Qwest Communications is not done fighting over MCI. Tomorrow company’s board of directors are going to meet and decide if the company should raise its bid for MCI again, by about a $1 a share to $27.50 a share. Verizon has offered $23.50 a share, while […] Read more »
The techADDICTION Show #004- 31st March 2005 (43min 19sec)MP3 – 16MB Welcome back to The techADDICTION Show! Kevin and I had a great time making this show and brought in special guest Dave Ciccone from Dave’s iPAQ, one of the longest running Pocket PC and iPAQ […] Read more »
The Supreme Court is hearing the Brand-X case and this all important case is going to a large extent decide the future of Broadband competition. Brand X case puts three major associations against the consumers and independent ISPs. FCC, National Cable & Telecommunications Association, ( the […] Read more »
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Trump’s various towers are getting a lot of bandwidth, thanks to GigaBeam’s WiFiber technology. Using company’s wireless technology, Microwave Satellite Technologies (MST,) a small New York City service providers is connecting the Trump International Hotel & Tower at Columbus Circle and a residential Trump building, Trump […] Read more »
This building – Prudential Insurance – is about 5 1/2 miles from AT&T’s South Jersey consolidated R&D center in Middletown, where a lot of the CallVantage product work takes place. It’s also about 3 1/2 miles from the old AT&T Holmdel lab. The Holmdel lab went […] Read more »
In the early days of digital video recorders when folks like Michael Lewis would write tomes in praise of TiVo and its ability to skip ads. We seem to have come a full circle – now TiVo is experimenting with pop-up advertisements. Funny – how life […] Read more »
I had a summons to jury duty yesterday and it was a day of such ranging emotions and experiences that I thought I would share the experience, even though it’s not tech related. I live in Houston which is in Harris County and my summons was […] Read more »
Matt Maier is taking a might bat at the Gizmondo, which despite being a sweet looking feature packed device might find going tough in the long run. All those B-List celebrities might not be able to save the device that runs on Microsoft .CE operating system. […] Read more »
Ammar Hannafi, Cisco’s Vice President of New Business Ventures quietly left the equipment giant and has joined Alloy Ventures as a general partner. During Ammar’s tenure, Cisco’s Business Development Group completed over 50 acquisitions including optical networking and integrated voice and data infrastructure and applications. Maybe […] Read more »
McLeodUSA, the beleaguered competitive local exchange carrier which has been through bankruptcy once before is shutting down its Texas operations, and apparently has laid off employees from their Austin offices. I have heard that they will shut down their offices in Texas – Austin, Houston, Dallas […] Read more »
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Steve Richards of Adventures in Home Working has written an article detailing how he has incorporated Skype into his home office and how it as improved his productivity. Steve discusses using SkypeIn and SkypeOut on his home network and details the hardware he as assembled to […] Read more »
Juniper Networks is finally getting is VoIP groove on, and is buying San Mateo based Kagoor Networks for $67.5 million in cash, plus options and certain other incentives and equity compensation. Juniper Networks will combine its technology with Kagoor’s session border control (SBC) technology, and the […] Read more »
CIO Insight has published a very interesting article that examines how doctors are using handhelds in the practice of medicine. I am surprised at their findings- physicians in the US are five times as likely to use handhelds as their non-physician counterparts but they do not […] Read more »
Not many details are available but Toshiba has announced a battery that can be charged to 80% capacity in just one minute. (via Akihabara News) Read more »
If you are a Mac enthusiast or one of those who just got a Mac Mini you should be aware of a great collection of online resources for the Mac OS. Things MacOS X has collected a page of links containing all sorts of resources for […] Read more »
Pocket PC and Sony U owners who are looking for a CF based GSM solution for internet connectivity should take note of the Enfora GSM0110 CF card. The Enfora is a quad band card (850/900/1800/1900MHz) that ships with both Pocket PC and Windows 2000/XP drivers. There […] Read more »
Bloomberg News reports that MCI has accepted a new $7.6 billion takeover offer from Verizon Communications Inc., rejecting a $8.45 billion offer from Qwest. VZ is offering $23.50 a share in cash and stock, including 40 cent dividend given out by MCI to its share holders. […] Read more »
Online gaming clearly is the next big thing, especially for cable broadband providers. Knowing that gamers will be willing to spend extra dollars on faster pipes most cable providers – Comcast down to the ones whom I don’t know – are all hopped up. It gives […] Read more »
After spending billions on buying Advanced Fibre, Tellabs is making a defensive move and investing in broadband loop carrier, Occam Networks. Tellabs invested $2 million in Occam, which raised a total of $4.9 million in latest round of founding. Other investors include Alta Partners, US Venture […] Read more »
Is the VoIP reseller model in trouble? First Level 3 Communications took its lumps and shuttered its hosted PBX service, (3)Tone (which at one time had 100 resellers) there is news that even others are having trouble making reseller model work. According to Phone Plus magazine, […] Read more »
The telecom bubble of 1990s had far reaching effects, and on of the companies affected deeply was New Zealand Telecom, which saw its shares plunge, and profits evaporate. Instead of licking its wounds and hiding under the rock, the company decided to cut its fat, and […] Read more »
Never mind the lawsuits and other pesky issues – Vonage is growing like crazy. It is adding employees like wild mushrooms after a monsoon rain. The company says it has outgrown its Edison, NJ digs and will be moving to a new office in Holmdel, NJ. […] Read more »
