Dan Gillmor discovered that Macromedia was putting stuff in the shopping basket which he did not order. They call it convenience, and it is everything but. I hope they fixed this glitch. One of Macromedia employees has been in touch and is working on getting it […] Read more »
Sonos might have set the bar for digital music systems for the home, but that doesn’t stop others from trying, and knocking it off its perch. The latest is San Francisco-based Olive Inc, which has just launched Symphony, a wireless music hub powered by IBM PowerPC. […] Read more »
So what’s the big news about a new review of the several years old Sharp Zaurus SL-5500? The SL-5500 is antiquated by today’s PDA standards and even Sharp has released a couple of later models of the Linux-based PDA. Readers may be interested in the Sharp […] Read more »
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Alera Technologies announced the availability of the USB Copy Cruiser Plus (UCCP) that provides a direct USB to USB connection between two devices eliminating the need to connect either device to a computer to copy files back and forth. The UCCP has two standard USB 2.0 […] Read more »
Tapwave has posted a notice on their website informing customers the Zodiac has been discontinued and that service and support are no longer available. This is really sad as the Zodiac was one of the most innovative handheld devices to hit customer’s hands in a long […] Read more »
MSNBC columnist Brad Stone pokes fun of his digital life and all the work, scheduling and planning that goes into maintenance of his high-tech gear. It’s a very funny read so if you find yourself trying to find time to schedule that defrag or backup give […] Read more »
Rob Bushway has updated is first impressions of the Motion LE1600 Tablet PC and the result is a good review of the new slate from a user’s perspective. Rob covers the slate, convertible keyboard, battery and even the bump case. For a complete overview of the […] Read more »
America Online is one step closer in its bid to transform itself from a dial-up ISP into a content powerhouse. The company has just announced MyAOL (it must be 1999, Yahoo people are thinking.) The most exciting part of the news is that they are taking […] Read more »
I just got Skyped by Dave Ciccone who points me to a video demonstration he’s done showing how to capture podcasts directly onto the PSP. This requires a new 2.0 ROM and of course a WiFi connection. Cool stuff, Dave! Read more »
Business 2.0: How do you get people to pay for a Web browser? Opera Software CEO Jon von Tetzchner found the answer by diving into wireless. I interviewed him, and asked him how come he can charge for a product that is available for free. “But […] Read more »
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Business 2.0: It uses less power than a night-light and plugs into a TV. Best of all, as the first $100 computer, it’s affordable enough to propel the rest of the world into the digital age. The inside story of Novatium, an Indian start-up, that has […] Read more »
On the heels of its first beta release which we covered a few weeks back, a new Beta version of the Mac OS X Gizmo Project is out. Among one of its more notable new features, is support for Encryption of Gizmo-to-Gizmo calls, which further cements it as a far more compelling alternative to Skype for online calling. Read-on for the skinny. Read more »
I caught this on MacNN a couple of days ago. Henrico County Public Schools is preparing to sell some of its used iBook computers that had been used as part of its effort to provide that provided laptops to every middle- and high-school student and teacher […] Read more »
Just like cell phone companies trying to lure you with free phones, now VoIP providers are offering free hardware with their service package. Chris has tips on how to use it with the Gizmo Project SJ softphone. Read more »
Apparently, Teleo-software is no longer available for downloads. Did Microsoft swallow them so quickly? Repeated requests for clarification on Microsoft-buying-them have elicited no response thus far from the company! (thanks Rick) Read more »
Sheri and SuZan’s Real Women Show is available for download on The Podcast Network or iTunes. The girls are getting really good at this podcasting stuff so give it a listen. Their blog Celebrating Women is now famous as the New York Times referenced a post […] Read more »
The Shared Spaces weblog is an incredible source of information that gives a lot of useful information to help anyone achieve greater productivity, particularly in the area of computing technology. Michael Sampson is the productivity guru behind Shared Spaces and is an expert on team collaboration […] Read more »
Checking through the RSS feeds this morning I found something that shows how hard it is to predict the future of a given technology: TechWeb: Tablet PC Faces Uncertain Future, Analyst Says The article quotes the In-Stat report that has been mentioned this week on numerous […] Read more »
Thomas Hirsch send me this link which apparently says that Vocaltec, which has been in bit of trouble laid off 70 of its 100 employees. The VoIP pioneer has fallen on hard times, and still waiting for its white knight. There was some talk of Vonage-Vocaltec […] Read more »
The techADDICTION Show #17 (MP3 – 16.1MB – 47min) LISTEN HERE You are looking at techADDICTION #17, the show for those who can’t get enough of gadgets and mobile devices. Kevin and I have a good conversation about mobile power options, Internet appliances, Bluetooth stereo headsets […] Read more »
