Om Malik pores over the details of the latest announcements and departures at Intel… Kumar slams a fist in the solar plexus when he writes: Intel is losing its ability to develop and deliver market-leading products? In just a few months, Intel has terminated development of its most advanced x86 architecture and marginalized the Itanium … Read moreCrisis inside Chipzilla?
Feeling good about where I am today… I’ve been happily married for 3.5 years — Could not be better! I’m a new dad — Hannah is just about 6 months old! I’m looking for my next career — Very excited about what happens next This year should be great… We already had our first Mother’s … Read moreHappy Birthday to Me!
I missed this on my first pass… Now here’s one of the really interesting things. The new groups is an intersection of USENET and mailing lists, and every group has two Atom feeds, one for topic summaries and the other for message summaries. This means that you can now subscribe to USENET groups with your … Read moreGoogle Groups have feeds!
The 25 most difficult questions you’ll be asked on a job interview [Francisco Rosales]
If I was Yahoo, I’d be very nervous. First Gmail and now email groups… In my quick test and review, I’d say it’s very similar to Yahoo Groups, though slicker and without the crass ads you find all over the place. Its close in experience though without the UI of Gmail. Simple and clear which … Read moreGoogle’s New Groups
My most recent customer service adventure happened last week when I finally had to call T-Mobile and find out what the heck was happening on their network that was not only asking me to confirm timezone and time changes, but doing so multiple times in succession and even suggestion new timezones for me to try. … Read more(not so) Great Customer Service
You are probably doing it wrong… I guess my switch to doppios at Starbucks was the right move… Researchers at the Sleep Disorders Center at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago along with colleagues at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School have shown that caffeine is best admnistered in a larger number of … Read moreBest Way To Use Caffeine
Apple will no doubt launch its lawyers again, but the useful “PlayFair” software, which let purchasers of iTunes Music Store songs remove Apple’s restrictions, is back online. It has a new hosting site and name: Hymn. Understand: You still have to have bought the songs in order to use this, and the songs are still … Read morePlayfair with Hymn
I guess Steve Jobs was right on about not pushing quickly into the Tablet space. I’d still love to a convertible Powerbook with handwriting recognition though if I had to choose where Apple was going to push things I’d much rather see a PDA/mini-computer device. At WinHEC, Microsoft execs almost went so far as to … Read moreTrouble in Tablet Land?
Apple Computer has won a patent for the interface of its iTunes music software, underscoring the growing importance of the multimedia business for the company. [News.com]
Aside from wondering when this is coming, I am thinking about how lame current batteries are and that we need to get come fuel cell action cooking (hopefully not literally). Without new types of power, this will be great for plugged-in data transfer only… no way you can sync without burning some bars. Get ready … Read moreFireWireless
Engadget has some expected coverage of the Sony PSP at E3. Love the multiple color options. From the sound of things, it will be a killer piece and one that will have the gadget hounds howling! Too bad we can’t play until next year…
It’s very cool… While you are totally in the browser, it really feels like an application rather than run of the mill webmail with a Google search engine behind it. While I only have a few messages going, the threads or conversations in the parlance of Gmail are easy to deal with and simple to … Read moreGmail – quick thoughts…
Watching 24 tonight the thought occurred to me that Ford asked/payed for Steven Saunders (the bad guy) to be driving with his entourage in Chevy trucks rather than the Ford trucks all the good guys drive. Ford has been a marquee sponsor for all three seasons and has even gone as far as to present … Read moreReverse Product Placement?
Gmail activated! Thanks to John @ Inluminent. Feel free to email me at jonathangreene at gmail
Google Blog is official… not much there yet.
If you use Bloglines regularly and like Firefox, this extension is for you… This morning, we announced the Bloglines Mozilla Toolkit. I’ve been playing with a development version of this for the past couple of weeks, and I think it’s fantastic. The toolkit extends Mozilla, embedding a Bloglines notifier into it, and adding several features … Read moreBloglines Mozilla Toolkit
Douglas Bowman at Stopdesign writes about his work in the redesign of the new Blogger. I was playing with it last night and think that the reworking of Blogger is terrific. Blogger really feels friendly, yet is now packed with advanced features (as well as the ones that should have always been there) and killer … Read moreThe New Blogger
While I want to belive that TiVO will support this and even become a leader in enabling such a technological breakthrough for consumers, I doubt it will ever happen. It’s clear that there is no way they want the wrath of the MPAA — just look at what happened to ReplayTV. They were leading edge, … Read moreTivo Will Eventually (not) Deliver Video via RSS
This is a pretty interesting looking game service with a sexy box that while based on a PC, connects to your TV. Just hook it up to your broadband connection and you’ll be all set. Launches in the fall… The Phantom Gaming Service starts with a specialized PC in the form of a set-top box … Read moreOn-Demand Games