I received a press release about the Threedef Music Player and have been checking this unique audio player out. It uses an interesting interface that makes it very easy to browse the music library using a 9-key pad such as those on cell phones. It’s easy […] Read more »
Looks like there is a new gun in wireless town – Huawei. The Chinese equipment maker has just launched a series of 3G phones and is targeting the European and Asian markets with their handsets. Initial offerings include two W-CDMA/GPRS phones and a data card. Entry […] Read more »
Read this slowly to make sure it sinks in- the Samsung SCH-V770 is a camera phone with a removal optical zoom lens that gives you 7 megapixels. Be sure and remove the lens before answering the phone, you could really be hurt if you don’t. (via […] Read more »
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Hard to believe that in America in 2005 there exist entire towns whose citizens have yet to make or receive their first telephone call. Rural Shaw, Louisiana, is one such a place. Where it it? Damn if I know, though I am told it is home […] Read more »
The entire South by Southwest 2005 Music Festival is available for download thanks to CitizenPod and is available in two sizes. The full song version is 2.6 Gigs and contains the entire showcase of free music that is totally legal for personal use. The small version […] Read more »
Hampton C. Adams III, IRG Research Senior Analyst believes that Covad’s future hinges closely on VoIP and if all goes to plan, then the company could end up with about $150 million in VoIP related revenues alone. Covad had entered the VoIP business via an acquisition. […] Read more »
Taiwanese OEM Tatung is showing a new Tablet PC at CeBIT that is running the newest Intel processor, the Sonoma. The Tablet PC has a 12.1 inch screen and has WiFi (a/b/g) and Gigabit Ethernet integrated. It also looks like it might have a biometric fingerprint […] Read more »
Take a Sharp Zaurus SL-C3000, remove the 4 GB hard drive, and you have what Sharp is calling the SL-C1000. No word on pricing and it should only be available in Japan, of course. (via engadget) Read more »
Securities & Exchange Commission is all set to sue former Qwest executives including former CEO Joe Nacchio for his alleged involvement in the IRU fraud and hence forth bringing down the former high flyer to its knees. Others who could be sued include former financial officers […] Read more »
Let’s be honest here. eBay is highly addictive. I can go months without ever putting anything up for auction but the day I put something up on eBay I immediately want to sell everything I own! Now, maybe I’m a bit of an odd case…but from […] Read more »
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Its not a question of if, but when. Not since Google has there been so much excitement generated by an initial public offering that is still a gleam in some greedy investment banker’s eyes. Last couple of days at VoN in San Jose, all most could […] Read more »
A few days ago in one momentary lapse of reason and unbridled optimism, I suggested same ways to save TiVo. Others jumped in with their ideas, some of them quite brilliant. (Salon has picked up on that theme.) What TiVo needs, says Josh Bernoff, an analyst […] Read more »
What do you do if there is no big story at a trade show? Well, you focus on Google team which has signed up for the conference, and write a sensationalist piece which is going to generate a lot of buzz. Buzz about Google jumping into […] Read more »
This morning, SAP head honcho told European tech executives to get off their behinds, and innovate. It was the only way they could get their dependence on US technology and Silicon Valley. “For each euro in the EU invested in major IT projects, some 75 cents […] Read more »
From The Tablet Show blog: First of all I would like to thank all the listeners from the first show for their comments and suggestions. This show is your show and I am listening to the feedback to make changes as we go that will help […] Read more »
Let’s be honest here. Alarm clocks could be the worst invention ever created. I mean, honestly, who actually thought a screaming loud pulsating siren sound was a good way to start your day. If I ever met t hat guy I’d kick him in the shins […] Read more »
Fine folks at IPinferno, have remixed the panel I did yesterday at VoN and I am using some of their fancy wordwork for re-reporting the main points the panelists made. On what’s new: No one seemed to be blown away by much they’d seen at the […] Read more »
A very brave modder has rigged up a LED based clock on the front of his PowerMac G5. It is just a hacked up alarm clock placed inside of a G5 case but it is still kind of cool. Read more »
I just did a quick inventory at home and discovered that my local storage has zoomed past a terabyte! How did this happen? A Maxtor drive with 250 gigabytes of backed up data, a Buffalo LinkStation for about 250 gigabytes of music, a 200 GB Western […] Read more »
The great French website Akihabara News is one of the best sources of news of new gadgets coming out of Japan. They always seem to get wind of the latest Japanese gizmo long before anyone else and I have longed for an English version of the […] Read more »
Microsoft has recently released version 3.8 of ActiveSync for Pocket PC owners. As usual Microsoft gives no indication what is new in this latest release so if you are not having problems with AS then you probably don’t need to update. Read more »
