Motorola Round-Up
2008-03-20 10:20:00
Motorola Shedding Employees To Stem Losses Richard Thurston of The Register reports that Motorola is poised to axe half the staff at its design facility in Birmingham, as Moto tries to turn around its beleaguered mobile devices division. All the 121 staff at the facility were told Tuesday they are at risk of redundancy. Motorola is proposing to make half of them redundant and said it may close the site. Therefore, all employees will initially be placed at 'risk of redundancy' whilst alternative opportunities including redeployment, relocation, flexible working/home working or the opportunity of a 'service site' arrangement are investigated as part of the consultation process. The company said it would consult employees on the proposed redundancies over the next 90 days. The cuts w
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Carry Your Office Where Ever You Go!
2008-03-18 09:19:00
Imagine this.... You are traveling and you have to leave behind your PC which has all the important appointments on your calendar and a web browser with all your favorite bookmarks. Well not to worry, PortableApps is here. Using this one can carry instant messenger, whole office suite with documents and presentations, antivirus program and other computer utilities on any USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod/MP3 player, etc. So what is a Portable App? A portable app is a computer program that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any Windows computer. When your USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod or other portable device is plugged in, you have access to your software and personal data just as you would on your own PC. And when you unplug the dev
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A Concept Phone for Motorola
2008-03-17 03:47:00
Came across an interesting piece of story that is been circulated around, it’s about a concept phone for Motorola
designed by a Frenchman Lysandre Follet. Now whether Motorola had commissioned Follet to design a concept phone, it’s not yet clear, but here’s the dig on the concept phone. It’s been nicknamed the “Brick” by some publications for obvious reasons, it’s quite broad. It supposedly has a multimedia player, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi. At least there are indications that the designer wants all these features on the phone. Now here’s where it gets wacky. It has a stereo camera. When decoded into plain simple lingo, it has two cameras side by side. It’s got dual flash to boot! One each for the two cameras This will come in handy while taking 3-d panoramic shots. This
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Fly Through The Galaxy Virtually Today!
2008-03-14 06:31:00
So, the internet has made it possible for people to go into space without oxygen masks and heavy space suits. Ahem, its Google again..... Google Sky has been revamped in a new web interface which does a better job than it used to do when it was in Google Earth. With its trademark – powerful search it can search a lot of known entities in the sky. I did not like the interface much though.
Well I had tried Stellarium a few months back and believe me it got me hooked to it. With a nice interface, it was an amazing piece of application. Another most awaited service is The WorldWide Telescope (WWT), a Microsoft Research product, which, with its rich visualization environment functions as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space telescopes
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, Today
Google Is Testing Potential New Ad Service For Publishers
2008-03-13 04:45:00
According to a top news source, Google
, the company we all know so well, will announce a particularly new service for Web publishers to manage their online ad sales.This might sound particularly interesting in the light of $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick Inc.As of now only a few Web sites are testing this service. Google is hoping that the users of the Ad Manager will agree to carry some ads that Google sells in ad spots on their Web sites. Google would take a commission on revenue from any ads it sells.The bulk of Google’s revenues, as we all know are through its Ad services. Now that it has acquired DoubleClick, there might be pretty interesting growth in the way it might offer it services. DoubleClick in itself was a leader of sorts.Users of this service can choose many format
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, Potential
, Service
, Publishers
Nokia Morph: Nanaotechnology In Full Flow
2008-03-12 23:53:00
Nokia Research Center and the University of Cambridge unveiled on February 25th, a joint nanotechnology concept titled “Morph” which will be on view from February 24 to May 12, 2008, at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.Morph is being touted as a futuristic shape changing, self cleaning, transparent electronics and self charging (through harvesting) mobile phone. The interface of the phone as shown in the video reminds me of the futuristic computer interface in the movie Minority Report. The technology behind the Morph concept is Nanotechnology.The video gives us a graphical demonstration of the Morph’s capabilities. I have refrained from giving an insight into Morph’s capability to preserve the shock and awe element. The video is self explanatory and describes all the featu
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Searchme – Visual Treat For Your Eyes!
