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New GUI-based XSLT / XML to HTML WizardThe XStudio Stylemaker from snapbridge Software works on Mac, Linux, and Windows platforms and allows the novice XML user to stick XML data into a predesigned HTML form. XStudio also allows a user to work with snapbridge's simple to use FDX server application, creating a five minute solution for federating data. The new HTML output from FDX allows HTML browsers to read real-time data displayed in HTML, saving massive amounts of time crunching raw XML on the browser side by doing the computations on the server side. We tested the FDX output time vs. standard XML data, and with a 1300 line test XSL / XML document, it took over 45 seconds to load and process the XML transformation. Putting that same program through the FDX made the 640k program load in just under a single second! See Snapbridge XStudio 2.5 for more information. WiMax - Long Distance Megabit Transfers'WiMax' Wireless Web Access the Next Big Thing? College Courses From Your Cellphone?McGraw-Hill/Irwin is testing its student self-application on new wireless devices, namely cell phones. The educational materials supplier is testing two beta versions of its Study To Go application: Study To Go for Cellphones. Cell PDA Phones: The New PC?For years, Microsoft's motto has been "A PC on every desktop." For the first time in the company's history that motto changed two years ago. The new motto is "Anytime, anywhere, any device." The shift in thinking at the world's largest software company reflects its new understanding that the PC is not the answer to every question, and that mobility and communications are increasing in importance. PDA Phone Fusion - Why Carry More Devices Than You Have To?Some of the coolest gadgets bring a phone and a PDA in one package. The first generation of these was a bit bulky, but now they're slimming down quite a bit and keeping with the trend. Treo 600 plus T-Mobile
service - order yours today! Plus get FREE Shipping! This design combines Blackberry and Palm features with a cell phone. One of the greatest features is the quick use of SMS messaging with thumb typing or Graffiti Palm interface allows quick responses, allowing full responses at a fraction of the voice airtime cost. Handspring Treo for CDMA on Sprint Nationwide Network Now available for CDMA, this Treo is the best way to take advantage of the nationwide CDMA network for Sprint, and launched August 2002. Faster Than CNN - Cheaper Than HDTVWhat's the best way to get the news on what you want, when you want? Check out the concept of moblogs - mobile weblogging. Talk about a technology bound to break through oppression - how can you censor freedom of speech and assembly if you are able to see and hear the latest through an MMS multimedia message - when it's happening. In the public sector, see it as a real-time reporting tool for assisting public safety vs. terrorism and other mass casualty events. On-scene units enter information immediately. Poor Cell Phone Reception?This holiday season, the only thing I really didn't get was good cell phone reception. If this happens to you and you live in California, try UCAN's Dead Zone web site. They have an area to log poor service, and also to search your area before you buy, so you're more informed.
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Changing Demographic of Wireless Users - Women in WirelessRoy Morgan Research has found that 86 per cent of women aged 14 to 24, own, use or seriously intend to buy a mobile phone, as do 83 per cent of women aged 25 to 34 and 78 per cent of 35 to 49 year olds. I think all I could say about this is that both men and women dig new ways to talk to others. SMS is one way to communicate, free long distance is another. The imminent launch of 3G phone services, offering video and photo messaging and internet-like chat services, will be the first major new technology to be targeted just as much at women as men. See Women and Wireless for more details about this expanding market! Women In GamingThe doors to the world of gaming have been torn down by a surprisingly diverse and unexpected group. Gaming, once thought to be the domain of men, has become a widely accepted social activity, attracting record numbers of women to the hobby. See Women in Gaming for a complete article by Stevie 'Killcreek' Case, the first woman gamer to beat iD Software's John Romero at his own game, Quake. In recent years Stevie co-founded a new video game development studio with a focus on creating interactive entertainment for wireless and handheld devices. She has most recently relocated to Los Angeles to pursue new opportunities in interactive entertainment. AOL Leverages ICQ for Friendster-like PlayAmerica Online's ICQ unit -- best known as the first hugely popular instant messaging client, and credited with starting much of the IM craze -- is now poised to enter another hot area: social networking. See Social Networks In Search of Business Models also. Flash Content on PDAsMacromedia Flash now supports Pocket PC and Palm standards Flash is vector-based, meaning that it works with mathematical formulas rather than pixels. As a result, Flash files are generally light and download quickly -- a big plus for people using mobile devices on wireless networks. Flash's vector graphics are also scalable: They can be displayed at any size, from a tiny cell-phone screen to a giant movie screen. Another advantage of Flash is that its applications and content can be easily transferred from one platform to another. Unlike Java and C++, Flash is not device-specific, it's just as ubiquitous as HTML.
