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  • Apple iPhone runs OS X, has 2 megapixel camera… will it “change everything”?

    Apple iPhone runs OS X, has 2 megapixel camera… will it “change everything”?

    Posted on January 9, 2007 | 1 Comment
    Apple just announced their iPhone, which as it turns out may be the largest innovation of the year in Consumer Technology (which I find ironic sitting here in my hotel room in Las Vegas at CES). The iPhone, as Steve Jobs announced it, is [...]

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  • Microsoft Origami – The Next Big Thing?

    Microsoft Origami – The Next Big Thing?

    Posted on March 8, 2006 | 1 Comment
    A while back I posted a note about Microsoft building an “iPod Killer” device. I said then that it MS got it right they could have a strong device that could indeed give iPod a run for it’s money – in fact if could [...]

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  • Why we may never see an Apple DVR

    Why we may never see an Apple DVR

    Posted on March 3, 2006 | No Comments
    As I’ve already made it painfully evident, I love TiVo and DVR technology. Also, I’ve recently become a consumer of Apple products. Logic (and maybe a little wishful thinking) lead me and others to believe that Apple would be bringing a Mac-mini based [...]

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  • Trouble ahead for VoIP companies?

    Trouble ahead for VoIP companies?

    Posted on February 14, 2006 | No Comments
    At the 3GSM show in Barcelona trouble could be brewing for Skype, Vonage and their respective wannabes. Nokia is displaying their new 6136 phone using UMA (unlicensed mobile access). This technology allows the phone to use wifi signals when available seemlessly changing [...]

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  • AT&T wants double-payment for internet

    AT&T wants double-payment for internet

    Posted on February 1, 2006 | No Comments
    FT posted an article where Ed Whitacre, AT&T’s Chairman and CEO states that content providers need to pay for “access to their internet cloud”. At an annual conference of his inventors he stated,

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  • Is TiVo next on Ciscos push into homes?

    Is TiVo next on Ciscos push into homes?

    Posted on January 31, 2006 | No Comments
    Evidentially Cisco Systems, the owner of Linksys, is pretty serious about getting into Consumer Electronics. According to the story at CNET TiVo, Nintendo and Sling Media are companies that Cisco may be interested in purchasing. My personal opinion is that that article has interesting facts, but [...]

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