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Will Apple help Android succeed?

Will Apple help Android succeed?Good luck with that...Post when you clear your first $250 grand.http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/9/iphone-developer-i-ll-do-anything-apple-tells-me-to-do-i-just-made-250k-on-the-app-store-in-two-months-aapl-A niche share might be what they want.Think about it. Owning Apple is like being in an exclusive club. It looses the mystique if everyone has it. The Android OS has the potential to become the...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Android OS, Apple Inc., Apple help Android, Apple Help, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

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iPhone clouds true Smartphone snapshot

Can Apple, specifically its iPhone, save an entire industry? The iPhone - now ranked the second most popular smartphone - saw strong enough adoption in the quarter ending Sept. 30 to mask the sluggishness of the overall smartphone market this past summer, according to a report by...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, Smartphone, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-02

CIOs vote on Vista for '09

Silicon.com's CIO jury ruled unanimously on the question of whether to implement Microsoft Windows Vista in 2009. The latest silicon.com CIO Jury has unanimously voted that they are not ready to invest in Microsoft's latest OS Vista. When asked if they had any plans to implement Vista,...

Tags: CIO, CIO jury, IT management, Windows Vista, implementation, Julian Goldsmith, silicon.com, Julian Goldsmith, silicon.com

News items 2008-12-02

Who put the 'crap' in 'Crapintosh'?

Zack Whittaker has taken a few days off to "get his head together", so in the meantime his best friend, Elliot Harrison, has stepped up to the firing squad to cover this week. The hate campaign certain Windows users have against Macintosh users must ...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Zack Whittaker, Desktops, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-12-02

News to know: Apple and anti-virus; Vista SP2; Kumo; Palm; Linux

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)? Ryan Naraine: Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus Breaking...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp., Antivirus, Service Pack 2, Palm Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Security, Viruses And Worms, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Apple adds DMCA charge to Psystar suit

It appears that Apple is trying to put the final nail in Psystar's coffin, asking the court to accept an amended complaint against the Mac clone maker to add a charge of violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act to a long list of allegations, including trademark infringement, breach of...

Tags: Complaint, DMCA, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS X, Productivity, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Software, Apple Mac OS, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)?

At well over 300 talkbacks and counting, plenty of folks took my challenge (and my reader's challenge) to sort out just what it would take to switch from Windows to desktop Linux. Obviously, there was plenty of the standard Windows vs. Linux bickering, but there were also a lot...

Tags: Desktop, Americans With Disabilities Act, Desktop Linux, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Remote Access, Software, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Apple hits Psystar with DMCA charges

Court papers reveal that the day before Thanksgiving Apple added new charges to the five-month old federal lawsuit against mac-clone maker Psystar. The new charges claim that Psystar, along with ten John Does, violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA by bypassing copy-protection mechanisms used by Apple to protect Mac...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, DMCA, Apple Inc., Psystar, Copyrighted Works, Defendant, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus

One of Apple's better Mac vs PC ads features a strong message that Windows computers are a magnet for viruses malware but Macs are automatically protected.  As PC "ah-choos" his way through an infection, Mac offers a tissue and smugly infers that he's immune to the...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Malware, Apple Inc., Virus, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Desktops, Hardware, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Palm: On track to become a historical footnote

Remember when Palm - maker of the Pilot and Tungsten PDAs and later the Treo smartphone - was the dominant player in the handheld device business? Today, it's a completely different landscape. Apple's iPhone has recently dominated the smartphone space. RIM is making a big push with the launch of...

Tags: Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Gallery: HP adds custom Linux OS to netbooks

HP unveils its own custom Linux OS to power a new lineup of netbooks based on Intel's Atom chip. by Andy Smith

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Operating System, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Andy Smith, netbook, HP, Mini 1000

Image galleries 2008-12-01

Business Service Automation: HP and Virtualization

Michel Feaster, Director of Products, Business Service Automation, of HP and I had an interesting conversation about managing, automating and orchestrating workloads and system resources. Although a cringe a bit when HP uses "BSA" as an acronym because it makes me think of things such as the BSA Motorcycles or...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, Business Service, Automation, Strategy, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-11-28

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best Apple iPhone, iPod touch apps

Just about everyone seems to have either an iPhone or iPod touch these days and the companion App Store is chock full of over 5,000 great gift ideas. From powerful databases to file storage to music, this list has something for you. Can't decide? Give your special someone...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Database, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Apple iTunes, US$5, BeatMaker iPhone, Intua, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-26

I'm a PC and, yes, I love Vista

* Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest editorial by Todd Hooper  It's true - I'm a PC. Searching through my 2006 emails recently reminded me it was two years ago this month when I loaded a beta of Windows Vista on...

Tags: Security, PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, NAP Agent, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Talking with Likewise on GPLv3 and community management

I've been watching Palamida's tracking of GPLv3 (and LGPLv3) adoption over the last year with interest. It looks like adoption is moving at a reasonable, if not super-speedy, pace. However, not everyone is moving from version 2 to version 3. One company, Likewise, actually decided to move backwards from GPLv3...

Tags: Community, Likewise Software, GPLv3, Q, Open, Fall Edition, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Cassatt helps organizations implement in-house clouds

A crew of folks from Cassatt presented Active Profiling Service, a new service offering, and Active Response 5.2, a product update for the company's orchestration and automation product. I was very interested in learning more because Cassatt has long been helping organizations discover and then make best use of their...

Tags: Cassatt Corp., Data Center, Cassatt Active Profiling Service, Cassatt Active Response, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-11-26

I want an iPhoneStormDroid

Wind River's Multicore Software Hypervisor solution permits multiple embedded OSes to run on a single device. Wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to actually choose between an iPhone, a BlackBerry, or a Google Android? What if all those device operating...

Tags: Device, Operating System, RIM BlackBerry, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-25

My Thanksgiving/Holiday giveaway - Ubuntu

That time of year is rapidly approaching. The time of year when my brain will be picked to shreds by friends and family looking for "free" tech support. Chances are that you know the routine yourself by now. One of the things I do each year (partly as a distraction...

Tags: Ubuntu, Operating System, Chances, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-11-25

A look at Opera Mini 4.2 beta running on the T-Mobile G1

While browsing the Android Market yesterday I found Opera Mini 4.2 beta ready for download. Last night I put together a video showing the browser in action and browsing along with the default G1 browser. You can also check out my image gallery for screenshots of the Opera Mini 4.2...

Tags: Opera Software, T-Mobile G1, T-Mobile, Beta, Web Browser, Web Browsers, Internet, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-25

News to know: Ubuntu; New Macbook; BlackBerry Storm; Google layoffs

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Are you sure you don't just want to use Ubuntu? Netbooks + Ubuntu: OS solid but... Robin...

Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Layoff, Apple MacBook, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-11-25