A proliferation of digital devices at home means that the unsightly collection of remotes in the living room is getting out of control. Personally I have about eight remotes at home – one each for TV, Stereo, DVD player, VCR (yeah I still have one,) Sonus […] Read more »
It was only a matter of time before someone produced a cordless Skype phone and Square7 has one available for about GBP100. The Cordless DUALphone connects to a normal telephone line and a USB port on a PC and provides complete Skype functionality from the cordless […] Read more »
TrustedReviews has published a thorough review of the Fujitsu T4010 Tablet PC that has been in the news a lot recently. They cover the Fujitsu with lots of photos and benchmarks and is a good place to look if you are interested in this capable Tablet […] Read more »
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Skype is still taking the VoIP world by storm and hardware that makes using the free service is appearing regularly it seems. Actiontec has introduced the Internet Phone Wizard with Skype (IPWS) that makes it possible to use your standard land line phone with Skype. The […] Read more »
I have written about the old Screen Savers Show before, that great show on the old TechTV that starred Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton. The show went away and all of the old regulars went their separate ways and are doing other things. The only cast […] Read more »
Apple has used Austin’s South By Southwest music festival to introduce a new type of pre-paid cards for the iTunes Music Store, according to Playlist magazine. Over 200 bands appearing at South By Southwest are distributing their own numbered, limited edition iTunes cards, which usually entitles […] Read more »
AT&T’s disappointing number of sign-ups, and the mixed bag performance of other independent VoIP service providers tells me two things – Vonage works because it spends more money on marketing than that in the US treasury in signing up customers. Second one, admittedly is that the […] Read more »
I am getting sick and tired of this whole debate about how good VoIP should be? Just because we accept poor quality from cellphones, and PCs, we are supposed to expect poor quality or what some call, good enough quality in VoIP as well. Not so […] Read more »
Clark McLeod is back in news, and so is his telecom disaster McLeod USA. The company announced that it is putting up for sale, and unless it finds a buyer, the company will have to file for bankruptcy again. McLeod USA had filed for bankruptcy back […] Read more »
All the kings men, and all the kings horses …. looks like spending millions of dollars was not enough and despite its brand name, Ma Bell could only snare up 53,000 VoIP customers. The data was revealed in an SEC filing, according to News.com. I see […] Read more »
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Lora points out that the Fujitisu LifeBook T4000 Tablet PC is now available with a SXGA (1400×1050) screen for only $50 extra. This is good news for those who feel that 1024×768 doesn’t provide enough screen real estate and now have an alternative to the Toshiba […] Read more »
Nightline ran a great story last night that was right on time for St. Patrick’s Day today. Certainly that was no coincidence. The show was a great one that chronicled how Ireland has gone from a country in great turmoil 30 years ago to the Ireland […] Read more »
So you have this expensive iPod and you want, no you need to get the best sound quality possible from your little white jewel. What to do? Wouldn’t it be cool if there was an amp with tubes, the way amps are supposed to be? Well, […] Read more »
Samsung recently announced a line of LCD monitors that will be released in the first half of the year that is aimed at users who are color blind. The monitors, called Magic Vision, allow users with dyschromatopsia to adjust the red, green and blue settings individually […] Read more »
The Virtual Keyboard has been in the news many times over the last year but the company had so many problems bringing it to market it seemed it would never ship. It is shipping now and CNET has reviewed the laser keyboard with several PDAs and […] Read more »
Eric Mack needed a new computer unexpectedly and unlike many knew exactly what he wanted- a tricked out Toshiba M200 Tablet PC. Seems he had been sold on the device by several famous Tablet advocates so he phoned up Toshiba directly to order his computer. Since […] Read more »
Jeff van West uses his Tablet PC as his primary computer as many Tablet owners do which provides a good basis for leveraging your Tablet during trips. Jeff has written an article that covers his strategy for road use from backups to WiFi hotspots and it’s […] Read more »
Looks like Apple might finally have some serious competition in the MP3 player business: Samsung. The South Korean giant wants to take over the leadership in the business from Apple by 2007. If the MP3 players they plan to ship are anything like current Yepp models, […] Read more »
Daniel Taylor believes that spotty coverage in the wireless networks, not just in US but even in more mature markets like Europe is the main reason why mobile connectivity is not guaranteed and that is the main reason why no carrier is ready to commit to […] Read more »
When it comes to innovation – there is a lot of hustling going on in the search business. No I don’t mean Vertical Search, but the aggressive competition going on for developing new technologies between MSN, Google and Yahoo. You can check out MSN Sandbox, Google […] Read more »
