Stories for Jul. 23, 2005

Original Post/Problem here. Well good news! I finally figured out the trick. The solution is not as I would have expected from Apple – based on the way everything else syncs with the iPod – but that’s ok. “Think Different”, right? So after you’ve downloaded photos […] Read more »

Martin Shoemaker is a UML instructor who also writes software for the Tablet PC.  He has written an excellent article for software developers who are curious about developing programs for the Tablet PC that describes just how easy it can be given the available tools.  This […] Read more »

Paul Mooney thinks that collaboration is the killer app on a Tablet PC. A SharePoint Portal configured with Tablet friendly Web-parts and a wireless Wi-fi connection is the alignment that constitutes the sweet-spot for Tablet PC  adoption. I think Paul is on to something with this […] Read more »

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Acer has been producing some nice notebooks and Tablet PCs and they have recently released the C310 Tablet PC.  The new Acer sports a 14.1" screen running at XGA (1024 x 768) so everything on the screen will be nice and big.  Huge, actually.  May be […] Read more »

Silicon Valley has often been (incorrectly) compared with the epicenter of another boom, Detroit. The more apt comparison should be with Boeing’s super successful aircraft, the 747. Back in 1960s, the air travel industry went through its own boom, creating a demand for big airlines that […] Read more »

Stories for Jul. 22, 2005

James Enck dials into Telenor’s conference calls, gets the gory details and finds out, the Norwegian incumbent is getting onboard the VoIP train. Read more »

Erick Schonfeld writes on Business2Blog: Mo’ Money (for Google and Friends): The figure that caught my eye, though, was the $494 million that Google paid other Websites that displayed its paid-search ads. That brings the Google economy up to a $2 billion annual run-rate. You’ve got […] Read more »

Vienna is a newly announced news-reader for OS X. From the product page, it looks to have many of the same features as NetNewsWire or Newsfire, but Vienna is different in that it is totally free. Vienna is available for download as either a pre-compiled version, […] Read more »

Finnish broadband equipment maker Teleste CEO Jukka Rinnevaara says his company has developed ethernet to the home technology that can boost cable broadband speeds to the home to 100 megabits per second. Teleste has a trial underway with Dutch cable TV service provider Essent but triple […] Read more »

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Monroeville, a suburb of Pittsburgh will soon get a taste of broadband over powerline. Duquesne Broadband, a joint venture of DQE Communications and BPL Global will start trials soon. DQE Communications is a subsidiary of Duquesne Light. Amperion will provide wireless transmitter while rest of the […] Read more »

Cisco systems has snapped up Danish-start-up Kiss Technology for $61 million, and will merge it with its Linksys business unit. Kiss which makes DVD players, LCD TVs and DVRs, has impressed many with its sleek designs and elegant interfaces, something Cisco needs badly. I think this […] Read more »

Microsoft announced the official name of the next version of the Windows operating system, WindowsVista.  Here’s the video of the announcement: Watch the WindowsVista naming announcement. Read more »

Nottes Korea has published information about a new mini-notebook PC from Fujitsu that looks very close to an ideal form, if only it had an active digitizer and the Tablet OS.  Fujitsu has snuck up on everyone who follows mobile gadgets with the announcement of the […] Read more »

Stories for Jul. 21, 2005

You can buy the Nokia 6682 directly from Nokia. Someone asked me about this handset, earlier today. We all know how carriers in the US drag their feet, and most of us have to resort to import websites and pay a premium for the phone we […] Read more »

Google might have missed the target..…It appears they earned 1.19 Vs. an estimate of $1.22…. and stock is off $23 in after hours trading…. Read more »

Scoble says “Google has set the high-water PR bar” when it comes to Google maps. Not So! People love this stuff, and simply write about it on their blogs. And I think Microsoft people shouldn’t point fingers, especially given Microsoft’s own spin machine. Read more »

CNET News.com has often been in trouble with the bloggers. If you read this line, you know why. “Skype’s annual revenue has not been disclosed, but analysts suggest that it could be in the $6 billion to $10 billion range.” Did no one even question this […] Read more »

Ron points to some analysis by Mark Evans and all recent Vonage gossip believes that Vonage could acquire Vocaltec and thus use the reverse merger process to take Vonage public. The only problem is that since Vocaltec trades on US exchanges, Vonage CEO Jeff Citron could […] Read more »

