Archive for May, 2008

[Views expressed in this post are strictly my own and do not represent the official stand of my employer. This is also a long, rambling post. Consider yourself warned! ]Today was Day One of the 3rd Library Association of Singapore (LAS) conference (8 – 9 May 2008).I’d planned to blog its highlights from the keynote [...]

Google WiMAX deal with Sprint and Clearwire

Posted by Slash on May 7th, 2008

Sprint And Clearwire To Combine WiMAX Businesses, Creating A New Mobile Broaband Company – May 7, 2008 Clearwire Corporation and Sprint Nextel Corporation today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine their next-generation wireless broadband businesses to form a new wireless communications company. Originally Syndicated via RSS from WiMAX Industry News

Htctouch diamond, touchflo sobre windows mobile

Posted by Slash on May 7th, 2008

Ayer fue la presentación del HTC Touch Diamond, nuevo teléfono de la serie HTC Touch, éxito de ventas al que añade la tecnología TouchFLO 3D. Toda la información y algunos vídeos del HTC Touch Diamond está en Xataka. HTC Touch Diamond apuesta por ser un teléfono total: conectividad HSDPA y WiFi, GPS, 192 megas de [...]

Law school laptop wars have been going on for a couple of years now but when Chicago Law School Dean Saul Levmore decided to cut off wireless and wired access to the Internet in April [U of C press release],… (Source: Law Librarian Blog) Originally Syndicated via RSS from LibWorm: Wifi

Investing in the future of the open internet

Posted by Slash on May 6th, 2008

Posted By Larry Alder, Product ManagerAs you may have read, Google, Comcast, Intel Capital, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Trilogy Equity Partners have entered into an agreement to invest $3.2 billion in a new wireless broadband company. The new company will combine Clearwire’s existing consumer WiMAX business with Sprint’s broadband infrastructure and 2.5 [...]

I’m rather glad that MLA is hiring bloggers to cover MLA because this year I already have about forty times the number of commitments as last year, so I’m not sure how much time I’ll spend typing. (I am obviously not going to be an official blogger as I didn’t really cherish the idea of [...]

Making sense of mobile broadband options

Posted by Slash on May 6th, 2008

Here’s A Neat Web Worker Daily Post that gives a great breakdown of the options for getting online on the go. They cover Cellular Options from all the carriers and Wi-Fi Options you’re likely to run across. HSDPA, EDGE, 3G, USB/PCMCIA, EVDO… holy acronyms! (Source: LISNews.org) Originally Syndicated via RSS from LibWorm: Wifi

Mesh conference is coming

Posted by Slash on May 5th, 2008

In 2006 five guys got together and thought up the mesh conference. Their aim was to bring together Canada’s internet community and solidify Toronto’s presence as a major player in the web industry. They put together the first fantastic conference in 2006 in just 6 short weeks. Incredible. Since fellow law blogger Rob Hyndman was [...]

From the announcement: The Associated Press today debuted its Mobile News Network, a multimedia news portal targeted at wireless users who want access anytime and anywhere to international, national and local news content from the cooperative and its members. The web application has been optimized for use on iPhones and can be accessed directly at [...]

I bought an eee pc – updated with more pictures

Posted by Slash on May 5th, 2008

Best Buy has started selling the Windows XP version of the Eee PC and I’m afraid I fell for it. Unlike Ficbot I am not willing to fool around with Linux – I want something useful out of the box with no learning curve. An XP box is also useful as I have pretty much [...]