BloggerCon IV
Most of the time when I attend a conference, I benefit more from the schmoozing/partying than I do from the actual panels. Truth be told, I usually skip the majority of the sessions, hoping to save m...
Verizon to End Service on Commercial Airplanes
Verizon Airfone, whose handsets have graced the backs of airline seats for more than two decades, will shut down its phone service on commercial airliners before the end of the year. — Verizon Commu...
WinFS Update
It's been nearly a year since I wrote my entry about WinFS Beta1, but rest assured, we have been working furiously since then. Today I have an update about how we are delivering some of the WinFS tec...
Zoho announces an online power-point type tool
The online office suite Zoho launched a new presentation tool this week called Zoho Show, for use in creating and displaying remote presentations on the web. Zoho parent company Adventnet is a TechCr...
What you really need to know about HDTV
I see so many videoholics mouthing off about HDTV not teaching anyone what really matters that it pisses me off. — Here's some things I've learned now that I've bought my screen. — 1) Size does ma...
Cruise Lines Add Cell Phone Service
Carnival Cruise Lines announced plans to add cell phone service to appeal to people who don't want to lose touch with work and family while away on vacation. — The service will be available on all o...
Apple's Leopard has its eye on Redmond
For the second time in as many years, Apple Computer is looking to outshine rival Micrsoft Corp. in the inevitable battle between the two companies' software operating systems. — There's still over ...
Windows Live Spaces is coming!
Windows Live Spaces is arriving soon! Not only will your Space adopt the cool new Windows Live look & feel, but you will also be able to add new and exciting functionality to your space. With the ad...
The jig is up...
9 Ways to Misunderstand Web Standards
Misunderstanding #1: "We Need Separate Print Pages" — We've all seen this - a separate print page, linked to from a crowded, table-layoutish HTML page, aiming to serve no other need than being print...
Superman Lenovo i750 Mobile Phone
Lenovo and Warner Brothers worked together to deliver this limited edition Superman Returns mobile phone, the Tri-band GSM Lenovo i750 music phone. It had just been released in Beijing; the phone boa...
BloggerCon Boosts the Blog Boom
SAN FRANCISCO — When the blogosphere's leading lights gather for a two-day "unconference" on the art and science of blogs, you're sure to get one thing: lots of blog posts about blogging. — In fact,...
Watergate Echoes in NSA Courtroom
SAN FRANCISCO — It was perhaps inevitable that someone would compare President Bush's extrajudicial wiretapping operations to Richard Nixon's 1970s-era surveillance of journalists and political enemie...
Windows Vista Build 5456 Released
Microsoft has just released a new build of Windows Vista for technical beta testers. Windows Vista Build 5456 offers many security, functionality, and performance advantages over the previous build (...
BloggerCon: Standards matters
Niall Kennedy led a BloggerCon discussion on standards for users, which he described as follows on his site: … Doc Searls' Docnographic notes of the session are here, and we have a downloadable podcas...
Matchstick Crosses the Line into Spamming
You know, I'm pretty sensitive to marketers who contact me. I'm a marketer myself, and I've witnessed my fair share of bloggers cruelly publicizing naive errors on the part of PR and marketing folks....
Pandora's New Feature: Backstage
Pandora, the excellent internet radio service, rolled out a great new feature last week: Backstage. The new service is powered by All Music Guide and lets you research the bands you're listening to -...
Picture2Life Launches - Free Photo Editing For PhotoBucket, MySpace, Flickr and Hi5
Picture2Life is a new online image editor. Like Pixoh (now called SnipShot) and PXN8, the service allows you to import images from sites like Flickr, MySpace, PhotoBucket and Hi5 and edit them online...
More Rumblings About Net Privacy
ONCE again, an online news outlet has published details about secret rooms in AT&T buildings where government spies are said to be gaining access to millions of private e-mail messages and other Inter...
Firefox 1.5 vs. Opera 9
Click here for screenshot. — I've been a diehard Firefox user sense before Beta 1. I wrote my Firefox Guide earlier this year, once that page hit Slashdot there were several comments about how Oper...