Operation Gadget
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Picked Up a LiveStrong Wristband at Princeton Running Company
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile we were in Princeton on Wednesday evening, my wife and I stopped into the Princeton Running Company to browse and ask the store personnel about podiatrists that athletes in the area have seen. Inside we noticed a point-of-purchase display of LiveStrong yellow wristbands which are being sold to support a new…
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Thoughts on Recording Procession and State Funeral for Reagan on a TiVo
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis evening, I recorded 2 1/4 hours of the funeral procession and state funeral for Ronald Reagan. These were historic moments– the first state funeral since the death of President Lyndon Baines Johnson in 1973. It was also, obviously, the first state funeral to take place in the TiVo era. So, I…
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Consumer Rights Group Sues U.S. GSM Carriers Over Handset Locking
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMartin O’Donnell pointed out a CNET News.com article on the lawsuit filed by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights alleging that AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, and T-Mobile USA are thwarting FCC regulations on mobile phone number portability by maintaining electronic locks on their customers’ handsets. These three carriers were chosen…
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Apple Announces AirPort Express, a True Innovation in Wireless Networking
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday, Apple announced the AirPort Express, a wireless network access point priced at $129 that includes innovative features like an audio cable port to provide a simple way to connect a home stereo to your wireless network (using the new iTunes feature called AirTunes). It also has a USB port to allow…
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Olympus D-540 and Other Olympus Digital Cameras are on Sale at Amazon.com
Reading Time: 2 minutesI learned earlier today that Amazon.com is running a sale on Olympus digital cameras. I looked through the less expensive cameras for a deal that I thought was particularly good and I found the Olympus D-540. This is a 3.2-megapixel camera with a 3x optical zoom and a 3.3x digital zoom which…
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Non-Camera Treo 600 Released by Sprint
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier today, Sprint PCS announced that they are shipping a non-camera version of the palmOne Treo 600 beginning immediately. The press release says that this model is exclusive to Sprint. Sprint will continue to carry the original Treo 600, side-by-side with the cameraless version. This concludes the speculation about whether a…
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In Memory of Ronald Reagan
Reading Time: 3 minutesRonald Reagan passed away on Saturday after a long illness. I told a friend in Switzerland earlier today that I thought that Ronald Reagan was the greatest president of my lifetime. I would argue that the technology community owes President Reagan more than most people realize. Consider: January 20, 1981, Reagan’s First…
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palmOne Releases Treo 600 Updater for T-Mobile
Reading Time: < 1 minutepalmOne has released the Treo 600 updater for users on the T-Mobile Network. It appears that all of the U.S. carriers that are compatible with the the two Treo 600 models now have a version of the updater available. The updater is also available for Orange in Europe. The updater is…
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May 31 – June 6, 2004 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the first week of June 2004. 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…