Earlier this year Research In Motion, decided to settle its patent litigation with NTP, for $450 million. The idea was settle this issue, and remove the only question carriers have about RIM and get on with their business. Well, looks like RIM, makers of Blackberry, just […] Read more »
Something pretty significant occurred a couple days ago when Tiger was officially given a release date. Did you notice? Apple.com shed some of its lighter skin for shiny black, wherever Tiger was present. Honestly, when was the last time Apple.com really changed in a significant way? […] Read more »
2005 is seen as the year when the digital players will reach a tipping point and reach 20% household penetration. That’s good news for iPod and Apple. In fact, despite increased competition, Apple will have a couple of great iPod years ahead. Few reasons, mostly capped […] Read more »
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Looks like Philadelphia is setting a trend. Now Minneapolis is going to build a citiwide WiFi cloud, and will see high speed access to residents for between $18-and-$24 a month, depending on the speeds. Initial offerings will be one megabits per second and 3 megabits per […] Read more »
It is easy to interact with the Sony U due to the various ways Sony has provided to enter data and work with the interface. Even so, there are times when it would be convenient to enter something quickly, say a password, without reaching for the […] Read more »
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) says that the total US broadband subscribers will nudge the 57 million mark in 2008, up from 32.5 million in 2004. TIA says that it is a particularly incredible growth given that there were only 5 million broadband subscribers in 2001. […] Read more »
If you have done it once, can you do it again? I mean build a brand new hardware platform for a new market. Kevin Bachus, one of the daddies of Microsoft’s X-Box has proved that he can. He is heading up a new company called IDV, […] Read more »
Its like the boy who cried wolf. For the nth time Intel has outlined its WiMAX roadmap. Sean Maloney, head of Intel’s mobility group, told VNU Net that 802.16d WiMax chipsets are now shipping, and that enhanced 802.16e equipment will arrive shortly. (Its a really long […] Read more »
WiMAX, the hype as expected did get ahead of reality. There are quite a few of issues that remained to be resolved. And with folks getting weary of waiting for what is WiMAX, are now turning to using new terminology: WiMAX ready. I think most companies […] Read more »
Those of you who like to keep track of these things, looks like Overture Services’ former CTO Paul Ryan who vanished into the blue after working for Microsoft for mere four months, is back in the start-up game. He is heading up a new company called […] Read more »
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In what is fast becoming a quite incredible farce, BBC News‘s Technology section reports that the Associated Press, together with 8 US newspapers, has filed a court brief in support of the “bloggers” Apple is currently suing for dissemination of trade secrets, on the basis that […] Read more »
It seems the first techADDICTION slap that Kevin and I dropped on eReader for the lack of a VGA version on the Pocket PC had a bigger effect than we intended. MobileRead is reporting a new version of eReader for the Pocket PC that has a […] Read more »
It was only after I’d said that I’d review The Little App Factory’s Connoisseur that the realisation struck me – what use would a student have for a recipe manager? Baked beans and spaghetti Bolognese are the stuff of student diets, not walnut shortbread and creamy […] Read more »
PDA owners take note- Google has launched the mobile version of the relatively new Google Local service. Google Local provides information and maps of virtually any address and the new mobile version does so in a format designed for displaying on small screens like PDAs and […] Read more »
Vint Cerf, one of the fathers of the Internet is a firm believer in open networks and believe that the potential of technologies like VoIP and BitTorrent is unimaginable. Cerf believes that BitTorrent can reduce the strain on todays networks and also prove to a good […] Read more »
Finally Apple has announced that Mac OS X 10.4 aka Tiger will ship on April 29th. Fantastic news! But I wonder if this news has caught the lone coders or small developers by surprise. Many were not sure about the release date and are now scrambling […] Read more »
It looks like Apple has set the release date for Tiger as April 29th. 17 days and counting, folks. Read more »
You want one of those personal media players but you don’t want to skimp on features. In addition to playing music and video on the go you want light PDA features and even WiFi so you can do email. If this describes what you need you […] Read more »
Diabetech’s new wireless glucose monitor could be a boon for parents of diabetic children. It is never easy to make sure your child is testing their glucose level when they should and anything that makes that simpler is welcome. The GlucoMON automatically sends test results as […] Read more »
Stretching portable storage to the max, EDGE Tech announced the latest model in its DiskGo! 3.5 inch hard drive series, a 400 GB portable drive that provides both USB and firewire connectivity. The new drive joins the other models in the DiskGO! line and retails on […] Read more »
