There is a lot of hope for mobile music and phone operators are counting on music to bring in the big dollars. I don’t think they can count their pounds, euros, dollars or dinars just as yet, because its not going to happen. There are just […] Read more »
Copernic has moved quickly to fix the problem with the Desktop Search application that was having problems on Tablet PCs. They have given me permission to post the download link to a new program build which fixes the problem with the flickering desktop bar. It is […] Read more »
Okay the headline is slightly misleading, but most consumers can get free wi-fi internet access in a limited test area in Dayton, Ohio. It it works then the experiment would be extended to other parts of the city itself. Proponents of the experiment say that this […] Read more »
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I am thrilled to inform you readers that I have received a Microsoft MVP award. The Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) program is best summed up on the MVP website: The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Program recognizes and thanks outstanding members of technical communities for […] Read more »
News.com reports that Time Warner Cable has started testing Mobile service in Kansas City in tandem with its broadband and cable services. This is the four-play future, and signals problems for traditional phone operators with wireless assets. Regular reader Charlie Sierra keeps saying that this is […] Read more »
Hey anyone remember the funky ole BeOS which became such a darling of the hackers, and died a horrible death with Apple chose to buy NextOS and bring back Steve Jobs. Well looks like it is not dead after all, thanks to a German software start-up, […] Read more »
WiFiNetNews: “Train trade magazine reports that most rail riders will have Internet access in five to 10 years. The piece walks through developments of the last yea. Trinity Railway Express, which runs light rail in Dallas and Ft. Worth; and Caltrain, the San Francisco to San […] Read more »
Following up on my previous post on Yahoo, clearly there is a search engine cat-fight in the works. Kevin Fox of Google warns, “the game is a long one.” For instance Google added financial quotes as a feature to its offerings with much of a fuss, […] Read more »
Sources have revealed that Apple Legal has been in contact with The Apple Blog following this morning’s revelation of iHome and iNote, demanding that they remove all images and specifications of the aforementioned devices. Reaction to the news has been mixed, but most of the blog’s […] Read more »
Why is that some of the remotest places in US get some of the coolest technology? I have seen fiber networks in places where you can only find domestic beer, while in other remote hamlets, I have enjoyed a bandwidth gusher unmatched by urban America. I […] Read more »
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Mirra, has finally nailed a nationwide deal with Best Buy, and has also announced two new drives and some price cuts on its lower end models. First the company churned out two new models – 160GB and 400GB drives and at the same time dropped the […] Read more »
Bill Burnham draws a parallel between today’s Microsoft and IBM of old, circa 1975. They have pretty much the same problems and people perceptions are nothing to write home about. Reading Burnham’s post, I found myself nodding my head in agreement, wondering if history is any […] Read more »
Today Griffin Technology announced they will be releasing a new attachment for the iPod Photo that will allow Nikon’s D70 digital SLR camera to be attached to the top of the iPod Photo. The iNikonD70iPodPhoto will allow the iPod Photo to act as a battery pack […] Read more »
Taking a note from the Knoppix book, Apple will be releasing a lite version of OS X – code named Kitty, in honor of their feline naming conventions – which will run from a bootable optical disc. Knoppix is a Linux distro that only runs from […] Read more »
The cellphones are getting too complicated, thanks largely due to problems of packing too many features into the phone. In the near future it is clear that the phone makers will have to work on coming up with user interfaces that pass the mom-test, yet retain […] Read more »
Following in the footsteps of the release of System 7.5.3 for free in January 1999, Apple has decided to give away Mac OS 9.0 operating system for free since it’s been replaced by Mac OS X, and not used by OS X’s Classic (Mac OS 9.2.2 […] Read more »
MPAA has been going after Bit Torrent sites and operators with a religious fanaticism, trying to shut down as many as it can. But it might be a losing battle, for now there are efforts to bring to the net decentralized bit torrent software. One of […] Read more »
Routers, Cupertino, CA.- April 1, 2005. In a hastily called press conference today held outside the Apple Store #1 in Cupertino Bill Gates stunned the computer industry with the announcement that Microsoft has filed an intent of a hostile takeover of Apple Computer with the SEC. […] Read more »
Motorola hasn’t figured out how to make its user interface human friendly. Which is surprising given that its a phone of choice of the soigne set, Pop Sugar reminds us. Nicky talks on it while she shops. Stamos gets so excited by his dates phone that […] Read more »
The Apple Blog has obtained, from reliable sources, information on an upcoming release from Apple of the much rumored home media center. It will be called iHome. The following images that we received from said source are believed to be a mix of official product photos […] Read more »
