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Newsletter Archive: 2005
Microsoft Calls MCI For VoIP
Microsoft plans to implement VoIP calling in the upcoming version of Windows Live Messenger and have partnered with MCI to deliver the service.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/1214.html
12.14.05
Digg This - Digg.com Is Expanding
The wildly popular tech site, where stories get approved or dumped based on the views of the userbase, plans to branch out into other categories and formats. Digg has been touted as the new Slashdot, and no wonder. To get a peek at the hottest upcoming story on Slashdot, one has to be a...

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/1206.html
12.06.05
Motorola Dials Up ITunes With RAZR V3i
The second-leading global manufacturer of cellphones has released two new models of its ultraslim RAZR phone; one model will be compatible with Apple's iTunes Music Store. A couple of color choices will be available soon too.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/1109.html
11.09.05
Skype Blocker Technology In The Wild
A California firm sells technology that allows telecoms to detect and block or interfere with VoIP packets entering their networks.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/1026.html
10.26.05
Understanding Website Traffic and Visitor Clickstream Behavior
Opentracker is set to become a leading contender in website analytics, now an essential tool in online marketing. On today’s internet, very few competitive webmasters work without website tracking. Get ahead of the competition with Opentracker

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/1004.html
10.04.05
Dell Shuffles Into Music Player Fray
The Dell DJ Ditty has a FM tuner, a blue LCD screen, and comes in silver, just in time to compete with the iPod Shuffle for holiday sales.
Really, it's all about iTunes. If someone wants to download songs from iTunes and carry them around in their native AAC format, it's going to take an iPod to do that. Getting into an inexpensive iPod means taking a look at the Shuffle, which starts at $99.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0921.html
09.21.05
Sony Introduces New Digital Walkman
Sony has now introduced its new Walkman 26 years after the original one that began the portable music trend was released. The new Walkman may just give Apple's iPod a run for its money.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0908.html
09.08.05
Samsung Unifies DVD Formats On One Player
Blu-ray and HD DVD backers have been unable to agree on a single blue laser DVD standard for three years. Given a choice between one of two next-generation DVD players, many consumers may choose to sit on the sidelines instead.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0907.html
09.07.05
Make Way For E-Driving
File this one under coolness. Mazda has unveiled a new concept car that further moves the push to orphan the soon-to-be old-fashioned use of keys-by replacing keys with USB flash drives.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0906.html
09.06.05
Toshiba Blinks On HD DVD Rollout
The big backer of the next generation blue-laser high-definition DVD format may not ship until 2006. Consumers won't have to decide whether or not to buy HD DVD players during the 2005 holiday season.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0901.html
09.01.05
Fujitsu Siemens Releases Dual-Core Workstations
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is now offering a new series of workstations based on AMD's Dual-Core Opteron processor.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0831.html
08.31.05
Hot Recording Google Talk
I installed Hot Recorder on my new Dell PC today, which I use for recording occasional Skype conversations for the For Immediate Release podcast.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0830.html
08.30.05
Intel Outside
2005, meet 1920. Via remote video from India, Intel demonstrated a new PC designed to withstand a descent to about the 5th ring of Hell. Soon, a person in the most remote village in the world will be able to IM the guy standing next him.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0824.html
08.24.05
AMD VS. Intel: Place Your Bets
AMD has challenged Intel to a public duel between the two companies' dual-core server processors. AMD issued the challenge in the form of an ad in several big-name newspapers.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0823.html
08.23.05
Sony Beans Apple With New Walkman
The Japanese company, under its new CEO, has been trying to claw its way back into relevance in the portable media player market. The design team at technology giant Sony appears to be channeling...

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0819.html
08.19.05
Blu-ray Sways An Undecided With DRM
Another Hollywood player, Lions Gate Home Entertainment, will release its next generation DVDs under the Blu-ray format. Did Sony just win the blue laser DVD war over Toshiba?

