Apple: The Halo Effect

July 14, 2005 3:46 PM

Interesting report issued today across the AP Wires....

It seems the iPod sales have skyrocketed this last quarter, and who knows who we have to thank for that. It probably is all of those psychadelic commercials -- blaring songs such as "Jerk It Out", watching blacked out people dance in front of neon colored backgrounds, white wires hanging from their ears. (oh admit it - it's catchy!)

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News from the WiMAX Forum

July 13, 2005 4:39 PM

In case you haven't heard the news today....directly from the WiMAX Forum.

The WiMAX Forum Showcases Equipment and Breadth of Applications, Opens Test Lab

WiMAX technology has taken a bold step onto the proving grounds this week in Vancouver, BC, and Malaga, Spain. During the WiMAX Forum

“We’re excited by the opportunity to show off the capabilities of WiMAX technology in Vancouver and prove that WiMAX is real,” said Ron Resnick, president of the WiMAX Forum. “At the same time, the fact that much of the equipment running successfully in Canada is the same equipment going through certification in Spain is extremely encouraging and bodes well for the future of WiMAX and the advent of true personal broadband.”

More than 400 participants from WiMAX Forum member companies are attending the event in Vancouver, where there have been keynote speeches from Nortel and KT (Korea Telecom).

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Legal Downloads Are Up

July 12, 2005 10:34 AM

...and so are the purchases of 7-inch singles.

That's right. Vinyl isn't dead.

AFP reported that while there were 5.7 million music downloads (legal, of course) from sources such as iTunes and the newly installed Napster, vinyl 7-inch singles rose a whopping 87 percent.

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Killing for an iPod

July 8, 2005 1:53 PM | 1 Comment

Scanning iPod news lately can be a bit depressing, especially since someone was�  murdered on Saturday� in an iPod robbery.

In an article posted by AFP,� the Big Apple (not NYC, Steve Jobs...) spoke with the bereaved father of the 15 year old who was the one who perished in the first murder ever� in iPod theft history.

The rise in subway crime has NYPD and authorities warning iPod users to be more careful when it comes to traveling and sporting the obvious white ear buds. Some have suggested switching to less-noteable ear phones -- regardless, some eager person wanted the iPod bad enough that someone had to die.

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MAX to the...well, MAX

July 6, 2005 8:59 AM | 1 Comment

The new MAX on the street according to� TechWhack is not WiMAX, but xMAX -- a "new modulation and encoding technology that allows the deployment of broadband services using lower frequency bands."

A company based in Florida is taking the credit for introducing the new wireless technology and it is the next contender up against WiMAX.

While we're only beginning to see WiMAX, especially in the United States, this new MAX supposedly has the capability to power connections up to 22 KMs away (you go right ahead and figure out the mileage....I haven't had my coffee yet) but I will mention (according to the article) this surpasses the distances in which WiMAX can perform.

From 'xMax to challenge WiMAX' : 'Joe Bobier is credited to inventing this new technology and he said in a statement: xMax is trespassing radio frequencies, although trespassing is not the right word, because we’re allowed to transmit a signal if it doesn’t interfere with other, stronger signals.” With xMax, a city as large as� London can be covered by just four base stations!

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iTunes Officially Supports Podcasts

June 28, 2005 12:35 PM

Just as an FYI - you can download the latest version of iTunes and search over 3,000 podcasts for download.

Visit the Apple podcast page for more information.

And maybe you'll find your favorite PodJays of TMCnet on iTunes in the near future!

iPod: Feeling Threatened

June 28, 2005 10:35 AM

The news looming around the iPod� this week is that the famous mp3 player is on the radar for the next gadget to become extinct.

OK. I'm simply exercising a little bit of hyperbole, here.

But the iPod's alert has been raised to orange.

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source: Worst Case Scenario Workplace Calendar

This week in 1974, Texas Instruments was granted patent 3,819,921 for a "Miniature Electronic Calculator." TI engineers had been working on inventing one of these contraptions since 1965. Be that as it may, Hewlett-Packard and Intel had been working on similar projects since the late 1960's. Texas Instruments' 1967 application for a patent heated up the race to become the first company to release a commercial pocket calculator and thus won the race, releasing the Pocketronic in 1971.

Retail value then? $345

Retail value for a pocket calculator now: around $3

Wireless Babysitting with VCAST?

