Operation Gadget

Category: Useful Web Sites

  • VuGo Portable Video System for Kids to be Target for TV Network Content Deal

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Wall Street Journal reported in its Monday edition that Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network will make some of their shows available on-demand for $2.99 per episode. According to the article: The episodes will be tailored to work exclusively on toy maker Hasbro Inc.’s VuGo portable media player, a kind of video…

  • Google Reportedly Releasing Java-Enabled Version of Google Maps for Phones Today

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteA report in this morning’s Wall Street Journal indicates that Google will rollout a mobile phone version of Google Maps today. According to the article: Google… is tailoring some popular Internet services for use on wireless devices. Starting today, for example, consumers using some types of cellphones will be able to…

  • Windows Live Could Threaten Growth Rates of Many Web 2.0 Services

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI wasn’t paying attention when Microsoft announced its Windows Live initiative, but more than a few people see parallels between yesterday’s event and the announcement of Internet Explorer ten years ago. Microsoft was forced to move into the web-based application space because so many innovative applications have been delivered recently as websites.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Map of 2005 Tour of Hope 50-Mile DC Fundraising Ride

    Reading Time: 2 minutes2005 Tour of Hope DC Fundraising Ride: This is our best guess at the 50-mile route map. I used Gmaps Pedometer to convert a cue sheet to a map. Click on the picture of the map to see the route in a Gmaps Pedometer window.[ Image: Gmaps Pedometer / Google Maps ] Bryan Katz,…

  • LSU Professor Maintaining Hurricane Katrina Blog

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteDr. Kaye Trammell, an assistant professor of visual communications at Louisiana State University, has set up Kaye’s Hurricane Katrina Blog and has been blogging regularly all night from Baton Rouge. That’s about 65 miles west of New Orleans. From what I’ve been able to read, Baton Rouge is west of the…

  • Treonauts Discusses Mobile RSS Readers for the Treo 650

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAndrew Carton of Treonauts published a good summary of RSS reader options for Treo 650 users. The headline readers include PalmOS applications that have paid licenses, browser-based RSS readers that are free, as well as email and Java-based offerings. Of the RSS readers I’ve tried so far, Bloglines Mobile (part of…

  • Trying Del.icio.us and Del.icio.us Direc.tor to Get Control of My Web Bookmarks

    Reading Time: 2 minutesdel.icio.us direc.tor: I’m trying to use a new AJAX application called del.icio.us direc.tor to manage my web bookmarks. Last week I said that leaving a browser window open to an interesting web page can be a productivity killer. Since then I’ve been looking for ways to better manage and track all of…