The Federal Communications Commission has agreed to lift restrictions that have barred AOL Time Warner from offering advanced instant messaging services including videoconferencing, according to a source familiar with the decision. [CNET News.com]
Union Square Park is the city’s latest free Wi-Fi “hot spot,” where visitors can get high-speed Internet service wirelessly. [Crain’s New York Business ] I live nearby and can confirm that it has been live for a few weeks at least. It works great , though better on the northern side of the park which … Read moreUnion Square Goes WiFi
SACRAMENTO, Calif.–A handful of technology and consumer privacy experts testifying at a California Senate hearing Monday called for regulation of a controversial technology designed to wirelessly monitor everything from clothing to currency. The hearing, presided over by state Sen. Debra Bowen, focused on an emerging area of technology that’s known as radio frequency identification (RFID). … Read morePrivacy advocates call for RFID regulation
Why is a server side aggregator better than a desktop aggregator? Desktop aggregators are great. They sit there all day, pinging away at sites, and as soon as they notice something new, they pop up little windows on your desktop, and let you read items. But what about when you go home from work? Or … Read moreFeed on Feeds…
Courtesy of Sony’s Hong Kong department, a microsite containing a wealth of detailed information concerning the company’s latest handheld, the CLIE PEG-UX50, is now available to an international audience. Providing not only an overview over detailed specifications and capabilities of the unit, the microsite also introduces potential buyers to scenarios and functionality which can be … Read moreCLIE PEG-UX50 microsite appears
Internet news addicts are turning in droves to so-called aggregator services, which relieve information overload by condensing multiple sites into a single feed. [Wired News] Aggregators and RSS are certainly on the hit list of editors everywhere these days…
Palm today announced the new name it will adopt following the spin-off this fall of PalmSource and acquisition of Handspring. Palm Solutions groups will become “palmOne” and will reflect the company s handheld computer hardware and software solutions business and encompass the subbrands Zire and Tungsten, as well as Treo. [PalmInfocenter]
Given the large number of travelers already using laptops on trains, the addition of Wi-Fi makes the travel time even more productive, and provides something that road travel can not. GNER has apparently solved the problem of delivering uninterrupted connection while the train travels at high speeds. Icomera’s Wireless Onboard Internet solution provides connection using … Read moreWi-Fi gets on the right track
On Monday, Airgo will announce a chip set that extends the speed at which data can be delivered to a computer by wireless radio signal, to as much as 108 megabits a second. Current Wi-Fi standards are capable of data speeds ranging from 11 to 54 megabits a second. The company says the signal can … Read moreStart-Up Plans to Introduce Alternate Wi-Fi Technology
As prices on electronics fall, retailers must rely on sales volume, not profit margin, to survive. [New York Times: Technology]
PocketFeed is an RSS/RDF news aggregator that runs on the Pocket PC 2002/2003 PDA’s. Uses OPML too! [The Scobleizer Weblog] Where’s the Palm app…? I’ve tried Friday, which works only with Syndic8. Remus might work but you have to use Plucker to feed your Palm. I can get my feeds to come through with IMAP … Read morePocketFeed
For RSS to catch on and be embraced outside of technology focused content, using it will have to become much more user friendly. Your Mom will need to understand it. To be honest, it will probably take someone like Microsoft, Apple, or AOL to integrate the flow of RSS documents into their internet tools to … Read moreThe Problem with Mainstreaming RSS
Every morning I learn the latest from a variety of news organizations, weblogs, newsletters and other online information sources. But I don’t use my e-mail program or go surfing from Web site to Web site. Instead, I use a piece of software called a news aggregator or newsreader — in my case, it’s called NetNewsWire … Read moreRSS Hitting Critical Mass
How Power Grids Work: After New York’s problems of late, here’s a quick look at just what a “power grid” is. “This allows electricity generated in one state to be sent to users in another state. It also allows distant power generation stations to provide electricity for cities and towns whose power generators may have … Read moreHow Power Grids Work
Today I spent some good time trying to connect a Grey Airport base station to a new Snow Extreme Airport Network. They both have the latest firmware… but this does not seem possible with connecting the older AP to an ethernet jack first which is not possible in my parent’s house. Anyone had any luck … Read moreAirport Networks…
Cyberduck 2.1b2 is an open source SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer) and FTP browser licenced under the GPL. Cyberduck features the same intuitive interface for both FTP and SFTP browsing. Cyberduck is now Mac only, with a completly rewritten user interface using the Cocoa Framework. You can open connections to multiple servers thanks to its … Read moreCyberduck
I’m working on the Subscriptions Harmonizer this weekend. One of the things I want is for the central app to give me a way to view all my subscriptions, to add and delete subs, and to offer a way to aggregate subs. [Scripting News] I see this as the equivalent of IMAP for RSS… and … Read moreSubsriptions Harmonizer
I am off a train from Washington in Philadelphia waiting in Kinkos as #31 in queue for a rental car from Hertz. Apparently the wonders in management did not anticipate the reservations that were in the system… nice. At least I have free internet access thanks to the very open network here at Kinkos at … Read moreKinko Blogging…
NEW YORK — Media-hungry consumers are expected to spend more time on electronic media they pay for, such as pay-cable networks, DVDs and video games, and less on “free” TV and radio, as well as newspapers and magazines, in the next five years. A big reason: to escape the blizzard of ads. [USATODAY.com]
As a point-to-multipoint technology, 802.16a promises both extended range and much faster connections than existing wireless local area networks (LANs) and could become a replacement for existing “last mile” choices, such as cable modem and digital subscriber lines (DSL). [Wireless Newsfactor]