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MyGoogle launchesMyGoogle launchesMyGoogle launches 06/06/2005 12:13 AM And so it finally begins. The Portal Wars 2.0. I hate to take credit for coining the phrase, but it's been so obvious - for years - that this was going to happen that I didn't even mark down when I first used the phrase. That 2004 link refers to a reference I made in some blog post a couple of years before - but I haven't tracked that one down - yet. Obviously the folks at Yahoo are gloating over this one.
If you look at the initial set of offerings, it pales to MyYahoo - but hey, they've had a nine year headstart. Each of the Google offerings are real meaty, substatntive services, while MOST of the Yahoo services seem pale and staid in comparison (and certainly dated.) But Yahoo can't go out and start buying all these new kind of services - all over again? Or can they? Flickr and ODDpost are nice starts. But shouldn't these next generation portals (we call them DLAs) be leveraging the islands of functionality independently evolving on their own - like de.licio.us, webjay and buzznet? Shouldn't a next generation portal provide incredible rich media interfaces (otherwise known as Ajax or Laszlo?) Shouldn't a next generation portal provide ways for ALL OF US to make money? Well we at ourmedia.org certainly think so. And all of our clients (who have been keeping me so busy I haven't been able to blog) think so - too! And needless to say Yahoo, Google and Microsoft (notice I'm not even including has-been AOL) don't have a monopoly on DLAs. What about MTV, EMI or NBC? Or IBM, BEA or Oracle? Can't this new portal things blow up so huge that we all can connect our digital IDs to MULTIPLE of these DLAs and smile? Isn't that what it's all about - making the humans happy? Looking back on Excite@Home - we can now just chuckle how badly they blew it. To me - the SBC-Yahoo relationship has it right. Each partner bring their ex[pertise to the table and provide VALUE to the humans. Stuff they pay for. And so Google finally moves into a new categry - portals - which Yahoo has owned for years. Now we get to see what open stgandards they build on - and where the data silos, propreitary barriers and old school thinking prevail. DLAs are based upon the notion of a web of islands, meshed together by open standards. Those standards become the causeways and bridges between the islands. So DLA vendors don't have to go off and buy services - they just need to support the islands open APIs and schemas welcome them to the marketplace. And facilitate open conversations. If I was going to predict - I'll say that Yahoo will lead the way with Media and Groups standards - while Google will support open standards around Events and Topics. I just hope EVDB goes along. This is a GrokNews Entry: (what is grok?)MyGoogle launchesGrok Headline matches for MyGoogle launchesLG launches My PCLG launches My PC 09/16/2004 08:56 PM The Hindu Sep 17 2004 0:13AM GMT TIM Launches 3GTIM Launches 3G 05/25/2004 11:36 PM Unstrung.com May 26 2004 3:49AM GMT Flickr launches!Flickr launches! 02/11/2004 12:08 PM huge congrats to the ludicorp crew for making a social networking app that actually has a purpose OurMedia launchesOurMedia launches 03/22/2005 03:37 PM JD Lasica's and Marc Canter's OurMedia.org has launched, "a grassroots media organization, site and registry." Here's the one-line explanation from the home page: "Share your videos, audio files, photos, text or software - for free - with a global community of creative individuals." Looks good, especially for an alpha release. [Technorati tag: media]... AMD Launches New Athlon 64AMD Launches New Athlon 64 09/21/2004 06:41 AM Further pitting itself against Intel's Pentium M offerings, Advanced Micro Devices this week expanded its lineup of mobile Athlon 64-bit processors. The new Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processor 3000+ operates at 2 GHz and is meant for use in thin-and-light notebook computers. It is the highest performing processor in AMD's family of low-power Mobile AMD Athlon 64 products, which already includes 2700+ and 2800+ versions, according to the AMD Web site.  View: The full story News source: PCWorldRead full story... Press launches often just hot airPress launches often just hot air 02/11/2004 11:03 PM Sunday Times South Africa Feb 12 2004 3:18AM GMT RAK launches e-governmentRAK launches e-government 07/02/2004 01:15 AM Gulf News Jul 2 2004 6:04AM GMT AT&T Wireless Launches 3G, But Why?AT&T Wireless Launches 3G, But Why? 07/20/2004 12:40 PM As was entirely expected (and leaked last week) AT&T Wireless has now launched their UMTS 3G service in San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix and Detroit. The announcement also mentions that the service will be expanded to San Diego and Dallas by the end of the year. This is a bit curious, as those two cities were in the original list of four cities that AT&T Wireless named last year, but which (for no clear reason) were dropped from the list earlier this year. There still seems to be some confusion about whether or not AT&T Wireless was really required to do this as part of their deal with DoCoMo or not. Some have said that deal was no longer an issue since Cingular had agreed to buy out DoCoMo's share of AT&T Wireless. Still, it seems odd that AT&T Wireless has decided to launch this offering now. If the Cingular deal is really going to be completed this fall, why bother spending a couple months marketing the AT&T Wireless 3G service, only