Alan Cheslow

"Researchers are using Bluetooth technology to observe the meanderings of tens of thousands of festival-goers at a top European rock festival, hoping their findings will launch a new generation of tracking devices." - Alan Cheslow via Bookmarklet

"A year ago, TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington announced his plan to build a “dead-simple Web tablet for $200,” using crowdsourced designs from his readers. Today Arrington announced the formation of Crunchpad, Inc, a startup company with 14 employees in Singapore. Crunchpad will oversee manufacture of the device, also called the Crunchpad." - Alan Cheslow via Bookmarklet

"We’ve already seen some of the things, like integration between Mapping and Calendar app in recent Apple patent filings. Some new patent applications from Apple reveal even more." - Alan Cheslow via Bookmarklet

"Mr. Miller disclosed a hole that would let attackers "run software code on the phone that is sent by SMS over a mobile operator's network in order to monitor the location of the phone using GPS, turn on the phone's microphone to eavesdrop on conversations, or make the phone join a distributed denial of service attack or a botnet."" - Alan Cheslow via Bookmarklet

"there were 30 million LCD TVs sold in the U.S. in 2008 vs. 4 million plasma TVs" - Alan Cheslow via Bookmarklet

I can't even describe how awful they are. No really, I can't, because the last time I tried they threatened to sue me for libel. - Alan Cheslow

Do a "Business Name" search here - http://dw.courts.wa.gov/index... -- search "Snohomish Superior" court, "Civil" case, "1996" year in/after, "C S" business name - Alan Cheslow

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"New forecast in the latest edition of the WTRS Wireless Sensor Network Technology Trends Report projects strong market growth in the smart metering market for ZigBee chipsets to reach 68% CAGR, over the 2009 to 2014 period." - Alan Cheslow via Bookmarklet

"Keeping up with the trend of offering external data connections in cars, BMW announced the addition of gas prices, weather forecasts, and stock indices to its existing Google Maps connection." - Alan Cheslow via Bookmarklet

"Mobile phone sales are going to decline sharply over the next five years, to the tune of 1.04 billion devices, according to Informa Telecoms & Media. In its new report, “The Financial Crisis: Analyzing the impact on global mobile markets,” the research firm has revised its forecast for device sales over the next five years down by 14 percent." - Alan Cheslow via Bookmarklet