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- Google-based T-Mobile 'Dream' coming next month
- Google-based T-Mobile 'Dream' coming next monthUntil we see this used in the mass market, we really will not know how goodit is, both hardware and software. But, if it is very good, both hardware and software, it will sell at the levels that HTC is predicting.RE: Google-based T-Mobile 'Dream' coming...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Google Inc., T-Mobile, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- Cablevision blankets Long Island with Wi-Fi
- Cablevision Systems, one of the biggest cable providers in the New York City metro area, announced that it's completed the first stage of a massive Wi-Fi network project called Optimum WiFi that will eventually cover the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area. The company says that its wireless networking equipment now...
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Gmail outage the latest cloud stumble; Where's the offline synching?
- Gmail outage the latest cloud stumble; Where's the offline synching?Can't trust it yetWhile seeing the tech world lose their mind via Twitter due to the gmail outage, I agree that it shows the need to not rely on a single source for anything deemed "critial", whether it's cloud, hardware, software,...
- Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Manufacturing, Google Gmail, outage, offline synching, Gmail outage, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- Apple announces iPhone 3G, available July 11th for $199
- Apple announces iPhone 3G, available July 11th for $1993G iPhone suggests future productsNow they need a MacAir with 3G and iPhone features built-in. That would be a killer road warrior. (I have a MacAir and love it, but with 3G and MobileMe -- even better.)RE: Apple announces iPhone 3G, available...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Handhelds, 3G, Apple iPhone, MacAir, Apple announces iPhone, Apple announces iPhone 3G, Apple Announces, Smartphone, iPhone G3, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-09
- Scam calls... something we've forgot about?
- I was thinking about the problem of identity theft today and looked back at notes I took during Nitesh Dhanjani and Billy Rios's presentation at Black Hat and Blue Hat recently and I came to the realization that our government should be doing more about this crap. ...
- Tags: Do-Not-Call, Credit Card, Phishing, Government, Identity Theft, Sales Channel, Cyberthreats, Financial Services, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Sales, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Is Google reliable enough?
- Dan Farber wrote about some downtime he experienced at YouTube this morning -- it lasted 20 minutes, and was then restored. The part that got me thinking about his post was his reference to why the internet isn't like TV -- TV is much more reliable, but content on...
- Tags: Google Inc., Phone, YouTube Inc., Internet, TVs, E-mail, Tv & Home Theater, Telecom & Utilities, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Online Communications, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-05-03
- Sprint and T-Mobile: A disaster in waiting
- Sprint and T-Mobile: A disaster in waitingNO MORE MERGERSAs of late, almost every merger in the last 5 years hasn't made sense, nor have many been successful. While on the other hand, we do look at IBM spinning off their PC division and watch them fly with it.Sprint spun...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Mergers & Acquisitions, Graham Ruck, Sprint Communications, T-Mobile, CDMA
- Discussion threads 2008-03-07
- Key+mobile+Linux+platform+out+in+March
- Key+mobile+Linux+platform+out+in+MarchLiMo+Android=greatThis is a great movement, finally there is momentum to get consumers a free mobile network where they can do as they want with their phone and phone service instead of their phone provider dictating what they can and can't do. Once these platforms go mainstream I can see there...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-02-05
- Getting started with Android
- Getting started with AndroidWicked coOL Ed!ntRE: Getting started with Androidfound some step by step tutorial at http://www.mymobisoft.comRE: Getting started with AndroidIf you want the skinny on Android I suggest you subscribe to Dims' blog and take a look at the previous entries: http://davanum.wordpress.com/ He's the man who's had the first...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, Google obviously, RIM BlackBerry, cell phone, phone, Getting Started
- Discussion threads 2007-12-16
- The great fraud of our time
- The great fraud of our timeuntil goverment does it job to protect it citizenuntil goverment explain to business that there only permit business es to exit that if they want they can revoke that right ......but since government is in the pocket of businesses and since nobody have the backbone...
