The portal offers SiteBuilder as part of its Web hosting service, in a bid to appeal to small-and medium-sized businesses. [internetnews.com] I check it out quickly and while this is only for Windows (yeah yeah) it seems like a very nice tool. I have previous experience with the WebSites from Verisign product and this looks … Read moreYahoo! Adds Site-Building Tool
Google has introduced an advanced news search. Now you can search by source, source location, headline, URL, or date. [Google Weblog] The best gets better…
With virtual private network (VPN) connections, data customers in both cities will be able to access Verizon’s 1xEV-DO high-speed data network as an extension of their corporate local area network (LAN) or intranet. In order to receive the increased data speeds, 1xEV-DO devices are required, and the company says it plans to sell PCMCIA cards, … Read moreVerizon to launch High Speed Wireless in D.C., San Diego
Thanks to an excellent template and write-up from Brad Choate, I now have a new RSS 2.0 template that is most un-funky. Hopefully those reading this through an aggregator, see the difference. I over-wrote the old one with the same name, so you should just be able to see the revised layout without having to … Read moreWe’ve got the (un)Funk!
CNET News.com’s Declan McCullagh explains the real story behind the Direct Marketing Association’s position that unsolicited e-mail entreaties to us shouldn’t be considered spam. [CNET News.com]
The carrier begins selling AT&T One, which lets subscribers use a block of minutes on either a cell phone or landline. [CNET News.com]
“Time Warner Cable is very aggressive and savvy as a technology adopter,” he added. So, if Microsoft’s trial proves out, the move could be a big opportunity to position itself in an interactive television screen. It could also bode well for finds the trial successful, cable technology platform company Scientific-Atlanta could also benefit, Brancheau said. … Read moreTime Warner to Test Microsoft’s iTV Software
The Overland Park, Kansas-based company said it plans to initially roll out WiFi, or 802.11b services, in more than 800 public locations such as airports, convention centres and hotels through roaming agreements with closely held companies Airpath Wireless Inc and Wayport Inc. It is currently in negotiations to build out its own WiFi infrastructure and … Read moreSprint PCS to Launch WiFi Service
A new wireless digital audio system from Yamaha called MusicCast which consists of the MCX-1000, a digital audio server with an 80GB hard drive for storing MP3s, and the MCX-A10 (pictured at right), a digital audio client that can wirelessly stream music files off of the server. Unlike some of these other digital audio receivers, … Read moreYamaha’s MusicCast wireless digital audio system
The New York Times has an article today on WozNet, a new wireless location-monitoring technology created by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak’s new company, Wheels of Zeus… [MacMinute] WozNet, he said, will include a home-base station that has the ability to track the location of dozens or even hundreds of small wireless devices that can be … Read moreWozniak’s new company creates wireless ID tags
Blog Change Bot Blog Change Bot (blogchangebot on AIM) is a blog monitoring service which updates you via AOL Instant Messanger when a blog you are interested in is updated. Subscribe via AIM or iChat to be automatically notified when the blog is updated. Gratuitous self promo – I built this bot. [Blogroots] This closes … Read moreIM blog monitoring service
Systems powered by the Extensible Markup Language may prove to be the standard for sharing information between businesses, but experts at McKinsey explain why most CIOs won’t make the leap in the near future. [CNET News.com]
Here’s a great rundown on ways to use Moveable Type’s content management for more than the usual blog content. A Whole Lotta Features
Great stuff for your aggregator…Jeremy Zawodny’s blog
pop2blog was created specifically out of a desire to take the jpeg images which the Danger Hiptop (aka T-Mobile Sidekick) is able to capture and email and post them as entries in a MovableType weblog. b i x w o r l d . c o m Almost there… just waiting on my host to … Read morepop2blog
THis is a new show on Bravo. 5 gay guys get together to spiff up a clueless straight guy [Blogcritics] It is hilarious! I love this show. I tell you what, the sarcastic over-the-top gay culture is really MADE for TV. I mean it! These guys learned their moves from imitating the imitations of female … Read moreQueer Eye for the Straight Guy
Today, the human experience of the Net stands at a crossroads, paths diverging into the future, and nobody knows which one we’ll be on in a year. A lot of people who will read this have the chance to make a difference in the decision. Let’s look at the options…. [Tim Bray] Food for thought … Read moreThe Door Is Ajar
France puts its foot down on English tech-speak, banning the use of the word “e-mail” in all official correspondence in favor of a more homegrown term. [CNET News.com] Just ridiculous…but what do you expect from France.
Since moving with my job, I am amazed at how much less spam and as a result how much less email I get. I am going through a slight withdrawal from constantly responding to the new email sound, but in many ways feeling good about this change. I know we use a spam filter at … Read moreAn amazing reduction in Spam
In the past few weeks a lot has changed at work. First, I was transferred to another company within our holding company, but I still maintain full contact (as you may or may not expect) with the previous organzation. We are actually trying to work even more closely together and my move is an interim … Read moreInformation