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Tech NewsRicochet Returns
CNet is reporting that high-speed wireless Internet service provider Ricochet will be back in business soon, relaunching in New York and several other unnamed cities. I suspect they might have even more trouble finding subscribers now than they did first time around, as in the interim 802.11b has managed to gain something of a foothold.
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Officially a Trend
Ultra-personal computing is now officially trend, now that the third entry to the market has been unveiled. This one is called the Antelope MCC (or “mobile computing core”) and similiar to the OQO and the TIQIT eightythree, it is tiny, has 256 MB of RAM, a 10GB hard drive, and a Transmeta Crusoe processor. What … Continued
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Fujitsu Decides Not to Bring the Pocket LOOX to America
PDABuzz is reporting that Fujitisu has decided not to introduce its Pocket LOOX Pocket PC (which is popular in Europe) into the US market, in order to focus its efforts on its line of tablet PCs. Looks like their ceding the Pocket PC market to Toshiba and HP-Compaq.
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The OQO Gets Some Competition
Going head-to-head with the OQO is another tiny handheld computer that runs Windows XP instead of the Pocket PC OS: the TIQIT eightythree. It should be out in the last quarter of this year, and has a 4″ LCD screen, a 300 MHz processor, 256 MB of RAM, and a 20 GB hard drive. Unlike … Continued
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Desknote Computing
AMDMB.com has a thorough review of the new i-Buddie XP laptop from Elitegroup, one of the first to use the new AMD mobile processor. Curiously enough, they’re calling this a “desknote” computer, which I believe is meant to connote something inbetween a desktop and a notebook. Looks just like a regular laptop to me.
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What’s on Your TiVo?
Lukas Karlsson, who does the Lukwam weblog, has figured out how to rig up his TiVo to the Internet, and now it automatically posts to a page showing what he’s recording at this very moment, and what shows he has stored on the hard drive. TiVo has some software that automatically records programs it thinks … Continued
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Blue or Red?: The Dispute over High-Definition DVD
Video Business has a piece about High-Definition DVD, and how the movie studios have yet to come to a consensus about what kind of technology to use. From the article: “Warner is clearly the biggest advocate of red laser,” said Richard Doherty, director of research for the Envisioneering Group. “Warner has a proprietary interest in … Continued
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Hiptop to Hit Next Month
CNet has a news story on the delay in the release of Danger‘s HipTop handheld, which looks an awful lot like a BlackBerry. It has a built-in cellphone, and you can surf the web, instant message, and check email with it. The HipTop was supposed to hit this month rather than next month.
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Panasonic to Sell combination DVD Recorder and PVR
This October Panasonic plans to begin selling the DMR-HS2, a DVD recorder with a built-in 40GB hard drive. It means that unlike with a TiVo or a ReplayTV, you could archive your shows to DVD-R once you fill up the hard drive. It also means that it’ll be really easy for people to share digital … Continued
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