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- CES Big Picture #3: Oh ye cable, R.I.P. Wireless cometh and take ye away
- Its now going on two weeks since CES has ended and so far, Ive posted two big picture pieces; one on when size stopped mattering and the other on how Hi-Definitions virtuous circle is finally complete. Last week, I was at Mashup Camp 3 at MIT so I held off...
- Tags: General, Entertainment, Mobile, Personal Technology, Wired &, Wireless, Telephony, Events, CES 2007, Cool Tech Gear, Disruptive Technology, Wireless Report Card, VoIP Hardware@CES, credit card, wireless, Consumer Electronics Show
- Blog posts 2007-01-23
- CES Big Picture #2: When size stops mattering
- While the hi-def ecosystem was completing its virtuous circle in what seemed to be every other booth in all the square mileage of boothspace that was CES 2007, another less noticeable trend was lurking beneath the surface: miniaturization.For years, technology has often been about things getting smaller. Back in 1986,...
- Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Corporate governance, Network technology, memory, microSD Card, Consumer Electronics Show, MicroSD, cable, ultramobile PC, hard drive
- Blog posts 2007-01-16
- CES Big Picture #1 (no pun intended): Hi-Def virtuous circle is complete
- On the heels of returning from the Consumer Electronics Show last week, a lot of people are asking the obvious questions:What was the big news?Did you see anything interesting or cool?Given how Ive been reflecting on my visit to Las Vegas in order to answer these questions, it seemed equally...
- Tags: General, Entertainment, Personal Technology, Hollywood On Demand, Events, CES 2007, Disruptive Technology, Consumer Electronics Show
- Blog posts 2007-01-16
- EPOS Digital Pen may prove low-tech is the way to go for capturing pen strokes
- For decades, engineers have been trying to figure out how to turn our pen strokes into usable data. In other words, I write something down with a pen and the image of what I wrote is not only captured as an image that can be stored in the computer, it...
- Tags: General, Personal Technology, Video, Events, CES 2007, Cool Tech Gear, Disruptive Technology, EPOS Digital, Graffiti, handwriting, pen, tablet
- Blog posts 2007-01-12
- CES: Wireless payments at the register with your cell phone are around the corner
- After seeing the demonstration that Visa just gave me at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Im pretty sure it wont be too long before many of us will be paying for everything from our groceries to our Dunkin Donuts wirelessly with our cell phones. Visa had a "pod"...
- Tags: General, Software Infrastructure, Mobile, Personal Technology, Wired &, Wireless, Telephony, Events, CES 2007, Disruptive Technology, credit card, telephone, Near Field Communication
- Blog posts 2007-01-11
- Look ma, no light! Nanotech is behind ultra-sensitivity of Planet82's "Nano-Cam" sensor
- If youre like me, then maybe youve been hearing a lot about nanotechnology but havent yet seen the benefits of it in any of the products coming to market. Well, here at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, that changed for me when I got a look at what...
- Tags: General, Hardware Infrastructure, Personal Technology, Security, Events, CES 2007, Disruptive Technology, Planet82, camera, nanotechnology, Nano-Cam, Planet82s
- Blog posts 2007-01-10
- CES: Sling Media turns regular TVs into Slingbox targets with its new Slingcatcher
- Earlier this year, my colleague Dan Farber interviewed Sling Media CEO Blake Krikorian. Sling has gotten a lot of attention over the year for its Slingbox. Going back to the series of Dead Finger Technology interviews that Ive been doing, there are a lot of people I know who would...
- Tags: General, Legal, Entertainment, Personal Technology, Hollywood On Demand, Video, Events, CES 2007, Cool Tech Gear, Disruptive Technology, Sling Media, Slingbox
- Blog posts 2007-01-09
- Apple step aside: GUI on Synaptics' concept smartphone is a total game changer
- When you take a step back and look at the new crop of cell and smart phones coming onto the market these days, its almost as if all of the entries are working off of one or two designers playbooks. Whereas one handful of entries (ie: Motorolas Q, Samsungs Blackjack,...
- Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, game, Apple Computer Inc., Synaptics Inc., telephone, touchpad, GUI, smart phone
- Blog posts 2007-01-08
- CES: 3J's wireless SkyPartner SP101 Skype phone connets to landlines too
- 3J Communications is here at CES 2007 in Las Vegas showing its latest and greatest: the SkyPartner SP101 Dual-Mode wireless phone. Compared to NetGears $200 WiFi-based Skype phone, 3Js SkyPartner pictured left does something thats particularly special: it supports both Skype and landlines simultaneously. For Skype calls, it wirelessly communicates...
- Tags: General, Mobile, Wired &, Wireless, Telephony, Events, CES 2007, Disruptive Technology, VoIP Hardware@CES, Skype Technologies S.A., telephone, Consumer Electronics Show
- Blog posts 2007-01-07
- CES: Seamless Internet's SX-GEN Ultra Mobile PC packs it in to 11 oz.
- As components for PCs get smaller and smaller, theyve enabled a new and growing breed of Ultra Mobile PCs UMPCs and here at CES in Las Vegas, a bumper crop of these sub-1 lb. systems are expected to make a showing including ones that support Microsofts Origami initiative. But, whereas...
- Tags: Keyboards, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), SX-GEN Ultra-Mobile PC, Consumer Electronics Show, keyboard
- Blog posts 2007-01-07
- Google guns for Microsoft
- Google guns for MicrosoftGoogle guns for MicrosoftAfter getting my invitation today and giving it a quick run through, I would have to say no Microsoft does not need to be worried. Most companies and people for that matter won't trust it nor have the need for it. The...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Word processors, Disruptive Technology, object-oriented, Google Inc., spreadsheet, Microsoft Office, advertisement, Writely, Microsoft Corp., MSFT
- Discussion threads 2006-06-06
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- Microsoft buys DATAllegro
- Microsoft on Thursday said that it will acquire DATAllegro, which makes data warehouse appliances. The purchase is expected to "extend the capabilities of Microsoft's mission critical platform," according to a statement. DATAllegro will ride shotgun with other software to manage data and give the software giant one...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Server, Microsoft Corp., DATAllegro, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Government, markets and regulation
- Problems in the housing market in the United States provide some interesting lessons about government regulation in general, lessons that have equal applicability to the intersection between Information Technology and government. by John Carroll
- Tags: Fannie Mae, Economist, Regulation, Freddie Mac, Subsidy, Government, Vertical Industries, Mortgages, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Capital Structures, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Intel launches new chip for consumer electronics
- In its latest bid to expand beyond PCs and servers into industrial and consumer electronics applications, Intel has announced a new family of embedded processors. These chips are not based on the Atom processor already used in netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices MIDs--those versions won't arrive until...
- Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Intel Corp., Chip, Atom, SoCs, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Childs rigged crazyquilt private network
- The prosecution unveiled more details on the lunacy in San Francisco in court filings that urged the judge to keep rogue network administrator Terry Childs' bail at $5 million. The Chronicle reports that prosecutors say that Childs had over 1,000 modems secreted around the city, forming his own private network...
- Tags: Network, Prosecutor, Networking, Productivity, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...
- Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Qualcomm patent ruled invalid in German Nokia case
- The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case against the world's top cell phone maker Nokia was invalid. HELSINKI--The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case against the world's top cell...
- Tags: Patent, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Reuters, Nokia, Qhalcom, patents, legal, cellphones
- News items 2008-07-24
- Qualcomm, Nokia deal ends long legal battle
- Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. NEW YORK--Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. ...
- Tags: Patent, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Reuters, Nokia, Qhalcom, patents, legal, cellphones
- News items 2008-07-24
- Parallels releases Parallels Server for Mac
- I almost missed Parallels' announcement of Parallels Server for Mac. I didn't speak with company representatives. All I saw was a press release. It was nearly lost in a huge pile of other mail in my inbox. Although there are several virtual machine software products that support...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Virtual Machine, Parallels Server, Parallels Management Console, Toolset, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- HR World SMB Payroll Solutions Comparison Guide
- Why spend hours calculating deductions, writing checks and filing tax forms when you can afford a hosted solution to take care of the hassle for you? Small businesses can now take advantage of technology to take the headaches out of payroll processing thanks to reasonable, easy-to-use solutions. ...
- Tags: Human Resources, Solution, Tippit Inc., Payroll, Small And Medium Business, HR World, Taxes, Free Trade, Payroll Solutions, Operational Accounting, Smb/Sme, Financial Planning, Finance
- White papers 2008-07-24
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