Keith Shaw’s Cool Tools Alert
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Catching up with Total Immersion
Keith hits the Siggraph 2006 show in Boston to catch up with Total Immersion, a 3D effects company that made a big splash at Demo 2004.
Bonus video: View from the Lab: Testing MIMO gear
Keith Shaw and Craig Mathias go inside our testing of MIMO/pre-N router technology. See how the tests were done and what methods were used to get the more accurate results.
Read the test results: MIMO, ‘draft n’ gear blazes near 100Mbps, but vendor interoperability remains an issue
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New ultraportable laptops
Ultraportable notebooks continue to impress me, making advancements in features that make me forget about their heavier brothers on the “normal” notebook front. Here are two of the latest I’ve had the joy of testing recently: Gateway E-100M from Gateway and Fujitsu LifeBook Q2010.
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Alltel to stream XM satellite radio content
Atllel Wireless today said it has an agreement with XM Satellite Radio that will give Alltel customers access to XM Radio content to their wireless phones. Alltel customers will be able to subscribe to the XM Radio Mobile service for $7.99 per month.
Logitech offers new streaming music system
If you’ve been aching for a digital music system that streams music from your PC’s music collection to a stereo system or powered multimedia speakers but can’t afford those giant home audio systems, Logitech is offering an alternative.
Give your mobile device 802.11g power
Socket Communications this week announced its Go Wi-Fi! P300 card, an SDIO (Secure Digital Input/Output) card that provides 802.11g wireless LAN connectivity for mobile devices running Windows Mobile 2003, 2003SE or Windows Mobile 5.0.
Sony’s mylo goes for the youth market
Any serious wireless e-mail device power user will scoff at Sony’s new mylo personal communicator, which looks and acts an awful lot like the T-Mobile Sidekick device — but maybe their kids will drool.
Blue Ant hits the states
When you get a phone call asking for a meeting with a company named Blue Ant Wireless, you jump at the opportunity. Reasons why: 1) Blue ants are cool (although they don’t exist in nature). 2) You want to see what exactly they’re selling.
Simpson skins? Whoo-hoo!
Our friends over at Skinit.com have presented me with a tough decision – do I go and buy the new Verizon Wireless Chocolate phone or just buy a bunch of new Simpsons skins and cover up my old cell phone?
* COOL TOOLS SUMMER SPECIAL:
Toys of Summer product guide
If you didn’t think it was possible to stay connected to the network while on vacation, think again. Advances in networks and technologies make it possible for you to get away from the office yet still remain tethered to what’s going on. Our special Toys of Summer guide (compiled by Cool Tools guru Keith Shaw) will show you the best new devices that let you get away from the data center and onto a nice, sandy beach.