Metalink of Israel says it has started selling 100 VDSL chips that can send sen symmetric 100 Mbps for more than 200 meters. These products are targeted at two markets which are on the cutting edge of copper-based broadband: South Korea and Japan. The chips also […] Read more »
Dumb devices like this never fail to amaze me. Some dope heads have come up with a MP3 player that allows customers to make VoIP calls if and only if the device is connected to a PC using a USB cable. Like we cannot do the […] Read more »
Okay before you start laughing, read this thoughtful piece over on Democracy in Media. Alex explains that there was a big power struggle inside TiVo with outgoing CEO Mike Ramsay in one camp pushing for more independent, Internet centric strategy that depended on monthly fees and […] Read more »
It is time for Qwest to cut it losses and run, and let Verizon deal with the mess. Today another new accounting snafu at MCI, which tells me the innards of that company are rotting, and Michael Capellas and his crew want to hand over the […] Read more »
JP Morgan Chase, which sold billions of dollars worth of worthless WorldCom bonds a year before the company filed for bankruptcy has reached a settlement with Alan Hevesi, comptroller of New York and trustee of the New York State Common Retirement Fund and will pay about […] Read more »
CinemaNow just announced a new site called WatchMusicHere.com, where folks can see music videos from music labels such as Warner Music Group and TVT Records for between $1.99 and $2.99 for a permanent copy of each music video. The site will launch with 75 music videos […] Read more »
A wake-up call to the mass media, imploring them to get their terminology straight. Read more »
Before he became part of the Broadbandits gang, Clark McLeod was viewed by many as a maverick and a telecom entreprenuer who found gold where others saw lead. During the bubble years of telecom he lost some of his bearings – his McLeod USA filed for […] Read more »
Kevin Martin has been named the new head of FCC by President Bush. “I am deeply honored to have been designated as the next Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, and I thank President Bush for this distinct privilege,” he said in a statement. “I thank […] Read more »
American Society for Quality has just come out with a report that compares customer expectations and quality of goods being sold to them. In plain simple english, the quality has fallen all around, even as customer expectations have increased. The reason quality has suffered is not […] Read more »
Diesel eBooks announced today the deployment of a free online tool designed to dramatically reduce the uncertainty of downloading an encrypted ebook. http://www.diesel-ebooks.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=testdownload Visitors are now able to certify their computer upfront by downloading a sample encrypted ebook at no charge. The test ebooks are available […] Read more »
I received an email from Tom Clarkson of OrangeGuava informing me that the version of OrangeGuava that incorporates ActiveWords hooks is now available. He also pointed out that the video demo I mentioned yesterday was not from the DEMO conference, but he did exhibit there. This […] Read more »
Ken Camp is the author of a really good book about VoIP, IP Telephony Demystified, and his blog is a must read for me. He recently wrote an excellent article about the current state of VoIP and who is actually benefiting the most from the non-telco […] Read more »
A lot has been written about employers giving their workers cell phones with GPS-enabled geo-locator services that lets them keep track of the whereabouts of the workers at all times through the cell phone. These services work with phones with GPS integrated into the device and […] Read more »
Card Guard and Samsung are exhibiting at the CTIA in New Orleans their joint effort to supply the healthcare industry with remote patient monitoring. Card Guard’s PMP4 healthcare monitors measure and transmit medical data via a Bluetooth card inserted into the SDIO slot of the Samsung […] Read more »
Gizmodo found the MDA IV at CeBIT and snapped a photo of it on display. The MDA IV is manufactured by HTC and takes the Pocket PC to another level with the integrated phone functions and the nicely usable keyboard. The keyboard coupled with the VGA […] Read more »
Russell Beattie has a nice post on his blog that analyzes the various form factors that different mobile devices need to accomplish different tasks and he simplifies this overview with a wonderful abstract graphic of the different forms currently available. The main point of his article […] Read more »
Lora Heiny points out that Googgy Software has a blog covering their Tablet-GTD program. Tablet-GTD is a nice application for Getting Things Done users who need a good way to work the system using a Tablet. Marc Orchant and I discussed this program on the latest […] Read more »
You can’t go two steps on Sand Hill Road, the epicenter of venture capital without some money man espousing the virtues of vertical search. So often you is it repeated that it harks back to the bubble era euphemisms like “market places,” “new paradigms” and of […] Read more »
When the rumors of Microsoft’s new portable OS emerged, we first heard the phrase Magneto. Then someone told me that no silly its not the OS, but its a codename for the next version of Microsoft’s ActiveSync technology, which will be a “RIM killer.” (What’s with […] Read more »
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