We know this was coming – Cisco’s Linksys division had been secretly using Sipura technology for such a long time, that it made sense for them to buy the tiny start-up. Cisco will pay about $68 million for San Jose based Sipura, which makes ATA or […] Read more »
You’ve got to love the FCC when you’re craving information for rumored devices and these pics found on the FCC site depict an IBM Thinkpad X41 Tablet PC. No real surprises in these pics, the depicted Tablet looks just like a Thinkpad. Looks like it has […] Read more »
The New York Times reports that if Verizon decides to match its $9.75 billion bid for MCI, then the mountain bell operator could raise its bid to $32 a share, or possibly higher. I have been calling this “the madness” for a while and now NYT […] Read more »
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I’ve had the chance recently to play with You Control, which is a software application that is essentially a bundle of small utilities and apps that you may already have running on your system. The idea is that YC (as I’ll refer to You Control from here on out, to avoid any “Who’s on First” type nuances) runs all these things off a single engine, instead of multiple little things all starting and running individually. So what are you actually getting for $29.95 that the multiple free apps don’t offer – and is it worth it?
Back before Menu Calendar Clock, there was a great, tiny, free utility called Pth Clock. Basically it replaced the System Clock in the Menubar and upon hovering over it, the date was displayed. It was simple, but useful for my day to day needs. Well one day it was no longer available, but rather was consumed, upgraded, and offered for sale as part of You Control. There was a lot more there than I cared to use (and pay for) and so I went back to the System Clock (that is until I discovered Menu Calendar Clock – but that’s a story for another day). So my bias began against YC. Read more »
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Erick Schonfield has an update. Check it out! Everyone has always wanted to be Steve Jobs – for his sense of style, his dress sense, his ability to mesmerize the audiences with shiny toys and of course lately his runaway success, iPod and subsequently the iTunes […] Read more »
Maybe Microsoft is a tad jealous of the handsome and good looking Apple machines. An effort that reminds me of the phrase, “putting lipstick on a pig” the company is offering $125,000 to a design team that can reinvent the PC and leverage next generation Windows […] Read more »
The demand for opto-electronic components is going to top $25 billion in five years. The market for opto-electronic components was estimated at $9 billion in 2003. These are the findings of the third edition of the ‘Strategic Study of the Worldwide Semiconductor Optoelectronic Component Industry to […] Read more »
The king of long battery life mobile devices, Electrovaya, has released the latest in their Scibbler line of Tablet PCs. The SC-2200 1.1 WXA is a 12.1" slate Tablet that boasts 9 hours of run-time on a single charge! Other new additions: Wide viewing angle screen, […] Read more »
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The BBC reports that "A device which allows people with diabetes to inhale, rather than inject, insulin could be licensed for use within a year". This is very good news for Type I diabetics in the UK as the powder based insulin has been given preliminary […] Read more »
In the battle for place shifting dominance, Orb Networks gained a deep pocketed and more importantly pipe owning partner. Sprint. I have previously expressed doubts about their business model, and wondered aloud about how they would go forward when rivals are teaming up with handset makers. […] Read more »
South Korean broadband provider, Hanaro Telecom, which is one of the three license holders allowed to provide WiBro (SK version of fixed wireless) has decided to focus on wired broadband instead. It is leaving the field to SK Telecom and KT Corp. Hanaro recently snapped up […] Read more »
Bill Gates’ keynote address where the direction of Windows will be outlined will be broadcast live on the web from 9:30 – 11:00 PDT. I’m not going to miss this one with the talk of a mini-Tablet, new Acer Tablet, and other goodies likely to appear. […] Read more »
Are you feeling left out from the broadband gusher that most users in Asia are enjoying? Are you wondering when ADSL 2 will find its way to the American shores? How about I tell you that you can expect more bandwidth from boring old bells by […] Read more »
SBC’s financials are in a bit of a funk, as it tries to digest AT&T Wireless and AT&T respectively. The company reported net income of about $885 million for the quarter, down from $1.9 billion (or 58 cents a share) for the same quarter a year […] Read more »
Warner Crocker has apparently outgrown his MSN Spaces Life on the Wicked Stage blog and has moved to this new location. Warner always has interesting things to say about Tablet PCs and I am sure he will be much happier in his new home. Welcome to […] Read more »
Starhub, the Singapore IP carrier which just launched a 3G service has also rolled out a 25 Megabits per second broadband TV offering called i.View, a package of well know television channels like CNN, E! and Fashion TV to the computers. These channels are cable quality, […] Read more »
If you edit video, even for your school projects, you know all too well the wonders of DV and Final Cut Pro. Final Cut Pro is so good, it’s being used by many of the industry’s biggest pros. Of course, many have still held out, and […] Read more »
Microsoft and Samsung are pitching a new hard drive technology that uses flash memory in conjunction with the HDD to provide intelligent caching, thus saving battery life and offering shorter boot times. The new technology, dubbed hybrid hard drive (HHD), uses 1Gbit flash memory which prevents […] Read more »
CNET is reporting today that Microsoft’s Bill Gates will be showing a prototype Tablet with a 6 inch screen that could be available in a couple of years. The mini Tablet was apparently commisioned by Microsoft and is as thin as "10 sheets of paper with […] Read more »
Now that blogs are in the cover of Business Week, you can safely say two things – blogs have gone mainstream, and blogs are over. Yup folks given the history of magazine covers, I think this one is gone. Henry Copeland sums it up when he […] Read more »
Wacom Japan has announced a new pen technology that reduces the minimum pen diameter from the current 5.5 mm to a super small 3.5 mm. According to this crudely translated web page Wacom says the new pen technology will allow cheaper and faster production to benefit […] Read more »
I ran across one of the coolest plugins I’ve seen yet for the Media Center PC that lets you check your Outlook information on your MCE . My Outlook won’t let you create new items (yet) but it has some nice windows into your PIM data. […] Read more »
Apple’s iPhoto in Mac OS X 10.1 was the reason I finally bought a digital still camera in 2001. Since then I’ve taken quite a few gigabytes’ worth of pictures filled with fond memories. While the built-in integration between iPhoto and .Mac, as well as iPhoto’s ability to “export” photo web sites to directories were decent alternatives to share pictures, those methods remained however not very cost-effective and somehwat inconvenient.
