At first, Dowser seems like a simple search engine, but then you realize that with the power of Google, wikipedia and sourceforge (pretty sure you can add others) you get an enhanced search exerience running saved results on your computer. Not only are your searches saved, but related topics get recommended in the flow and … Read moremore on Dowser
Stamps.com said this week that the U.S. Postal Service has refused to extend its customized photo-stamp service. [News.com]
AT&T Callvantage dropped their price today by $5 (to 30) which was quickly countered by Vonage bringing their price to $25/mo. This is an unlimited local and LD package with enhanced features – a great deal at either price. Vonage has too be pissed though… They are the small guy here and it’s clear the … Read moreVOIP Price Watch
Just starting to play with this… Seems very cool. I noticed I could add Dowser as my search engine within Firefox, so I did. I’ll use it as my default for a while and try to report back… Dowser is a Web research and archiving tool that clusters results from search engines, associates words that … Read moreDowser
I traded 2 set-top boxes today for one that matches them both in features, the Scientific Atlanta 8000HD. Previously I was using both the 8000DVR and the 3100HD box. I now have 1 box that is a highly capable HD DVR. Immediately the return to full-time HD watching is huge. Our preference was for the … Read moreHD DVR in the House!
I’m all about the magic and have thought about home automation quite a bit for home theater applications as well as many other conveniences and cool factors… This will have to go in to the ring for consideration. Bachelors of the world hear this: this new 908.4-Mhz, UPnP-compliant home automation system from Z-Wave will make … Read moreZensys Z-Wave home automation
Just caught this story at eWeek via Bloglines on how NewGator is cutting a similar API deal with FeedDemon which should make windows users reading via Outlook locally quite happy – now there’s a choice (when released) for how you sync your feeds. NewsGator also did a deal with SixApart to comarket each others products… … Read moreNewsGator Gains Partners to Extend RSS Reach
I’ve received a few calls from strangers in the past few days and it’s quite odd. Usually I start Skype with an IM before calling even with the people I regularly chat with. I mean who knows if you are there let alone all connected with your headset. I don’t recognize any of the names … Read moreSkype Cold Calls?
I’ll have to stop by and see how this gets positioned with Vonage on the shelf. When I picked up my Vonage box at Circuit City, it was totally self-service with no marketing. Now that there’s a choice, one would think there’s going to be some end capping or shelf-talking going on… Beginning Friday, consumer … Read moreCircuit City picks up AT&T CallVantage
A user over at TreoCentral posted quite a few shots of the Treo 650. It’s the Sprint version in case you were wondering who was likely to get it first…
Russ discovers a great new email app for Series 60 phones… It’s great to see this function get seriously enhanced since many people looking to use smart devices want better connectivity. ProfiMail from Lonely Cat Games finally meets the need. It has everything you’d expect from a real email client – scheduled check for new … Read moreProfiMail for Series 60
Open Letter to Steve Jobs: How to heed the call of VoIP is an interesting point of view from Aswath Rao writing at GigaOm on how Apple could greatly enhance the VOIP market.
Yesterday I posted I was looking for an RSS sync capability to enable desktop readers and web based services to link … well it looks like that day will come very soon. This is very cool news… (Thanks JP!) Three leading desktop news feed and blog aggregators announced today that they have implemented new open … Read moreNew Bloglines Web Services
The screenshot on this at PalmInfocenter says it all… nicely done PalmSource! Of course until we actually run it, it’s just specs… Built on the ACCESS NetFront core technology, PalmSource Web Browser 3.0 offers enhanced graphics rendering and navigation capability for the wireless delivery of information and streaming media. PalmSource Web Browser 3.0 uses technologies … Read morePalmSource Builds New Browser 3.0 for Cobalt
If you read or try to track a great deal of feeds, you’ll want to have access to this information in as many places as you can. I’ve found it pretty hard to manage personally though I’ve been using quite a few tricks to keep tabs on things. First, I use Bloglines as my primary … Read moreRSS Synced up and Served Fresh
Patience pays … Jay Leno will retire from NBC’s “The Tonight Show” in 2009, when “Late Night” host Conan O’Brien will take over as host on television’s most-watched nighttime talk show. [WSJ]
Great news for older Palms… or Treos. While applications like Chatter and Snapper can do email even with the added security of SSL, many companies are supporting blackberry only for remote access. This will certainly change that and give users and IT departments a nice choice. Research In Motion (RIM) said Monday that it will … Read moreOlder Palm Devices To Get BlackBerry
I’ve started reading Getting Things Done and feeling quite good about this approach to organization… I’ve also been playing with a copy of Life Balance on both Mac and Palm and this method seems to be very compelling for a total information view. I’ll have to write a more formal review of my system once … Read moreJust Scratching the Surface
PVRBlog points to an amazing VOOM Demo Video for what’s coming in 2005. Voom has partnered with Ucentric to create a multi-room DVR / Media sharing network. On Voom it works with a main DVR rig, or rigs which network together to share content to other rooms with either TVs or simply stereos since the … Read moreVOOM’s Network Enabled HD DVR
my middle seat got cleared to an isle on the way out… hopefully the last ros action I’ve got now will move as well. It’s looking pretty full right now though…