http://www.tokyo-joe.net Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:44:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Splish-splash, Chase is taking a bath The point was driven home--literally--when we started receiving short videos via e-mail of our 9-month-old grandson Chase enjoying apricot-peach yogurt, bouncing in his play-seat contraption, and splashing in the bathtub. E-mail has never been used to better effect. The free account limits your videos to ... http://www.tokyo-joe.net/index.php/archives/214 If you build it, it appears they will come...eventually. That's what CNET News' Ina Fried wrote earlier today--and she examines why, only now, this technology is coming into its own. Sony Ericsson's newest secret agent--the C902 Bumpy start for China's homegrown 3G Corporate giants push into clean-tech venture investing Legendary video game designer ... http://www.tokyo-joe.net/index.php/archives/212 To give you an idea of how different the new look and feel is, here are a few comparison shots of the Latitude E6400 and a slightly older Latitude D630, one of the most common laptops found in corporate America. We've seen more than a little interest in ... http://www.tokyo-joe.net/index.php/archives/210 Schappert also touted the success of Xbox Live, which he said has earned more than a quarter billion dollars in money spent on downloadable games. (Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET Networks) But now, the company is expanding the XNA offering to allow the best community-created games to be uploaded to and distributed from Xbox Live. Satchell ... http://www.tokyo-joe.net/index.php/archives/208 The Times notes competitor Showtime's foray into digital distribution that started with iTunes back in 2006. Showtime currently has just over a dozen shows on iTunes and Amazon's Unbox service at $2 a pop, although unlike HBO's standalone downloading media player, both services are on a purchase model that allow ... http://www.tokyo-joe.net/index.php/archives/206 Amen. Kevin Harvey and Peter Fenton are a dream team in open source. I once asked whether the two could effectively work together. Looks like I have my answer. commentary One firm with whom I've never formally worked but would engage in a heartbeat is Benchmark Capital. Matt Aslett of The 451 ... http://www.tokyo-joe.net/index.php/archives/204 Can your computer do magic? The Illusion PC, entry No. 911 in the Next-Gen PC Design Competition. The design makes the PC appear to have no inner components. The designer says the aim was to make the computer not look like a computer, and when turned off to look just like ... http://www.tokyo-joe.net/index.php/archives/202 Last summer I reviewed ViaTalk for PC Magazine, and dinged them pretty heavily for poor customer service. But things have improved considerably since then, and I haven't needed customer service even once in over 7 months. (Full disclosure: I'm a ViaTalk customer, but otherwise have no affiliation with the company.) In ... http://www.tokyo-joe.net/index.php/archives/200 My favorite app concept from the Facebook F8 Developers' Conference was Connected Weddings. Based on the fact that planning a wedding is a social affair (duh), it lets you connect with two different groups: the people coming to your event, and other people who are getting married. With the former, ... http://www.tokyo-joe.net/index.php/archives/198 (Credit: TwitterCounter.com) Nothing could have caused more uproar in the blogosphere about Twitter than followers suddenly disappearing. We have all complained about and tolerated Twitter's downtime issues, but seemingly losing your hard-earned followers is something that users might not stand for. Even if Twitter is able to fix this ... http://www.tokyo-joe.net/index.php/archives/196