Anybody who still doubts that RSS feeds are spreading like wildfire should be convinced now that the New York Times provides obituaries via RSS. Check your feeds, see who’s gone. (via Jossip) Read more »
A few weeks ago I looked at Download Wizard. At about the same time, Josh pointed out to me Speed Download 3, another download wizard in pretty much the vein as Download Wizard. Speed Download 3 is a more mature product, and it has a few tricks up its sleeve that might make it more practical for some, but it’s also a more complex product, and the complexities might not appeal to all. Read more »
UK Online threw down the gauntlet and dropped the prices for its broadband service down to $20 a month, openly taunting British Telecom and AOL among others to cut prices or lose market share. Nearly 5 million britons get their broadband over DSL, most of it […] Read more »
2005 is turning out to be a nightmare year for Broadbandits who are now facing their moment of truth in the courts. After Bernie Ebbers got his due, now the US government is turning its focus on Enron’s broadband business, and in a two month long […] Read more »
Nicholas Carr was right, technology markets are mature and many companies need to restructure. There are still no Google type ideas out there in the market. Time for what what Peter Dolan, Director of Private Equity, Harvard Management Company calls “a newly emerging investment category, venture […] Read more »
Bart Decrem, has become the latest of the Firefox/Mozilla gang to jump into the entrepreneurial waters. Blake Ross was first. Decrem has started Round Two, a company he describes as one offering services that improve firefox experience. More details are likely to come in a month […] Read more »
David Endler, Voice Over IP Security Alliance chief: “VoIP networks inherit most of the same security threats that traditional data networks are plagued with today. A big part of the problem is that VoIP users just aren’t fully aware of the number and magnitude of security […] Read more »
I hate this time of year and especially seeing this on my desktop: Read more »
Lot of talk about India and China in the papers. US VCs and technology companies cannot stop raving about China. A little reality check! The divergent paths Bombay Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange have taken. An old editor of mine used to say – pay […] Read more »
Gear Live is always finding cool stuff and these chainless bicycles from Dynamic Bicycles are just awesome. The bikes utilize a driveshaft system that is totally enclosed in the tubes of the bike and the gears are all in the hub. Since there is no chain […] Read more »
Global Crossing has settled a three-year investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into the communication company’s business practices and those of its top three executives. SEC has issued a cease-and-desist order against Global Crossing and three executives: former CEO Thomas Case, former accounting officer Joseph […] Read more »
Time Warner had 220,000 VoIP customers at end of 2004, and is adding 10,000 every week. Cablevision is adding 7000 a day. Others like Cox have achieved nearly 40% penetration in original test markets like Omaha and Orange County. The trends are that these companies will […] Read more »
This week’s Tablet PC Show has Marc and I discussing recovery techniques, snow in Albuquerque, scanning documents with your camera phone and a cartoon monkey. We always have a lot of fun recording these shows and hope everyone enjoys this one. The great music we have […] Read more »
Most notebooks and Tablet PCs produced today are more than capable enough to be used as complete desktop replacements. The availability of USB and firewire peripherals makes it a snap to add additional hardware functionality and still maintain a mobile form factor. Many people add external […] Read more »
Mike Hall points us to an article on MobileTechReview, the first in a promised series, written by a long-time Palm user who has recently switched to a Pocket PC. It is an interesting read as he makes a detailed comparison of the features of the two […] Read more »
New Scientist is reporting that a number of research organizations are working on methods for detecting speech without the use of microphones. Very interesting technology and worth a read if you’re interested in speech recognition like me. One system, being developed for DARPA by Rick Brown […] Read more »
Rob Bushway points us to the blog of Jason Hamilton who recently got a HP TC1100 Tablet PC. He is of course loving the fine computer and has posted his first impressions. Boy I want one of these babies, really bad! Look at his photo and […] Read more »
Toshiba was showing off its upcoming Tablet PC at FOSE in Washington DC this month. The Tecra M4 looks to be a large screen Tablet PC and while full details are not released at this time techsage has spoken to Toshiba and mentions these features: 14.1" […] Read more »
Almost three years ago Microsoft touted a mechanism for bringing magazine type content to PCs, especially Tablet PCs. I have not heard anything about this service since. Anybody know what happened to it? Here’s a screen clip from one of the original articles that mentioned it […] Read more »
Ask engadget is a feature the mega-blog runs occasionally where readers can ask questions they’d like to open up for comment to the general readership. The questions currently being posed is "Is it time to buy a Tablet PC?". Head over and add your comments to […] Read more »
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