June 23, 2005 9:43 AM

An interesting headline caught my eye this morning whilst perusing some of the news that had graced my RSS reader.....Bert and Ernie Go Wireless.

As the unofficially official wireless blogger at TMCnet, I had to investigate further as to why the beloved Sesame Street characters have caught up with the technology world. VCAST, a video service provided by Verizon Wireless, is now offering short clips of Sesame Street to Verizon Wireless VCAST subscribers in addition to the already offered CNN, ESPN and weather.com.

Market intelligence advisory firm IDC believes that "children's programming over wireless handsets is a rapidly evolving area that deserves fuller industry attention and also highlights additional industry issues and needs."

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New Term: Pod Slurping

June 21, 2005 3:15 PM

Since the inception of the iPod, those of us who have become pod-a-holics have also adopted an array of new vocabulary words --� words that show up in every day conversations -- words like Pod Casting, CopyPod, or our favorite at� TMCnet - PodJay (after all, we are� podcasting� deejays).� Yet my wandering eyes� just stumpled upon yet another iPod-related term -- I� share with you my new favorite of all pod-terms --� Pod Slurping. (this term has been coined by computer security expert, Abe Usher in his blog)

This is not a collaborative effort of Apple and 7-11 to promote the latest in Slurpy flavors, rather a term that defines how hackers and criminals usurp megabytes of precious data using nothing more than� the innocent iPod.

Combined with software,� "An unauthorized visitor shows up after work hours disguised as a janitor and carrying an iPod. He walks from computer to computer and 'slurps' up all of the Microsoft Office files from each system," says Usher in a recent article.

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Downtown Sch'dy Gone Wireless

June 21, 2005 12:27 PM

Ah yes. Good ol' Schenectady, NY is going wireless.

As a former (brief) resident of Albany, NY, Schenectady was just a hop, skip and a jump from down town Lark Street - Schenectady was a place where my then-roommates lived - before the advent of broadband Internet (or wireless, for that matter) - where we communicated via a DOS-like e-mail system....

And look at Schenectady, all grown up and wireless.

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Nokia, Intel, WiMAX

June 10, 2005 9:52 AM

Members of the WiMAX Forum, Nokia and Intel announced a collaborative effort to adopt and deploy WiMAX to mobile users over high-speed broadband networks.

Intel and Nokia will work closely to deliver the requirements of the technology, as well on base station strategies to help deploy a WiMAX infrastructure that will provide reliable coverage.

Full details from the release are below:

In addition, the companies will engage in market development efforts to demonstrate to service providers and the industry how WiMAX can enhance data service capabilities of the network while complementing existing 3G networks.

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WiMAX News at SUPERCOMM

June 6, 2005 10:48 AM

WiMAX news hit the wires from SUPERCOMM this morning. How cool that there is going to be a live demonstration of a WiMAX-based network.....details below. If you're at SUPERCOMM, be sure to check this out:


Redline Demonstrates Live WiMAX Network At SUPERCOMM Using RedMAX'TM' Products

Redline Communications, a leading provider of standards-based broadband wireless equipment, and IBM's Global Services will demonstrate a WiMAX-based network using TowerStream's current coverage at SUPERCOMM 2005 in Chicago. The firms will deliver voice, video and data to the Redline, IBM and Intel booths using Redline's RedMAX(TM) family of WiMAX-based products, including its low-cost subscriber unit incorporating the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5116 system-on-a-chip.

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iPod in the News

June 3, 2005 3:07 PM

Seems to be some more buzz surrounding the infamous iPod this week, and you know I just had to share....

In an article released by AP, it has been reported that consumers who have been cursed with iPod battery problems will be awarded a $50 voucher from a class-action lawsuit. Anyone who fills out a claim are entitled to the voucher, good for Apple products or services (hi, a new battery maybe?), redeemable within 18 months of the final settlement. But don't think for a moment that you're going to have a field day in the iTunes store with said voucher.

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To Build the Alternative...

June 1, 2005 2:30 PM

....power house? Well, maybe not so quite alternative power, but definitely an energy efficient house. My fiance and I have been readily planning the future� - he's already on houses whilst I'm still on deciding whether to escape to Vegas or plan the large Italian festa. However, my energy-conscious Physics teacher of a fiance has learned of a Web site called Enertia� from a fellow teacher,� and it looks like we can purchase a kit to build a dream house that is not only modestly priced, it's energy efficient.

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