ReadyPing is a new mobile solution for restaurant owners which lets a host or hostess alert customers when their table is ready via a mobile notification. The system, a vast improvement over the restaurant pagers currently in use today, lets diners wander beyond the restaurant’s immediate vicinity – something that would be especially handy for … Continue reading
Not a day goes by without a gloomy report about the job market, such as Thursday’s warning by the Chicago outplacement firm, Challenger, Gray and Christmas, that college graduates will see fewer recruiters on campus and more competition in the field. via: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=36325
There is a constant refrain that the United States is falling behind in broadband, as if the speed of Internet service in Seoul represents a new Sputnik that is a challenge to national security. It’s certainly true that in some countries, like South Korea, far more homes have broadband connections than in the United States. … Continue reading
The tiny SheevaPlug computer provides always-on home network services, such as backup and file sharing, for a tenth of the power used by a regular desktop. Marvell has introduced a development platform for a tiny computer about the size of a power adapter that would plug into a wall socket and provide always-on home network … Continue reading
Open source vendor Zmanda joins the chase for Windows dollars with its product based on Amazon’s Simple Storage Service. Joining an increasing number of open source developers delivering products for Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) servers, Zmanda this week rolled out a cloud-based backup and recovery product for Exchange and SQL Server. Appropriately named the Zmanda Cloud … Continue reading
Skip the lecture, download the podcast. That’s probably not what university professors tell their students, but perhaps they should. New psychological research conducted by Dani McKinney, a psychologist at the State University of New York in Fredonia, shows that students who only listened to podcasts of lectures achieved substantially higher exam results than those who … Continue reading
I love my little Flip video camera, but I’m beginning to think I should switch to a still camera that has video capabilities. Before I decide, however, I’d love to hear what NewTeeVee-ers think. According to a recent survey (PDF) by PriceGrabber.com, 44 percent of online users own a camcorder. But 1 in 3 camcorder … Continue reading
The smart grid partnership between search engine giant Google and conglomerate GE could deliver a lot more than public policy changes and compelling discussion forums. Steve Fludder, VP of GE’s Ecomagination division, told us yesterday in an interview that the partnership could also result in a commercial product.
Apple’s new iPhoto 09 will use the geo-tag data recorded by the iPhone 3G’s camera to map out the locations of your pictures. But what if you’re no using the iPhone for all your pictures? What if you have a regular old point-and-shoot or even a DSLR without GPS? One approach would be to use … Continue reading
There’s calamity in Cloudland this morning as Gmail fell over rather majorly. Problems started at about 10.30 UK time affecting both individual and corporate Gmail accounts as well as some apps.
