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Archive for October, 2004

Personal Internet Communicator

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 28th, 2004

AMD and Tata Indicom is launching a low-cost, rugged PC designed especially for first time technology users in developing countries. AMD’s Personal Internet Communicator will be manufactured by Solectron. It is about 8.5 inches long and 5.5 inches wide, four USB ports, VGA and modem ports and stereo headphone jacks. It runs on [...]

Mobilizing Database Search

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 28th, 2004

Yahoo is going mobile, so cell phones can search for Web pages, local business listings and related information, as well as images, such as pictures and maps The service will launch Wednesday on several U.S. carriers, the company said Wednesday. Users can access the services from a data-enabled phone by going to [...]

Dear Santa

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 27th, 2004

Dear Santa: It’s been years since I last wrote. As you may recall, all I really want is for all the world’s peoples to live in peace and harmony. I never stopped believing in you Santa. Really. But I [...]

Digital Alert System over DTV

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 27th, 2004

The Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently announced the launch of the Digital Emergency Alert System (DEAS), a new alert system being tested in the National Capital Region. The six-month DEAS pilot will demonstrate how DHS can improve public alerts times of national [...]

Broadband Politics

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 27th, 2004

Gene Kimmelman, director of the Washington office of Consumers Union, said most all-inclusive packages of television, telephone and Internet cost more than $100 a month. That total that is beyond the means of many.
“There is a new digital divide. In a world where it is important to have a speedy connection [...]

Playstation Portable: $200?

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 27th, 2004

Gizmodo has the latest on the Portable Playstation:
In this PSP versus DS speculative battle over the last few months, I’ve been pretty hard on the PSP, mostly because of its anticipated price and battery life. Now, having played the Nintendo DS, and hearing what Sony plans to [...]

DiVX Goes Legit

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 27th, 2004

C/Net says DivX Networks may get two major Hollywood studios supporting its technology by Christmas. DivX already has a partnership with News Corp.’s 20th Century Fox to encode films for an airline movie-rental service. Now its video file format will be used in planned [...]

WiFi Switch Adds IPV6

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 27th, 2004

WiFi switch vendor Airespace has added a solution for medium-sized offices. The Airespace 3500 can support a maximum of six lightweight access points covering up to 60,000 square feet and has features similar to those in the $10,000 Airespace 4000. It will be available in November starting at $2,000. [...]

Tropos + WiMax

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 27th, 2004

Tropos Networks, the leading mesh network supplier, today announced the industry’s first strategy for integrating WiMAX into new and existing metro-scale Wi-Fi networks. The Tropos WiMAX integration strategy incorporates WiMAX in three phases, as follows:

Phase 1 (2005): Tropos will support 802.16-2004 WiMAX as a [...]

Gravity Monkey Political Compass

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 26th, 2004

And now this from Gravity Monkey:
red | blue (pronounced ‘red or blue’) is a free Java app that figures out where you stand, or perhaps more accurately, [...]