The excellent web site for Pocket PC information, CEWindows.NET, has been renamed to Pocket PC FAQ. The site is run by Windows CE expert Chris de Herrera and is the best site for information about the Pocket PC. (via Pocket PC Addict) Read more »
Written from the ground up for the Tablet PC. An addictive game based on the classic falling-brick game. Designed for Tablet PC, this innovative game can be controlled entirely with a stylus. But the innovation doesn’t stop there… The game features multiple bricks falling at the […] Read more »
During an announcement at CeBIT, Apple has committed to joining the the Blu-ray Association and will occupy a seat on their board. Obviously Apple’s joining will have a pretty big impact on the success of Blu-ray with Apple now using their technology. Dell and HP are […] Read more »
I just finished playing the game “CSI”, from Ubisoft, ported to the Mac by Aspyr. It lets players jump in the car with the characters from the show and investigate all-new crimes yourself, using the tools they use to solve the mysteries, interrogate people, and match […] Read more »
We’re all expecting great things from Tiger; that’s understandable. But I think it’s easy to forget just what goes on under the hood in a new OS release that many end users just fail to even notice. Core Image could end up being one of those pervasive tools that as users we take for granted, but which developers can’t help but play with. Read more »
Andrew Odlyzko: Technobubbles – Ancient, Recent & Future Andy Kessler: Nazdog & The MOMOs Om Malik: The Beholden Years Ross Mayfield: Relationships Over Transactions, A Learning from the Bubble Paul Kedrosky: The Bubble and Me Carl Haacke: learning to live with bubbles Elsewhere: Pankaj Narula, Bubble […] Read more »
After I was done writing Broadbandits: Inside the $750 billion Telecom Heist, many telecom insiders kept writing to me, lamenting the loss of their pension funds. Engineers who once worked for the most fearsome company in the world, AT&T were looking for part time gigs at […] Read more »
Gary Krakow of MSNBC loves his OQO, that much is apparent from his glowing review of the ultra-portable computer. He has very little negative to say about his OQO and finds it meets his needs very well. If you are curious about this tiny computer then […] Read more »
Fictionwise is a good source of ebooks that are available in several different device formats and they have just informed me of a surprising offering they are making to customers. They have released a dedicated electronic ebook reader that is available for purchase on the Fictionwise […] Read more »
I have often wished the Tablet PC text input panel (TIP) could be made semi-transparent so I could still see what’s in the windows underneath. While this is simply for convenience sake it is a very handy thing if you ink a lot. I did a […] Read more »
Vonage says a cable operator was blocking the service in the midwest and that caused a massive outage last week. The news comes via Advanced IP Pipeline which reported the first incident of port blocking. Brooke Schulz, Vonage’s vice president for corporate communications, confirmed that the […] Read more »
PhatWare has announced a utility to make it easier to control your Tablet PC using just the pen and ink. Pen Commander lets you assign scripts and macros that are called up simply by inking the command name in the ink pad. PhatWare has even included […] Read more »
Last evening I attended a dinner hosted by Texas Instruments’ CEO Rich Templeton, where he very candidly talked about many issues including WiMAX, and 3G wireless. Often Silicon Valley insiders wonder how Texas Instruments continue to do well in every new digital market that comes along? […] Read more »
Notebook computers generate a lot of heat and if you’ve ever worked with one on your lap for any length of time at all you know how hot they can get. Most people work with them on a desk or flat surface because of that and […] Read more »
Paul Thurrott of the SuperSite for Windows has published an article that discusses the next version of Microsoft Office and what it might bring to end-users. There’s not a lot of detail in there but he does a good job of laying out the areas in […] Read more »
Chris Pratley is Mr. OneNote at Microsoft and every article he writes about it is a must read for all those interested in OneNote as a productivity tool. His latest article is an impressive discourse with examples and tips for showing the benefits of OneNote to […] Read more »
Bibhu Choudhary and Suvarna Singh have written an article in Pocket PC Magazine that gives a good look at the future of mobile computing. The article concentrates on new technology that is either just appearing presently or on the horizon and they provide a thorough overview […] Read more »
He may be the richest man on the planet, but Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has got nothing on Steve Jobs and Apple head honcho’s showmanship. Dressed in a pair of black trousers and black sweater, Chairman Gates introduced what could be the first real hot products […] Read more »
If you love Squeeze Box, then you are going to love the next version of the device, very imaginatively titled Squeezebox 2. Slim Devices is going to introduce the device tomorrow for $299 and will start shipping it by end of this month. The new device […] Read more »
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