Okay that is not true, but Netcraft reports that the wildly popular World of Warcraft online game is having a big of a meltdown, (what in real world would be a heat wave in the Eastern US), and the site was offline for most of Tuesday. […] Read more »
SandHill.com has a colorful essay on the rise and eventual demise of Informix, a database pioneer lost in Silicon shreds. Check out the story behind Informix’ revenue restatements, why former CEO Phil White did it and what today’s executives can learn from the experience. And we […] Read more »
This should not come as a suprise to anyone. Kevin Martin has always come on the Bell side of the equation. He calls it leveling the playing field. “The lack of regulatory parity between telecoms and cable is inhibiting broadband growth,” Martin says. Nearly a million […] Read more »
Wired News reports that Phil Zimmermann, creator of Pretty Good Privacy e-mail encryption program, is going to develop a similar tool for VoIP calls, and will show-off his tool that encrypts voice over internet protocol, or VOIP at the BlackHat security conference in Las Vegas this […] Read more »
Business 2.0 columnist Greg Lindsay says so in his latest. > … it does mean that podcasting’s wildcatting era is over before it ever really began. An unknown number of those Apple-made microstars will convince themselves that they hold a first-mover advantage in an untapped medium […] Read more »
Business 2.0: While Qualcomm and Nokia will win big by building the infrastructure, TV-on-phones technology will create a passel of opportunities for entrepreneurs too. Some channels will broadcast standard TV, but thumb-jockeys will also enjoy interactive programs that blend television with the Web. And because small […] Read more »
Business 2.0: While users seem to love the ability to post pix on the fly, the real beneficiaries will be carriers, who’ve been looking for ways to plump up their flat revenues-per-customer. Here’s why. Everyone expected camera phones to unleash a flood of photo sharing and, […] Read more »
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau announced a 30-day extension of its new rules governing enhanced 911 (E911) capability by VoIP providers. The Bureau has determined that it will not initiate enforcement action, until August 30, 2005, against any provider of interconnected VoIP service regarding the requirement that […] Read more »
Some folks over at the Skype forums are complaining that that their “contacts constantly going on and offline.” There have been some grumbling about other minor issues in the latest release of Skype. No such problems for me so far! Read more »
Pretty much old news now, but in case you haven’t heard, Apple have announced new iBooks – all packing half a gig of RAM (a sweet addition), AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0, amongst other things – and new Mac minis, which also sport half a gig […] Read more »
Here is the scorecard – Three Baby Bells have added 762,000 new customers in past three month. Verizon added 278,000 new wireline broadband connections bringing the total to 4.1 million broadband connections — a growth rate of 43.7 percent from the second quarter 2004 on a […] Read more »
Go check out LifeHacker for a cool idea on discovering new audio/video content. The gist of it goes like this: In iTunes, subscribe to a custom feed. Make that custom feed a RSS URI from Del.icio.us that points only to the media you want to grab. […] Read more »
With mobile blogging technology, sharing your cell-phone pictures is finally easy. And that’s just what carriers have been waiting for. By Om Malik, July 26, 2005 Put camera phones together with blogs and you get the next big thing in mobile communication: “moblogs.” A moblog is […] Read more »
PC World is reporting that Fujitsu has confirmed the launch of the LifeBook P1510 in August. The P1510 is the mini-convertible with a 8.9 inch passive digitizer screen that can be used as a tiny notebook or as a slate with the screen swiveled around. The […] Read more »
It is plain dumb, and waste of reader’s time. I wish newspapers wouldn’t abuse RSS like this. Read more »
Nextel-Sprint is mulling various technologies for their 2.5 GHz spectrum. Unstrung says they are looking at NextNet in addition to IPWireless and Flarion’s technologies. “We expect that we will build a network at some point on 2.5,” said Nextel CEO Tim Donahue on an analyst conference […] Read more »
Mark Evans and Ronald Gruia have more details on the deal. Mark writes, “At the height of the telecom boom in 2000, BCE Inc. CEO Jean Monty suddenly decided to spend $7.4-billion to acquire the 77% of Teleglobe Inc. that BCE didn’t already own.” Clearly VSNL […] Read more »
I knew putting a shout out to the user community to come up with a fix for the ugly Outlook interface under the Energy Blue theme for the Tablet PC would yield results and jkOnTheRun reader and The Tablet PC Show listener Kunal Kundaje has come […] Read more »
Growing up in India, I would often hear about VSNL, the god forsaken government owned phone company that made it almost impossible to call overseas, thanks to their over-the-top charges for long distance calls. It seemed they wanted to penalize people for making long distance calls. […] Read more »
This Google map will help take the mystery out of the weak cellular signals and help pinpoint cell phone locations. You can find cellphone reception and dead spots mapped as well. Good work Allen! Read more »
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