Pop-up ads on LinkedIn? How very MySpace (3)
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Nokia Reliability Labs puts the heat on Nokia devices (1)
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If you have ever seen one of almost 100 mobile devices I have owned you will know that I take extremely good card of all of them and they rarely even have a scratch on them. I have actually never had a mobile device break on me. I would like to go crazy with them sometimes though and would probably enjoying being one of the people that test out phones before they hit the market. ...
Google launches SearchWiki (1)
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I saw some hints of this new feature a few weeks ago, and it turns out that it was launched today. Google says SearchWiki lets users re-order, add and comment on search results as they see fit. To use it, click the up and down arrows beside search results to re-rank them. Next time you search for the same thing, your results will remain in that order. To comment on a search result, click the ...
Vizio unveils $1,999.99 55-inch 120Hz LCD HDTV for January release (1)
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Vizio decided to jump the gun on CES and announce some new home theater products today, including a 55-inch 120Hz 1080p LCD for just $1,999.99, another aggressive pricing decision that will once again drag the prices (and profits) down for the Samsungs and Sonys of the world. The VF550XVT1A features a 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, a whopping five HDMI ports, and SRS TruSurround HD and TruVolume audio technology, the latter of which is designed to ...
iPhone vs. Android development: Day 4 (1)
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It's day 4 of a 5-day course on iPhone programming. As before I'll be sharing my observations from the classroom on how development on the iPhone compares to Android development. The class is presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. [Read: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5] Yesterday's topics included saving and loading data, handling low memory situations, graphics with OpenGL ES, and Multi-touch events. Today's course will cover: Core ...
Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Top 5 Netbooks (1)
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The biggest surprise of 2008 was the arrival of netbooks. Asus was the first in the pool with its Eee PC, and after some initial hesitation, the big guys were forced to jump in as well. Acer, Dell, HP and Lenovo are all among a long list of companies now selling netbooks. In terms of size and weight, netbooks aren't really new--we used to call them sub-notebooks. The difference is that subnotebooks cost more--sometimes a ...
Will identity be open source? (1)
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Not only have project managers had to explain and defend the need for secure identities to a consumer audience which thinks it Big Brother, but they had to navigate among the interests of several big-name vendors -- Sun, Oracle and IBM among them.
HP unveils multi-touch consumer laptop (1)
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Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday launched its first multi-touch notebook for consumers. The TouchSmart tx2 Notebook PC was modeled after HP's desktop version of the same name (statement, Techmeme). The move ups the ante in the notebook race--assuming you think multi-touch is important. The laptop also comes with a twist hinge that can make the TouchSmart tx2 a PC, display or tablet. It comes with a rechargeable digital ink pen to write. While multi-touch is nice the ...
Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie 'Morro' (1)
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Microsoft today announced plans to kill its Windows Live OneCare PC care and security suite and replace it with a free anti-malware utility. The new product, code-named "Morrow," will be architected for a smaller footprint that will use fewer computing resources, making it ideal for low-bandwidth scenarios or less powerful PCs, Microsoft said its surprise announcement. Retail sales of Windows Live OneCare, which offered non-security PC care features such as printer sharing, data backup and ...
VIDEO: Yang's out. Is Microsoft in? (1)
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Now that Jerry Yang is stepping down as CEO of Yahoo, the big question - even bigger than who might take the CEO position - is whether Microsoft might still be interested in buying Yahoo or even cutting a search deal now that Google is out of the picture. In this video, Sumi Das and I talk about the what-ifs that are surrounding Yahoo's future. [video=250299]
Open source is not all about the money (1)
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No matter what happens to Sun open source is not going away. Financially it may find its level to be lower than its boosters first thought, but there are many more ways to compute value other than the change in your pocket.
OS earns highest-ever gov't security rating. Does that make it "most secure?" (1)
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I have to admit that I had never before heard of a certification called EAL6+ High Robustness until the folks at Green Hills Software reached out to tell me that they were about to get it for their operating system, formally called INTEGRITY 178B. EAL6+ High Robustness, I've since learned, means that the government has put Integrity through the most rigorous hacking and security tests to determine if its strong enough to meet the needs ...
Amazon launches CloudFront; Content delivery network margins go kaboom (1)
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Amazon Web Services on Tuesday launched CloudFront, a pay-as-you-go content delivery network. The move is likely to accelerate already brutal pricing in the content delivery network market, which includes Akamai and Limelight Networks among others. CloudFront's biggest feature is that there are no up-front commitments and long-term contracts. Content delivery networks speed up the Internet by bringing content closer to your location via so-called edge servers. Often when you click on a Web page you'll ...
Flash coming for WiMo, Android, ... iPhone? (1)
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Apple isn't exactly known for bowing to pressure, but Mr. Jobs had to be sweating just a little under his turtleneck Monday when Adobe demonstrated Flash Player 10 running on Nokia's Symbian operating system, Microsoft's Windows Mobile, and Google's Android. Real Flash, not Flash Lite. That leaves the Blackberry and iPhone platforms as the major holdouts in the Flash-free zone. Adobe reportedly has an iPhone port pretty much completed, but Apple is so far refusing ...
Merrill Lynch downgrades SAP and Oracle (2)
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It should come as no surprise that investment research at Merrill Lynch sees downgraded assessments of both SAP and Oracle's near terms results. In the last month, Merrill has conducted research among European CIO's and finds that a full 40% are less bullish on IT spending than they were three months ago and that 70% expect a recession. It also says that 44% of companies are delaying spend. In a paragraph entitled 'Most negative CIO ...
Google’s iPhone voice search delayed too? (2)
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It appears that we’ve got another false start our hands — Google’s new (and super cool sounding) voice search feature in their iPhone application is nowhere to be found. The New York Times reported that it would be available in the App Store “as soon as Friday”, but it’s still missing, and any reference [...]
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Todd Albertson said:
hum, I bought into the false start of the SMS too.
Obama faces BlackBerry withdrawal (2)
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Despite being a class-A CrackBerry addict, Barack Obama will likely be forced to go cold turkey from email when he takes office, The Times' Jeff Zeleney reports. In addition to concerns about e-mail security, he faces the Presidential Records Act, which puts his correspondence in the official record and ultimately up for public review, and the threat of subpoenas. A decision has not been made on whether he could become the first e-mailing president, but ...
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Lorin said:
So Obama will stop using his BlackBerry because he would have to submit the records for inspection and/or subpoena. So much for an open Administration.
Microsoft launches online store: Is there deeper meaning here? (1)
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Microsoft has launched something long overdue: An online store. Yes Virginia, you can download Windows. The launch is a bit quiet. Trevin Chow, a senior program manager at Microsoft, announced the "first-party" store on his blog. The software giant's Windows blog also plugs a purchase of Microsoft's Life Cam Show gadgets. Chow writes: In addition to shipping fully packaged products to your doorstep, we offer the additional advantage by making available many Microsoft products to ...
CompanionLink lets you synchronize your Outlook data with the G1 Android (1)
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My T-Mobile SIM card has been living in my T-Mobile G1 Android device now for a few weeks and I continue to use it for phone calls, email, and web surfing. I was pleased to read that CompanionLink Sofware now has a way for you to sync your PIM data (no email) between Outlook, Lotus Notes, Palm Desktop, Novell Groupwise, and other clients to your T-Mobile G1. CompanionLink for Google Android is available now for ...
