atmaspheric | endeavors

Recently, Thomas Hawk opened an interesting dialog via blog on the limitations of MCE and gets some good though defensive replies from Charlie Owen of the e-Home group at MS.
It’s all good stuff… at least it’s a healthy dialog, but continues to bring up the weakness of the platform for power users. I’d really [...]

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Yesterday I received a call on my cell listed as Private which a few people call through with — including my manager. I figured I should answer and when I did I found myself talking to a woman with an island accent who said she found me through Skype! Apparently she does odd [...]

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If you’ve got scratches on your Nano, Todd Dailey tells you how to restore things with a simple can of Brasso.

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iTunes Music Video Gate is an easy way to download a video from iTMS. Previously, you might have done a quick search for a temo file and renamed as I’ve done when you really wanted something… this is quite a bit easier.

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News.com
picks up on the latest node – Bryant Park.
I am pretty sure Bryant Park was one of the original Unwire locations for Intel from a few years back but it looks like Google has muscled in on it in order to offer their own free access. I have not had a chance to check [...]

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Engadget scores a pic of what certainly looks like iTunes running on Windows Mobile. If it’s real, it could make for a very interesting future Treo…

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Thomas Hawk through eHomeUpgrade shares how to backup Your Flicker Photos Seems like a very cool way to to not only backup your flickr account, but also to move images between machines as I just did from a Mac to a PC.

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ZDNet covers the news on the new Blackberry (Electron) which will include Intel Inside.
The gadget rumor mill seemed pretty interested in this new one. Looks like a nice update to the existing wider format Blackberry.

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Just caught this on the wires… certainly an interesting move given what Google has been up to lately with wifi and buying up the darker fiber out there.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – In the latest convergence of prime time and online, Google Inc. GOOG.O on Monday began offering exclusive video streaming of the new UPN television [...]

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HOW TO: Disable Notification Area Balloon Tips in Windows XP

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I’ve certainly contributed more than my share to the bottom line in Cupertino, but I had no idea it was so lucrative.
Now that the Nano is on the market, attention has turned to more practical questions. Among them: How fat are Apple’s margins on it?
Market research firm iSuppli set out to satisfy the curiosity by [...]

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After a quick mention of the integrated Dell Verizon deal, my network card arrived through IT. It’s far from broadband, but the Sony Ericsson GPRS / WiFi card I received seems to work well enough. I am connecting at about 56Kbps when I have a signal which is certainly respectable for basic email, [...]

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Via Om…
The vendors who have seen Google’s fiber network RFP say that the nature of the network can really only mean that Google ultimately hopes to push massive amounts of voice, video and data close to the end user.
The idea of Google creating their own network to do as they please – whether VOIP, broadband [...]

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Sun Microsystems has a new set of ads that seriously turn it up a notch. The centerfold piece is particularly hilarious…

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Orbitcast reports that Sirius hits 2 Million subs. I wonder if they count by radio, or by household. I’m a 2 radio home with one in the car. Not that I have any issue with Sirius, as I really like it….

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Big news on the wireless front… Dell will be including EVDO as a built-in option which will give you WAN as well as Wi-Fi LAN access. Pretty cool stuff! I am waiting on an EVDO card for my older Dell work system… having it all built in would be even nicer.

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From Ad Age MTV, is apparently brewing an HDTV channel for January…
Should be a very nice addition to HDTV lineups everywhere – though personally I hope the focus will be on music rather than on shows like Laguna Beach and My Sweet Sixteen (ahem, which my wife watches).

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Thi has to be as a result of the impact of Google on things. Both MSN and AOL would clearly benefit and be stronger — in online advertsiing, content and in rich media delivery.
According to two sources familiar with the matter, Time Warner is in talks with Microsoft about selling the stake [...]

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Cringely has released NerdTV and I’ve been listening (I am at work) to the first show, an interview with Andy Hertzfeld which is really excellent. I look forward to the rest of the series as it develops.

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John Battelle notes Ballmer Throws A Chair At “F*ing Google”. Gotta love Steve… always keeps it interesting.

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