While the movie does not get released publically until tomorrow you can catch it right now by clicking here. It stars Don Cheadle, was written and directed by Joe Carnahan and of course features Clive Owen as the driver. The car of choice in this unadvertising featurette is the BMW Z4.
I really miss AvantGo
I really miss AvantGo, but have a love hate relationship with them. For whatever reason they have decided not to support Palm Desktop 4.0 and Mac OS X. According to them, they just can’t figure it out and say they have spoken to both Palm and Apple. This seems like a standard line of corporate BS to me. Since they recently updated features on their web site, I was able to check my stats and realized that the last time I synced AvantGo was in March. That is about the same time I asked the question about when it would work…
Vindigo used to use the exact same method for synchronizing that AvantGo did when I was back in OS 9 and Palm Desktop 2.63. It seems that they were able to advance, but AvantGo was not. My guess is that they do not value the Mac market and have moved on without publically stating so.
In search of an alternative, I ran into Plucker. Plucker looks great, supports VFS, has a great desktop component, but does not support Mac. There is sourcecode available, but so far no know build for Mac that has been released. I tried get things going but quickly ran into the limits of my understanding of the command line and the developer tools.
Anyone know of a release either private or public that can be shared? Perhaps an alternative solution?
I guess techies like the Sopranos
I guess techies like the Sopranos: “CyberAtlas: “Comparing profiles of 30 media devices and services … the report found that homes that typically watch HBO have the highest index of home technology. Other networks whose viewing homes have high technology levels are Showtime, MTV, Disney Channel, Cartoon Network, VH-1, and TLC. The WB and UPN had the highest technology indexes among broadcast networks.“” Source: Werblog
Official Argument Transcripts
Official Argument Transcripts: “
Only a month after the Eldred argument, the Supreme Court has posted transcripts.
Google also has a list of copies of the HTML version.
” Source: Aaron Swartz
BIll Gates will be here
BIll Gates will be here in NYC tomorrow to help spend some of the $71 Million dollars allocated to Tablet PC marketing…
Silicon Valley’s Dream Tablet, From Microsoft: “Microsoft hopes it has nailed down one of Silicon Valley’s most cherished, if elusive, ideas: a notepad-size computer controlled by a pen.” Source: New York Times: Technology
Studies: Few to use tablet PCs in 2003: “”Only the bravest” will have adopted new portable computers based on Microsoft’s Windows XP Tablet Edition by the end of next year, a Gartner exec says.” Source: CNET News.com
Tablet PCs go niche in 2003 – Gartner: “Small market share” Source: The RegisterNYC and deliveries
Here in NYC pretty much every store and place to eat delivers. We get our groceries delivered as well, but only after first going to the store. That is starting to change now with the arrival of Fresh Direct from the creators of our terrific, yet uptown (we live downtown which might as well be another city) Fairway store. I am hoping that this venture makes it through the dotcomdeadpool and succeeds where the likes of Urban Fetch , Kozmo and Webvan have all failed. They should be delivering to our neighborhood by January!
Fresh Groceries Right Off the Assembly Line: “For the last four months, FreshDirect, an elaborate new online food delivery service, has been gradually working its way into ZIP codes in New York City.” Source: New York Times: TechnologyPosting Blogs To iDisk
Posting Blogs To iDisk: “” Source: MacSlash
I tried this quickly, but with no success… Two posts I quickly tested with have not shown up live though the app seems to state they are published. I guess the previously linked method is still the way to go directly from Radio.
A switch in smartphone race
Palm and Microsoft have switched roles in their battle to control the handheld market. The former is pushing more expensive models while the latter is pushing less expensive ones. The battle is for control of the cellphone market too. “Both PalmSource and Microsoft believe that sometime in the next few years, nearly every handheld device will have wireless capabilities built in.” So far PalmSource has stayed ahead by betting that consumers aren’t ready for PDA/cellphone combinations, but neither company has a clear advantage says the piece. Source: Mercury News
Qualcomm ships globetrotting phone chip
Qualcomm ships globetrotting phone chip: “The company ships a chip that lets a mobile phone use nearly all of the world’s wireless networks, regardless of the standard they’re based on. Verizon may be a customer.” Source: CNET News.com
I am finally the first
On my reading list…
This book is on my hitlist waiting to be read at home… now I can start it as it was originally intended to be. Wired (below) has a link to download the missing chapter.
Mitnick’s ‘Lost Chapter’ Found: “The first chapter of hacker Kevin Mitnick’s new book was omitted from the print version by the publisher. It mysteriously showed up online over the weekend. By Michelle Delio.” Source: Wired News
The real question
The real question is whether you want to watch a movie on your computer… How can this possibly compete with VOD over cable and satellite systems? I don’t think it can. This is an idea that waited too long to make a difference in my humble opinion.
