Portable media playersgeneric fashion statements?
Did you ever stop to think about all the portable media players we have? I’m not even a media freak and I have several. My phones, for example, will play MP3 tunes for me, if ...
Cebit 2006 dawns cold and gray but we came anyway
The nice warm press center at Cebit is packed with journalists testing the capability of wireless.. (Photo: Jon Peddie Research) This year Cebit and IDF fall at the same time so JPR is splitting up ...
IDF, Cebit, and GDC nextwhen do we have time to actually work?
The road goes on forever and the party never ends The party never ends at Cebit. (Photo: JPR) I can’t stand too much more fun. That’s all this is, y’know, fun, fun, fun, ’til daddy ...
Barcelona does everything on a grand scale
3GSM, the gathering of the mobile phone industry in Europe, opened with sunshine and big ambitions. The town is booked solid with big-shot executives begging for reservations for the hot restaurants on Valentine’s Day like ...
Why do we go to these shows?
To read the press and speak with industry leaders you’d think the whole world revolved around trade shows. They plan product launches, special events, and announcements, and even small stage shows for them. To give ...
I’m being well trained – I’ve learned to be scared by my own shadow
This last week I’ve been playing “F.E.A.R.,” a Sierra game, and so far (I’m about three-fourths of the way through it) it lives up to its name. More than once I’ve had the hair stand ...
Economic SARrowS
A software bug is an expensive mistake that can cost a company developing the software and/or its users hundreds of thousands of dollars to remedy. That’s nothing in light of the worldwide economic costs of ...
It ain’t about the iPod anymore
With the introduction of new Intel-based Macs, machines that are over three times faster than their Power PC predecessors, Apple is on the threshold of doing what it’s been claiming it has done—redefining the personal ...
CES Las Vegas: Come early, stay late
Hey look someone left their giant golfball here on the side walk. Today, we’re young, fresh, willing to take on the world and we’re happy to be in Vegas. Check with us in a few ...
The rush to digital
Huh? At CES and afterwards you are going to hear about how the TV set manufacturers are suddenly in a panic to get digital-ready sets. This is happening since the FCC’s announcement last month that ...
The Xbox360 is more than a box
Crackdown cracks up. (Source: Microsoft) A couple of weeks ago I had an opportunity to get up close and personal with an Xbox360. I had a comfortable chair, a coach, and a dozen new friends ...
Christmas is coming, what’re we gonna do?
Now that we have every conceivable type of media available on our PCs, in every form factor, medium, and bandwidth, with more than able storage, and on all the PCs we have including our laptop, ...