Day: June 17, 2004

  • Mostly Mobile Linkdump

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    • Nokia rejoins WiMax.
    • Wi-Fi on Amtrak could be useful.  $9.99 for a trip is quite reasonable.  It’s probably a better deal than my pay-as-you-go T-Mobile hotspot account at $6/hr.
    • Gizmodo and others linked to a way to boost the power on you Garmin iTrip to roll your own pirate radio.
    • Moto buys embedded computing company Force Computers.
    • Intel has delayed Centrino 2 until 2005.  By then you’ll be ordering a jumble of things called a Centrino 2 with a Pentium M 775 and Intel Pro Wireless 2400 with Bluetooth.  I can’t imagine how that can make any sense to a non-techie customer.
    • Engadget covers details uncovered from the FCC about the new HP iPAQ h6300 with GSM/GPRS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.
    • Sleepycat ships Berkeley DB Java Edition.
    • OSNews announces that Gnomefiles.org aims to be your one stop Gnome shop.
    • CNet: tablets take their time.  They’re still too damned expensive.  Scoble: how can we get Tablet PC prices down?  I really want to be able to afford one.
    • US mobile carriers only get 3% of their revenue from data services.  I’m trying to boost that figure personally, but so far no luck.  A lot more than 3% of my monthly bill goes to paying for data and SMSes.
    • Broadcom is buying 3G chipmaker Zyray Wireless.
    • Rome 0.2 is out.
    • WASTE 1.5 beta 1 is out.  Three cheers for the GPL!
    • ASP.NET on Linux using Mono sounds sadistic but fun.
    • Slackware 10.0-RC1 is making the rounds.