ESPN.com - NFL/PLAYOFFS04 - Fox did not re-air racy ad at request of NFL: “McCarthy said that the NFL had several conversations with Fox in the weeks leading up to the game in order to ‘make sure that the overall presentation of Super Bowl Sunday would be suitable for a mass audience. … That’s why [...]
PalmInfocenter.com: PalmSource & TI to Show Cobalt OMAP Reference Designs: “PalmSource, and Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), today announced the availability of two Palm OS Cobalt reference designs running on TI’s industry-leading OMAP platform, including the OMAP730 GSM/GPRS processor and OMAP850 EDGE processor. These reference designs enable wireless handset OEMs and ODMs to quickly create low- [...]
The New York Times > Technology > Pogues Posts > The Problem With Digital Versions of My Books: “The truth is, I try to avoid making electronic versions because they are instantly, and I mean INSTANTLY, pirated. On the warez (pirated software) Web sites, you can find every book Ive ever released in electronic form.”
Aw… [...]
PalmAddicts: PDA Shipment Statistics: “Roy has updated his blog with news that ‘Sad news, yet very important news. The figures released show a relatively rapid migration to Pocket PC.’ ”
This is a link to a link to a story on MSNBC about… you guessed it, the same misleading IDC study everyone else is quoting.
Once again: [...]
Learning The Lessons of Nixon ? 4 Minutes About Podcasting “Why get into podcasts? And how?
Four Minutes about Podcasting is a short film tells you why podcasting can make your life better, and shows you everything you need to know to set up a simple program to have new podcasts downloaded automatically. In only four [...]
3.2 mln US homes have a PC, but no landline > PCs > IT Facts: “According to MetaFacts, the number of PC-using homes without a standard landline increased 60% since 2002 (3.2 mln in 2003 versus 2.0 mln in 2002). In terms of all PC-using homes, the numbers are just as dramatic. The percentage of [...]
Sprint PCS Info - Sprint: Samsung i550 Cancelled *Updated*: “Multiple sources have now confirmed that Sprint has cancelled the Samsung i550. Samsung’s replacement to the i500 added an OLED external display, camera, and SDIO memory card slot. The leading reasons cited are Sprint’s wish to focus Palm sales on the Treo 650 and their new [...]
Palm: How to Lose Fans and Alienate Developers: Corante > Copyfight >: “Raising the price of the full-functioned unlocked Treo turns away those user-developers. By making it more expensive for users to develop for the platform, Palm makes the device less attractive even to the non-developers. By alienating the ‘alpha-geeks,’ in Tim O’Reilly’s term, Palm [...]
MobileRead
BargainPDA has a new article out with some good information if
you are wondering about upgrading your trusty PDA.
With a desktop computer, you can do all kinds of upgrades without replacing
your computer. All kinds of memory, disk, replacement cards and specialty
devices are available for even the novice to do a home upgrade. Not to
mention the availability [...]
C|net
Mark Jen’s departure comes after less than a month on the job, amid controversy over Web postings about the company.
No reasons have been given for Jen’s departure, but this is a bad sign.
Let me put this as plainly as I can. Employee bloggers are the best thing that can happen to a company, and this [...]