a multi-tasked stream of consciousness or perhaps just emails to myself
Sony Japan has taken the wraps of the new Clie, expected to be officially announced in San Francisco tomorrow. TheClie PEG-UX50has a mini laptop like design with a swivel screen and built in keyboard. The device has a integrated in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless as well as a digital camera. [PalmInfocenter]
This is one bad ass unit! 480×320 (half VGA) screen, bluetooth and wifi… The keyboard looks very usable and the swivel screen is super cool.
Tim Brown, CEO of Ideo, says that the architecture of blogs conforms to the way we organize things and that email clients will follow blogs’ lead: “Imagine keeping e-mail a bit more like a blog. Then suddenly, you’ve got instant messaging qualities and e-mail qualities happening at the same time.”
[Corante: Corante on Blogging]
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a five-year, $90 million agreement to Microsoft to become the department’s primary technology provider. Under the contract announced Tuesday, Microsoft will supply desktop and server software to the newly created department, which has merged parts of 22 government agencies into one entity.
The agreement delivers licensing coverage for about 140,000 desktops and will help the department to establish a common computing environment, the Homeland Security Department said in a statement. Round Rock, Texas-based Dell Marketing was selected as the reseller, to provide the day-to-day management of the agreement, the department said. [CNET News.com]
I guess this is because Microsoft has a proven track record with reliability, security and limited exposure to viruses… I hope they use Passport as well to make things even easier for hackers to attack.
Groxis today announced the availability Grokker for Mac OS X, the company’s software for exploring large collections of documents, journals, photos, and Web pages, visually… [MacMinute]
This should be very cool, though the download is not quite available yet. Waiting to hear now after submitting my info…
The anonymity provided by wireless broadband access points is hindering the record industry’s fight to stop people from trading songs and movies online. [CNET News.com]
all good…
In the NYT Business Section, page C4 there is a picture of an iBook running Safari with the Intel centrino page open. The caption reads, ” A customer at McDonald’s in Times Square takes advantage of the Wi-Fi capabilities there with a laptop that uses Intel’s Centrino chip” Aside for the fact that you can read the word iBook at the base of the screen, the guy is sitting on the other side of the machine — facing the back of the laptop…
If they wanted to use Intel Centrino, why not just place a PC machine in the photo? Is this laziness or ignornace?
Miramax Films will take the unusual and potentially risky move of releasing “Kill Bill,” the much-anticipated Quentin Tarantino action-adventure film, as two movies. [New York Times]
As if you needed another reason to like the Treo 600…[infoSync]
Britain is pushing for a huge expansion of offshore wind farms. Inviting companies to bid on building new farms, the government aims to supply green power to more than 3 million households and create 20,000 jobs. [Wired News]
Cool clean energy…
About.com reviews RSS News Aggregators. If you’ve been wondering what RSS is, or what a news aggregator is, this is a good place to start.
A look at Avie Tevanian’s legacy overseeing Apple’s software engineering. [Daring Fireball]
Pretty solid, yet highly opinionated at the OS X development under Avie Tevanian.
The Apple faithful gather this week at the last Macworld expo in the Big Apple. Steve Jobs won’t even be there, so few expect fireworks — but plenty of nostalgia is likely. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News]
Good Technology releases new messaging software and adds partners as it looks to attract more enterprise customers by broadening the device and network compatibility of its software. [CNET News.com]
Good seems like a very cool company and their software solves a tough problem. You can receive attachments via wireless device – theirs or RIM and soon Handspring/Palm (Treo 600!!). This makes life easier for the mobile worker as the usual hurdle of being as productive while moving about can be solved since the Good server sits behind the firewall.
Unlike the RIM software, Good seeks to make the same device actually easier to use. The best part is that it works on existing devices and soon will even be working on Palm so as a user you can have a choice, while your CTO can still manage a controlled back-end. I love the idea of using this in the future, I just hope they support Notes. My company is making the switch and while there are a host of Blackberries deployed, no one currently gets attachment, which tends to be a killer as you are traveling.
MMS delivered as print postcards: Customers of T-Mobile Netherlands are now able to have their digital vacation pictures be delivered as printed personal vacation cards. On one side the photograph will be printed and on the other side there will be the address and the personal message of the sender. The MMS mail from the Netherlands or from 30 other countries will cost $1.70 per item until the end of August. via moco.news: mobile content news
This is a very cool idea and probably only the first of many to link the virtual aspects of the newer phones back to people not capable or just not with you at the time. I think that as long as ideas like this stay focused on simplicity for the near term that they will most likely work – pricing as well needs to be consistent and predictable.
But, I rarely take advantage of this capability. I have to, gulp, admit that I’m kinda addicted to this iTunes Music Store thing. Is it a new disorder? You betcha. And one I highly recommend catching.[Joe Wilcox]
America Online is launching another feature tomorrow. This one’s aimed at users of TiVo, the digital video recorder for television. AOL members with TiVo boxes will be able to program them via AOL by typing in the keyword “TV Listings,” clicking on the show they want to record and clicking “record to my TiVo DVR.” The free AOL service requires a Series 2 TiVo recording device.
I don’t have a Series2 box to try this out on yet, but it sounds like being an AOL customer allows access to the remote programming found in the $99 TiVO Home Media Option. Since I use the SliMP3 for streaming music to my stereo and beyond I’ve found the price a bit steep just to do remote programming, but would still love to have that option. Still means buying a new TiVo, which will have to certainly pass through my wife.
With a hand-held computer and a $40 wireless card, anyone can pull up user names, passwords and lots of other confidential information. [New York Times: Technology]
This weekend we have been doing some serious reorganization around the apartment. I’ve added an airport card to our iMac and now have everything running wirelessly throughout. I re-split our cable in the living room and as a result was able to run the SliMP3 directly from my router which now sits hidden in the TV stand along with our Linksys router and Airport base station.
Having the home computer out in our main room is a nice change and makes the experience of computing far more social than when things were set-up within our second bedroom/home office.
Korben has released MacStumbler 0.7b for Mac OS X. This program works in conjunction with your AirPort cards to find active Wi-Fi (AirPort) singals and does not require any additional drivers to run. The new version includes a new design, GPS support for the wardrivers, and (as always) it’s free.
[MacMerc]
Internet.com: AOL Moves to Thwart New Forms of Spam
AOL now plan to extend its war against spam to include bulk instant messaging, which is becoming an increasing annoyance to IM users.