Do you have a color iPod? How about the optional Camera Connector? Well then maybe you can help me out. Did Apple really drop the ball this badly? Sorry, I’ll let everyone in on the problem here. You see, I just recently got myself a shiny […] Read more »

“Blogging now feels like on-line shopping around the year 2000 or 2001. Most of us no longer think it’s a miracle that it works, a new thing, scary, difficult, hard to understand, etc,” says Jeremy Zawodny. After all the excitement of early days, now the fatigue […] Read more »

“Doesn’t it strike you as odd that there hasn’t been any Vertical Search acquisition,” says Ross Mayfield. Read more »

Doc Searls points to a piece by Denise Howell of ReedSmith, which outlines strategies for avoiding legal trouble.. “A workable approach beneficial to all concerned, and designed to minimize claims for infringement under Grokster, can and should begin with clear, consistent internal communications that leave no […] Read more »

Bill Burnham believes that Cisco’s recent Applications Oriented Networking (AON) effort will result in a falling out between IBM and Cisco. The duo have had a cozy relationship for a while, but it might soon go the way of Britney Spears’ 1st marriage. This one is […] Read more »

A PhoneGnome like device could come in handy for marketing purposes for incumbents, Aswath says. “If the incumbents were indeed dinosaurs, probably VoIP is not the rumored meteorite.” Read more »

San Jose Mercury News reports that in order to get its house in order, HP is cutting research and letting go of Alan Kay, a Silicon Valley legend. > Kay joined HP in 2002 as a senior fellow. A Silicon Valley pioneer, Kay led a team […] Read more »

I am basically ripping this off from kct’s digital world on the off-chance that Kevin Tofel will forgive me since it’s for a good cause.  Well, that and I wanted to get the word out but don’t have time to research like Kevin did.  Here’s how […] Read more »

Palm users can now bask in the "all you can eat" subscription plans from Rhapsody, Napster and Yahoo.  All of these services use Windows Media 10 DRM and the newly released Pocket Tunes 3.1 from Normsoft brings that capability to the Palm community.  The software will […] Read more »

Josh Bancroft of TinyScreenfuls mentioned on his latest TinyPodcast that he is trying to convince his wife they need a Tablet PC for her to use in an upcoming calligraphy class.  Very clever.  Let us know if it works, Josh.  :) Read more »

Bev Howard is a Microsoft Mobile Devices MVP and a long time Pocket PC enthusiast.  He has taken the art of traveling light with a Pocket PC to a fine art and has written an excellent article- The Minimalist Road Warrior’s Guide to "Traveling Light" using […] Read more »

Our Freeware of the Moment today is the answer to your audio (and video) format conversion prayers.  It seems everyone is doing so much with media files these days, especially with the growing popularity of podcasts and the various audio formats in which those are now […] Read more »

The ability to collect information from a variety of sources is one of the greatest benefits I get from using OneNote. I regularly send information  from emails, PDFs, web pages, and virtually printed documents directly into OneNote. The drawback to the latter is that documents sent […] Read more »

Terabeam has bought Proxim’s assets for approximately $28 million, beating out the $21 million offer from Moseley Associates. Mind you Terabeam was another company that had fallen on hard times, and had to merge with YDI Wireless, a microwave company. Terabeam, a free space optics company […] Read more »

Frost & Sullivan says that the North American VoIP residential revenues will hit $4.07 billion by 2010, up 1300% from 2004 sales of $295.1 million. Do some math here, you can very quickly find out that the numbers paint a pretty bleak picture for most VoIP […] Read more »

Stories for Jul. 20, 2005

Stephen Castellano is forecasting that Level 3 might report communications revenue closer to company’s high end of the $350 to $370m guidance. Which will still be lower than their sales in 4Q 2004 of $381m (this does not include non cash revenues.) I have heard that […] Read more »

Summers in San Francisco are cold, foggy and often miserable. But take the ferry out to Sausalito, and the city takes on a whole new perspective. It is perfect therapy for days when you can’t write, or blog, or even think! In case you were wondering, […] Read more »

Samsung i730, one of the better EVDO phones, in the market has been gracing my desk for about ten days now. It is impressive, cool, and fast. If you are looking for a Treo alternative, I think this one is a good option. The keys are […] Read more »

The press release claimed that the, “ The BlackBerry Connect solution for Nokia Series 80 Mobile Devices is expected to be available in Q1 2005.” Blackberry has put up a page, but no downloads. Whatever happened to that? I guess we are way beyond the Q1 […] Read more »

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