Operation Gadget
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MobileBurn Compares Four Bluetooth Headsets
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI really appreciated the Bluetooth Headset Roundup that Michael Oryl wrote on MobileBurn. I can use the information here to choose a headset to use with my Nokia 6600. According to the article: The players in this review are as follows: Motorola’s HS810, Plantronics’ M3500, Tekkeon’s ezTalker, and Tekram’s TM-312…. All…
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Flash Memory Prices Slashed by Samsung and Toshiba
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCNET News.com reported that flash memory manufacturers Samsung Electronics and Toshiba have slashed prices in order to preserve their dominant market shares. These companies are under pressure from Infineon Technologies,
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May 17 – 23, 2004 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the third week of May 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…
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L.A. Times Pronounces the Rerun Dead
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMatt Haughey of PVRblog pointed out that the Los Angeles Times has published an article declaring the television rerun dead. I’m with Matt when he says that the end of reruns as we knew them is a good thing, and that Digital Video Recorders like TiVo played a role. I have…
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Brighthand Editor Calls for Low Cost Treo
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBrighthand’s editor Ed Hardy published an editorial today, calling on palmOne to release a low cost Treo smartphone as soon as possible. I agree that the world needs a Treo somewhere near the palmOne Zire 72 price point, but I think Ed Hardy misses several points about why competing Microsoft-based smartphones…
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Dehydration More of a Risk for Me at Weddings and Graduations than During Exercise
Reading Time: 2 minutesI spent most of the day yesterday celebrating Dr. Joyce Kuykendall‘s Ph.D. in Social Welfare. {She’s my mother-in-law. Congratulations Mom!} It was conferred on her at the graduation ceremony for the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University in Manhattan. My wife and I travelled up to New York with her…
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“Chris Carmichael’s Food for Fitness” Will Be Released in July
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night, I saw the latest episode of The Lance Chronicles on the Outdoor Life Network. This episode focused on The Criterium International, training rides in Southern California, the Lance Armstrong Foundation Live to Ride Gala, and production of more Subaru ads. Chris Carmichael, Lance Armstrong’s personal coach, talks in this episode…
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WiFi Clear Channel Assessment Flaw Shows the Technology’s Limitations
Reading Time: 2 minutesI haven’t had time to discuss the WiFi Clear Channel Assessment vulnerability that has been identified by researchers at Queensland University of Technology. When I first heard about this, I immediately thought that the most likely exploit of this vulnerability would be at a technology conference or a trade show. Late last…