2008-03-12 07:16:00
Yo... So if you are tired of seeing the same old text results from Google search page, gear yourself up – Searchme is here. Searchme lets you see what you're searching for. As you start typing, categories appear that relate to your query. Choose a category, and you'll see pictures of web pages that answer your search. You can review these pages quickly to find just the information you're looking for, before you click through. It's a new way to search that takes advantage of the size and bandwidth of today's Internet and the increasingly visual way that we all interact online.This is what the site says “Searchme sorts your search results into relevant topics, then lets you scroll through and preview the web pages associated with your query, before you click through. As you
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Motorola Promises A Fine Showing At CTIA Wireless
2008-03-12 03:32:00
In an earlier post I had lamented about Motorola
’s poor showing at the World Mobile Congress. Well it seems Motorola is finally pulling up its socks. A sneak preview of Motorola’s upcoming phone line up was posted on YouTube.
Apparently Motorola was planning to make big announcements at CTIA Wireless
scheduled from April 1-3 instead. It seems that Motorola was reluctant to unveil its line-up of phones at the Mobile World Congress. They wanted to get away from the din and chaos of the Mobile World Congress and chose a quieter venue to announce their phone line-up. Well Motorola we are waiting and please do not let us down this time…
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Award Winning Moldable Mouse From Lite-On
2008-03-11 09:33:00
The traditional mould in which manufacturer’s of computer peripherals used bring out their products, focused on one single ideology that what works for one person will work for every one else.However, with increasing competition and the constant struggle to remain on the top of heap has forced them to rethink on their strategy, focus on innovativeness and more importantly cater to individual customer’s need.Lite-On has come up with a moldable mouse, a concept design which is made of lightweight modeling clay and covered with a nylon and polyurethane blend fabric and hence, can be kneaded into desired shapes by users.Traditionally the mouse is made of hard plastic, and even the most ergonomically designed mouse followed the ideology mentioned above.The salient features of the concept mo
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, Winning
, Mouse
Don’t Cry Over This! MonaRonaDona
2008-03-11 05:51:00
There is a new threat called MonaRonaDona lurking on the net. Beware! According to experts, MonaRonaDona is a virus that will stop certain programs from running correctly and it will put a message on your Internet Explorer screen that says –Hi, My name is MonaRonaDona. I am a Virus & I am here to Wreck Your PC. If you observe strange behavior with your PC, like program windows disappearing etc, it’s me who is doing all this. I was created as a protest against the Human Rights Violation being observed throughout the world & the very purpose of my existence is to remind & stress the world to respect humanity.”If you search on the Internet for a fix to this issue, you will most likely come across a program called Unigray Antivirus, which claims to be the best program to fix
Is Motorola a sinking ship…….When will it finally sink?
2008-03-10 03:23:00
Stu Reed, the former president of its struggling cell phone unit, is leaving the company. Reed's departure is the latest in a series of executive reshuffles at Motorola
, which comes a month after Chief Executive Greg Brown took over the unit and said that he was considering options such as splitting it off from the rest of the company. This has come close on the heels of another announcement last week that Motorola Inc.'s chief marketing officer Casey Keller has left the company. If this wasn’t enough, Motorola finds itself embroiled in another controversy. South Korea's Fair Trade Commission has announced today that it has levied a fine of 696 million won, or $729,000, on Motorola Korea Inc. for helping three South Korean companies collude to get orders from government agenci
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Motorola’s cup of woes is still overflowing….Is Carl Icahn the person who can stem the tide?
2008-03-10 03:17:00
For the fourth-quarter, Motorola
reported an 83.9% drop in earnings to $100 million, or 4 cents per share, compared to last year’s $623 million, or 25 cents per share. Then, Motorola announced that it is exploring a restructuring which could include the sale of its mobile phone business. In order to stem the losses, CEO Greg Brown took over the mobile handset division from Stu Reed. He also replaced acting CFO Tom Meredith with Paul Liska. Motorola unveiled some unimpressive models at the World Mobile Congress. No surprises there. Still, Motorola shares were down 38 % in 2008. If this wasn’t enough, Motorola is getting itself embroiled in a political controversy. Bill Ray from The Register reported that when Motorola threatened to abandon the Malaysia, causing 10,
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, person
Beta Version Of Yahoo! Messenger Revealed At MIX08 Conference
2008-03-10 02:22:00
Yahoo! has confirmed that a new beta version of its Messenger
product is on the way, for users of Vista OS. It uses the Windows Presentation Foundation graphics engine for functions like scrolling, to work smoothly. As part of the addition, Yahoo said that the WPF 3D feature will be used to display voice visualizations during phone conversations. The much-requested Yahoo! Mail alerts will also be implemented in the future. The beta version, due out sometime in the second quarter, will add voice messaging the well as the ability to send SMS messages. But no news as of now on the conferencing feature of messenger that we all love. The brilliant feature of WPF has been used only by a handful of developers who have tried to put it to good use. If all goes well this version of Yahoo! Me
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About Us
2008-03-08 10:15:00
About 80FeetRoad80FeetRoad, founded on March 7, 2008, is a weblog dedicated to a storehouse of crazy ideas on technologies, with product views and reviews, and take on new technologies that will transform the way we eat, speak and live.A gang of Media Analysts who have an unquenchable thirst for technology edits 80FeetRoad.If you would like to contact 80FeetRoad with suggestions, comments, corrections, errors, or new products, announcements, please email us at 80feetroad@gmail.com.
Icahn Is Behind Motorola Again......
2008-03-25 09:31:00
And this time he is suing them to access documents that detail the strategy for turning around the mobile-phone arm of Motorola
. Icahn
filed a lawsuit today in Delaware Chancery Court in Wilmington to get the information from Motorola. The company denied an earlier request for the documents, said Icahn, who has nominated four directors and lobbied for a spinoff of the handset unit. According to The Financial Times, the documents he is seeking include board and committee minutes and documents related to the service and selection of Motorola’s senior officers, and the prospects or strategy of Motorola’s mobile devices business. Icahn, 72, said today in an interview, ``These guys are the poster boy for what's wrong with corporate America. They've lost $37 billion in market valu
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Want To Use Images For Your Articles Without Paying A Cent?
2008-03-25 07:06:00
One of the most promising new services has been released recently..... Check out PicApp......This company based in San Francisco offers stock photos (photos taken by professionals) from large photo banks which includes Getty Images
and Corbis for free. PicApp gives out images for FREE to its members. All you need to do is get yourself registered for free of-course. Once you log yourself in, you can search through the images by giving a keyword. As for my experience with this, it is still a bit difficult to get the right image in the first shot. Once you find your image, there are different options like embed, mail and also to save the image (in the lightboxes section) for further reference. If you select the embed option, you would be given a code, which can be past
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Cell Phones & Cutting Edge Technology Makes for a Heady Mix ! ! ! !
2008-03-24 01:44:00
I did come across an article on unwired view.com talking about Apple applying for a patent for a "Dual Sided Trackpad". Made me do a double take. I had to chk this one out. I have heard about Dual sided phones like the one from Sprint. But dual sided trackpad?? As you can see from the patent file pics, the transparent trackpad can act as a normal multi-functional touch screen which emulates all the functionality of the iPhone when the phone the device is closed. When the phone is flipped open the trackpad can act as a keypad showing the standard T9 keypad layout, or the user can draw the number he/she wants to dial, and host of other features. Well who does not want to make hay when the sun shines? Apple will surely not miss a chance to make this technology available to its oth
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, Cutting
, Technology
, Cell Phones
Yahoo Messenger Beta For Mac – Try It Now
2008-03-27 00:11:00
Yahoo has released a new beta of its Mac messenger application allowing users to make free PC-to-PC calls. Users will also be able to leave voice messages and send SMS messages using their Mac. It has the voice chat function and with this new version one can do PC-to-PC calls like iChat or Skype for free. If you want to make calls to mobile or land lines, you can sign-up for a Phone Out account. Phone In accounts are also available if you want people to be able to call you from any phone. Yahoo Messenger
for Mac also includes Tabbed IM windows, Chat rooms, Message archiving, Webcam support, Conferences and File Transfers. With this new version, you can make free PC-to-PC calls or sign up for a Phone Out account to make calls from your Mac to regular or mobile phones worldwide for
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Motorola To Split Into Two Business Units In 2009
2008-03-26 09:39:00
The split would be into Mobile Devices and Broadband & Mobility Solutions businesses According to the Associated Press Motorola
Inc. has announced plans to separate its struggling handset business from other operations, forming two separate publicly traded companies. The split into a mobile devices business and a broadband and mobility services business is to take place in 2009 and will take the form of a tax-free distribution. Motorola said the handset business will operate separately from another company that will encompass its home and networks business, which sells TV set-top boxes and modems, and its enterprise mobility solutions, which sells computing and communications equipment to businesses. Chief Executive Greg Brown said, "Our priorities have not changed with tod
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Keeping Track Of Inventory Can Be A Nightmare! Think Again.
