Yesterday evening, while roaming the corridors of DEMO show I ran into Michael Ramsey, the chairman and till recently the chief executive of beleaguered TiVo. He was there to receive a top innovators award and have a fireside chat with Chris Shipley, the conference organizer. Ramsey […] Read more »
Finally Apple is opening a retail store in my home state of Oklahoma. The new store is going to be located in Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City. At this time it is unclear if this is going to be a full sized or a mini […] Read more »
Apple has posted an open call to all switchers to send their stories in. Here is a blurb from the page: Let us know what made you get a Mac instead of a PC. Did you fall in love with your iPod and then buy a […] Read more »
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Like everybody else I have 50 GMail invites to give away. Email me your name and email address and I’ll get it to you. Read more »
Sony just announced it will be releasing a cell phone that will apparently compete with the “iTunes Phone” from Motorola. It’ll be named after Sony’s long dominant (until the iPod came along) Walkman line of products. And get this: It’ll play mp3 and AAC files! So […] Read more »
A new interface was announced today that enables the connection of small office telephone systems to a GSM network. The GSM Wireless Module Interface permits the user to connect any fixed line phone, computer or fax to any GSM wireless network. Prior to this launch the […] Read more »
Ultranote has posted some pictures from the first real Personal Digital Assistant. Check out the article for all the pics. (Photo courtesy of Ultranote) Read more »
In DAILY FEEDING, I’ll attempt to help you simplify some of the more daily and mundane tasks of computing. To kick things off, I’ll start with protecting your data through regular backups.
I consider myself somewhat of an expert on this topic – why? I’ve lost way too much data due to poor back-up practices. But the past few months have brought some break-throughs that will hopefully help you avoid my mistakes.
I actually lucked out about 5 months ago: I’d just run my first backup of my Home folder (after having my powerbook for almost 2 years), when I hosed myself the very next day. Thank goodness I’d made a backup the night before! And oh yes – the biggest issues arise from user-error, and I generally know what I’m doing on a computer… Read more »
Bill Gates announced the next version of the Internet Explorer will be in beta by this summer. Gates announced Internet Explorer 7.0, designed to add new levels of security to Windows XP SP2 while maintaining the level of extensibility and compatibility that customers have come to […] Read more »
Business 2.0’s Matt Maier writes: “Embracing music is a sage move for the wireless industry. Selling music — whether streaming service or straight music downloads — is a great marketing tool for mobile operators. Consumers understand the value of music, so instantaneously downloading a song to […] Read more »
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Business 2.0: The blockbuster success of iPod has proved one thing: People want their music on the go. Inspired by that notion, the mobile-phone industry is banking on music as the next killer application for cell phones. All you need is nifty software and some storage. […] Read more »
Raise your hand if you’ve ordered a book from iPhoto. My father-in-law ordered one right after installing and opening iPhoto 5. He got it in about a week later and called me. He was not impressed (mind you, he’s a huge Apple nut). I figured he […] Read more »
While Hewlett Packard is having a bad week or so, Apple stands to gain some firepower. HP’s senior vice president of marketing, Allison Johnson will be moving to Apple to breath some new life into Apple marketing. In her new position, she will be responsible for […] Read more »
David Rothman runs a great site called TeleRead that covers all things ebooks. There are always interesting articles and posts on his site and I just found an article TeleRead is running by Jon Noring that addresses why we won’t see a cheap dedicated ebook reader […] Read more »
Trolltech announced over 50 companies are planning to release phones with the Linux powered Qtopia graphical interface. Motorola is already selling Qtopia phones in China and Trolltech expects other OEMs to begin releasing products soon. Last year Archos released a portable media center that runs the […] Read more »
Last year I ranted about the way Socket handled the drivers for their CF Bluetooth card and the problems I had trying to get it to work on the Sony U. I have a CF card that I have used for a long time with my […] Read more »
Given the recent decline in cable company stock prices, it is not surprising that smart money is giving a closer look to the sector. According to a Bloomberg report, Billionaire investors Warren Buffett and George Soros have increased their holdings of U.S. cable television companies. The […] Read more »
If you take too many pictures, and want to share them with the world – especially those friends who are smart enough to have broadband connections, then you are going to love this new product from web designer Todd Dominey- Slideshow Pro. A Flash based program […] Read more »
UPDATE: I stand corrected. Elkware and IOMO were bought separately in the 3rd and 1st week of December, respectively. Atlas was bought sometime in June. The news is that they have now been officially integrated into Infospace Mobile’s new gaming division. Thanks guys for pointing it […] Read more »
