June 29 . . . that’s the date. iPhone will release on June 29 . . . my Cingular contract is up July 27. Guess that’ll give me a month to scour the reviews. I was sceptical (and will be until it’s in my hands!), but the latest ads at Apple.com are really, REALLY swaying…
Now, here’s a cool one. I haven’t had a chance to dive in (might edit this post later). However, check out www.tubesnow.com. If you are away from another collegue at work and need to grab files, you can set up a “tube” to their machine and grab and send files to each other. Great for…
OK, for years now, I’ve wanted to access my desktop computer from a hotel or otherwise when I’m away from the house. I think I might have mentioned AVVenu.com as an option (it’s still a great service for accessing files). Also, I could use Remote desktop through Windows XP, but my home machine doesn’t have…
Let me preface this post with the fact the Google’s SMS text feature has long been a favorite of mine. Let’s say you need to visit a restaurant in another city, but you don’t know the phone or address. Well, just send a text message to googl (no “e”) with the business name, city, and…
OK, let’s look at the title of this post. You probably know iTunes . . . . that leaves DRM, and EMI. Here’s a quick overview: DRM stands for Digital Rights Management. It’s the stuff that keeps you from copying a music track you buy online from, say, iTunes for Rhapsody or the like. You…
Good Good Friday, everyone! I wanted to throw up a quick post about a pretty cool new feature (that I wrote about earlier) from TiVo and Amazon. It’s called Unbox and it allows you to download movies (rentals or purchases) to your TiVo. Sound pretty cool . . . it is – and somewhat isn’t.…
If you’ve been keeping up with this blog (slow as it may be!), you might have read my “Brilliance of Pandora” entry. Well, there’s another game in town that gives it a little competition . . . that’s a good thing! Check out www.last.fm for the same idea, but a few different artists. I’m listening…
Here’s something I run into during the usual tech walk-thru every once in a while. It starts out like this: “Well, Lance, I can’t seem to make this certain program do this”. Now, once in a blue moon, I’ll know exactly what they’re talking about and right where to go (disclaimer: I am not a…
Hey, you know how I go on (and on and on) about online video downloads, etc.? Well, here’s a site that just might get it right (or some form of it). It’s called Joost (www.joost.com). The end result should be a form of TV . . . without the TV. If they can get it…
And here I am again on my TiVo soap box. I remember a year or so ago, TiVo was possibly in negotiations with Netflix DVD Rentals (another favorite) to bring downloadable movies to your TiVo. Man, was I excited. I’ve already mentioned MovieLink in another posting. But, that leaves me to watch movies on my…