10.4.2 Mac OS X Update is out. Check the Apple Menu –> Software Update … Update Info Security Updates Info Does anybody have upgrade thoughts/notes/caveats/warnings to share? I’ll try to install it later tonight. The mention of Dashboard widgets management enhancement caught my attention. Read more »
Infonetics Research says service providers invested $1.73 billion in next gen voice equipment worldwide in 2004, and expects the worldwide spending to grow to $5.8 billion by 2008. Nearly half of the incumbents including three-of-four RBOCs have plans to boost spending on VoIP. Read more »
Mary McDowell, who runs Nokia’s Enterprise Solutions business says Nokia doesn’t need to buy RIM, thank you very much. It can do quite well on its own and build a blackberry killer all by itself. Funny how everyone talks about building a Blackberry killer – Microsoft, […] Read more »
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AT&T CallVantage and Verizon Voicewing are two the big guys now rolling out e911. That’s a good thing for consumers, but Andy points out, AT&T is being low key whole VZ is making lots of noise. Read more »
Order copious amounts of pizza and coke from Papa John, and you might get a free BlackBerry 7100g. Oh by the way you have to commit for a two month voice and data plan. I don’t see the synergies, but since everything wireless is hot, why […] Read more »
In the OneNote podcasts presented by Amy and Wendy Mack they hinted at how useful web cams would be for recording video for inclusion in their notes. A message to their father, Eric- Logitech has the perfect solution with the BuddyCam 2-pack which comes complete with […] Read more »
If you are a big fan of Trillian and Skype, well here is a plug-in. Terrible website, but try out the software anyway. download. via Read more »
During California Gold Rush, the most money was made by folks who were selling picks and shovels, not the speculators. The same holds true for Silicon Valley. Back in the go-go 1990s, it was the Cisco-Sun-Oracle-EMC team that walked away with most of the money. History […] Read more »
News.DesignTechnica is running a story about Aeon Digital announcing a new DVR on its front page, datelined July 11, 2005. The story by Geoff Duncan, in the words of Yogi Berra, was like deja vu all over again, because I read the same news back in […] Read more »
Light Reading reports that Covad is going to launch its commercial fixed wireless service sometime in the first quarter of 2006. I am not sure I believe that timeline. In October 2004, the company told me at Web 2.0 conference that it was going to be […] Read more »
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I spent about an hour tonight listening to two podcasts recorded by Eric Mack and I am just blown away by what I’ve heard. Eric’s 12 year old daughters (I think they are both 12), Amy and Wendy, decided to learn to use OneNote recently while […] Read more »
TABers get in on a weird but interesting (and tangentially Mac-related) social blogging experiment. Read more »
I saw this up on CNN today: Man charged with stealing Wi-Fi signal This had to happen eventually. I was particularly struck by this part of the story: Innocuous use of other people’s unsecured Wi-Fi networks is common. But experts say that illegal use often goes […] Read more »
Livecom, is the new VoIP offering from France Telecom, and takes its inspiration (sarcasm!) from Skype. Features include IP-based videotelephony, voice calls, and messaging for free among users of Livecom and pre-paid services for calls to traditional landlines. They must be worried about loss of business […] Read more »
Good Technology is having a really good day. The company signed Sprint as a partner for its Goodlink service, right on the heels of a deal with Cingular. In addition they bought assets of JP Mobile, one of the pioneers in the mobile mail space. I […] Read more »
Umair Haque: “Jeff, thanks for putting your money where you mouth is. I guess now I know how much you really mean all that wonderful Media 2.0 stuff about openness and transparency and empowerment. You mean it sometimes – when it’s easy and convenient. Not when […] Read more »
Parliant’s PhoneValet Podcast allows you to make podcasts of audio of telephone interviews, much like Skype’s voice recording feature. This comes with some bonus tools. Read more »
Chris Lanier has put together a nice little list of plugins to make podcasts work with Windows Media Player (on Windows) via Read more »
Victoria’s Secret called the Pink Panty Poker Party where you can play strip poker online with supermodels. To hell with those playing for big bucks in Vegas! via Read more »
Gizmo Project, the SIP-based Skype competitor is creating a lot of buzz. Yahoo is making (VoIP) noise with Dialpad, and soon Microsoft will have something in the market as well. Perhaps that is why it is opportune time for Earthlink to throw it hat in the […] Read more »
Now that EVDO is here, and Cingular UMTS is nowhere to be found, why doesn’t it surprise me that SBC is making a big push on WiFi. San Antonio Business Journal reports that the largest Baby Bell will roll-out of a WiFi broadband wireless network in […] Read more »
