Operation Gadget

Month: October 2005

  • On the Road in New Jersey

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteKathleen and I have been in New Jersey for most of the day, and I didn’t bring a laptop with me. I’m posting this article from my Treo 650. I’ll be back in the office on Tuesday, so look for more on Operation Gadget then.

  • Customer Claims Verizon Uses FIOS to Lock Competitors Out of Homes

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI know I just got done television franchising rules should be relaxed to allow Verizon FIOS deployment, but we need folks like the FCC and state utility regulators to enforce some basic, consumer-oriented protections. A great example of what could happen if Verizon is allowed to operate solely in its interest…

  • Local Cable Franchise Politics Obstructs Verizon FIOS TV in Many Areas

    Reading Time: 2 minutesA page one report in today’s The Wall Street Journal indicates that Verizon is having difficulty launching FIOS-based television services in many parts of the country. Verizon plans to invest some $20 billion on a large-scale fiber-to-the-home deployment project, but is being asked for costly concessions on a town-by-town basis in exchange…

  • Flickr Offers Photo Printing at Target

    Reading Time: 2 minutesFlickr Offers Photo Printing at Target[ image created by Dave Aiello, courtesy of Flickr ]. Flickr announced the introduction of a photo print ordering service for users in the United States. The service is offered in conjunction with Target Stores. You have the option of picking your photo order up at your local Target…

  • Fabulous Deal on Paint Shop Pro 9 at Amazon.com While Supplies Last

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI just noticed that Amazon.com is offering Corel Paint Shop Pro 9 while supplies last for as little as $19.99! Paint Shop Pro is a great photo editing tool for people who don’t need all the complexity of Adobe Photoshop Elements, but who still want to do things like: fill flash…

  • PSP Specific Version of Ubergizmo Announced by Publisher

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI was IMing with Hubert from Ubergizmo today who pointed out that Ubergizmo is publishing a PlayStation Portable-specific version of their site. The URL for it is psp.ubergizmo.com. I haven’t been following the development of the PSP market too closely, but I think that the PSP has the potential to transcend…

  • TomTom Making a Big Advertising Push on New York Radio

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI was talking to Ed Anuff earlier today and I mentioned that TomTom is running a lot of radio ads on the major AM-band stations in New York for its portable GPS navigation systems like the TomTom Go 700. He said he’s hearing a lot of ads in the Bay Area…

  • Where I’ve Been for the Past Three Weeks

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteA couple of loyal readers have emailed to find out what I’ve been up to recently. I haven’t posted much at all on Operation Gadget since we got home from The Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope, and there are some important reasons for this. Let me list a few of them…

  • Refocusing Operation Gadget for the Future

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOperation Gadget will turn two years old in a couple of weeks. Overall, it’s done really well, and we’ve established an audience in several different niches: electronic gadgets, technology used in sports, Lance Armstrong Foundation-related and Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope fundraising, professional cycling All of these are worthwhile topics for…