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It’s the brainchild of Nicholas Negroponte, the guy who first told us we were living in a digital age. He’s got some strong interest lined up, too. The world needs a cheap laptop.

That’s one recommendation of the White House bringing back memories of Jimmy Carter urging us not to use Christmas lights during the gas crisis if the seventies. White House Press Briefing: Save Energy! Turn Off Those Computers!

Some people are reporting easily crached nano screens. iPod Nano = Flawed Product
Others are complaining of scratches.
I have a black nano and it looks a little scuffed up but when I wipe it with a soft cloth - or my T-shirt - it cleans right up.

You better believe that this is where online news is headed and why commercial big media needs to be more responsive and less elite if it’s going to survive in this brave new blogging world. Korean online newspaper enlists army of ‘citizen reporters’ / Multitudes log on daily to read and respond to stories

One of the things that Smartphones enable is Moblogging - or mobile posting. I’m posting this from my Treo 650, for example.

Anyone want to bet that this is vaporware, not available for months? Unlike Apple, which usually has new product available immediately after announcement, Microsoft tends to promise instead of deliver. Still, this sounds like a very slick phone. Microsoft, Palm to join forces on smart phone / New Treo will use Windows Mobile operating system

Forget global warming crackpots. In Idaho, there’s a TV weatherman who says the Japanese Mafia used a Russian-made electromagnetic generator to cause Hurricane Katrina in a bid to avenge the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima.

Cox ranks highest in satisfying high-speed Internet customers, while SBC Yahoo! ranks highest among dial-up Internet providers, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2005 Internet Service Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction StudySM released today.J.D. Power Consumer Center - Telecom
Comcast looks pretty dismal in the ratings… something confirmed in my area of Southeastern Michigan by a […]

Cable companies and telcos hate the idea of cheap and efficient competition from VoIP outfits like Skype. Looks like there’s some technology out there that will help them detect and break Skype calls from their systems. Verso’s Skype-Blocking Campaign

Dell calls it the DJ Ditty and it sells for $99 like the Shuffle but boasts more song storage, a one-inch LCD screen and a built-in FM radio receiver. Dell Launches Flash-Memory Music Player - Yahoo! News

I’ve stayed with this accessorize your iPod nano trend for a bit, publishing a column in the Freep today on what I found. MIKE WENDLAND: iPod nano is a must-have; accessories add coolness

Accessories for the nano are building in the pipeline. What’s the best? The worst? What incompatabilities with pre-nano iPod accessories? Weigh in folks. Nano-Nano, new iPod accessories
I’m just back from working some Hurricane Katrina relief on the Gulf Coast and found the nano my favorite travel aid. As the others jabbered during our all night […]

Oh oh. Music player headphones may cause hearing loss.

As I get ready to head down to the Gulf Coast as part of a church relief project to help survivors of Hurricane Katrina (see my blog on this), I went to a local Radio Shack store today to buy a couple CB Radios and Magnetic antennas that our convoy of vehicles could use to […]

Here’s my take on my iPod nano, as published in the Free Press this year. As I say in the column, the pictures don’t do it justice. Just hold it and you’ll want one. MIKE WENDLAND: So long, iPod mini; nano’s sleek and lighter, with more features