Hefty sales of wireless handsets boosted chip sales for some vendors last year, according to iSuppli, a market research firm. According to this report companies that were selling memory chips – Samsung, Infineon, AMD/Spansion and Hynix – and wireless chips – Texas Instruments, STMicroelectronics, Infineon, Philips […] Read more »
No techno-geek is going to be caught dead with one of these devices, but those who are looking for cool-technology at bargain prices might find some interest in Go Video D2740 wireless media receiver that is married to a DVD Player. Those with short memories – […] Read more »
Aswath Rao is dreaming of an open and fair net, the Internet of idealists, not hampered by pesky problems of profit, and greed. I have a dream that one day the Internet will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. I have […] Read more »
Who really prevented the iTunes phone from being released? Motorola blamed the finicky Steve Jobs and his marketing approach for the delay. Business Week says it was the carriers who might be behind the delay. “Behind the clash are two very different views of the future […] Read more »
PSPVideo9 can translate your torrent content to fit the new Sony PSP. But it does more than that. It lets you put that and any other type of video content on anyone of the Sony Ericsson P 800/900/910 smart phones. Munsif Ali Rashid points out that […] Read more »
As reported earlier, Amazon is offering pre-ordering for 10.4 with a rebate of $35. However, at the time of the previous entry, Amazon pulled the ability to pre-order 10.4 from its website after having it up. Now, pre-ordering has been re-enabled. Hopefully, it’s back to stay. Read more »
Ever notice that your OS X system isn’t running as quick and efficient as it once seemed to? Are things opening slower, taking more resources to operate, and generally causing you to become more impatient while using the computer? It’s probably time to deal with the gunk build-up that’s accumulated over time in OS X. Here are a few tips that will help you regain that lost efficiency from your system.
Unix has a lot of utility apps built into the operating system, and since OS X is built on a Unix framework, you’ve got those utilities right there and waiting to be used. In fact, you don’t even have to know what those utilities are, or how to use them! I know, right now you’re going, “Huh?” Here’s the trick:
Let your machine run while you sleep at night. (If necessary, tell it not to go to sleep, or to automatically wake in the early AM.) OS X has a few tricks up its sleeves, but they’re only set to run in the middle of the night by default. So letting things run on their own while you rest will help to keep your system running a little smoother than it would otherwise. You really don’t have to do anything about it! Read more »
Taking screen captures and annote-izing (wait, is that a word?) them is absolutely brainless with FlySketch. I love brainless. This little app is so intuitive and useful that it took me all of 60 seconds of fiddling with it to say out loud, “Holy crap this is cool!”
The ability to draw (boxes, notes, fuzzing-out, etc) over top the image you’re about to grab, and include those edits in the grab is fantastic. I think the most ideal use is for any tutorial based instructions. It’s just so simple and fast when it comes to taking and labeling screens in one move.
Last week I turned in a few screen shots to my manager upon her request. With FlySketch, I was able to put my notes and helpful information right in the shots! It was so useful compared to having a notes sheets referencing different screens, and then different portions of those screens in some cases. Much less confusion, and absolutely simple to generate. Read more »
Here comes another VoIP, Video-over-IP and instant messaging client. The good news – there is a Mac OS-X version (yay!) It uses the XTen softphone client as its base, so it has the same unclean look and feel. But I like the idea of a combination […] Read more »
This spring you will be able to turn air into water with the Dolphin 2 by Air2Water. Picture a water dispenser that requires no bottleS and no pipes and you have the Dolphin 2 which not only converts air into potable water but serves it up […] Read more »
Following quickly on the heels of SBC, BellSouth has also cut the prices of its DSl services. Any new customers who sign-up via the Fast Access website, will get a $23 a month discount for the first three months. That means you get downstream speeds of […] Read more »
The Universal Desktop Station (UDS) provides a way to make sure you use all those cell phone minutes you pay for but never use. Simply plug your cell phone into the UDS and use your cell phone with the convenience of a desktop phone. You can […] Read more »
It may not have the fastest processor but the Sharp Muramasa is a full notebook in a package just slightly bigger than a PDA. The great geek site Akihabara News has reviewed this little jewel and have lots of photos and information about the Sharp. The […] Read more »
Apparently Mickey Mouse’s corporate parent, Walt Disney is shit scared of bluetooth and will not allow wireless carriers to send any ringtones, video games etc or other content using bluetooth or infrared or any direct connection technologies up until the wireless biz comes up with a […] Read more »
Jeff Borlik had a vision- wouldn’t it be useful if you could import your PowerPoint presentations into OneNote so you could add notes and easily distribute them? He did something about that vision and produced PP2One, a utility that does exactly that. I have used PP2One […] Read more »
Telephony quotes The Convergence Consulting Group Ltd., a Canadian consultancy as saying that if Phone guys want to compete, they really need to cut prices, now. In ‘The Battle for the North American Couch Potato: Bundling, Internet, TV, Telephone,’ TCCG examined the strategy, prices, products and […] Read more »
Keep an eye out for techADDICTION #4 as Kevin and I sat down with Dave Ciccone of Dave’s iPAQ and discussed PDAs, smartphones and Tablet PCs. It’s a great conversation between 3 people who have been involved in the mobile tech segment for a long time […] Read more »
Marc Canter in his unmistakble style praised and then almost rebukes BrightCove. “This is gonna be on drawn out battle of attribition. If it didn’t work for Atom/Shockwave – they sure as hell better figure out why it’s gonna work this time around. But I actually […] Read more »
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