2008-03-29 10:59:00
I came across an article recently which highlighted a problem which most companies face, but are reluctant to address it until it balloons out of proportion. Its “Keeping Track
of Inventory
”. Most of the companies in the cut throat environment spend all their energies into building their products, marketing them; and as the company starts growing in size literally, everyone is happy. As the company grows, it starts to buy equipment, expand, occupy more floor space, moving the old but still usable items into storage. Sometimes the company plans for the future expansions, and buys the necessary equipment in advance and stores them. When the economy favors, the most of the companies go into overdrive and hire people in big numbers. Accordingly the company has to invest in the equi
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, Again
, Think Again
Motorola Round Up
2008-04-07 11:49:00
Icahn Triumphs At Last! Motorola
has caved in to Carl Icahn’s demands and has announced that that it will appointing Keith Meister as a non-executive and nominate William Hambrecht to the Motorola board at its annual general meeting. In return, Icahn will withdraw all pending litigation against Motorola. In addition, Motorola has also agreed to seek input from Icahn in connection with significant matters regarding the intended separation of the Mobile Devices business, including the search for a new chief executive to head the Mobile Devices business. This might probably bring to an end the 18-month squabble between Icahn and Motorola. Only time will tell. Indians Flying High After two of the legendary British marquees came under the management of Tata Motors, it was the tu
Erasing The Guilt Of Humanity
2008-04-12 23:33:00
The World is moving at a rapid pace in terms of automotive technological development. Inevitably development is achieved at the cost of Mother Nature. Therefore, a huge guilt of humanity exists in each and every one of us. The guilt of not able to provide better hospitable living conditions, for our future offspring’s is making mankind search for greener technology. At least, implement green technology in a symbiotic relationship with existing polluting ones. Try and erase some of the guilt. And how successful it has been! Billions of dollars are spent in the search for feasible green technology and finally thanks to the advancement in the cutting edge sciences such as Nanotechnology, Corporates across the world have come with concepts which they claim will significantly reduce the carbo
Flickr’s “Inevitable” Foray To The World Of Video Service
2008-04-16 02:58:00
Flickr has forayed into offering video hosting. One can upload a mere 90 second or 150MB video! And many flickr users are unhappy about that.... :( The change is a modest but significant extension of Flickr's features. The videos will be shown as thumbnails alongside users' photos, and will inherit all the features of photos stored on the site: users can add comments, captions, comments, geotags, and privacy restrictions so only friends or family may view the videos. Only those with "pro" subscriptions will be able to publish videos, but as with photos, those with free Flickr accounts and the public will be able to watch them. The site will support videos in AVI, MPEG, and MOV for
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, Inevitable
, World
, Service
Fring ring ring.... World's First VoIP App for iPhone
2008-04-17 03:58:00
Well you might be thinking as to what the fuss about Fring and VoIP is all about right? Let me tell you that Fring is not the first VoIP app for the iPhone
, there are several before this, like Jah Jah. But it used to connect their analog to VoIP bridge before one can make a call. But Fring doesn’t do that. According to an announcement from Fring, the mobile VoIP app has been made publicly available and will let users talk, chat and interact with other Fring users. The pre-release version was developed in conjunction with Israel-based Holon Institute of Technology. The early version will give iPhone users a chance to dabble with the VoIP application and also enable Fring to get the low down on the user experience through feedback. That feedback will be used to influence future researc
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, First
Watch Out Yahoo! FreeMobile411 Is Here
2008-04-23 03:37:00
If you have used Yahoo