In 2004, Flickr.com opened its doors to the world as yet another photo sharing web service. “Yet another?”, you may ask. Well, not quite. Flickr offered a radically new approach to photo sharing, for the first time introducing the concept of a “photo stream“. Read more »
If you’re anything like me, you constantly seem to find yourself drafting out very similar emails to people. Whether it’s “Thank you for your payment”, “Why haven’t you dispatched my eBay item yet” or a long, drawn out reply to someone explaining why you can’t open […] Read more »
“I don’t understand 50-year old executives who want to play Golf all day.” Pierre Lamond, Sequoia Capital. “You know, when a man is successful, has made money, what he is looking for is his Legacy.” Jim Hogan, Telos Venture Partners With all the brouhaha around new […] Read more »
BBC says that nearly 98% of Scotland including 20 rural and remote counties will have broadband. The Scottish Executive, sort of like US government had reached an agreement with British Telecom to make that happen. Scotland has invested nearly $200 million in bringing broadband to the […] Read more »
Are you the type that needs reference information no matter where you are? Do you absolutely love the Widipedia and wish you could tap that resource even when you are mobile and not connected to the Internet? In that case you need to be aware that […] Read more »
This one is not just going to go away. Damn… even I am beginning to lose interest. Associated Press reports that Verizon might be contemplating a new bid for MCI, though it might not have to pay as much as $9.75 billion Qwest has offered. Verizon […] Read more »
Avvenu, aka Kinetic Tide, of the early entrants into the market place is giving away a free year of service to anyone who participates in their beta cycle. (Russell, this is your chance to compare it with Orb Networks’ service.) It is fairly simple to sign-up […] Read more »
Wireless, portable, optical, multi-button, and equipped with a scroll wheel, MacAlly’s BTMicro is the go-anywhere mouse for modern road warriors. Read more »
It seems most of the mobile websites are in Russell Beattie’s doghouse. The bad experience with WAP 1.0 and lack of seriousness is one of the main reasons why many are missing out a huge opportunity. I could not agree more with Russell’s remark that “within […] Read more »
Tom Clarkson is one of those developers who never seems to rest and the list of new features and fixes in OrangeGuava version 1.2 is impressive: Transparent image backgrounds Areas redrawn during moving/sizing New Area move pen mode replaces area handles Thumbnail images used where available […] Read more »
A couple more links on information about the Adobe and Macromedia integration. Read more »
Window positioning can be a bit of a pain with X11 on OS X, so here’s some quick help on some settings that might be helpful. Read more »
The boring world of telecom standard bodies is getting a “political makeover” and is likely the new playground of partisan politics. Time Magazine reports that four of the two dozen or so US delegates headed to Guatemala City for Inter-American Telecommunication Commission, have been “bumped by […] Read more »
Earlier this month, the news of a home brewed WiFi-EVDO router/bridge, left many wondering – should I build one too? I have an easier solution … just buy it. Our friend, Robert Kim who is somewhat of an EV-DO expert tells us that he is selling […] Read more »
So the last bid from Qwest seems to have worked. MCI board is basically saying that yes this is a fantastic bid, and unless Verizon can do one better, well we are going with Qwest. Bloomberg quotes Leon Cooperman, chief executive of Omega Advisors, and owner […] Read more »
Brad Isaac is the mastermind behind a great program for the Pocket PC that helps the user focus on all of the next actions needed to accomplish all of life’s goals. AchieveIt! has just been updated to version 2.0 and is a solid performer in the […] Read more »
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