Friday, October 25, 2002

Wi-fi will be a big deal sooner than later. My Apple Airport serves three computers (a mac and 2 pc's) in my house. I certainly would love the ability to hook more devices to my wireless network. For starters, my Xbox. Microsoft is now pushing their own branded technology, and Intel is investing in it. A few years down the road this technology will explode.

SWEET: PowerBook's new PC rival--designed by Porsche. Although, I would buy the Titanium notebook in a heartbeat.

Well, I'm off and running with the new weblog. I was trying to scout a new look and feel for the site, but none has really caught my eye. I hated the last one. That ugly blue thing really sucked. I think I'll stick with the default theme for awhile. Maybe I can get some of my designer buddies to pitch in and help.

Broadband Stuff Ericsson allies with Agere and Proxim for public WLAN. Companies plan to enter market with Wi-Fi offering. Fliers may soon get to use cell phones: Bout time! Disney to Offer New Internet Access Service. The Walt Disney Company will introduce a new dial-up Internet access service aimed at families with children that is a customized version of Microsoft's MSN. Chinese broadband uptake to jump 500% this year: Maybe we should teach Brad some Chinese.

PDA Stuff PDA for Blind: Cost Out of Sight?. Freedom Scientific, a company best known for software that reads content off computer screens, is introducing the first Pocket PC for blind people. But some say the handheld's price is too steep. I agree...$2,595 is rip off. Palm Inc. will launch a line of always-on wireless handheld devices and supporting software Monday to compete head-to-head in the enterprise market with BlackBerry, the popular e-mail gadget from Research In Motion Ltd. Palm's Helping Hand in China: It's very interesting to see China doing more tech buisness with US interests.

ITV Stuff Looks like Liberate has changed ticker symbol (LBRTE). This is obviously on the heels of their delisting notice from Nasdaq. I own about 100 shares of Liberate, which have lost more than half of their value. OpenTV has decided to rely heavily on services for a business plan. It will be interesting to see how then promote Wink in North America. Here's an interesting read about synergy issues at AOL. Apparently, it caused big problems for AOLTV. We don't need no stinking set-top boxes.