’s oneSearch then you will love FreeMobile411 too. It gives access to millions of US business and residential listings, detailed maps, nearby points of interests, driving directions and much more on your mobile phone. As with oneSearch FreeMobile411 is a very easy to use VOICE-ENABLED search application. After downloading FreeMobile411, just open the application on your mobile phone, PRESS and HOLD the "talk" key and say the "City and State" you need. Next, select either "Search by Business Name", "Business Type" or "Person". PRESS and HOLD the "talk" key and say either the business listing you are looking for, a business category or a Person. Within a few seconds, the phone number, address, map, directions, nearby places and other great features will be display
Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition – A Must Buy, Must Have Phone
2008-04-24 06:45:00
Nokia’s N810, a Linux based is not a typical mobile phone. Its bundled with features which makes it in par with a mobile computer. Yes and now this phone is also WiMax enabled to take advantage of new wide-area high-speed mobile WiMAX
networks. So you may ask me as to what the benefits are? Well the benefits of the device are in its Internet capabilities. WiMAX is effectively a cross between wifi and 3G, offering city-wide wireless broadband access without the need for a SIM card. WiMAX can be accessed from local hot spots. A number of additional features further enhance the utility of the Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition
. With built-in GPS, the Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition can easily transform itself into a fully featured personal navigation device, complete with real-time on-screen maps. A
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Hydrogen Bikes Anyone?
2008-04-26 12:12:00
Continuing with the environment friendly initiatives on which I have been posting, this is a gem. The article is from BikeSite.com. Though I have not been able to determine the date, it’s still a must read for all those enthusiasts who have been waiting for and environment friendly bike to come along.Intelligent Energy, British based company has developed a bike titled ENV. It stands for Emissions Neutral Vehicle. Intelligent Energy has partnered with Seymourpowell which has been working on this fuel cell technology for over 10 years to come up with this eco-friendly bike. The motorbike is powered by hydrogen cells. It has a top speed of 50 mph and a fuel range of 100 miles. The bike hardly makes any noise and is estimated to cost £3000 on the market. The cost might come down with the s
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Cyclone Power To Ensure Our Planet Remains Green
2008-04-26 12:07:00
Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) World Congress in Detroit, touted as one of the premier conferences of automotive engineers, executives and suppliers in the world saw some innovative ideas and concepts being showcased and discussed. One of them piqued my interest and I started digging for more information.Cyclone Power Technologies Inc. has developed what it calls a Cyclone Engine. It is described as an environmentally friendly and highly efficient external combustion, heat-regenerative engine. It’s a water-lubricated external combustion engine that uses steam to power automobiles, lawn mowers and stationary generators. The company claims that the engine is capable of running on any liquid or gaseous fuel, including ethanol, bio-diesel and propane.Developed by the company's Presi
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, Green
Yahoo Will Win If It Opens Up To Developers - Thats The Trend!
2008-04-25 09:50:00
Yahoo! has at last has opened up to third-party publishers and developers for its search service. This new developer platform, which is called SearchMonkey, uses data web standards and structured data to enhance the functionality, appearance and usefulness of search results. Well looking by the recent trends from different companies, it’s the developers who have exponentially raised the profit by creating friendly, must have applications. First it was Facebook, then MySpace followed suit and now its Yahoo! - a bit late but it is worth it.With this online tool, developers can build data services that can be used to present rich and useful search results. These data services can be constructed using structured data either from the Yahoo! Search index or from publicly available sources (suc
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, Developers
Run Multiple Instances Of Yahoo Messenger
2008-04-28 09:41:00
I have different Yahoo
! Messenger
ID’s. After logging into one ID, when I tried to log into another ID, I could not do that. So what one can do is: To get multiple instances of Yahoo! Messenger running at the same time, follow this - Download and run the ym8multi.reg file from this ZIP archive For uninstall, download and run the ym8multi_unist.reg file from this ZIP archive Now isn’t this great. I just loved this patch.... :)
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