Operation Gadget
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“The Long Tail” Has Some Really Interesting Pieces on the Future of Television
Reading Time: 2 minutesChris Anderson writes The Long Tail, a blog that I added to my Bloglines feeds recently. A week ago, he started a posting a really interesting series of articles called Long Tail TV. These are reflections on television that’s available in the United States and some of the technologies we can use…
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LiveStrong Supporter from the UK Tells of His Yellow Wristband Purchase Experience
Reading Time: 2 minutesLiveStrong wristbands orders to the UK from the Lance Armstrong Foundation On-line Store are arriving eight weeks from the time the order is placed. Last night I received the following email from Michael Rhodes: Im new to your site but i have noticed that alot of people seem to have questions about…
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TiVo Said to Have Rejected Deal with Comcast to Become Preferred PVR Technology Supplier
Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday’s New York Times reports that TiVo was in advanced negotiations with Comcast to become their Personal Video Recorder technology provider as late as the Summer of 2004, but backed out of a possible deal because the per-subscriber revenue they would receive was not high enough. This information came to light…
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palmOne Website Reflects Impending Release of Treo 650 for GSM/GPRS
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTreoCentral reported over the weekend that palmOne Updated their website to emphasize that the Treo 650 for GSM/GPRS is “coming soon”. This is the the third hint that palmOne or Cingular has given that a release is imminent. It can’t come soon enough for many of us Treo fans.
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MacHTPC.com Debuts to Explore Mac mini’s Possible Future in Home Theater
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBryan Greenway of Home Theater Blog and Jonathan Greene of Atmaspheric Endeavors are teaming up to launch a new blog called Mac HTPC to explore the potential of the Mac mini as a home theater system. A number of people (including me) think that the Mac mini has many of the…
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January 10 – 16, 2005 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the second week of January 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…
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Casio Solar Pathfinder and ProTrek Watches Considered Risky by the FBI
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCasio Solar Pathfinder: One of the watches that the Transportation Safety Administration is looking out for. [ Photo: Amazon.com ] In the past few weeks, a number of media outlets have reported on a warning that the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI issued on certain Casio multi-function watches. The…
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Accessing Dave Aiello’s Public Photos on Flickr
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Home Office in Snow: One of the photos I uploaded to Flickr for Operation Gadget readers to look at. [ Photo: Dave Aiello ] Earlier this week, I promised that I would point to my Flickr account when I had some digital camera photos to share with the public. The…
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Mac mini Photo Gallery on MacNews.de
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMacNews.de, a German Macintosh news website, has published an extensive Mac mini photo gallery including disassembly photos. Great job to get these photos up so quickly. The Mac mini motherboard photo confirms that there’s one PC2700-compatible memory slot. Therefore, the most obvious place to save when upgrading your Mac mini would…