Apr 26th, 2007
by hueland.
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If you like gadgets you need my RSS feed. It keeps you up-to-date on all the gizmos you love!Guest writer Attila brings us a review of another 'handy' utility. This time, keeping out unwanted calls, it's Handy Blacklist. Summary: works as advertised but could do with even more flexibility.
Originally Syndicated via RSS from All [...]
Apr 26th, 2007
by hueland.
Amazon.com Widgets Red Swoosh (acquired by Akamai for $15 million earlier this month) released v1.0 of FoxTorrent today. This is a fully functional BitTorrent client for Firefox that works cross platform (Windows, Mac, Linux) and has a very cool additional feature - the ability to stream files as they are downloading.
This is no [...]
Apr 26th, 2007
by hueland.
A new service called ScratchYourself came to our attention today. It’s a fairly simple Flash application that lets users upload an image and build a lottery-style scratch card from it. During the beta period people have a chance to win some very limited cash prizes that total $90 or so per day across all winners. [...]
Apr 26th, 2007
by hueland.
I’ve become a bit of a twitterholic over the last month or so, and update my twitter page frequently with updates that don’t belong here or on Crunchnotes. I’ve suffered through a slow and sometimes down site without complaint - they’re growing like a weed and need some time to stabilize.
But then my account was [...]
Apr 26th, 2007
by hueland.
The GSM Association is reporting on their own initiative to allow mobiles to be used for payment systems in retail outlets - effectivly having them act as debit cards through your mobile bill. A number of operators are on board, as well as network operators, but I can;t help feeling that this is a [...]
Apr 26th, 2007
by hueland.
Rafe'll be along shortly with his own official coverage no doubt, but in the meantime you could do worse than browse through Mobile Review's two photo-filled pages covering the main keynotes and exhibition hall. Memo to self: sell family and get to the Summit 2008…
Originally Syndicated via RSS from All About Symbian - News
Apr 26th, 2007
by hueland.
Apple’s Steve Jobs, perhaps the most important person in the music industry today, says again that Apple is not planning on selling music via a subscription model like many of his competitors.
The strategy certainly makes sense as long as as Jobs continues to win territory in his war against DRM, and the subscription music services [...]
Apr 26th, 2007
by hueland.
It is early afternoon. The air conditioning blows a bittersweet breeze across the office. A silence blankets the building. Everyone has just returned or finished their lunches. They are full; they are tired. Your nemesis is even quiet for a change. It is the perfect time for revenge! You sneak up, remove a Sonic Grenade [...]
Apr 26th, 2007
by hueland.
AOL has started beta testing a new home page (the main AOL.com portal). AOL Senior Product Manager (and occasional TechCrunch contributor) Frank Gruber introduced it on his personal blog earlier today, although he is not the product manager for the product.
Nice portal…but it is nearly identical to Yahoo home page, which was redesigned last [...]
Apr 26th, 2007
by hueland.
TiVo came along and is helping kill the idea of a TV time slot. The growth of on demand online video has been helping finish the job. Cozmo.Tv wants to create a TV 2.0 by changing the way you consume online video from a random walk to personalized content. Next week at Always On, they [...]