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0818.html
08.18.05
AMD Makes IBM Veteran VP Silicon Design
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced on Wednesday the hiring of Jeff VerHeul for the job of corporate vice president of silicon design for AMD.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0817.html
08.17.05
Mars Probe And Blogosphere: Talking To Aliens
NASA launched their Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Friday morning after a few delays earlier in the week. Coinciding with that launch was MindComet's first launch of thousands of SpacePost messages aimed at promoting intergalactic peace and communication.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0812.html
08.12.05
Ask.com Presents Virtual Neptune
Being a site where the purveyors of the Ask Jeeves search engine offer an in-depth look at the solar system's eighth planet. Not everyone at IAC's new search engine acquisition made the trip from Oakland to SES 2005 in San Jose.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0811.html
08.11.05
DVD Wars Looking For The 20th Century Fox
Blu-Ray launched another offensive in the DVD war in the form of the 20th Century Fox studio. Make no bones about it; it is a war as Sony, Toshiba and all the companies who've signed off on the respective high definition formats continue to look for an edge.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0810.html
08.10.05
XMax Delivers Wireless Broadband Over Radio Waves
Florida-based company claims its technology can bring broadband to broader areas than other wireless options. By riding along on frequencies used by normal radio stations, the xMax technology can quietly send broadband Internet access to a wide swath of territory.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0713.html
07.13.05
Microsoft Aims Avalanche At BitTorrent
British researchers for the Redmond-based software and game console maker discussed the company's work on a superfast peer to peer sharing system.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0622.html
06.22.05
Samsung Boosts Wireless With New Laptop
A new notebook computer from Korean manufacturer Samsung will come with mulitple radios inside.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0603.html
06.03.05
Proactively Interact with Your Website Visitors
SightMax is a live chat and real-time live monitoring software package that allows online businesses to proactively interact with website visitors

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0524.html
05.24.05
Sony PlayStation 3 Ready To Rock
The next-generation gaming console from market leader Sony has been scheduled for a spring 2006 release. For the past few weeks, the public has enjoyed the endless buzz and speculation about Microsoft's new gaming console, the Xbox 360.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0518.html
05.18.05
Web A-Go-Go-Go, Intel Launches WiMax Chip
On the heels of WiFi is Intel's latest high speed offering, WiMax, a chip designed to pick up (fanfare please) long-range high-speed wireless Internet.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0420.html
04.20.05
Add Chat To Your Site and Increase Sales
In the online market place there are simply two things that matter to any customer - pricing and quality of service - but without quality customer support, even the lowest prices will not build a loyal customer base.

http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0411.html
04.11.05
Videocasting To PSP
It hasn't even been out a week and already there's a site showing you how to do PSPcasts. Videos to your PlayStationPortable. Video is about to go through a breakthrough. The forces are just too strong to ignore.


http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0330.html
03.30.05
SightMax vs. LivePerson
SightMax is a live chat and real-time live monitoring software package that allows online businesses to proactively interact with website visitors.


http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0329.html
03.29.05
Sony Introduces IPod Shuffle Rival
Before the digital music player age, because of the Walkman brand, the name Sony was synonymous with portable music players. However, since the inception of mp3 players and smaller digital storage devices, Sony has been on the outside looking in. That is, until this year's CeBit electronics trade show.


http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0309.html
03.09.05
Sony PSP Set For US Launch In March
As Sony and Nintendo plan to square off for handheld gaming supremacy, Sony is preparing for the stateside launch of their PSP gaming device.


http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0218.html
02.18.05
SightMax vs. LivePerson
SightMax is a live chat and real-time live monitoring software package that allows online businesses to proactively interact with website visitors.


http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0124.html
01.24.05
Peer-2-Peer Trial Nets Convictions
A trial against P2P operators has garnered a pair of convictions today, the first of its kind in the United States' fight against the file sharing industry.


http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0120.html
01.20.05
Achieving Greater Simplicity Involves Managing Increasing Complexity
Copenhagen airport has a nice feature in its baggage reclaim area. On the monitor it tells you how long it will take for the baggage to arrive. The minutes count down: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. The last three times I was there it paused at zero for what seemed longer than one minute, and then the word "DELAYED" appeared.


http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0112.html
01.12.05
WinAntiVirus2005
WinAntiVirus 2005 is your antidote for protecting your computer against viruses, worms and Trojan horses programs; and detecting and eliminating them.


http://www.hitechedge.com/2005/0108.html
01.08.05