Archive for January, 2008
700MHz C-block hits reserve price — open access is here
Filed under: Misc
There was a brief, tense pause in the bidding this morning, but some anonymous giant telecom company (Google, perhaps?) has just pushed the price of the 700MHz C-block over the FCC’s reserve price of $4.6B — and the rest of us straight into the promised land of open access. Yep, J…
The BlackBerry 8830 World Edition, now in Verizon Red
Filed under: Handsets, RIM, Verizon Wireless, GSM, EV-DO, CDMA
The 8800 series is perhaps the most uptight, business-oriented model currently in RIM’s lineup, owing in no small part to the fact that it lacks a camera altogether. Seems a bit strange then to launch the 8830 in a shockingly casual, let…
AT&T wireless data outages hit the Midwest, other areas
Filed under: ATT, EDGE, HSDPAWe’re getting reports from all over that AT&T customers are having trouble with 3G and EDGE data. A majority of the complaints are coming from the Midwest / Chicago areas, where things seem to be down entirely, but we’ve also heard from folks as far away as Florida. …
Elastic Robot to be Displayed As Art
A “squishable” soft caterpillar-like robot developed by Tufts University will be DISPLAYED in February and March at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). The creepy robot, called the Softbot II, will be part of an exhibition called “Design and the Elastic Mind.”Original post by Mike
Macessity’s LowKey Stand for Apple neat-freaks
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Peripherals
Tidy, huh? If you’re an iMac or Apple Studio Display owner then you’ll see the immediate appeal of this LowKey Stand from Macessity. Constructed of 0.1085-inch thick steel “power-coated” to match your rig, it neatly hides your new slim Apple keyboard from view…
Azingo launches first platform for LiMo Foundation
Filed under: Software, LinuxWhile Android steals the overwhelming majority of attention, the LiMo Foundation has been plodding along creating a Linux-based mobile standard of its own with the backing of industry heavyweights like NTT DoCoMo, Samsung, and Nokia’s new baby, Trolltech. That effort is f…
Researchers get nanotube chips running at commercial speeds
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsCarbon nanotubes have a ton of promise, and we’ve seen a lot of prospective applications for the tech, but researchers at Stanford, working with Toshiba, have managed to demonstrate the first use of nanotubes in chips that run at commercially-viable speeds. The chip feature…