an iTunes phone coming?

How about the mock ups, samples and photos smuggled out of shows and product launches?

Well, there’s even more evidence that Read more »

Stories for Jun. 24, 2005

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Attensa launches at Gnomedex, joining the ranks of many already forgotten names. Given that Newsgator does precisely the same thing, I am not even thinking about being impressed! Read more »

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This morning, I got involved in a Macs vs. PCs argument on a listserve I belong to on the topic of viruses and security. There had been an email on the listserve that was spam, and some of the email variations were infected with a virus. […] Read more »

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Desperately seeking growth, german incumbent Deutsche Telekom’s T-Online will cut prices on its DSL services by upto 63% in order to win back market share. Arcor, HanseNet, United Internet and Freenet.de are stealing customers by thousands from the German incumbent. “It’s time to show our competitors […] Read more »

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Silicon Valley start up Akimbo has started to deliver video blogs on its video-on-demand TV service. Consumers can find Rocketboom, FreshWave.TV, Clint Sharp’s Vlog, Steve Garfield’s Video Blog and “The Carol and Steve Show,” alongside programs from A&E, BBC, CNN, HGTV, Cartoon Network and others. Hey […] Read more »

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Ranjit offers some advice to Windows digital music lovers. “If you are like me and use both Windows Media Player and iTunes, and want to synchronize settings (Ratings, Playlists, Covers etc), you need Music Bridge.” via Read more »

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In a nutshell, the Sonos DMS is a series of Linux-powered wirelessly networked amplifiers on steroids. More! Read more »

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If you think the del.icio.us user interface sucks, (like I do), then you will truly get a kick out of this AJAX-based web UI. mmmmmm! good! link Read more »

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Et Tu Greg? Greg Maffei, had the world on a string as the CFO of Microsoft. And then he was overcome by the fumes, and decided that he wanted to be part of the optical boom. So on he went to 360Networks, one of the many […] Read more »

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They are sending a letter sent to Capitol Hill today, the groups urged Members of Congress to support legislation that will ensure that local governments are not prevented from providing broadband networks to their residents and businesses. Senator John McCain is leading the charge in Washington. […] Read more »

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Kevin and I mentioned the I/O Magic Gigabank portable hard drive on a recent techADDICTION Show and for those interested I4U has published a review of the little powerhouse. Read more »

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Microsoft has been trying hard to push its own digital video compression standard, Windows Media 9, but apparently MPEG4 compression codec is becoming quite popular with telecom operators who are rolling out IPTV networks. MPEG4 is said to be ideally suited for HDTV transmission running over […] Read more »

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You probably remember Think Secret, the Mac enthusiast site that Apple sued for soliciting secret information from Apple employees.  Well, they are back with a report that Mac software developers are already receiving Intel-based development systems from Apple and Think Secret has a lot of information […] Read more »

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Verizon has announced the release of the Samsung i730 Pocket PC Phone Edition which has integrated EVDO capability making it the fastest wireless Pocket PC.  Dale Coffing of MobilePassion has published a typically thorough review with lots of photos.  The i730 has a sliding QWERTY thumb […] Read more »

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Netfront is a nice browser for the Pocket PC platform but Access doesn’t seem to be very interested in the platform anymore.  They have taken an inordinately long time to update to the current version 3.2 and when they released it a few months ago it […] Read more »

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Far from the maddening crowds, there was a big brouhaha between the two brothers – Anil and Mukesh – jointly known as the Ambanis and the owners of Reliance Group, a $22.5 billion conglomerate, that is as indispensable to the Indian economy as Intel is to […] Read more »

Stories for Jun. 23, 2005

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Running around in my head for ages has been the issue of network connectivity. You see, while I absolutely love my Powerbook, one of the most frustrating aspects of any laptop is that switch between desktop and laptop modes. When the laptop is on my desk, […] Read more »

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Today is day 2 of the Handango Partner Summit in Miami and I was able to attend a number of presentations by various companies and get a feel for the direction we may be heading if the industry leaders are correct.  The Handango Partner Summit is […] Read more »

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It is so close and yet we know so little about Canadian broadband situation. Apparently, the broadband penetration north of the border is a whopping 20 percentage points higher than US. As of March 2005, Canadians enjoy a broadband penetration rate of 77%, while only 57% […] Read more »

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The project Generalitat de Catalunya (the Government of Catalonia) and Localret (a consortium of 782 municipalities) will roll out a $500 million fiber network that will sell wholesale service to other providers. Read more »

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James correctly points out that old skool media companies are learning new tricks. Broadband and video on demand tricks. Murdochs are doing it, and now the Malone gang is rolling out an Internet VOD service via its Chello broadband business. Read more »

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Given the feisty debate about the future of Motorola’s iTunes phone, it is hard to believe anything. However, now comes word that the phone might actually make it to the market, thanks to some intense lobbying effort by Motorola. Mark Sue, an analyst with RBC Markets […] Read more »

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The techADDICTION Show #13 (MP3 – 19.6MB – 57min) LISTEN HERE It’s #13 for techADDICTION, but unlucky for Kevin as his practical joke on James backfires in the first two minutes of the show! Prepare yourself for mobility galore as the technical twosome cover topics such […] Read more »

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For all of us who have grappled with poor voice connections, dropped calls and ultra slow wireless speeds, the promise of a high-speed wireless experience has been just that – a promise. For almost half a decade, I have tracked companies like Flarion, IP Wireless, Arraycomm. […] Read more »

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Flarion’s hitting streak might soon best Hideki Matsui for I can almost exclusively tell you that the company is about to make some big noise in one of the fastest growing telecom markets – India. The company’s technology is in trials in capital city of New […] Read more »

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