Archive for July, 2008

More Ways To Watch TV Coming …

NewTeeVee has been bursting with startup news this week, including news from a bunch of new companies that have barely been mentioned elsewhere, if at all.
Here they are:

Onecast/1cast
Zadby
Anvato
GoAnimate

Anybody care to venture a guess on what any of these companies actually do?
No, well then, check out the nice summaries of each on GigaOM.
Tags: anvato, goanimate, […]

Mac Clone Maker in Trouble — Did You Even Know about Mac Clones?

The Miami-based Macintosh clone maker that was sued by Apple Inc. earlier this month has retained a law firm that has beaten Apple in the past, court documents show.
Apple has charged Psystar with multiple counts of violating copyright, trademark, breach-of-contract and unfair-competition laws by installing Mac OS X 10.5 on Intel-based computers that it has […]

Looks Like 1080p is Coming

Now it looks like Dish Network will be giving us true 1080p HD!
In its press release, the company says that in addition to a host of 17 new national high-definition channels, it will also offer pay-per-view movies in 1080p. The first, available on Friday, is I Am Legend, the Will Smith sci-fi film.
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Dynolicious for your Apple iPhone or iPod Touch - Coolest Apple App ever!

Dynolicious utilizes the accelerometer built in to your iPhone or iPod Touch to sense the motion of your vehicle to calculate performance statistics including 0-60 acceleration, 1/4 Mile Elapsed Time, Lateral G’s, and Horsepower. Is this not the coolest Apple App ever? I would have headed over to the Apple App Store to buy […]

Skype 4.0.0.155 Beta 1 for Windows

Skype just released a new beta of 4.0.called Skype 4.0.0.155 Beta 1 for Windows. Just remember there are some caveats to using Skype 4.0 beta. Read here for more.
Here’s what’s new / fixes:
30.07.2008 Skype 4.0.0.155 Beta 1 for Windows

change: Firefox Skype plugin updated to version 2.2.0.94
bugfix: Video mood and instant messages did not work when […]

Level 3 & Packet8 major outage

BREAKING!A source is telling me that Level 3 Communications and Packet 8 are having a system-wide network outage for the last 30 minutes. Level 3 is a huge provider of VoIP termination and I believe Packet8 uses their network for termination. Other VoIP service providers (Vonage?) will also be affected if indeed Level 3 is […]

SimpleSignal hosted VoIP lets Mobile Workers Listen to Emails and Manage Microsoft Outlook Calendar with Voice Commands

Today, SimpleSignal is announcing that it has successfully married Microsoft Exchange 2007 with its BroadSoft-based Hosted PBX offering to offer a  new solution called SimplyMobile. SimplyMobile offers some really cool features, such as the ability to listen to emails from any phone — even a mobile device by leveraging TTS (text-to-speech). Also, it features the […]

3CX Free SIP Softphone

3CX has announced the release of a totally free new VoIP softphone called 3CX VoIP Phone that allows users to make and receive calls from their computer using SIP-based VoIP providers or SIP-based IP-PBXs. This free SIP softphone client isn’t the first “free” softphone on the market. That distinction belongs to Counterpath’s popular X-lite SIP […]

Dymo DiscPainter Review

Printing CD and DVD labels can be a chore. It often requires special labels and only certain printers can accept CD/DVD labels. Certainly burning CDs and DVDs has become more popular so users are looking for quick, easy, and fun ways to label and decorate their CD/DVD collections. I have an Epson printer at […]

Dell’s New Line Makes Like Apple

Finally it seems like somebody in the PC business besides Apple has grabbed the idea that style matters — the message is in the medium, so to speak …
Dell’s smallest, most personalized and most environmentally responsible consumer PC, the Studio Hybrid, launched today; that’s it in the photo at left.
Available immediately at www.dell.com/hybrid, the […]