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EddieC's News & Views

EddieC in a Nutshell

My first computer was an Atari 800, with which I played Zork and other adventure/fantasy games and dabbled with BASIC programs; circa 1980. After 1984, I moved on to PCs, clones and NetWare, and then to Apple IIs and Macs until 1990. In July of that year I got my first job at a publishing company,... (Read Blog)

Via’s Laptop Reference Design is an OpenBook

Here’s a new twist on the open source craze. Fabless chip and system designer Via Technologies has released to the community OpenBook, a reference design for a low cost ultra portable laptop that runs Windows or Linux at up to 1.2 GHz and includes WiFi, BlueTooth and high-res 3D graphics...

Read More | May 27th, 2008 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: May 30th, 2008

Napster Down But Not Out; Launches MP3 Store

Maybe the third time’s the charm for Napster. The peer-to-peer pioneer has again emerged, and this time looks to have its sights set on Apple. The company on Tuesday launched a new Web site and music store, claiming to offer six million titles in unprotected MP3 format, as many songs as Apple’s...

Fighting the Tinfoil-Hat Brigade

The city of Santa Fe, N.M., is finding itself fighting a group that wants the city to ban wireless Internet signals from public buildings, claiming the signals are making them sick. The group, calling themselves "electro-sensitive," say they are allergic to the waves generated, and say that Santa...

And Now For Something Completely Different

VIA Technologies, Inc., maker of innovative and power-efficient processor platforms, announced today that they have released an open source laptop design to the public. Formally known as the VIA OpenBook Mini-Note Reference Design, VIA is responding to global demand for ultra-portable notebook...

Read More | May 27th, 2008 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: May 27th, 2008

Linux on the Half-Shell

Yet another victory in the open source vs. all takers (well, one taker for sure) battle for world dominance--London's Oyster system is now Linux-powered. Oyster is a RFID (Radio frequency identification) card recognition and payment system for London's Tube (Subway) and bus network. The old system...

Refurbished Second Generation iPod Shuffle Surprises

I love browsing in the Refurbished section of Apple’s online store trolling for bargains. When the second generation 1GB iPod Shuffle dropped below $40 U.S., I couldn’t resist and ordered one in metallic green. Just last year I had ordered a refurbished first-generation iPod shuffle, so I have...

Computer Industry Giants Wrestle for World Domination

I can’t stand this indecision married with a lack of vision Everybody wants to rule the world ~Tears for Fears, Everybody Wants to Rule the World. There has certainly been a lot of gamesmanship going on in the computer industry these past few weeks as the industry’s biggest players try to...

The Press Release is Dead: How Web 2.0 Could Save PR and Marketing

Is the press release dead? Earlier this month, Esther Schindler wrote in her You’re the Boss blog that “PR is broken. Social media might, might glue some of the parts back on.” To test this supposition, I spoke to David Meerman Scott, who is the author of the bestselling book The New Rules of...

Read More | May 21st, 2008 | Comments: 4 | Last Comment: May 23rd, 2008

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The Money Pit

Dollar Dragging Tech Market Down?

Taxes, inflation, oil prices – even the price of corn are dominating the economic headlines these days. But should they overshadow the story of the (briefly resurgent) U.S. dollar? I don't think so - and I don't think anyone in the tech sector should sell the dollar story short, either. The...

Satnav with no surprises

I went to the demonstrations of the latest satellite navigation system from TomTom, and guess what - there's very little new to speak of in any of the devices. Yes, some of them have a wider screen than before and indeed I agree the new mounts for the dashboard are more elegant than the crane-like...

Read More | May 20th, 2008 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: May 21st, 2008

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