I ran into Mike “TechDirt” Masnick over at DEMO yesterday – we chatted about among many things Vonage, and who was blocking it. I think a lot of people misunderstood my last post about Vonage blocking, assuming it was SBC who was doing the blocking. Mike […] Read more »
Video Phones, though still an arcane and niche market are getting some serious attention from the major players. Motorola and Texas Instruments are two giants pushing the video-over-IP phones really hard. Today, TI announced a new DSP which will hopefully improve the performance of the video […] Read more »
MCI’s track record of trying to merge with anyone has been checkered at best. Back in the day, it did a deal to sell itself to British Telecom, only to see its plans come apart at seams with Bernie & his crew came all guns blazing. […] Read more »
Now this is a hoot. This morning in a call with the Wall Street, MCI CEO Michael Capellas made a presentation, that claimed that MCI had 4500 pops, 3.2 million dial modems, 130 data centers and did business on six continents and 140+ countries. Funnily enough, […] Read more »
Most Computer Systems ought to be protected from their users. It’s crazy-easy to do on a Mac. Read more »
DEMO, is like one of those respected film festivals, cool when it comes to critical acclaim, but not enough to ensure commercial success. In the past some big ideas have made their debut at DEMO, but on its 15th anniversary, I have not found anything which […] Read more »
In what appears to be an answer to Apple’s Mac mini, Japan’s Soldam has released the Lepty PC. It comes in a casing that has the option of a Pentium M or Celeron M process and a DVD-+R/RW/RAM burner. One plus (for the Jr. High girl […] Read more »
Business 2.0: In recent days, I’ve polled executives at various companies that make these gadgets, and they say the whole video player industry is in a learning phase. James Barnard, who oversees Microsoft’s handheld video player business, points out that there needs to be a lot […] Read more »
Happy Valentine’s Day to all jkOTR readers and especially to my better half, Sheri. That should be good for massive brownie points. :) Read more »
Cell phone giant Nokia and Microsoft announced an agreement that will put Microsoft’s Windows Media Player 10 on Nokia cell phones. This is a very big deal for two reasons- Nokia is simply huge in the cell phone arena and Microsoft agreed to introduce open standards […] Read more »
Motorola has just officially announced the E1060 phone, with support to play iTunes music. The phone comes with a 1.3 megapixel camera that can be used to take still photos or to participate in a video conference. Other features include bluetooth and a/v streaming. The phone […] Read more »
I recently bought some Radtech OmniCleanz cleaning solution. In the past I have tried pretty much everything to clean my notebook displays, with no avail. Soapy water leaves residue, and is water… which is bad for electronics. Alcohol leaves streak marks. Along with my order I […] Read more »
The podcast world is all atwitter over the announcement over the weekend that The Podcast Network (TPN) has gone live and I am ecstatic to add two of my own announcements to that pot. jkOnTheRun is proud to announce the soon to be released techADDICTION (TA) […] Read more »
A French consumer group has filed suit against Apple and Sony over their music services. The group argues that the companies are deceitful in the fact that their music will only work on their own players. This is the second challenge to Apple in the French […] Read more »
McAfee has a web-based WiFiScan that analyzes your wireless network for potential security problems. WiFiScan can also be used to scan Hotspots to notify you if there are possible threats on the open network and suggest actions you can take to help minimize your risk. Does […] Read more »
Well we have heard this story before. A laser virtual keyboard, which you can type on and it will plug into your phone, and you will never have to carry a laptop again. Blah blah blah! Actually just got a demo of a small gizmo which […] Read more »
Sony Ericsson has unveiled their new PC Card that works on UMTS/EDGE/GPRS networks providing connectivity on both 2G and 3G networks. The coolest feature of the GC95 UMTS/EDGE PC Card is the ability to switch from one type of network to another without any configuration changes […] Read more »
Just got word from the O’Reilly people that their new magazine MAKE has now officially gotten underway. MAKE is a magazine for tech oriented do it yourselfers and showcases various projects you can build on your own and create gadgety goodness. The premiere issue of MAKE […] Read more »
We received a number of very good entries to the contest for the True Launch Bar giveaway and choosing a winner was a difficult task. It was so difficult to decide that I put all members with entries into a hat and drew the winner randomly. […] Read more »
If anyone care’s to remember, I wrote about this a little while ago. A new set of tools can block VoIP traffic from coming on to a certain network. You can read more here, in this post entitled, The VoIP End Run. Now there is word […] Read more »
Reading over this post gives a decent overview of why you might initially think porting MacOS to other hardware platforms is a good idea. Oh, other hardware is so much cheaper, it would offer such great competition. MacOS should stay firmly where it is: on Apple-controlled […] Read more »
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