Belkin today announced its new CableFree USB Hub, which allows users to place their laptop anywhere in the room while still maintaining wireless access to their USB devices, such as printers, scanners, hard drives, and MP3 players. “Beginning in early spring 2006, Belkin will offer a four-port hub that will enable immediate high-speed wireless connectivity for any USB device without requiring software.” Pricing was not announced.
Read MoreNielsen//NetRatings today announced the fastest growing Web sites among the top 10 Web brands for November 2005. Apple nabbed the top spot according to year-over-year growth in November 2005, climbing 57% over November last year, driven by traffic to the increasingly popular iTunes, notes the announcement. Google and Amazon also saw significant year-over- year increases, growing 29 percent and 16 percent, respectively.
Read MoreQuark today announced that it has acquired the business and assets of A Lowly Apprentice Production (ALAP), a provider of extended technology for the publishing and graphic design industries. Quark has acquired ALAP’s products, which add valuable functionality to the Quark product family, the company says. In addition, ALAP founder Paul Schmitt has joined Quark as vice president of product development.
Read MoreThe Big Idea with Donny Deutsch will announce its choice for Media Person of the Year this Monday on CNBC’s “The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch” and votes are being taken now online. Nominees include: Anderson Cooper, Nick Denton, Google guys, Steve Jobs, Judith Miller, Rupert Murdoch, Craig Newmark, Sumner Redstone, Howard Stern, Martha Stewart, and an honorable mention for “The ‘Dying’ Newspaper.” Further information, as well as the chance to vote, is available from the Web site.
Read MoreQ-Phrase Releases “ConceptQ” Personal Research & Discovery Software for Mac
OS X
Vienna, VA — November 29, 2005 — Q-Phrase LLC today released
ConceptQ, a personal research and discovery tool that automatically
identifies main topics of interest in electronic documents — including
online web pages — and allows a user to gain an understanding of the
content in minutes without spending the time it would take to read through
each and every page.
“With search now the second most popular function on the web, we also
wanted to make sure ConceptQ was designed to work with Goog