Operation Gadget
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Operation Gadget is a Movable Type Commerical Licensee
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s an administrative note for Operation Gadget readers who care about these things. Earlier this week, I paid Six Apart for a commercial license for the Movable Type web publishing system. This is the first website I built with Movable Type, so I took advantage of the free trial period that…
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Netgear Rebates Bring the Cost of Wireless Gear Way Down
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNetgear is running a mail-in rebate program for wireless networking products purchased through the end of February. When combined with the sale going on at Amazon.com, this means that a good 802.11b wireless cable/DSL router like the Netgear MR814 can be costs less than $30. Rebates also extend to compatible 802.11b…
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MacJams Recommends GarageBand Jam Pack for Musicians Who Want their Compositions to Stand Out
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMacJams.com has done the first review of Apple GarageBand Jam Pack that I’ve seen. The Jam Pack is an add-on to GarageBand, one of the components of Apple iLife ’04. The Jam Pack includes 2,046 new loops (synthetic instruments playing phrases from a musical score). Many of these loops could be…
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Successor to MPx200 Not Expected Until Late June 2004
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA number of information sources previously reported that Motorola is planning a smartphone called the Motorola MPx220 to replace the MPx200 that is currently available for the AT&T Wireless network. Smartphone Thoughts now reports that the Motorola MPx220 is not expected to ship until late June, although an earlier shipment was…
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“The DVD is Becoming a Fifth Network:” Netflix Exec
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Washington Post published an article last Friday called With DVD, TV Viewers Can Channel Their Choices that talks about the group of TV fans who don’t bother to subscribe to TiVo, cable, or satellite TV. This group buys or rents DVD collections of popular TV series such as Law &…
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How Do You Register Your Disapproval of The Super Bowl Using Your TiVo?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast week, I cheered the inclusion of TiVo stats in USA Today TV ratings reports. But, after watching The Super Bowl, I wonder if this is a good idea after all. Everyone I know who has a TiVo recorded the Super Bowl yesterday. TiVo gets a lot of publicity from reporting…
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Polar and Nokia Announce Gadget Integration Plans
Reading Time: < 1 minutePolar Electro and Nokia have announced mobile phone – fitness measurement gadget connectivity so that data from forthcoming Polar heart rate monitors can be sent wirelessly (via infared data transfer) to a forthcoming Nokia sports-oriented mobile phone. The devices that will be integrated are the Polar S625X Running Computer, the Polar…
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January 26-February 1, 2004 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the fourth week of 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 for…
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Skybox by Maytag “Personal Beverage Vendor” to Debut February 1
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDigital Hubub pointed out that a personal beverage vending machine called Skybox by Maytag will debut on February 1. As Lee Heidel said: The focal point of any digital-hub home is the game room – or screening room, or boom boom room. It is in this sacred space that all of…