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First impressions of the Palm Treo 800w with integrated WiFi and GPS: Mobile fans have been asking Palm to add WiFi to the Treo devices for a couple of years now and as of today, we finally have a model that includes both a WiFi radio and a GPS receiver. It looks like Sprint isn't very good at keeping a secret either...; Tags: Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, Microsoft Windows, Wi-Fi, Sprint Communications, GPS, Keyboard Key, Number Key, Space Bar, Stylus Silo, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-07-14
Vidabox Premium Wireless Keyboard with Optical Trackball: We're usually wary of trackballs. We know there are people out there who like them, but for general-purpose cursor-moving, we'll take a mouse every time. But thanks to Vidabox's Premium Wireless Keyboard with Optical Trackball ($62.99 at the time of this review), we may have to give trackballs more credit....; Tags: Keyboards, Mice, Gyration, keyboard, Vidabox Premium Wireless Keyboard, trackball, mouse; Product reviews 2007-11-29

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Gallery: Nokia N97 - your future netbook?: Nokia rolled out its N97, a high-end smartphone with a 3.5 inch touch display, QWERTY keyboard and social location software to allow people to use Facebook, MySpace and other sites on the go. by Andy Smith; Tags: Nokia Corp., Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Nokia N97, Nokia, Facebook, MySpace, smartphones, keyboards, Andy Smith; Image galleries 2008-12-02
IT faces 'dire shortage' of core skills, study: The skills needed to modernize core IT assets are in short supply, according to latest report from the application-management company The lack of core IT skills is a major impediment to modernizing key IT assets, according to a survey by application-management company Micro Focus. ...; Tags: Skill, Information Technology, Micro Focus, Survey, Strategy, Marketing Research, Management, Marketing, IT management, jobs, skills, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk; News items 2008-12-02
Nokia's N97: Is this your future netbook?: Nokia on Tuesday rolled out its N97, a high-end smartphone with a 3.5 inch touch display, QWERTY keyboard and social location software to allow people to use Facebook, MySpace and other sites on the go. As I play with--and ponder--the netbook I have and all the tradeoffs...; Tags: Nokia Corp., Smart Phone, Nokia N97, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Notebooks, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-12-02

Tech CEOs: Will they step up in a downturn?: Technology CEOs worth their paychecks are going to use this economic downturn to revamp business models and position for the so-called post recession era. It sounds rather obvious, but why don't all CEOs follow this playbook? We've heard the mantra repeatedly: Reload in a downturn. And a...; Tags: Technology Company, Information Technology, CEO, Forrester Research Inc., Strategy, Social Networking, Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan; 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
Nokia N97 announced; QWERTY keyboard and touch on a Nseries device: Nokia World 2008 is taking place this week in Barcelona, Spain and the event kicked off with the keynote announcing the Nokia N97 multimedia computer. The Nokia N97 brings a QWERTY keyboard and touch screen to the Nseries or you could say it brings a phone and S60 to the...; Tags: Nokia Corp., Nokia World 2008, Home Screen, Keyboards, Smart Phones, Social Networking, Handhelds, Hardware, Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-12-02
Telltale signs of SOA governance deficit: Are there any "telltale signs" that an organization is missing the governance boat when it comes to efforts to effectively deploy SOA methodologies? Todd Biske, enterprise architect extraordinaire and author of the recently published work on SOA Governance, observes that many organizations may have conflicting priorities that emerge when it...; Tags: SOA, SOA Governance, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-12-01
Robert Scoble: 'No bigger week for Nokia' than this one: Robert Scoble of Scobleizer fame is in Barcelona, Spain for Nokia World, a week where Nokia talks to its top customers, and according to him, there is no bigger week for Nokia than this one: It's their "touchiest week." So what's Nokia got to say, you ask?...; Tags: Nokia Corp., Robert Scoble, Apple Inc., Bluetooth, Smart Phones, GPS, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Wi-Fi, Handhelds, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-12-01
The widget conundrum: There's a pretty good article in Advertising Age about the benefits of widgets and the fact that not a lot of people are using it. AdAge says that "entire segment" will amount to around $100 million. That sounds like a chunk of money, and especially one for an industry that...; Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Silverlight, Mobile, Rich Internet Application, AdAge, Widgets, Desktops, Hardware, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-12-01
Security Lessons and Your Personal Firewall: There's an interesting dynamic I've been noticing and discussing a lot recently - people and companies are grappling with how to project some facets of their lives and information online while keeping other areas secret. As i suggested in my previous post, it...; Tags: Facebook, Firewall, Personal Firewall, Security, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-11-30
A Guide to Secure Email: The term 'secure email' can have many different meanings. This whitepaper unpacks the concept of secure email, with a focus on Public Key Infrastructure PKI. It also covers other aspects of secure email such as encryption and digital signing, Transport Layer Security TLS, and the ongoing management of secure email...; Tags: Marshal Ltd, E-mail, Online Communications; White papers 2008-11-28
David Pogue forecasts a depression for the Storm and I completely agree: It is not that often that I agree whole heartedly with David Pogue's reviews since he is a little too pro-Apple for me, but this time I can honestly say his review of the BlackBerry Storm is right on. The power of a BlackBerry is their QWERTY keyboard and RIM...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Device, Navigation, RIM BlackBerry, David Pogue, Keyboards, Handhelds, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller; 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
Mobiles for your users: We all have users for whom a mobile phone of some sort makes a lot of sense. Our district has always either provided a phone or a moderate subsidy for key staff who need to stay in touch. Principals need to be reachable in case of emergencies with...; Tags: District, Phone, Mobile, Telecom & Utilities, Christopher Dawson; 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
Apple retail stores to match prices: In a surprising move for the consumer electronics turned retail heavyweight, Apple has internally announced that retail store employees can match prices of other authorized retailers. The key phrase here is "authorized retailers" which means that Apple isn't going to price match some gray marketer selling Macs...; Tags: Retail Company, Reseller, Apple Inc., Retail, Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-11-25
What we will want from our enterprise architects in 2009: As observed in previous posts, employment prospects for enterprise architects remain bullish, since many organizations are challenged with integration and IT-business alignment. Over at the Informatica Perspectives site, I posted a piece spotlighting the five key qualities to look for in an enterprise architect, circa 2009. Here...; Tags: Enterprise Architect, Research & Development, Business Operations, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-11-25