Mobilog

Saturday, January 11, 2003

CES: Microsoft's SPOT technology has humble origins. Smart objects technology was tested by Atari as way to send video games to consoles [InfoWorld: Top News]
8:18:00 PM

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Wi-Fi Alliance to Brand Public Hotspots. The group behind 802.11 compatibility certification wants to make sure all public access hotspots are compatible, as well as easy to locate using 'Wi-Fi ZONE' labels. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
8:16:12 PM

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The Wireless Display Arrives. Announcements this week from companies big and small are pushing the monitor farther away from the computer by sending the video signal over a Wi-Fi connection. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
8:13:49 PM

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TiVo Launches Home Networking Software. The PVR maker's Home Media Option uses 802.11b wireless technology to allow subscribers to stream music and photos stored on their PC to their TV. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
8:12:37 PM

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Handspring Woos Rival RIM. Handspring is reportedly making overtures to Research In Motion that would allow it to place RIM's Blackberry e-mail software on its Treo communicators. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
8:04:23 PM

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News.Com: A life in bits and bytes. Q&A with Gordon Bell. Jim and I wrote an article on the 50-year outlook for computing, and that's when we realized that the amount of storage was so vast that we in principle could capture everything--everything you read, every picture you've ever taken, everything you've said. [Tomalak's Realm]
8:03:12 PM

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Yamaha Wi-Fi-based audio system: For over $2,000, you can get an 80 Gb music server with CD-R that can broadcast via Wi-Fi to a receiver (included) that has its own 20-watt amplifier and support for external speakers. Extra receivers are $800.

[80211b News]
7:48:58 PM

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Free Wi-Fi newsletter from Pyramid Research: Analysis firm Pyramid Research offers a free e-mail Wi-Fi newsletter that starts Jan. 29. [via Alan Reiter

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7:46:57 PM

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Where Hi-Fi Meets Wi-Fi: A Wireless Music System. The big hurdle to wiring a home stereo system to play music in every room is the wiring. But today, Yamaha will unveil a server that can provide music wirelessly to as many as five locations at a distance of 150 feet. By Roy Furchgott. [New York Times: Technology]
7:44:42 PM

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A Recharge en Route. The iGo Juice from Mobility Products is for frequent travelers who want it all: a single power adapter that charges laptops, hand-held devices and cellphones and works in automobiles, airplanes and indoors with standard electrical outlets. By Thomas J. Fitzgerald. [New York Times: Technology]
7:28:05 PM

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Sony wields high-capacity Sticks. The consumer-electronics giant is boosting the capacity of its Memory Stick removable flash memory cards and developing a new faster-recording card format. [CNET News.com]
7:25:36 PM

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Linux heads for cell phones. NEC said today that it's developing a Linux-based cell phone, and the software company it's working with is already talking with other big carriers about similar projects. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
7:22:16 PM

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Salesforce.com, AvantGo team up on mobile offering. New add-on lets Salesforce.com customers download application data to their handheld devices. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
7:21:42 PM

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Microsoft eyes global radio network to support smart devices. Microsoft plans to build a global FM radio network to support its Smart Personal Objects Technology efforts, embedding an FM receiver that works anywhere in the world. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
7:20:35 PM

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Franklin Covey has announced it will start selling Bluetooth-equipped pens.

Franklin Covey Co. plans to sell pens and paper-based planners using Anoto Group AB's technology that let customers transfer handwritten text to mobile phones, hand-held organizers or computers. The pens, made by Logitech International SA, will be sold starting next week for about $199, said Jeff Anderson, Franklin Covey vice president of technology products on Thursday. Planners and related software will cost about $45 at stores run by the company, which is named for efficiency proponent Benjamin Franklin and Stephen Covey, author of the bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

[The Bluetooth Weblog]
7:18:15 PM

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A tale of two book sites. Compare the discussion about Bjorn Lomborg's controversial The Skeptical Environmentalist at these two sites: Amazon and All Consuming. Disclaimer: I have not yet read this book, and I haven't formed an opinion as to whether or not the widespread criticism it has provoked is justified. But the contrast between the two websites could not be more striking. The first pageful of Amazon reviews -- and many others -- cite the opinion of the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty, already widely reported in the news, that Lomborg is guilty of scientific dishonesty. Maybe yes, maybe no, but none of first several dozen Amazon reviews cites any other source on the matter. ... [Jon's Radio]

I have read the book -- it's remarkably honest. Unfortunately, the attacks on Lomborg are far from honest. In my experience, this is completely consistent with Environmentalists and results from the fundamental intellectual and moral bankruptcy of the movement. Scientific American's disgusting "defense" of "science" against The Skeptical Environmentalist finally provoked me to cancel my subscription to the magazine (I had been a subscriber for nearly 20 years).
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