Way back end of last year I mentioned an interesting service called Amabuddy that lets you get a price check and reviews for books and CDs by entering the UPC or ISBN number on your cell phone. The only drawback I found with Amabuddy was the […] Read more »
As I said earlier, the affiliates could put a financial crimp on the Sextel deal. Now the news that Sprint is buying US Unwired for $1.3 billion. I wonder how the other affiliates will react. And does this mean the Nextel Partners gets bought for $5 […] Read more »
IDT, the former parent of Net2Phone, is trying to buyback the wholesale VoIP services company for $130 million ($1.70 a share). Net2Phone says no way we are going to sell out at that price, but IDT is not taking no for an answer. Much like an […] Read more »
Loren Heiny (of the First Family of the Tablet PC) has picked up EVDO and is sampling the wireless good life. I am sure he will find it very exciting to maintain high speed connections everywhere he goes. Well, assuming he doesn’t leave the Verizon coverage […] Read more »
This question has been kicking around for a while and Palm / PalmSource/ PalmOne/ Palm hasn’t done anything to really stop the doomsaying. Jeff Kirvin has been a long-time Palm enthusiast who has written a series of posts on his forum about "The Once and Future […] Read more »
Consumer Affairs’ James Hood laments’ that broadband “options are Slim for Those without DSL or Cable,” especially in rural areas. He makes good points, and figures out that despite the big company spin, rural America desperately wants broadband. Amen to that! Read more »
Back in 2000, Sun Microsystems and other technology leaders happily jumped on stage with Enron executives to proclaim a brave new fiber world. IBM, and others are doing the same with BPL. According to NYTimes, IBM has established a partnership with CenterPoint Energy, a utlity based […] Read more »
Storage is such a dirty word in Silicon Valley. Everyone looks down on the disk drive makers with such scorn, and derision. Disk drive makers have such a thankless job – double the disk drive capacity in nine months, i.e. at a pace that is twice […] Read more »
Tom Hanks, is a mighty fine actor, who does such a spectacular job of playing the every-man, that one can forgive him for occasional lapse of judgement, like The Terminal. One of the most improbable yarns, Hanks plays a visitor from the Balkans who is denied […] Read more »
National Post writer Mark Evans asks the important question: how is making money off the blogs. He quotes me as saying, I am not, certainly not enough to retire and move to the French Rivera, though it does support my fondness for expensive Dunhill’s nicely. Evans […] Read more »
Skype has started offering a sort of discount on its SkypeOut service. The company is calling this promotion, Free SkypeOut Days, and part of the deal is you get 10 minutes of credits for SkypeOut calls every day. Given the terms and conditions, the free minute […] Read more »
Cafe.com, a LA-based wholesale wireless hotspot provider for establishments like Denny’s and Radisson Hotel chain ran afoul of domain hijackers yesterday. According to an email sent to its subscribers, at approximately 2am Sunday morning, the cafe.com domain name was hijacked by an offshore hacking operation. “This […] Read more »
The Tablet PC Show #16 (MP3 – 21.9MB – 62min)LISTEN HERE Join me as I spend another lovely morning chatting with co-host Marc Orchant about a wide range of topics, some of them even related to the Tablet PC. You never know what you’ll hear us […] Read more »
I was recently in the market for a new LCD display to go along with my PowerBook. After searching around, I came across an amazing deal on a 17 inch Dell UltraSharp display. For $200 shipped, I could have a display for $50 less than I […] Read more »
Chris Holland has figured out a way to make his Mac his “phone” by marrying IConnectHere.com, SJPhone, and a bluetooth headset. Thankfully SIP is playing the priest. “…used my Calling Card’s ID number and PIN as my SIP username and password. Lo and behold, SJPhone was […] Read more »
Joseph Weisenthal poses the big question – when will these two e-tail companies hook up? Netflix recently filed an executive severance and retention plan with the SEC. “Companies, presumably, don’t make such filings for nothing, it’s certainly possibly that a buyout is in the works,” he […] Read more »
Daily Wireless has a great post about how companies big and small are positioning themselves to become big players in the – Mobile WiMax chip market. Unstrung has a report as well. The companies include PicoChip, which recently raised a ton of money, and Beeceem, which […] Read more »
The ever vigilant Dave Methvin, Chief Techology Officer, PC Pitstop has discovered that 180 Solutions might be using BitTorrent to spread their evil spyware/adware seed. Folks at Vital Security have confirmed the findings as well with images. According to his investigations, the nefarious stuff comes packaged […] Read more »
ATI’s recent troubles make it ripe for a takeover. AMD and Intel are interested in the company, so are TI and Broadcom. I suspect, Qualcomm will get in on the action since they are closely working with ATI on mobile graphic chips, and would not like […] Read more »
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