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Changing Role of WirelessWireless Crime Fighting - This is getting more and more high profile since a certain tall terrorist of the twin-towers bombing type has been tracked with satellite cell phones he bought a while back. Got to hand it to the Signal Corps and the FBI - they're thorough. What's interesting, however, is how they knew he was using that phone in the first place. It emerged during a trial of the Kenyan Embassy bombings that bin Laden rented a satellite phone from a company in New York and had used it to direct his operations and businesses for some years. Smart and Mobile Autonomous NetworkingSo the interesting side to this is more science fiction than reality - or is it? Imagine a quick to deploy, self maintaining robotic network for either urban or remote deployment. Military and law enforcement applications abound for this, including first response units for investigation, HRT and SWAT communications links, and much more. Wireless Guerrilla Warfare vs. 3G Profitability?A quietly growing legion of wireless guerrillas is using 802.11 -- and components ranging from Pringles cans to wire-wrapped plastic tubing -- to set up wireless networks in at least 40 U.S. cities, from Seattle to New York to Austin, and many more cities overseas. The dream is to create enough overlapping networks so that wherever you go, you can open a laptop equipped with an 802.11 antenna and hook into high-speed Web access. Some Wi-Fi missionaries are techno utopians who share their high-speed Internet access for free. Others are entrepreneurs setting up for-pay networks in cafes, hotel lobbies, airports, and backcountry towns. Well, then there's the other side of the story. |
Nokia's Wireless Cellular CameraWireless Data Research Group expects worldwide sales of such devices to blossom to $28 billion a year by 2007, as companies rip out the wiring now needed to accomplish the same tasks.
A wall-mounted surveillance camera that can send images directly to a mobile phone will be available this summer, according to maker Nokia.
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Battery Fuel Cells - Dui Dit, OPEC...al Quaeda and 9|11 hijackers from our alleged allies in the Middle East gotcha down? Wondering how to help work on alternative energy sources so every country that is trying to kill us can sell their oil elsewhere? Check out fuel cell technology - new concepts include methanol based fuel cells. I call this voting with your pocketbook - if we can get tuna dolphin safe, invent the PC, Internet, powered flight, electricity, telephones, TV and radio, making energy from moonshine should be an easy thing... Casio Computer revealed a mockup of a notebook PC with a fuel cell. The new power pack only weighs about half as much as the previous Li-ion battery pack, and can drive the notebook for up to 20 hours.
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Biosniffing - Detection and Reporting with Wireless TelemetryOur cities are woefully unprepared to deal with the looming menace of bio-terrorism. The combination of wireless technology with biotechnology is taking both bleeding edge technologies to the next level. Today's bio-terrorism detectors are sadly lacking, but that's all about to change, now that the US federal budget for bio-terrorism countermeasures has ballooned from $300 million to $3 billion in the past year. With all those dollars dangling from the tree, hundreds of companies are competing to build bio-detectors that are smaller, faster, and cheaper than the current crop. More about Biosniffing... |
Trond Helleland, a member of the ruling Conservative Party, was caught on a national television camera playing the game during Wednesday's debate about whether Norway would take part in any U.S.-led military action against Iraq.
