History Is About To Repeat
I remember it well. Back around October of 2004, I first heard the word “podcast” used on The David Lawrence Show via my XM Satellite Radio. It sounded interesting, and I wrote it down on my driver logbook cover with…
What Makes A Tech Success?
It seems in the world of computers and the Internet there is always a steady stream of new things on the horizon, as well as a steady stream of new products and services. It’s been this way for many years…
Fastest Passenger Train
This might’ve been overlooked during the Christmas / CES / Google v. China period but China launched the world’s fastest passenger train, the Harmony Express, at the end of December. The trains go 1069 km (664 miles) from Guangzhou to…
Change the Future
The Science Museum, London, is celebrating a century of science and as part of the festivities, it asked visitors to vote for the scientific discovery or invention that most “changed the future”. The ten objects it put forward were: 1.…
Changing Out to a New Computer
I told myself a long time ago that I would only upgrade my main computer if a new one could triple the performance. It would be so I don’t sit and waste money every year just to buy a machine…
Add Cat Litter to Your Toolbox
You may be wondering what cat litter has to do with tech. Let me explain. A few months ago my T-Mobile G1 phone took a spill when I was on a photo assignment shooting Yosemite National Park. It had been…
Free Broadband, Part 4,892
Another company is proposing to offer free broadband everywhere. M2Z is gathering venture capital funding and preparing to bid on next year’s auction of the advanced wireless services-3 spectrum. I wish them luck. Their business model, based on getting the…