“A phone is only as good as the network it’s on,” said a full-page Verizon Wireless newspaper ad on Thursday, lobbing a shot at AT&T’s 3G, or third generation, high-speed network.
(And ain’t that the truth — we know if well where I live!)
Apple sold more than a million iPhone 3G cellphones its […]
It really wasn’t all that long ago when you could bring an AM radio to the beach for Labor Day, tune in Cousin Brucie and rock the sand dunes!
(Remember all of those beach party movies? Can anybody name one?
Now, with all of the anti-fun measures that are posted at the beach (no noise, no ball […]
It was just announced on the Office Communications Server Team blog that the next release of OCS 2007 (rumored to be called OCS 2007 R2) will support 64-bit operating systems only. Customers who are using 32-bit hardware systems to run OCS 2007 will have to upgrade to x64 systems to install and run the next […]
Just want to wish Skype a Happy 5th Birthday. Skype has helped make VoIP a household name and has carried more VoIP minutes than any other VoIP software application out there. Well done Skype.
I hope you continue to innovate, though Andy Abramson writes today Skype is dropping Skypecasts, a nifty feature. […]
A recent study from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has found that 25% of people would be willing to buy their gadgets from Starbucks, 30% from Ikea, 40% from Bed, Bath and Beyond and almost 60% from Home Depot.
“Electronics have become so pervasive that consumers are looking to buy these devices wherever they […]
According to Reuters, Sony’s joint venture with cell phone maker Ericsson must do better.
Asked whether Sony is planning to end its Sony Ericsson joint venture, Sony head honcho Howard Stringer said: “It’s certainly been a difficult year but buying out a partner is never an easy thing.”
Sony lowered its group net profit […]
Publishing giant Electronic Arts has said that it’s currently trying multiple new business models to help battle the critical problem of second-hand videogame sales.
(No problem for me!)
While retailers reap the benefits of selling the same product multiple times, publishers and developers don’t see any income once a title hits the second-hand market. […]
A Blu-ray disc recorder and a VHS video tape machine may seem unlikely bedfellows, but that hasn’t stopped Panasonic from wrapping them up together in the same box for the DMR-BR630V.
The 630V can write at six times speed, has digital and analog tuners, new second-gen MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 encoder chips as well as all the […]
The IEEE has completed 802.11r, a standard that lets Wi-Fi devices roam quickly between wireless access points (WAP) and which improves the performance of VoIP on enterprise LANs.
Traditionally, 801.11 devices can roam from one access point to another, but it takes about 100ms to re-associate, and several seconds to re-establish authenticated connections using 802.1x. […]
Is every kid in America (at least at a certain age bracket) heading back to High School (or even Middle School) this week with a cell phone and iPod?
I’m sure there a many other variations of gadgetry in the average back-to-school back pack (or other notebook, pencil, paper, lunch carrying device), but that’s got […]