Now this is finally something interesting - roaming without a provider, hobo style. Other Wi-Fi wireless pioneers are banding war parties together in a grassroots effort to keep wireless costs low. After all, what's the big deal in paying 24 hours a day for a broadband connection you may only use a few hours a night? This is really going to give tremendous momentum to ICT growth in developing (third-world) countries. Then again, Harvard MBA-holding Vice Presidents sometimes have a problem figuring out where they should look for trends when they want to overcharge consumers.
Taking a look at Estonia and how they are integrating Wi-Fi shows me that a common sense approach to technology growth is something developing countries are taking seriously.
Bell Canada and San Diego, Calif.-based technology consulting firm inCode Telecom have come up with an innovative new use for payphones. The two companies have developed a strategy and technology that turns existing payphones into Wi-Fi hotspots. Check this out for how to make a new buck on old locations. Update: Verizon is currently implementing a similar plan.
New trend in corporate communication - sending quick multiplayer game moves attached to email in 5kb - 15kb attachments keeps in touch with style. Check out Laser Squad: Nemesis (LSN) and see what everyone's not talking about but doing.
LSN was designed by the same team as the XCom: Ufo Defense game, winner of best strategy game.
Everyone who grew up playing video games is now in the management age range. Check out the hot new way to keep in touch and send a game move by email.
You can play anyone, anywhere in the world, as long as they have an email address. The game engine is a unique combination of turn-based control and real-time action with video style playback of all your battles. The ability to replay each turn, or the whole game using VCR style controls adds the best touch for a turn-based game.
By fitting into the time management for busy people this gives a bit of a break between serious work.
Quite a challenging and addictive strategy game, LSN provides the ability to make a move on your own schedule playable for Gen-Xers who now have to juggle real life, kids, jobs, and stilll want to bond with real people through multiplayer gaming.
This is one of the better ideas I've seen in a while. Take a wireline payphone, something gathering dust since the cell phone industry hit 50%, and wire in a Wi-Fi link. Now every wireless laptop can synch up from 7-11 or Circle K's nationwide. Watch out, Starbucks and T-Mobile, there's a new business plan in town!
Yet another wireless carrier goes for the combination package of wireless. Bring on WWAN and Wi-Fi for a nice complementary corporate connectivity option.
Is this another nail in the coffin of 3G profitability? Not only are people able to tie in 802.11 networks through grassroots network sharing like warchalking, now they won't have to worry about how to power them? Check out new ways to bring information that last mile with even more cost reduction.
MSN, Yahoo, Google, and Overture. What do you use?!? See the recommendations at New Search Standard - Focusing On The Experience.
Digital Valets - basically your own Private Investigator in a pocket, or Reference Librarian on staff to serve you when you need the information. There's no need for the boolean logic when you can simply say what you would like to find - even better? Multi-language support. This can remove the barriers in communication and cross-referencing information. It's a whole new ball game, and implementing it properly is exactly where 3nW Corporation stands.
Now imagine it all leveraged from a Palm or Pocket PC remotely, with a simple interface. With a wireless PDA, this can be anywhere you need it also. Check this out - you won't be disappointed. Wait until I mention that there are ways to combine the great Instant Messaging capabilities out there, with smart plain language searchability 'bots'. Now are you beginning to get the picture?
Some of the coolest gadgets bring a
phone and a PDA in one package. The first generation of these was
a bit bulky, but now they're slimming down quite a bit and keeping with
the trend. One of the drawbacks to extended use is battery life, so make
sure you have extras or a good recharger adaptor when traveling...
Handspring Treo operates on GSM and Palm OS... The Handspring Treo offers global GSM cellular network access along with the Palm OS and Blazer browser software built in, making it a favorite among international business travelers. This design combines Blackberry and Palm features with a cell phone. One of the greatest features is the quick use of SMS messaging with thumb typing or Graffiti Palm interface allows quick responses, allowing full responses at a fraction of the voice airtime cost.
Handspring Treo for CDMA on Sprint Nationwide Network Now available for CDMA, this Treo is the best way to take advantage of the nationwide CDMA network for Sprint, and launched August 2002.
