Stories for Jun. 14, 2005

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Mac OS X only comes on DVD and those who don’t have a DVD drive have to pay extra and wait for a set of CDs to be sent by Apple.  Or, if you have an iPod, you can create a boot install image right on […] Read more »

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Robert Scoble points to the Optimal Desktop people who posted an article describing how well OD works on a Tablet PC.  I have to be honest and admit that it never occurred to me that the program would work very well on a Tablet so I […] Read more »

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Julie of The Gadgeteer has reviewed the Sony U71P and has included a lot of photos in the article.  She took the Sony on a vacation trip and gives us a complete overview of the device and how well it worked for her.  She wishes the […] Read more »

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The New York Public Library system is offering 700 electronic audio books through digital downloading beginning this week.  This is the first time the NYPL has offered audio books using MIcrosoft’s copy protection scheme.  The books can be downloaded to computers and portable music players that […] Read more »

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Calisto Medical has finished clinical trials of their digital glucose monitor that indicates blood glucose levels through bio-electromagnetic resonance.  The Glucoband is worn like a wrist watch and can indicate the wearer’s glucose levels continuously.  Hopefully this means we will see these hit the market soon.  […] Read more »

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Armstrong Cable, one of the early wholesale customers of Vonage has shifted loyalties, got rid of Vonage and has decided to build out its own infrastructure. Nuera Communications will provide the company media gateways to bring together various parts of the network which is PacketCable based […] Read more »

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NetCraft: Small and regional banks and credit unions more vulnerable to phishing attacks. Makes sense, after all the big guys are spending big bucks and trying to plug the holes at the very least. Carlo Longino on the Sprint/Sirius deal: I have a hard time seeing […] Read more »

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Business 2.0 :: Terrestrial radio is under assault. The attacks are coming from all sides — satellite radio, iPods, subscription music services, broadband radio, and podcasting. Given all that, the $20 billion a year radio industry has to reinvent itself. Fast. So what’s a radio executive […] Read more »

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A week ago, I asked the question: how serious is Yahoo about voice? It seems they are quite serious! Much of it might have to do with Brad Garlinghouse who according to Andy was one of the big guns at DialPad, and is bringing the VoIP […] Read more »

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HP has announced the splitting of the PC business from the printer business to form two distinct divisions again.  The electronics giant had only joined the two business units together just five months ago so you will pardon me if I slap my forehead at this […] Read more »

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Hey if Apple can use x86 chips, why is it so difficult to imagine that Gentoo Linux project founder Daniel Robbins taking a job at Microsoft. He quit Gentoo in April and joined Microsoft only recently. “I’m helping Microsoft to understand Open Source and community-based projects,” […] Read more »

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US telecom companies, big and small, have been wheezing, desperate to get out of a slump that followed the bursting of the bubble. Look at Lucent – a company that nearly invented the industry is now competing with Chinese upstarts. AT&T, gone, part of SBC. Many […] Read more »

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Blinkx just signed a deal with iFilm which will be added as another content channel that’s searchable on blinkx.tv. At the moment, Blinkx is searching the metadata attached to the video files, But they’ve also kicked off a transcription-based index of all content, which will catch […] Read more »

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Skype just signed an agreement with Brightpoint, to sell and promote Skype products via the retail channel. Incase you did not know, Brightpoint is a cellular wholesaler. This is a major move, which pits Skype against Vonage. (We said so!) Secondly, I believe this is clear […] Read more »

Stories for Jun. 13, 2005

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I managed to get hold of some sneak peak shots of the Sonos Mac Desktop Controller. Sonos will be releasing the Mac DCR as part of the version 1.2 software upgrade, expected sometime later this summer. No more details at this moment, since the company is […] Read more »

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Skype has released an update to the VoIP program that adds some new features. Version 1.3 adds the following: Voice mail customers can leave voicemails to all Skype users, online or notSend pre-recorded messages to any Skype userOutlook contact import improvementsNew simpler interfaceImport contacts from MSN […] Read more »

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x180 / james duncan davidson: Dear Steve is an open letter to Steve Jobs regarding the switch-over to Intel Hardware. James helps put me at ease by detailing some of his first-hand experiences of the ease and speed of porting apps over to the X86 framework. […] Read more »

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….. and gone! Moseley Associates is buying assets of Proxim, a company that has tried everything from HomeRF to 802.11 to WiMAX to stay in business, but ended up filing for bankruptcy earlier this year. Deal is pegged at about $21 million. Of course it doesn’t […] Read more »

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Nokia, should make a perfect study for Harvard Business School, for it is a perfect example of a company that cannot make up its mind. First it develops its own browser, loads it up on its phones. Then it does a deal to bundle Opera in […] Read more »

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A video has surfaced that supposedly shows the developer version of the x86 version of Tiger running on a Dell Laptop. It seems very clear to me that this is a hoax. Not only does the video neglect to provide the easiest proof — a clear […] Read more »

