Palm’s Foleo subnotebook has been delayed due to “software bugs” that keep it from syncing with Palm’s own Treo phones. Not good news for a device already under heavy criticism.
[via Engadget]
UPDATE: ok, one guy cares.
The Freakonomics blog is no longer offering full rss feeds, thanks to a partnership with the New York Times:
As much as people like to say that “information wants to be free,†content does not like to be created for free. In order to pay all the writers, editors, photographers, graphic artists, technologists, and the few [...]
Microsoft has launched a new interface for its search services, called Tafiti:
Tafiti, which means “do research” in Swahili, is an experimental search front-end from Microsoft, designed to help people use the Web for research projects that span multiple search queries and sessions by helping visualize, store, and share research results. Tafiti uses both Microsoft Silverlight [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Google’s YouTube site will begin showing advertising “overlays” in some videos today:
YouTube’s new ads involve a semitransparent, animated overlay that appears at the bottom of videos during the first 20 seconds of play and then disappears after 10 seconds. Consumers can close the overlay before it goes away or click on it to launch an [...]
Google is taking steps to mitigate the public relations damage done when they decided to pull the plug on videos purchased from the Google Video DTO/DTR program, and only offered a “checkout credit” as compensation. From the official Google blog:
We’re giving a full refund — as a credit card refund — to everyone who [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )WalMart.com is offering MP3 music downloads without copy protection for 94 cents each:
Wal-Mart announces the launch of “DRM-free” MP3 music downloads, now available online at http://www.walmart.com. At only 94 cents per track and $9.22 per album, the new MP3 digital format delivers value, convenience and the ability for customers to play music on nearly [...]
Wevent.com is a new event based social network, currently in private beta. Wevent takes a new approach to social networking, focusing on events instead of individuals. The idea is to look at the activities that friends do together and the places they go as a basis for networking. Features include social photo [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )UTRACK Movies is a free online system for keeping track of your movie collection. Most formats are supported, from VHS to Blu-ray. The site features a huge searchable database, so users don’t have to manually type in all the details for the hundreds of movies they own. Movies can be organized [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )News on the ultra-light and ultra-affordable Asus EEE PC continues to trickle out. DigiTimes is reporting that the much-anticipated unit will begin shipping in September, in a variety of configurations:
The Eee PCs will be available at US$199, US$239, US$349 and US$369 depending on specifications, with the model priced at US$349 targeting the mainstream, said [...]
Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks Animation have announced plans to release movies exclusively on HD DVD, dropping support for the competing Blu-ray format:
Movies Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment Including Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Animation SKG, DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Nickelodeon Movies and MTV Films to be Released Exclusively in HD DVDExclusive Program To Begin with Release of [...]
I want my kids to be internet entrepreneurs.
Catherine Cook, the 17-year-old co-founder of MyYearbook.com, hatched the idea for her now-thriving online yearbook site when she was a sophomore in high school. Now, in little less than two years, the site is making millions in annual revenue from advertising, Cook said, and attracts more than 3 [...]
The Apple store has refurbished iPhones in stock. The 4GB device is just $399, and the 8GB is $499 — saving buyers $100 on either phone. Shipping is free.
[via iLounge]
Mike Musgrove in the Washington Post takes a look at the iPhone hacking efforts that are rapidly adding functionality to Apple’s locked down device. Apple makes it far harder than it should be, and many of the hacks are beyond the average user, but it’s awesome to see the hacker community chip away at [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )The Auction Software Review has a roundup of free eBay tools:
Last week I had seven awful looking Gnomes sitting in my garden, but with the free tools I was able to:
* Target my eBay listing to the most effective category, at the best time of day, with the keywords buyers [...]
I’ve dumped Gizmodo from the crowded feed list in my reader (Google Reader, natch). The writing just doesn’t hold up anymore, at least from some of the frequent posters. Additionally, other blogs cover the gadget space very capably — especially Engadget and relative newcomer Crunch Gear. There’s still a lot of overlap [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Oops: A Harley-Davidson ad with the tag line “No-one ever wished they’d stayed in more” appeared next to a news story about murdered Harley-rider Gerard Michael Tobin on the Motorcycle News web site.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )iPhone hardware troubles cropping up:
I’m sending my iPhone back to Apple for repair this weekend for the second time, after only a month and a half or so of total ownership. My first piece suffered the dead-zone problem along the bottom edge of the touchscreen, and now last night, my brand-new replacement phone’s earpiece speaker [...]
Two German physicists are claiming to have devised an experiment in which Photons travel across a distance of up to one meter at a velocity greater than the speed of light. That seems to be an obvious violation of Einstein’s theory of special relativity. And breathless headlines across the internet are declaring that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )This still surprises some people:
News audiences are ditching television and newspapers and using the Internet as their main source of information, in a trend that could eventually see the demise of local papers, according to a new study Wednesday.
Using printing presses and door-to-door delivery to distribute time sensitive news just doesn’t make sense anymore — [...]
Wired’s Listening Post shines some light on YourFreeMusicDownloads.com:
A new free music site with the ominous name “YourFreeMusicDownloads” claims to offer free, open MP3s in exchange for a user filling out a survey. However, the survey involves divulging your mailing address, phone number, email, and credit card information. Oh, and you have to pay [...]
The world’s first CD was manufactured at a Philips factory near Hanover, Germany, 25 years ago today. Fosfor Gadgets has the deets.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Engadget is reporting on an unverified forum post stating that the Asus EEE will be available in late September for $269-$299 with just 2gb of storage. That may still be a good deal ($200+ cheaper than Palm’s upcoming Folio), but the EEE is definitely a little less attractive if this is true. Yeah, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Great news:
NASA decided Thursday that no repairs are needed for a deep gouge in Endeavour’s belly and the space shuttle is safe to fly home.
Palm’s upcoming Centro (aka Gandolf) smart phone sounds great, except for the keyboard that’s apparently unusable:
The Centro has possibly the tiniest QWERTY keyboard I’ve ever seen. It’s infinitesimal: it’s actually impossible to type on this thing with two thumbs. The keys on the model I tried were little clear rubbery bumps, below a cursor pad [...]
AOL launched a new version of video search site Truveo.com today. Truveo is billed as a one-stop destination where consumers can find a wide range of video from across the Web, including user-generated video clips and professionally produced video from leading media brands. The new site is based on the Truveo video search [...]
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