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Dead-Finger Tech: Manuel takes his Blackberry Pearl everywhere, but would leave Microsoft if he could

Dead-Finger Tech: Manuel takes his Blackberry Pearl everywhere, but would leave Microsoft if he couldTranscript?Not everyone has a usable audio channel.(Remember it requires both an electronic and a biological one, both have to work.)Sure type isn't purfectBut I would take it any day over a win mobile device with a...

Tags: Manuel, Dead-Finger Tech, BlackBerry Pearl, QWERTY, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-03-30

CES: Leading Quake 4 professional gamer "LoSt CaUzE" talks about his Dead Finger Tech

Not only does the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas bring out the hottest technology products, it brings out the hottest professional gamers: people who make money and lots of it doing nothing but playing video games. Well, actually, the best ones are like the sports players who get paid...

Tags: General, Entertainment, Personal Technology, Video, Dead Finger Tech, Events, CES 2007, Cool Tech Gear, headphone, Rafik Bryant

Blog posts 2007-01-09

Kay may have the best tech stocking stuffers, but her iPod is her Dead-Finger tech

Meet Kay. Shes a twenty-sumthin hipster who works for an ad agency and who appears to have both a personal and professional passion for technology. She clearly loves the Internet for the way it satisfies what she says is a "human beings basic need to feel connected." When she says...

Tags: Meet Kay, Apple, Wired &, Wireless, Personal Technology, Mobile, Hardware Infrastructure, Dead Finger Tech, General

Blog posts 2006-12-20

Dead-Finger Tech: Sean says the Blackberry Pearl is the best ever but Bret has ideas for RIM

Dead-Finger Tech: Sean says the Blackberry Pearl is the best ever but Bret has ideas for RIMHow sad is this: My DFT is VPNBoy is this unsexy, but the one technology other than my smartphone that's proved essential in my life is my company's secure VPN. It makes it very...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Research In Motion Ltd., stupid BES, windows smartphone, decent device, phone, blackberry, headach, Dead-Finger Tech, Lol, BlackBerry Pearl, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2006-12-20

Additional Resources

Print this: Actually, please don't, but DO think about why printers should get more airtime in green tech discussions

I was talking to someone within the past couple of months (I honestly can't remember who right now, sorry) who made a pretty profound statement that seems pertinent in the context of this post. I had just admitted, somewhat shamefacedly, to my ongoing addiction to printing out my notes, presentations...

Tags: Green Technology, Printing, Printers, Document Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Remember IBM at $10.50 per Share? Oracle as a penny stock? Tales of Hope from the Great High Tech Depression of ‘89

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak …..October. Paraphrasing Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven seems somehow appropriate to this moment, when it seems that everything we've all worked and dreamed about is going up in smoke. And yet, having seen a version of this movie...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Recession, Stock, IBM Corp., Tech Stock, Investment, Finance, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-10-10

My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services

Verizon Wireless dropped a bomb today on companies that send content over SMS text messaging systems. Techmeme Effective Nov. 1, companies that send messages and other notifications to Verizon Wireless customers via SMS text message - that's everyone from Google to Twitter to startups like alerts.com - could be forced...

Tags: Fee, Verizon Communications Inc., Text Messaging, Messaging, SMS, Verizon Wireless, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Microsoft's 'conceptual touch designs'

I've written from time to time about Apple and their rumoured tablet devices, applications for tablet PC's, multi-touch and Surface, and all those touchy-feely concepts we've been hearing about, but when do we get to actually see them? Microsoft has recently kicked forward their Software+Services, which for...

Tags: Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-10

The elephant in the room: SOA and the economy

We've all been distracted by events in the economy over the past few weeks, and let's face it, it makes for a very large elephant in the room when we talk about SOA. All debates about REST, SOAP, Java, .NET, JSON, ESBs, WOA won't mean a thing...

Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Will HTC be the first to launch a WiMAX-enabled mobile phone?