to have to rebrand it three months from now? Some are now saying that AT&T Wireless launching this service now might be an indication that the merger is a bit shakier than has been publicly stated. If the merger doesn't go through, they would still need to launch, since Cingular wouldn't bail them out from the DoCoMo agreement. Also, by launching earlier, they would have a head start on any 3G competition from Cingular. It still seems likely that the deal will go through, but this early announcement and unclear status of the DoCoMo clause is raising some eyebrows. Airtel launches KBLAirtel launches KBL 08/09/2004 04:21 AM TechTree Aug 9 2004 8:39AM GMT Vodafone launches 3GVodafone launches 3G 02/12/2004 08:10 AM Silicon Republic Feb 12 2004 10:44AM GMT AT&T Wireless launches 3GAT&T Wireless launches 3G 07/20/2004 02:23 PM MobileTracker Jul 20 2004 6:48PM GMT New Web Site LaunchesNew Web Site Launches 08/31/2004 05:36 PM TMN Launches 3G In PortugalTMN Launches 3G In Portugal 04/22/2004 02:39 AM 3G Apr 22 2004 7:26AM GMT Cellcom launches 3GCellcom launches 3G 06/06/2004 08:21 AM Israel Business Arena Jun 6 2004 11:27AM GMT C&W launches VoIP for UK .bizC&W launches VoIP for UK .biz 07/06/2004 07:02 AM In brief Forecasts 25 per cent savings... Welcome: New BetaNews Launches!Welcome: New BetaNews Launches! 06/06/2004 01:47 AM Letter to Readers I would like to take this opportunity to extend a long-awaited welcome to the new BetaNews. We have come a long way since first launching on June 1, 1998, and the new Web site serves as fitting celebration for a sixth birthday. LG launches Notebook PCsLG launches Notebook PCs 09/15/2004 09:48 PM The Hindu Sep 16 2004 0:54AM GMT OurMedia.org LaunchesOurMedia.org Launches 03/22/2005 04:46 PM
Project Page [OurMedia via Tho masHawk] AOL launches VoIPAOL launches VoIP 04/07/2005 10:48 PM No price war just yet LG launches new notebook PCsLG launches new notebook PCs 04/16/2004 09:08 PM The Hindu Apr 17 2004 0:53AM GMT WirelessUnleashed LaunchesWirelessUnleashed Launches 06/04/2004 09:08 AM Earlier this week, with a little help from my friends, I launched a WirelessUnleashed, a group weblog on unlicensed wireless issues. Between getting this online and Supernova planning, I've been so busy that I neglected to post a pointer here! The site focuses on the benefits of reallocating low-frequency wireless capacity from broadcasting to unlicensed applications, both here and around the world. There is a huge amount of capacity which could be used for two-way applications like broadband to the home, but which is locked up in broadcast allocations based on 1950s technology. Freeing it up could create massive opportunities for innovation, and could dramatically lower the costs of wireless connectivity in developing countries. My co-conspirators are Clay Shirky, Andrew Odlyzko, and David Isenberg. It's not often you find the brainpower that these three bring to the table in one place. Boingo For Mac LaunchesBoingo For Mac Launches 01/06/2005 07:58 PM Boingo Wireless has finally, finally, finally released their Mac OS X client for hotspot access. By Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS SCi launches bid for EidosSCi launches bid for Eidos 03/22/2005 05:08 PM Offers shares as alternative to Bono's cash HP launches H[i]PodsHP launches H[i]Pods 08/30/2004 02:07 PM Hewlett Packard are continuing their move into Digital Media markets with the launch of a HP branded Apple iPod. The devices come in variety of wacky colours, and are being launched with 20 gig and 40 gig hard drives inside them. The devices offer USB and Firewire connectivity, and will be sold at a comparable (read : the same) price to Apple. Much had been speculated since HP announced its partnership with Apple, earlier this year, as to what they might do with the devices. More specifically, whether they'd make any changes or additions to the gear. The answer? Absolutely not. HP have not added WMA support to the iPods, which might have added some value to the iPods. The only addition that appears to have been made is "Printable Tattoos", allowing users to download, print, and deploy logos onto their iPods (HP claims they are easy to remove, yet at the same time are able to offer serious protection to the iPod from bumps etc). With 8 months development time, HP have added little to Apple's product asides from an apparently poorly coded ActiveX plug-in for Windows Media Player. A very sorry story, making one wonder why people would buy the product from HP when they’d get exactly the same deal from Apple. The answer is unclear. However, HP's corporate logo of 'invent' really doesn't do this make over job justice. View: HP iPod fact sheet | HP iPod homepage Screenshot: Style 'blue' | Style 'flame' | Style 'poster'Read full story... AMD launches x50 OpteronsAMD launches x50 Opterons 05/18/2004 07:24 AM Last 130nm server chips? Optimus launches 3GOptimus launches 3G 06/03/2004 02:04 PM Telecoms.com Jun 3 2004 5:08PM GMT ClickTheVote launchesClickTheVote launches 12/03/2003 02:56 AM John Parres writes: Today marks the official launch of Click The Vote. We are a grassroots non-profit dedicated to educating and organizing new technology users to promote legalized file-sharing, defend open source computing and demand democratic spectrum allocation for emergent technologies like Ultra-Wideband and software radio. We invite everyone to join up because over the coming election year we are going to have fun asking tough questions, flash mobbing candidates, sending targeted CD-Rs, utilizing P2P tools for grassroots efforts and demanding answers to important questions that affect the lives and futures of everyday users of new technology. The USA primaries are only months away and the general election is less than a year off. Time to get busy!Link to CNET news article, Link to Clickthevote. CaminoBrowser.org LaunchesCaminoBrowser.org Launches 03/22/2005 03:48 PM Sputnik Launches!Sputnik Launches! 