The Potential for Net-Delivered Movies: News.com article on both the legal and customer challenges facing online movie delivery services such as Movielink, Intertainer and Movieflix. Their conclusion: net-delivered movies will have no impact on the business as the customer base for the business is too small. Source: Paid ContentAnother win for Amazon
Last week the semi-stealth launch of Ruby and now the news is out on the subscription service that just launched today. 50,000 publications combined with one-click ordering is a dangerous one-two punch…
Is Amazon.com Destined to Become the Big Subscription Clearinghouse?: Amazon.com has just launched an online magazine/newspaper/newsletter clearinghouse–the effort is geared towards print publications, with about 50,000 publications on offer. The store may, in the future, become a big online newsletter/electronic edition clearinghouse as well, even though the company has not indicated anything to the effect. Especially when you consider the fact that Amazon.com’s payment system is one-click, at least in theory–the ease of subscription eliminates user churn or initial trial, the hurdles which have stunted the growth of micropayments industry for a long time now (Amazon.com’s payment scheme is also a micropayment, technically speaking, but then you get the picture…).
Other companies/services such as Audible.com are also primed to become such digital/audio clearinghouses, even though Audible is perpetually plagued with a low profile, stock price troubles and liquidity pressures. Interestingly, Amazon.com owns a stake (or at least invested some money) in Audible. Source: Paid ContentWebTV targeting Seniors
“For the first time, we’re going after the older American group,” said Sam Klepper, MSN TV’s senior director of marketing. “This is a group that’s been historically intimidated by technology. MSN TV is a great alternative.” Source: allNetDevices
The picture says it all…
The picture says it all… Nokia is not fooling around.
Wireless game console from Nokia: “” Source: infoSyncThe N-Gage mobile game deck, together with branded game titles from top games publishers and developers, will be available for purchase February 2003. To ensure a steady supply of games, Nokia has teamed up with Sega – a collaboration which will have Sega develop games for the Nokia N-Gage which will run on the Nokia Series 60 platform and Symbian OS. The branded outbox games will be available separately on memory cards in MMC format.
Handspring updates Treo Mail
Handspring had just released an update to Treo Mail enabling better connectivity for always on networks… I guess that will be the last one developed in-house. Considering the popularity and strength of mail on the Blackberry platform, I’d say this is a good thing for future Handspring communicators.
Handspring to license RIM patents: “The handheld maker sets the stage for licensing Research In Motion keyboard patents and paving the way to settle pending litigation.” Source: CNET News.comDon’t be fooled
Don’t be fooled by the low, pre 1.0 version number, Chimera is an extremely solid Cocoa-based OSX Mozilla browser. I have been using it since .5 and been updating it through the daily builds since. There is an excellent team and community working on this project to assure the highest quality. If you use, IE you will gain many new functions like pop-up blocking and tabbed browsing to name a few. From Mozilla or Netscape 7, you will sacrifice Mail and Newsgroups as well as the page editor, but in return you will get one mean lightweight browser.
Once again Brent Simmons comes through
Once again Brent Simmons come through… This is a great app for those of you reading this from Macs who have not yet downloaded it. I highly recommend this as the primary way to scan both news and blog sites — in fact any site that supports RSS.
NetNewsWire Lite 1.0.2b4: “NetNewsWire Lite 1.0.2b4 contains a variety of changes—including a new Bandwidth Statistics window, support for HTTP and XML-level redirection, and more (see the change notes page).
It also includes one of the most common feature requests—that the space bar should scroll down the Description HTML view when it can be scrolled. (When it can’t be scrolled, or when it’s scrolled to the end, then the space bar still goes to the next unread headline. This way you can motor through all the unread headlines without taking your finger off the space bar.)” Source: inessential.com
Nokia makes its move
It’s way too early to tell (it was just announced) whether this will have a real impact on the business of Nintendo and their GameBoy platform, if not the other handset manufacturers. It seems like a pretty intense move though … Nokia will act as publisher and platform for games on the Series 60 platform handsets which include licensees like Siemens in addition to their own. It’s a leap for sure but one that is not too far off from how they see themselves in the minds of youunger consumers.
Nokia makes play for wireless gaming: “The Finnish cell phone maker hopes to woo games fans to wireless play with a new combo handset and games console.” Source: CNET News.com
I am way too easily amused
I am way too easily amused…
As I was clearing my Junk Folder in Mail I noticed that the latest spam to arrive was from MSN 8 Internet Service titled Is Spam taking over your inbox?
Actually no, but thanks for thinking of me Microsoft. And of course, thank you Apple.