Fellow Mobile Tech Roundup podcast co-host Kevin Tofel went to the Sprint/XOHM WiMAX launch event in Baltimore this week and wrote up his thoughts. The event was focused mainly on the devices that support the WiMAX network that was launched the week before and as a mobile guy I was...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Phone, Mobile, Radio, Cell Phone, Nokia N810, WiMAX, Advertising & Promotion, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Microsoft Big Brains: Gary Flake

Today I am launching a new series, "Microsoft Big Brains." Over the course of the coming weeks, I'll be profiling Microsoft's Technical Fellows -- the 22 or so individuals who are helping to fill Chairman Bill Gates' shoes at the company, in terms of setting Redmond's future product/strategy agenda. The...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Team Management, Search, Strategy, Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Overachiever: Sun surpasses greenhouse gas reduction goals

Bully for Sun Microsystems. The company's U.S. operations have actually already overshot the 20 percent reduction goal originally set for 2012 under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Leaders program. Yes, that's right folks, a tech company has done something earlier than expected! The company reports this...

Tags: Emission, Sun Microsystems Inc., Greenhouse Gas, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Nine steps to IT post-mortem excellence

Most IT project post-mortems are exercises in finger-pointing and assigning blame. Here are nine steps to make them useful. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Project, Team, Information Technology, Post-mortems, Team Management, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Forrester: Credit crunch may freeze tech services projects

Forrester Research in a report is confirming that the credit crunch is beginning to hit technology services firms. The extent of the damage is unclear, but IBM's lower-than-expected third quarter revenue its earnings are stronger than expected may indicate something worse is afoot. Forrester's...

Tags: Service Provider, IBM Corp., Forrester Research Inc., Business Services, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Economy-pinched semiconductor industry: How to ride the storm

The credit crisis and overall economic downturn is starting to hit the semiconductor industry, which saw 5.5 percent sales growth in August. Research firm iSuppli has cut its 2008 sales growth forecast for the semiconductor industry from 4 percent to 3.5 percent and potentially even more if economic conditions continue...

Tags: iSuppli Corp., Semiconductor Industry, Lidlow, Semiconductors, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Uncov is back, and you can write for it

The rantalicious tech blog Uncov took a brief hiatus from the Internet, but now it's back. Former Googler software engineer and current CTO of Pressflip Ted Dzubia will be doing most of the posting, but he's opened it up for anyone to contribute....

Tags: Uncov, Internet, Blogging, Tools & Techniques, Management, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-10-09

H-1B visas rife with fraud, worker mistreatment

Thirteen percent of petitions for H-1B visas filed on behalf of employers are fraudulent. That's the conclusion of a report by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security, BusinessWeek reports. A key part of the fraud is loopholes that allow...

Tags: Visa, Loophole, Worker, Fraud, H-1B, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Apple makes it official. Notebook announcement next week.

The blogosphere was abuzz this morning with news of a sub-$1,000 Mac notebook - based on a price list that was given to retail stores  and subsequently leaked to bloggers. But where's the confirmation from Apple? The company wouldn't announce some sort of milestone - and a sub-$1,000 notebook is...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Tempest or Nuclear Winter

A Hurricane Ike for Tech Start-Ups VentureWire Alert free subscription required today reported that venture capitalists are advising their portfolio firms to prepare for a potential nuclear winter. One venture capitalist featured in today's newsletter was quoted as telling firms "to slow down their burn rate, and...

Tags: Firm, Venture Capital, Product Development, Investment, Product Marketing, Workforce Management, Finance, Financing Startups, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Human Resources, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-10-09

IBM: Beats earnings target but...

IBM said that it will beat Wall Street's earnings estimates for the third quarter, but there were enough nuggets disclosed to raise a few eyebrows. First, the headlines. IBM statement said it would report earnings of $2.05 a share, a good 3 cents better than estimates. Revenue,...

Tags: Revenue, Earnings, IBM Corp., Thomas Weisel, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-09