It didn’t take long to find the Atari ST version of the Sundog game I posted about yesterday. Thanks to reader Charlene for the headsup on where to download Sundog. This is the Atari version of Sundog that was originally released on both the Apple II […] Read more »
There seems to be a lot of talk these days about a whole slew of new iPod Minis, and new iPod Shuffles, with expanded capacities. I am sure many millions will be sold, and thousands of words will be devoted to reviews, and analysis of these […] Read more »
Given the high interest in podcasting, why doesn’t it surprise me that makers of AudioBlog, one of the podcasting playas’ is getting investment dollars from venture capital arm of Trans Cosmos of Japan. Earlier this summer Pod Show raised about $8.5 million from the likes of […] Read more »
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Anybody remember the game from the mid-80s called Sundog? It was released on the Apple II and later on the Atari ST and was one of the most enjoyable games I’ve ever played on any platform. It had two distinct modes, an overhead view when you […] Read more »
GMail Status app came out before the GMail Notifier which adds header-preview. Still, an acknowledgement from Google that us Mac users exist! Read more »
According to Engadget, Apple plan to introduce a new line of iPod minis in the coming month. They will be 75-80% smaller than the existing models, and offer a colour screen. There may also be an 8gb model introduced, likely to be priced at $299. The […] Read more »
There are no better testimonials for any program than those from long time users who are passionate about the application. jkOTR reader Scott Frickman sent me an email about the interesting program RecallPlus. Scott is an avid fan of the program and, oh, I’ll just let […] Read more »
update 09/05/2005: If you wish to enter information about Katrina Survivors, please click here to enter it on the earthlink katrina survivor search site. The comments section on this blog entry isn’t the most effective place to do so. orignal information: Taking a second for an […] Read more »
Chris Holland writes, “A few engineers here at EarthLink have gathered into a task force to quickly deploy a website, enabling disaster survivors to inform the world of their whereabouts and for their friends and relatives to find them in our database. We’re also actively seeking […] Read more »
Thin client has a new best friend – the Writely! This is to Microsoft Word what Yahoo Oddpost was to Outlook. An online collaborative wordprocessing tool, that is amazingly brisk, clean and has the crispness that will make ya’ll love it. Here is the link! Read more »
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On Tuesday Creative Technology made a claim that they have a patent on technology that Apple’s iPod uses. They’ve yet to say if they will be filling suit but technology lawyers believe it to be almost certain that they will. Creative said the patent covers the […] Read more »
Apple’s stepping up for hurricane relief in the wake of Katrina by including a link on the iTunes Music Store that accepts donations for the American Red Cross. All donations through the iTMS donation page are billed to whatever credit card you normally buy music with […] Read more »
One of the failings of iTunes is the inability to copy music files from the iPod to your iTunes library without third party utilities. I suspect Apple did this by design to keep we iTunes customers from copying our DRMed music. I recently rebuilt my Tablet […] Read more »
I am one happy geek today. Late last night I got fed up with Outlook crashing a few times a day and my HP tc1100 generally running slower and slower so I decided to rebuild the Tablet from scratch. I figured it was also a good […] Read more »
I thought I would share with all of you some great software resources that I have come across recently. No need to expand on that thought any more, so lets get started! Mail Here is a handy collection of plugins for Mail.app that allow users to […] Read more »
I think the Nikon Coolpix S4 is the compact camera for me. I need a camera small enough to carry around in my Booq bag but all the cameras of that size that I’ve looked at had a big failing. Most of them only have a […] Read more »
In my Business 2.0 story, Google Net, I outlined the how’s and why’s of Google’s dark fiber & WiFi plans, and in the accompanying graphic highlighted some of the “bandwidth hungry applications” the company may have on deck. On of them was Voice. I wrote Google […] Read more »
Fred Wilson is feeling blue and worrying about downturns What if that capital supply tightens? What if we have a recession in 2006 like many economists are now predicting? Read more »
Creative Technologies shipped about 4000 mp3 players in Japan that has a Windows virus. According to reports, the filesystem on the players contains one file that is infected with the Wullik.B (also known as Rays.A) email worm. Or as iPod lovers would say, reason number 9999 […] Read more »
Bloggers drive trends, mainstream media ratifies them, say SteveG and Rafat Ali. Here is their podcast about being a media hub. Read more »