01/07/2004 05:29 PM I'm extremely proud to herald the launch of Sputnik's newest product set, Sputnik Central Control 2.2 and the award-winning AP 120 WiFi Access Point. These products have made it to the light of day after thousands of man-hours of testing and real-world use, bugs and bug-fixes, dozens of deployments, new feature enhancements, and hundreds of hours spent listening and working with customers and partners. These products make it easy for Wireless ISPs, Hotspot operators, and IT Services companies to roll out managed, authenticated wireless access. At $185 per AP, the Sputnik AP 120 (bu y) is one half to one fifth the price of wireless Access Points with equivalent features. The Access Point is completely managable centrally - everything from initial provisioning to ongoing maintenance and firmware upgrades, can be done centrally. Sputnik Central Control (bu y) acts as the centralized management console, and the $895 price includes a software license to manage up to 20 Access Points. Additional licensing packs are available as well. Add it all up, and the complete Sputnik system is at least one half to one tenth the price of similar solutions. Sputnik even offers completely free licensing for community wireless groups - making it easy to start and manage a community wireless network. Here's what some customers are saying:
How do they do that?Here's the scoop: Sputnik Central Control and the AP120 were built from the ground up with the conviction that you could have commodity hardware pricing and enterprise-class management. And because Sputnik built itself up organically, without Venture Capitalist funding, we are able to offer the products at a radically lower price point than our competitors. Everyone said "It can't be done." But we put our heads together and came up with a completely different approach from everyone else in the industry - and we have happy customers who are using the system every day. Here's what the architecture looks like:
Don't just take my word for it - LinuxDevices took a thorough look
at the system, and came away
impressed:
Wi-Fi Networking News, the leading trade publication covering Wi-Fi and IEEE 802.11 standards liked what they saw:
All this adds up to secure, managed wireless networking with lower capital costs, lower operating costs and greater flexibility than any alternative. See how people are using Sputnik technology in a variety of situations, like WISPs and Hot Spot Providers. Sputnik is talking with select VARs and System Integrators. If you're interested in reselling the Sputnik system, send an email to partners@sputnik.com, but you'd better hurry - we're getting overwhelmed with requests. I'm incredibly honored to have worked with the talented team of industry veterans at Sputnik. Everyone has worked their butts off to create a system built around user requests - an inexpensive, centrally managed, plug-and-play Wi-Fi system that provides group policy and access control - and one that could be plugged directly into a corporate LAN - no need for special VLANs or convoluted network architecture, just a dynamic firewall at each ingress/egress point in your network, all acting in unison, as part of a "hive mind". IBM Launches ThinkPad X41IBM Launches ThinkPad X41 04/06/2005 11:23 PM TechTree Apr 7 2005 3:19AM GMT Sun launches new app serverSun launches new app server 04/19/2004 08:18 AM WhizSpark launchesWhizSpark launches 08/27/2004 01:47 PM
:-) Anyway - congrats anyway - WhizSpark really picks up where UpComing.org leaves off. BTW Does anybody know anything about this site at: OpenEvents.com? The copyright is 2002. No evidence there's any sign of life there. The New WhizSpark is Launched! Which is why I am building a entrepreneur feedback and favor exchange group. [pc4media] Proximus Launches 3GProximus Launches 3G 04/13/2004 08:42 AM Unstrung.com Apr 13 2004 12:35PM GMT C&W launches VoIP for UK.bizC&W launches VoIP for UK.biz 07/06/2004 08:41 AM The Register Jul 6 2004 1:12PM GMT HP launches new copiersHP launches new copiers 11/18/2003 12:40 PM Hewlett-Packard debuts new high-end copier devices, a market that's seen as critical to the company's effort to keep its printer business growing at double-digit rates. NSI Launches New Web SiteNSI Launches New Web Site 06/09/2004 02:54 AM NSI has a new customer friendly and information packed Web site. [PRWEB Jun 9, 2004] TiVoToGo LaunchesTiVoToGo Launches 01/03/2005 08:07 AM
TiVoToGo Product Page [TiVo] MP3.com Hastily Re-launches -- But Will
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We
tend to stay away from software and service websites, but OurMedia.org
looks to have a lot of promise and we'd like to point it out. The
concept is simple: upload any media, under a variety of open licenses,
to be archived and stored, for free, forever. That means you could
host your podcasts and images and homemade whatever on their servers,
as long as you're willing for the rest of the world to see them.
Definitely a project to keep an eye on. If nothing else, it's a
one-stop shop to load up all these media gadgets.
Congrats to Peter Caputa IV (or was he the Vth?)