Business 2.0 : Many of the new startups in the convergence space — such as Grouper, Mercora, Orb Networks, and Sling Media — have developed their products only for the Windows platform, though there are vague promises of Mac support sometime in the future. They might […] Read more »
It’s pretty hard to swallow the rumors floating around that Tiger (OS X 10.4) may be announced by Apple on April 1st. I mean, really. Who announces something that big on a Friday, but especially April Fool’s Day? Well, in recent history, Google’s GMail was announced […] Read more »
Motorola’s iTunes phone is on hold for now, thanks to poor signal quality from the carriers. Frankly, why is anyone surprised that carriers are trying to make sure that the iTunes phone sleeps with the fishes? The stunning Rokr no-show at two of Motorola’s prime product […] Read more »
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Those clever BlackBerry folks at RIM have announced a couple of new rollouts that will delight fans of the mobile workhorse. The BlackBerry will soon support AIM, ICQ, and AOL Mail right on the device that so many mobile professionals swear by. The other rollout surprises […] Read more »
Bitstream has announced the availability of ThunderHawk 2.0 for both the Pocket PC and Smartphone. ThunderHawk is a web browser and service that provides the best browsing experience for mobile device with small screens. Version 2.0 provides the following features: Effortless scrolling. Fast, fluid Web page […] Read more »
There is word that Sony has lined up all sorts of fashion people to design accessories for its PlayStation Portable device. Marc Jacobs, Diane von Furstenberg, Coach, Baby Phat, and Charlotte Ronson are some of those who have signed up for a special fashion show, Engadget […] Read more »
Back in the bubble, for most European telecom operators, it was mega-billion dollar mergers that were seen as a quick if dirty way of expanding out of their home bases. Remember the $100 billion bid for Qwest by Deutsche Telekom? (Nacchio should have sold, instead of […] Read more »
In the Rainbow Six 3 games, you’re part of “Rainbow” – an elite squad of counter-terror specialists, taking down the scum of the earth, wherever they roam. Your team is the last hope for all of the citizens on earth. But don’t be confused – this […] Read more »
2004 was a whopper of a year for Ericsson. The demand for wireless network equipment boomed, and so did Ericsson’s fortunes. Big network build-out across the planet in general, China and India in specific along with severe belt tightening helped the Swedish giant notch up margins […] Read more »
Looks like someone wants to be sued. A company out of Taiwan known as LUXPRO has created a new mp3 player that was obviously ripped off inspired by the iPod shuffle called the Super Shuffle. I expect we will hear about Apple sending a cease and […] Read more »
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If you are in the market for a new portable computer whether it be a notebook, Tablet PC or ultra-portable, there are a lot of things you should consider to make sure you get the one that will work best for you. Connected Home Media has […] Read more »
Information has been appearing about the CommWarrior.A virus that spreads on Symbian mobile phones via MMS messages. The virus is particularly nasty because it spreads through photos and sounds and can attack any Symbian phone anywhere in the world. The Commwarrior.A virus tries to replicate itself […] Read more »
By Andrew Odlyzko Bernie Ebbers (along with some of the key players at Enron and other disasters of recent years) was able to make at least a semi-plausible case that he was not involved in any accounting details. The greater ability of modern business leaders to […] Read more »
Every so often a pundit or a journalist rediscovers South Korea and presents it as a broadband nirvana. And it is! Still, not many try and write about how South Korea became center of the broadband world. No mention of South Korean government’s generous subsidies or […] Read more »
Paris Hilton, like all jilted lovers is on a rebound and has swooned right into the arms of T-Mobile rival, Verizon. Reporting from CTIA, MobilePlaya says that Hilton, “Starting in April, the “country’s two wildest interns”–Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie–will be the stars of 26 one-minute […] Read more »
It is only a matter of time when Microsoft’s VoIP dreams come in the way of Cisco’s desire to be the king of enterprise VoIP. Cisco spokespeople say the two companies are going to work together, but some believe that trouble could be brewing. Cisco already […] Read more »
Skype CEO Niklas Zennström is back to taunting telecoms, this time at CeBIT. His rallying cry: “Free is good. Free service is very, very good. We think you cannot charge for phone calls.” Sure its easy to say Free when you are making PC-to-PC calls, but […] Read more »
A long time ago, when I started out in this business of writing about technology, I remember getting big packages from technology companies with a lot of paper – press releases, customer testimonials and power points, printed and nicely collated. A few years into the Internet […] Read more »
The growing popularity of VoIP might have a big downside – telemarketing. Many folks are focusing on the SPAM problem associated with VoIP, ignoring the fact that falling costs of dialing means telemarketers can now dial as much as they want, and skirt the pesky “traditional […] Read more »
Are the brutal price wars that plagued the wireless arena for past three years coming to an end? A quick analysis of the current offerings shows that the hostilities have diminished if not completely ceased in the mobile market. First the fourth quarter the discounts and […] Read more »
ZTE Corp, one of two Chinese telecom majors currently on a global offensive to take market share has won over a marquee customer – France Telecom. France is one of the hottest DSL markets where four carriers are pushing video-over-DSL and all sorts of neat stuff. […] Read more »
AT&T senior executives will get $31 million if SBC deal goes through and the new parent decides to bid adieu to Ma Bell’s senior executives. In addition, FCC has started a 180 day public comment period and the merger will be consummated in early 2006 if […] Read more »
Nero announced the availability of their new mobile device media player, Nero ShowTime Mobile, and it looks to be a promising cross-platform player. NSM will be available for the Windows Mobile, Pocket PC and Symbian platforms. The coolest innovation in the player is the support for […] Read more »
Christopher James of tc-one-thousand has been playing with the new hp4200 convertible Tablet PC and has published an extensive review with tons of photos. The hp4200 is hp’s first convertible Tablet and has been anxiously awaited since its announcement a few weeks ago. Christopher has really […] Read more »
This edition of the techADDICTION Show is all about mobile technology and productivity and listeners should have no problem finding topics of particular interest. Kevin Tofel and I discuss everything from ebook readers to the iPod Shuffle in the ranging discussion of mobile goodness. We hope […] Read more »
I admit, codecs are something I don’t pay much attention to. But Aswath does, and today he points out that one of the reason why SkypeOut doesn’t sound as good as Skype-pure, is because the gateway makers don’t support wideband codecs which Skype uses. What it […] Read more »
MemoryToGo’s customer database is exposed to the world, allowing for all sorts of mischief. Read more »
TiVo is trying to move its experience to the PC, which is an inherently a bad idea. Thomas Hawk: I have suggested in the past that TiVo needs to offer a software solution to run on the PC. They did not elaborate on what form this […] Read more »
Analog Telephone Adapter aka ATA, the little box which plug into the broadband modem on one side and a plain old phone on the other is going to do a vanishing act, especially now that the market is soon going to be flooded with IP handsets, […] Read more »
Yahoo! News: Looks like Qwest is ready to sweeten the pot and offer more cash for MCI, according to Reuters. The new bid for MCI would value MCI at $24.60 a share, and the bid will be offered to the MCI board next week. Enough to […] Read more »
The second round of Mac mini car installations is a huge step up from the first. Read more »
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 »
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 »
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