- Tags: Litigation, Internet, great fraud, fraud
- Discussion threads 2007-10-17
- GPL will get its day in court
- GPL will get its day in courtSP?[i]Software Freedom Law Center SLFC[/i]Shouldn't that be SFLC not SLFC. You used the latter twice.I doubt they signed any contractPersonally, I don't think ANY company should be able to publish a contract and claim that it is valid. If we don't mutually agree...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPL, EULA, Monsoon
- Discussion threads 2007-09-21
- Photos: Nokia re-tunes phone lineup
- Nokia took the wraps off four new entertainment devices that also work as cell phones.Nokia unveils four new entertainment devices that also work as cell phones. Nokia took the wraps off its N81 multimedia computer with two versions: an 8GB model and one with a microSD expansion slot...
- Tags: Card, Phone, Retail Price, Nokia Corp., Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2007-08-29
- Apple iPhone software unlocked and Engadget has the proof
- Apple iPhone software unlocked and Engadget has the proofCry havoc and let loose the lawyers of litigation! nt.Proof positiveThat the iPhone is a revolutionary device. Before it came along, nobody except a tiny minority cared whether or not you could unlock a phone because all phones were pretty much...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Simlock, Engadget, software, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-24
- SunRocket orphans, send me your switching stories
- Are you one of the 200,000 or so ex-customers of SunRocket?You are wanted.You may be aware that just about every viable competitor of SunRocket is seeking your business.Have you gone online to their sites and called them? What did they tell you? Did the phone or online rep seem knowledgeable...
- Tags: General
- Blog posts 2007-07-18
- VoIP provider ViaTalk: we'll buy out your SunRocket contract
- Little-known Internet phone provider ViaTalk is the latest to offer special deals to what I have been referring to as "orphaned" SunRocket subscribers.Orphaned, of course, by SunRocket's cessation of operations Monday.The deal is detailed on ViaTalk's FAQ page about how to switch from SunRocket to ViaTalk.Here's some details from...
- Tags: Providers
- Blog posts 2007-07-17
- Here's where many of those orphaned SunRocket users will go
- Now I know why SunRocket instituted their $199 a year plan. Perhaps not so much as a clever competitive marketing strategy but as a desperate move to raise cash.Not enough cash was raised to sustain operations, or even to capture the interest of a lender or buyer.With the shutdown of...
- Tags: Predictions and Observations, Packet 8
- Blog posts 2007-07-17
- Plan to buy an iPhone June 29? "Undoubtedly there will be shortages"
- Plan to buy an iPhone June 29? "Undoubtedly there will be shortages"Message has been deleted.Credible sourcesBusinessweek Magazine is reporting that there will be 3 million iPhones available at launch. Do you really think Apple will sell more than that in the first week?http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2007/tc20070606_154290.htmWho would buy first version?Who, other than...
- Tags: Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, Digital media, Digital music, EDGE service, Apple iPhone, battery, phone, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-13
- Linkin Park Dot-Mac email account hacked
- If you ever doubted the benefit of a strong password, check out Wired's article Linkin Park's Mysterious Cyberstalker.In it Linkin' front man tells an eerie tale about how his wife, family and personal life were privacy was compromised and how they were taunted daily. A stalker fan had gained access...
- Tags: Dot-Mac, Hack, Security, Software
- Blog posts 2007-05-23
- EMI/Amazon execs unplugged: Will Amazon's DRM-free downloads dent Apple?
- Right about now, the question is whether or not Steve Jobs wishes he never penned the open letter that he did in February 2007. The one where he eschewed Digital Rights Management technology (the same anti-piracy technology that preserves the dominance of Apple' iPods and well as of iTunes' downloadable...
- Tags: Entertainment, Apple, General, Hollywood On Demand, Legal, Podcasts, Security
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- Six dang good reasons why you (probably) hate your cell phone provider
- Six dang good reasons why you probably hate your cell phone providerSounds like Verizon WirelessNone of those things can be said about most phones on Cingular.Few/None of the Treo 650's features are crippled. Nor were my previous V551 or my wife's Razr.Not to mention Verizon's network isn't all that...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Sprint Communications, phone, cell phone
- Discussion threads 2007-05-14
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