Coming to you live from the Apple SoHo store here in New York, where I’ve been holding classes at EclipseWorld. I must say that the space and the layout are impressive (this is my first Apple store), and this is coming to you from one of […] Read more »
Looks like Madonna is shooting a commercial for Motorola. PopSugar figures, Music + Motorola= iTunes Phone? Maybe! Read more »
I finally had time to look at the media that HP included with the tc1100 and found a DVD disk that claims to be a Windows Tablet Edition OS disk. It also states that it contains the HP drivers and software on the DVD so I […] Read more »
Announcing the first Workshop on the Impact of Pen-based Technology on Education (WIPTE)! Organized by representatives from DyKnow, Microsoft, HP, and several major universities, the workshop will be held April 6-7, 2006, at Purdue University. WIPTE will bring together educators and technologists using Tablet PCs and […] Read more »
What’s the point of a five button mouse if you can use only two of them? Well, that’s what I thought when I started using IOGear’s Laser Mouse, which has been built for Windows. Except Jim Parsons sent me a link to nice shareware software called, […] Read more »
Boingo adds 30 more airports to its hot spot footprint including some Canadian ones. Meanwhile Toshiba MyConnect has started offering $3.95/hour WiFi access but that’s going to cost a one-time $9.99 plan activation fee. Me, I would settle for EVDO, if I can find it. Read more »
SBC, once again proving that it is one of the canniest companies in the world is likely to switch its name to AT&T once the deal closes. AT&T is a bigger, and perhaps a better loved brand than SBC, at least in People’s Republic of California. […] Read more »
What’s next from Google? Google Wallet?, the much awaited PayPal killer. There is the same 404 error on the Google Wallet page as we saw in Google Talk! (Of course this could be one big load of c..p)Good work, Google Rumors. eBay flew under the Google […] Read more »
I first mentioned Network Magic a while back and it generated a lot of interest since it makes it very simple to interact with your entire network using a graphical interface. I just got word from Pure Networks that a version 2.0 beta is available for […] Read more »
After a very brief beta period Microsoft has released the official version 1.0 of the nice utility, SyncToy. I have been using SyncToy since the beta was released early this month and it works very well. The SyncToy download page provides details on new features in […] Read more »
I am extremely pleased to see city officials opening the Houston Astrodome to house 25,000 evacuees from New Orleans. The Astrodome, once named the 8th wonder of the world, has been vacant since a new football stadium was opened in Houston and is the perfect venue to […] Read more »
If you took things at face value, then the recent fad of adding voice to the “instant messaging” clients is nothing but Silicon Valley’s version of keeping up with Jones. Yahoo (via DialPad acquisition), Microsoft (via Teleo acquisition), AIM, Google Talk and Apple’s iChat are taking […] Read more »
Today might be a good day to yell “touchdown.” Two months ago, I had reported that Microsoft had been eyeing Teleo, a small San Francisco-based VoIP provider. Now finally, there is a confirmation via C/Net News.com. “We’ve been making a lot of investments in voice, but […] Read more »
By way of something like a follow up to Chris’s earlier post, some of you may have seen that Slashdot ran this story titled “iTunes Might Lose Labels” the other day. Sensationalist headlines (as far as the tech press goes) are, of course, the norm over […] Read more »
Skype says, its not for sale! Of course, if you got $3 billion, then lets talk. The company says it might consider an initial public offering. Read more »
Hurricane Katrina has completely destroyed New Orleans. With the failure of two of the three levees that kept water at bay virtually all of New Orleans is under as much as 15 feet of water. I just watched a news report that had a helicopter flying […] Read more »
The fine folks at IOGear sent me a test unit of their new five button mouse, The USB Laser Mouse, promising me that it would be a fantastic experience, especially if you are using a PC laptop. They said you could program the five buttons to […] Read more »
Lora Heiny points to David Coursey’s article “Tablet PC is Stronger than Predictions Suggest” and loves his statement “My expectation has been, and continues to be, that Tablet PC will only sell in large numbers when it becomes a no-brainer to buy”. This brings on the […] Read more »
What’s better than Gnomedex? How about two Gnomedex conventions next year? Chris Pirillo has stated that next year, possibly in April and September, they are planning on two separate Gnomedexes in locations as yet undecided. The popularity of the uber-geek convention has grown phenomenally due to […] Read more »
Opera is a cool browser that normally costs $39 for the ad-free version but today only Opera software is giving the full version away for free! All you gave to do is download Opera and then send an email to registerme@opera.com to obtain a registration code. […] Read more »
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