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 »
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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 »
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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 »
Talk about always on connectivity and the magic it can do for mundane tasks such as looking up movie reviews, CD and record information, and track listings. In about 48 hours or so EVDB, aka Events Database will go live. Taking a cue from weblogs and […] Read more »
Looks like the competition between cable and phone companies is getting fierce. Broadband Reports uses say that SBC has started offering its $19.95 DSL deal to all comers including existing subscribers. Initially the company had offered the deal to new customers who were willing to sign-up […] Read more »
Every March it is pretty much the same story – India and Pakistan are durking it out on the cricketing greens, contests so evenly contested that I lie awake at night watching the games on a puny computer screen on a borrowed PC laptop. And then […] Read more »
Are you looking for video clips with news, sports, entertainment, business, fashion, games and movies? RooMobile is a new streaming video service for Windows Mobile Pocket PCs and Smartphones that will stream video clips specially formatted for the small screen. The service is free and a […] Read more »
Egress is a full featured RSS Reader for the Pocket PC that has been recently updated with a host of new capabilities. Egress will work with all standard RSS formats and also work directly with podcasts and Bloglines feeds. Here’s a complete feature list from our […] Read more »
If they continue selling themselves piece by piece, like they have been recently, and if their revenues continue to decline the way they are, it is only a matter of time before Global Crossing simply vanishes. No loss really. Today the company announce that it is […] Read more »
The XV6600 being sold by Verizon is a full featured Windows Mobile Phone Edition that supports Verizon’s high speed EVDO network. Pocket PC Louisville has a dual reviewer look at the XV6600 and really liked this capable phone/ Pocket PC. Anyone looking for a Pocket PC […] Read more »
Take a monster hard drive (400 GB), give it both USB and Firewire connectivity, and then add an extra USB port for attaching another peripheral and you would have one useful hard drive. The IO Data Device UDH-UEH400 has been released in Japan and maybe just […] Read more »
As seen in many places Skype has released version 1.2 of their VoIP application that has become almost mainstream with millions of users happily chatting with each other. This version adds some new features and better support for SkypeIn, SkypeOut and VM. The best new feature […] Read more »
I just ran across this article in Technology Review magazine from last year that covers Microsoft’s research into the Magic Pen. Jian Wang of the Microsoft Research Asia lab in Beijing is developing a pen that takes lets you write on paper and captures it digitally […] Read more »
Rob Bushway of Tablet PC Buzz had the opportunity to interview Ben Thacker, HP’s Manager of the Specialized Products and Options Group. His interview sheds light on HP’s plans for the future of the Tablet PC and is a good insight into HP’s philosophy regarding the […] Read more »
Microsoft has updated their popular ebook Reader program for the Pocket PC. The new version is 2.4 and contains bug fixes and adds two new features: Pan and zoom capabilities Screen rotation The Microsoft Reader web page has this to say to owners of pre-Windows Mobile […] Read more »
WebIS has announced the release of a new version of their powerful Mail application. WebIS Mail 2.1 adds a number of new features as outlined in their newsletter: Mail 2.1 has been released after a very long beta test starting in December of 2004. We’ve added […] Read more »
A handful of blog-evangelists, a couple of key buys and some libertarian friendly moves have turned Yahoo from a dot.has.been to the new darling of the chattering classes. It is only a matter of time when mainstream media rediscovers Yahoo, and a stock market resurgence follows…. Read more »
There is a lot of people who take less than 30 seconds to beat up on incumbents and their business practices. VoIP blockage, oh it must be SBC or Comcast. Never mind that these companies are under such heavy scrutiny from federal regulators and consumer watchdogs. […] Read more »
FCC today announced that states cannot force phone operators to offer naked DSL service. Naked DSL, in case you did not know, is a phone line that is purely used for a DSL connection, and carriers no voice or no voice related charges. This ruling makes […] Read more »
Silicon Beat writes Become.com co-founders Michael Yang and Yeogirl Yun asked job candidates to take a “larry & sergie test” and come up new ways to best Google’s search algorithm. Nearly 100 applicants, spent about 40 hours each, to come up with their best hacks. That’s […] Read more »
By Dr. Abhishek Puri Broadband Madness: After making its geeks go through broadband equivalent of chinese water torture, Indian telecom and broadband providers have suddenly decided its time to open the pipes a little wider. What prompted them on a nation wide roll out now? Two […] Read more »
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