Archive for the 'technology' Category

Terabyte of email storage?

Tuesday, May 18th, 2004

Some users (Aaron Swartz and Dave Winer) are reporting their Gmail accounts show 1 Terabyte of storage space! Not mine. I’m feeling left out! ;-)

On a serious note, I honestly can’t see how I will use a gigabyte of online email storage without IMAP or POP support. I know Gmail is “different,” […]

Vonage rocks, new price

Monday, May 17th, 2004

Vonage dropped the price of their unlimited plan from $34.99/mo to $29.99/mo. For me it was already far cheaper and more useful than a similar plan from Verizon. I’ve been using Vonage for my two landlines since last July and can’t complain. The downside to VoIP is obviously that if your network […]

Xerox PARC’s Obje

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2004

Xerox PARC has developed Obje which seems to be a competing technology to Jini,
Bluetooth & the like. Given the increasing problem of bluejacking and the fact that I haven’t seen Jini used anywhere, I think it may be time for another competing technology in that space.