Operation Gadget

Month: September 2005

  • Steripen Water Purifier Makes Sense for Travelers to Developing Countries, Campers

    Reading Time: 2 minutesSteripen is the only portable water purifier that uses ultraviolet light to destroy water-borne microbes. It’s available for less than $150.00 at Amazon.com. [ Photo: Steripen.com ] I got a copy of Forbes FYI the other day. This magazine often talks about really expensive lifestyle products that I can’t afford. One thing…

  • 2nd Week of September 2005 Workouts

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s a quick summary of the workouts that I did last week: Monday, September 5: Biked 6.0 miles in 28 minutes 49 seconds; Biked 4.6 miles in 23 minutes 6 seconds. Tuesday, September 6: Rest. Wednesday, September 7: Biked 15.5 miles in 1 hour 3 minutes 23 seconds. Thursday, September 8:…

  • September 5 – September 11, 2005 Weekly Summary

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the second week of September 2005. I’m experimenting with a weekly summary so that readers who want to receive a periodic email with Operation Gadget headlines can receive the links to all of the articles published each week. I will post a mechanism…

  • Ebay Completes Deal to Buy Skype for $2.6 Billion in Cash and Stock

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteEbay announced a formal agreement to acquire Skype International SA for roughly $2.6 billion in cash and stock, according to MarketWatch.com. Rumors of this deal were widely discussed last Thursday, after an article about the possibility appeared in The Wall Street Journal. EBay suggested several synergistic effects that may occur as…

  • DC Fundraising Ride Start Locations

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnother thing I found out yesterday was the two start locations of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope DC Fundraising Ride: 10-mile route: Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD [&nbspGoogle Map ] 50-mile route: Howard County Community College, Columbia, MD. [ Google Map ] Those of us who need a place to stay can…

  • DC Fundraising Ride Registration Closes

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast night I got an email from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope regarding shuttle services between the start of the 50 and 10-mile ride routes and the finish line at The Ellipse in Washington, DC. The message began: Thank you for registering for the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope DC…

  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Newsletter Highlights Relationship Between Tour of Hope and Clinical Trials

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe M.D. Anderson Cancer Center published an article in its September 2005 about the important contribution that the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope is making to boosting participation in cancer clinical trials. According to the article: The challenge of increasing trial participation is great. Of the 1.3 million Americans diagnosed with…

  • PalmSource to Be Acquired by the Developer of the NetFront Browser

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a joint announcement in Sunnyvale and Tokyo, PalmSource disclosed that it is becoming part of Access Company, Ltd., the developer of the NetFront browser and other Internet technology for mobile devices. The agreement is said to be a definitive, all cash deal valued at $324.3 million, approximately ¥35.9 billion, or…

  • Apple Announces iPod nano to Replace iPod mini

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn Wednesday, Apple Computer announced the iPod nano digital music player. Priced at about $199 with 2 Gigabytes and $249 with 4 Gigabytes of memory and available in either white or black, it’s an incredibly cool replacement for the iPod mini. I agree with Walter Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal…