NETGEAR – Wireless Digital Media Player
Another wireless digital media player, this one from Netgear. The first one we saw was from D-Link. We’ll see if we can’t get a review lined up for the new year on one or both of these products.
Microsoft at Year’s End
PressPass reviews some of Microsoft’s key accomplishments of 2004 across a broad range of products and services, and previews some of the news anticipated in 2005. Sure, it was written by Microsoft people for journalists, so of course everything looks rosey, but it’s still worth a look. Check it out at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2004/dec04/12-14YearReview.asp
2004 Year-End Google Zeitgeist
Every year Google puts together information on what searches were popular during the year. The zeitgeist this year is done with a beautiful flash presentation. They show on a map of the world where the event the search pertained to happened. They also show the top image and news story from that month. Check it …
The 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities
I found this link on the Google Blogoscoped blog: There are a lot of great freeware programs out there. Many are as good or even better than their commercial alternatives. This is my personal selection of the best of the best. I’ve used every single product in this list and find each to be a …
Britons growing ‘digitally obese’
From BBC: Gadget lovers are so hungry for digital data many are carrying the equivalent of 10 trucks full of paper in ‘weight’. Music, images, e-mails, and texts are being hoarded on mobiles, cameras laptops and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), a Toshiba study found. It found that more than 60% kept 1,000 to 2,000 music …
Free Pocket PC/Palm Programs
If you have a Pocket PC/Palm device, then you certainly know about Handango. “The best of everything for smartphones and handhelds! Handango offers you selection of more than 75,000 downloads for all types of smartphones and handhelds. From business and personal productivity software to travel apps and games, we have the best mobile downloads to …
ISP gets $1B in anti-spamming lawsuit
From USA Today: A federal judge has awarded an Internet service provider more than $1 billion in what is believed to be the largest judgment ever against spammers. Robert Kramer, whose company provides e-mail service for about 5,000 subscribers in eastern Iowa, filed suit against 300 spammers after his inbound mail servers received up to …
Wal-Mart Selling a $498 Linspire Laptop
This is from Michael’s Minutes. Michael Robertson is the CEO of Linspire, and he is determined to get Linux out there to the masses. Linspire has been working for months on a project that will have a profound impact on consumers and on the Linux market – a sub-$500 laptop from a major retailer. This …
Free Vector Graphics Application from Microsoft
From the Rays of Light blog: Last year long about November, Microsoft purchased a small Hong Kong-based software firm named Creature House. One of their principal products was a vector graphics editing program called Expressions 3. Primarily a Mac product, they also had a Windows version; both versions received very positive reviews. Microsoft’s disposition of …
Free Stuff For MS Office Users
Subscriber and co-worker Pat Clary sent me along a link to this Small Business Pipeline story: Microsoft Office is both popular and widely distributed, which means that there are a lot of resources available for Office users. This week, instead of focusing on one feature, I’m going to point you toward a few small but …