Stories by Jason Meserve

Tweet to compete

If you still think Facebook is for twentysomethings clinging to their college years and Twitter is for people with too much time on their hands announcing what they had for breakfast, think again.

10 Firefox add-ons for better browsing

If you love Firefox, you'll love these extensions!

Ham radio has 'Field Day' with disaster prep

Field Day lets ham radio operators prep for disaster.

When networks fail, hams to the rescue

Normally, in a time of crisis, an "amateur" is not the first person you might call. But when communications networks go down, amateur radio operators -- or hams -- and their gear can get communities connected to the outside world via the radio waves.

Top 12 Twitter tools

Feeding the Twitter addiction

Top 12 Google GPhonies

Google is putting the final touches on a mobile-phone project, but unlike Apple's iPhone the so-called GPhone is all about software for mobile carriers and mobile advertisers (Read the full story here). But everyone is asking, what will a GPhone look...

20 great Firefox extensions

You've seen the lists of Top X great Firefox extensions on other sites, but they all have a different 10 favourites. So how do you decide which are worthy of your attention? We bring you THE definitive list of the 20 best culled from all the top 10 l...

Polycom announces high-definition video support

Polycom this week took advantage of its annual Polycom User Group conference taking place in Phoenix to announce products that support high-definition (HD) videoconferencing, including new software for its MGC multi-point control unit and an upgrade ...

File transfers going for a ride

Digital Fountain this week announced it is taking its file transfer technology mobile, signing deals with automaker Honda (a financial backer of the company) and XM Radio.

Software converts PowerPoint to Flash

Latitude Communications on Friday announced a new product offering that captures PowerPoint slides, audio and other materials and outputs the resulting content into a Flash-based presentation that can be viewed in any Web browser with a Flash plug-in...