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 »
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 »
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 »
….. 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
The techADDICTION Show #12 (MP3 – 18.8MB – 53min) LISTEN HERE Tech talk, mergers, and hybrids, oh my! Follow Kevin and me as we take another trip through the world of gadgets and you will almost hear the silence of Kevin’s hybrid engine. Should Yahoo buy […] Read more »
MacDailyNews is reporting that the leaked copies of OS X Tiger for x86 will indeed run on standard PC hardware. This is not surprising, considering that this is a very early release, and Apple has no plans to make a profit off of this version. In […] Read more »
RIAA has been gunning for online pirates and fileswappers for a long time, but now it seems to have gone analog and is targeting record stores. Pitchfork reports that RIAA recently raided Mondo Kim, one of the leading indie-music/video stores in New York City, for “allegedly […] Read more »
The new Motion LE1600 is no question a sweet slate. Light and thin yet with all the features and ports a body could want (including DVI) . The specs are so good that several Tablet MVPs are now anxiously awaiting delivery of the new slate. Finding […] Read more »
From Sidekick to a Crackberry! What next? Her relationship and engagement is for real? via Read more »
It’s a flashback to 1995. Macs were still using Power PC in the far future. I was still using Windows at home of all things. And TopXNotes must have been created around this time. It has all the classic signs of.. well.. clasic-isms. Now to be […] Read more »
Microsoft has quietly released a beta version of a new graphics program, code named Acrylic. The program is available for download and I have been playing with it for a few days. It’s a little rough around the edges as you would expect for an early […] Read more »
Enemy of my enemy is my friend. Or that seems to be the logic behind today’s news announcement that Nokia will work with Intel to promote WiMAX, the much marketed but still not for sale technology. Nokia is in mortal combat with Qualcomm which is using […] Read more »
These are indeed the early days, but Yahoo, Google and countless others are gearing up for battle. Their goal? To become the search tzar of choice for the world’s nearly 2 billion phone users. Can’t find your way out of a paper bag? Yahoo offers driving […] Read more »
Qwest, after losing the battle for MCI is not averse to being taken out itself. “We’re looking at every opportunity as we look at the consolidation that is going on in our industry… And that’s all I’d better say about that,” Qwest chairman and CEO Richard […] Read more »
Fredericton, capital of New Brunswick in Canada is home to 80,000 residents. One of the coldest outposts up north, it is also a connected municipality, which is soon going to be enveloped in a wireless (WiFi) cloud, thanks to e-Novations Comnet, a telecom coop. The city […] Read more »
Industry watchers have announced that notebook computers have outsold desktops for the first time. This is not surprising as notebook computers have gotten comparable features as their larger counterparts. Throw in the facts that wireless networks have spread like wildfire and that notebooks now cost much […] Read more »
China has become the #1 DSL nation on the planet, with close to 20 million lines, zooming ahead of USA, Japan and South Korea, according to data collected by Point Topic. At the end of first quarter 2005 there were 107.3 million DSL lines, up 37 […] Read more »
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