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Kevin Tofel and I had a little chat about the rumored Yahoo & Skype merger talks and he suggested a name for the merged venture- Skypoo.  I don’t think that would fly myself, I think a better name is Yipes! Read more »

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Great new site just launched – BuildYourOwnMac.com. Basically it’ll run you through the items you’ll need to build your own Intel based Macintosh in preparation for the official – or unnofficial – release of Tiger for X86. Should be a nice way to save a few […] Read more »

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In the world of RSS readers for OS X, two pieces of software compete for the title of king. Both Newsfire and NetNewsWire have evangelistic user-bases, and both have their pro’s and con’s. I will be looking at these programs from a usability point of view. […] Read more »

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Centillium Communications, once a leader in the DSL chipset business is plotting a comeback on the back of its new chips, Palladia 400, an ADSL2++ chipset that can deliver up to 50 Mbps downstream and 5.5 Mbps upstream. It has a dedicated DSP for VoIP, has […] Read more »

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A massive strike and disrupted phone lines are amongst some of the tricks employees of incumbent local phone company Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd., or PTCL, pulled to protest against government’s decision to sell 26% of PCTL to investors. The government has of course arrested the strikers. […] Read more »

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Nokia is looking to leverage WebKit, the open-source project started by Apple based on Konqeror’s KHTML, in their next generation of mobile phones, the Series 60: “Apple is pleased to assist Nokia in creating their new Series 60 browser based on the same KHTML open source […] Read more »

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In case you missed it Lora Heiny’s What is New web site moved to a new server and there is a new RSS feed you may want to make a note of.  I meant to post this earlier but forgot.  :( Read more »

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Kathy Sierra has written a great piece about boring presentations.  If you go to the same meetings I do where they always crack open the old PowerPoint presentation you know what she is talking about.  Kathy puts it best when she describes most PowerPoint presentations: Sometimes […] Read more »

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Dwight Silverman of TechlLog (Houston Chronicle) points to an IDC study that indicates that people who have home offices want notebook computers.  He goes on to recount how his self-employed wife wanted to consolidate all her computing needs and opted for a notebook computer to handle […] Read more »

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During the bubble entrepreneurs raised venture capital, now they play poker to keep the lights on. C/Net News.com picks up the story of “instant companies” and their alternative-to-VC funding ways to keep the business going. They pin the story on ClearContext, and how the founders are […] Read more »

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Microsoft has picked Aruba Networks to replace 5000 access points on various Microsoft campuses around the world, reports News.com. The deployment will be in 60 countries, 277 buildings and will have 25,000 simultaneous users. Financially how big the deal is hard to say. But the more […] Read more »

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Skype has become the darling of the media and blogosphere, and whatever modicum of skepticism that was there about its claims has vanished into thin air. Most are impressed by 41 million users (though no one can substantiate the number). Except one man – Aswath Rao […] Read more »

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The Tablet PC Show #12 (MP3 – 18.8MB – 54min 45sec) LISTEN HERE The Tablet PC Show #12 takes a different turn with the absence of co-host Marc Orchant who is off gallivanting across the country on a vacation while I remain behind to toil away […] Read more »

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It was my first WWDC ever. Rich was there too! I finally got around to learn a lot about Dashboard Widgets and Webkit. Apple Engineers are a passionate, dedicated and relentlessly-working bunch. If you’re into helping out the open-source community for the Greater Good, you might […] Read more »

Stories for Jun. 12, 2005

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This morning, if you are old fashioned enough to buy newspapers, you might have across some weekend inserts from major retailers, and somewhere inside you will find an offer too good to pass up, that is if you were planning to sign-up for Vonage and were […] Read more »

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Apple’s OS-X for x86 is running out in the wilds, though I have not been able to spot it. Engadget says that this works on any generic PC, and the iApps are running smoothly. Engadget found it on MacDailyNews, which in turn found on this site, […] Read more »

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Given all the sound-and-fury around the much speculated Skype-Yahoo mash-up, the big question that needs serious pondering is Yahoos voice gameplan. Reuters has an overview of Yahoos voice plans, and how they fit in with their partners, like British Telecom, SBC and other incumbent phone companies. […] Read more »

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Business Week’s Robert Hof has penned a fantastic piece on how the consumers are revolutionizing the way technology works. (Read, Power of Us) He looks at the amazing rise of Skype, Bit Torrent, Blogs and what not, and sums it up as a new tech-order. Ironically, […] Read more »

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A few days ago I mentioned that Nokia might be on a comeback trail, thanks to a good mix of low-end and super premium phones, which do away with odd designs that plagued Nokia product line for nearly two years. The new line-up has a certain […] Read more »

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I decided to create a mind map of a typical work day for the next Tablet PC Show (also an upcoming jkOTR article).   Yikes!   Mind map using MindManager, of course. Read more »

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