Sources tell us that Apple will be releasing, in the coming months, a sort of PDA. It will be entitled iNote. iNote will run a modified version of OS X called XNote. Many of the current Mac apps will be available (iCal, Mail, Preview, Safari, iPhoto, […] Read more »
Scott Sigler wrote a novel and sold it to AOL/Time Warner who published it in 2001 as an ebook that sold quite well. So well, in fact, that they intended to release it in paperback in 2002 until in a bout of cost cutting they shut […] Read more »
John Battelle had said earlier that all that good publicity around Yahoo is going to get under Google’s skin. Well looks like that skin is stretched pretty thin. Stung by the gigabyte-email-offering from Yahoo to match GMail, Google has announced that it is boosting email capacity […] Read more »
Most MCI shareholders are for the first time thrilled with Qwest’s latest offer. Q is now offering $27.50 a share, or about $8.9 billion for MCI, which in my opinion is $8.9 billion minus cash too much. Nevertheless that’s neither here or there, but still…. Carlos […] Read more »
They say when its too good to be true, it probably is! For a few years the break neck growth and gigantic momentum of UT Starcom has confounded many in the telecom space. It kept on winning business – everywhere from Vietnam to China to Africa […] Read more »
I’ve finished reading over a new eBook by author David Hill: “Cocoa Game Programming Workshop”. This book takes readers through the steps to make a simple 2D game with Cocoa on Mac OS X with XCode. Beginning with the assumption that the reader has already been […] Read more »
Netfront has long been a good browser for the Pocket PC but has never worked in VGA under Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. That is, until this new version 3.2 that I just happened to see on the Access web site. It’s in Japanese but it […] Read more »
Sometimes its good to be lucky than smart. That adage holds true of Sony’s new PlayStation Portable (PSP) which if early reports are any indication is fast becoming developer platform of choice. Today a die-hard Mac shop, PocketMac, announced PocketMac for PSP. This is the third […] Read more »
A flurry of activity the past few days shows how important the blogosphere can be when an issue affects a lot of people. I originally posted about the Copernic Desktop Search problem working on Tablet PCs days ago and ranted about the software company’s position that […] Read more »
Qwest is not backing down, and has decided to up the ante in its desperate bid to takeover MCI. New price – $8.9 billion or roughly $0.90 a share more than its previous offer of $25.60 a share. The new offer is $13.50 a share in […] Read more »
Just when you thought biometrics was a way to protect data and cars, some folks have come up with an amazingly analog way of over-coming the problem. Chop someone’s finger, open the door to a car, a house or unlock their laptop. This happened to one […] Read more »
Everybody seems to be getting on a froth about how SBC is not working with Vonage on 911 service. Red Herring, ZDNet and everyone else has picked up on this story. I feel this is a gross over reaction, and in many cases no effort was […] Read more »
As more and more signs point to a sooner than later release of OS X 10.4 – Tiger – I find myself planning for that future. Huh? It’s ok, follow along and I’ll explain a skosh more. You see, I hammer on my OS X system […] Read more »
As predicted previously, big media, aka The Guardian has discovered the Yahoo mojo. John Battelle points to an article by Ben Hammersly in the Guardian says Google has been overtaken by Yahoo. Here is what I wrote previously Battelle notes, “this kind of coverage has got […] Read more »
So you have a PSP and a Mac and you want to sync the two? The good folks at PocketMac, long-time providers of Mac syncing software, have released PocketMac for PSP. The new PSP version of PocketMac lets you sync either via USB or through a […] Read more »
MSN has launched the official version of the MSN Video Downloads service. MSN Video offers video content that can be downloaded for playback on Portable Media Centers (PMCs) and Windows Mobile devices like Pocket PCs and Smartphones. The premium service costs $20 per year and allows […] Read more »
OneNote is one of the most capable programs I use and like all such versatile applications there are a lot of features and capabilities that I am sure I am not using. If you are a budding OneNote user or just trying to figure out what […] Read more »
SBC has awarded Scientific-Atlanta a $195 million, multi-year contract to provide IP-based video equipment for Project Lightspeed that will enable SBC to acquire, process, encode, and distribute digital media content to subscribers. This will get the Project LightSpeed rolling… fast! Scientific-Atlanta will supply IP video equipment for an IP video operations […] Read more »
Having made sure that there is little room for competition in legacy and wired broadband businesses, the FCC it seems is using wireless as the iron rod to keep cable and phone companies in check. In order to promote broadband wireless, FCC is opening up more […] Read more »
I was recently interviewed about podcasting by the local (Houston) ABC news station and the article has just appeared on their web site. The article looks at podcasting and explains how it began and even some information about how to start your own podcast. The important […] Read more »
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