Let Me Be Mobile

I ran across this “cool” promotion from the CoolSW site.  It’s a user-centric software bundle at LetMeBeMobile.com.  
I did a quick search on the site and 3 of the 4 participating companies were submitted onto CoolSW and it looks like they all got together in a marketing campaign to promote mobile applications and a possibility to win a Zune (30 GB). 
The [...]

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Randy Newman and Steve Job’s Keynote at MacWorld

If you didn’t see the 90 minute MacWorld keynote here is a quick summary of the product launches yesterday.  Jobs photo courtesy of Apple.  

Ad:  Hi I’m a Mac and I’m a PC — New Years ad ran which poked fun at Vista…what are you going to do in ’08…  Then Jobs enters stage.
Time [...]

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HD DVD Takes a Nose Dive

By now you’ve read about Warner Bros. Entertainment announcement to drop HD DVD and focus on Blu-ray, a Sony Corp. backed technology vs. rival Toshiba.  Warner was the last major studio to put out movies in both formats and after May they will exclusively release on Blu-ray. 
The announcement by Warner rattled the industry nerves to [...]

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Unlimited Download TV Service

Let’s see, I slept for 7 hours; it’s a new day and an announcement of yet another start up in the internet video space.  This seems like a daily ritual. 
The newest is Sync TV, a spin off from consumer electronics company Pioneer, which launched a beta download service.
The audio and video quality of the TV [...]

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A Country of Technology – Israel

Many of my RSS feeds and blogs I read there is technology and innovation coming out of Israel in a big way. It’s difficult to keep up with the reports on technologies, acquisitions and new startup companies that seem to happen there weekly. What’s the deal? I did a little research [...]

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Mac OS X vs. Windows

You can find a lots of websites on the Internet that spend their time arguing whether Mac OS X or Windows is superior. Most of these websites offer nothing but heated debate that is based more on personal opinions and biased attitudes than actual facts.
It’s easy to be distracted by all of this “noise” [...]

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Escape Work With Mediascapes

Mediascapes are mobile, location–based experiences that incorporate digital media with the sights, sounds, and textures of the world around you. A mediascape blends digital images, video, audio and interactions with the physical landscape.
“mscape” is the code name for a new technology from HP Labs. mscape software and the mscape player let you create and enjoy [...]

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The Air in America is Chilly

Bismarck, ND: Current temperature is -5 degrees. You can view updates at the KFYR web cam HERE.
And if that wasn’t chilly enough news…there is the video of Al Franken announcing his intent to run for the Senate seat on YouTube or on his site.
He made this announcement today, his last show, [...]

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OQO’s Ultra-Mobile PC Running Vista

OQO, a self-proclaimed pioneer in ultra-mobile personal computing, launched their second generation ultra-mobile PC, the model 02. The device launched yesterday with integrated Verizon Wireless broadband access high speed data service. First shown at CES the magnesium alloy chassis in black, features either a 1.2GHz or a 1.5GHz VIA C7M ULV processor and [...]

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Sip That Delicious iPhone Haterade…

 
Everyone has chimed in on how the Apple iPhone will fail to translate into sales in the business sector — and even Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer, laid into the iPhone during an interview which starts with a laugh reminiscent of the Howard Dean barbaric yawp . Then there’s Ballmer InformationWeek interview:
I don’t think this would be a very interesting announcement [...]

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