Via Sam Gentile: Developing a Pocket-PC application that calls a WebService.

11:32:35 PM | Comments:

Lots of blurbs today on Logitech's "Pocket Digital" camera, due to ship next month for $130. The basic stats are 1.3MP with near credit card dimensions, 3.5 x 2.5 x 0.5 inches. It certainly adds spontaneity to digicam use. Now, if someone would just address the startup / cycle time issues. Nothing has annoyed me more than missing a moving shot with my old Kodak DC280 because it couldn't snap a second or third frame quickly enough.

11:29:41 PM | Comments:

At least four killed as plane slams into Milan skyscraper [via Google News]

Small plane, no passengers, mechanical problems. Pilot, two office workers, and two passers-by killed (presumably on the ground). Sixty injured. Talk about a scare. I used to live near Perry Airport in Miramar, during a period where it seemed like small planes were crashing every month. I think it will be a long time before a plane crashing into something becomes ignorable news again.

Update: Plane crash at Perry today. It would be funny, if it weren't... 24 crashes in 20 years.

6:45:27 PM | Comments:

Frank McPherson has lots of interesting links today, especially on upcoming Toshiba stuff. The "Bluetooth Pocket Server" is particularly... odd.

Scratch that, it's intriguing. Personal Area Networks need storage. Imagine a Smart Phone that pulls MP3s off of a Bluetooth storage device and plays them through your Bluetooth headset. Or a high-resolution digital camera that doesn't need local storage.

The form-factor is too big right now, outside of the SCOTT eVEST Uber Geek crowd, but I can see a future for more compact PAN storage.

5:58:47 PM | Comments:

Amazon has a $150 rebate on the Treo with activation. [via PDABuzz.com]

5:57:02 PM | Comments:

Slashdot: Wireless, GPS-Loaded 'Bait Car' Traps Thieves. Innovative use of technology by law enforcement, and for once it isn't something that encroaches on the rights of innocent civilians.

3:32:15 PM | Comments:

PDABuzz.com: Toshiba launches new XScale Pocket PC in Japan. The Genio e550G has a 400MHz XScale CPU, four-inch LCD, CF Type II and SD/SDIO. ZDNet Japan article with more pictures.

3:07:40 PM | Comments:

Via Google News: Case closed: Fox's Ally McBeal TV series cancelled after five seasons. Just as Christina Ricci and Matthew Perry were going to get me to try it out for a couple of weeks...

7:33:00 AM | Comments:

Via ActiveWin: Microsoft backs Bluetooth with hardware. Microsoft will release Bluetooth support for XP in the fall, and begin selling Bluetooth mice and keyboards. Why is the mainstream press still mentioning that Bluetooth has lost out to 802.11b for wireless networking? That is yesterday's non-news.

Update: Micrsoft's Bluetooth press release.

7:20:30 AM | Comments:

Cisco unviels dual-band wireless access point. It's not a marvelous advancement in chipsets, rather it's an AP with two slots (likely Mini-PCI). It's designed to be field-upgradeable, and should be "future proof." Has all the features that corporate customers demand, and the price tag to match.

2:20:13 AM | Comments:

The Shifted Librarian on: NME Names Most Influential Artist Ever, The Smiths.

Um... no. I love the Smiths, but no.

LOL! The full Top Ten: The Smiths, The Beatles, Stone Roses, David Bowie, Sex Pistols, Oasis, Radiohead, Paul Weller/The Jam, U2, Public Enemy. Their criteria, which has a focus on coverage by NME, goes a way towards explaining the list and why Bob Dylan didn't make the top ten.

It's awesome to see Public Enemy being recognized. Rap has been a force during the past decade, and Public Enemy was a trailblazer. It's shameful that Rap's evolution has left us with so-called "artists" like Eminem who espouse only violence and drug use. Public Enemy was never warm-n-fuzzy like Will Smith, but they did have positive messages about fighting racism and other societal wrongdoings.

1:35:25 AM | Comments: