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Google looks like mobile Linux break-out

Google looks like mobile Linux break-outI tend to doubt that it willPeople use mobile phones for telephone calling and more recently for MP3s. I seriously doubt embedded linux will do anything at all for the desktop linux movements since most people I know don't know and don't care about...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, music industry, Linux, Google Inc., mobile, mobile Linux break-out, Google Looks, break-out, Mobile Linux, phone, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-10-12

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News to know: Microsoft; T-Mobile Cliq; MotoBlur; @facebook; Oracle

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft founds, funds a new open-source foundation Is Microsoft stalling on its GPL Linux drivers? ...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Oracle Corp., Mobile, T-Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Motorola Inc., Identity Theft, Phishing, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Smart Phones, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-11

Canalys Q2 09 data shows touchscreen smartphones taking off

impressedmatthew, call me impressed, as much as i am absolutely unable to understand how someone can be a "fan of windows mobile" and as much as you are the last qwerty type standing i am still impressed that you break the news instead of denying or ignoring it.but there is...

Tags: windows mobile, smart phone, touch screen

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Hands-on: Verizon Wireless HP Mini 1151NR netbook (Updated 2x)

Hands-on: Verizon Wireless HP Mini 1151NR netbook (Updated 2x)OK, this blog is somewhat confusingSo the defining feature of this netbook is its mobile internet access but you're going to put OSX on it and this feature most likely will not work under OSX. I also don't see the purchase price...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Verizon Wireless, EULA, Apple Inc., OSX, netbook, Ubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-05-29

Will ARM netbooks be competitive?

Will ARM netbooks be competitive?One killer app not mentionedRemote client. With a remote client you basically have the power of your main computer at home or work with the all mobility and power longevity a netbook would imply.If you can get a remote client that can connect to any desktop...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook, Arm Netbooks

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

News to know: HP, Hulu, IE 8; SOA; Citrix; Bearing Point

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Larry Dignan: Citrix to offer free XenServer; Takes shot at VMware HP's mixed bag: Sales weak across all units, earnings on target; Outlook weaker...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Citrix Systems Inc., Bearing Point, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Linux, Microsoft Windows, Web Services, Open Source, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-02-19

News to know: RIM, Facebook TOS, Apple-Adobe, Android

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Andrew Nusca: SEC charges RIM, 4 senior execs with stock option backdating Sam Diaz: Facebook's TOS debacle: Be upset...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Facebook, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Mobile, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-02-18

News to know: Mac at 25; Green storage; Android; Zune a misfit toy?

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know vi a email al ert and RSS daily .  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage . Christopher Dawson: The Intel convertible Classmate - 1:1 and beyond Adam O'Donnell: Will...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Storage, Microsoft Zune, Apple Inc., Sam Diaz, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-26

Why the "beta culture" will have to change

Why the "beta culture" will have to changeMore likely a lack of something else...[b]Any problems encountered after that will be addressed in the next beta release. If I need to install production software, I don't want to waste time downloading/installing/testing beta software, so this is upsetting to discover the only...

Tags: beta, production version, software

Discussion threads 2008-11-24

Intel's Centrino 2 WiMAX could break the Luddite Telcos

Intel's Centrino 2 WiMAX could break the Luddite TelcosTotally agree with you.surely there are better ways than what telcos do, and i'd like to see. WiMAX is one.iPhone -- not even a trojan rabbit.Just to be clear, the iPhone is about transferring AT&T lock-in control from AT&T to...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Intel Corp., telecommunications company, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Intel Centrino 2, Intel Centrino

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Questioning IT

Questioning ITThick vs Thin.The essence of what you're saying here is that thin client is better than thick client. You don't exactly use those terms and you throw in a bit of anti-Microsoft rhetoric, but focusing on the underlying principals as you correctly recommend, this is a thick vs thin...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Thin clients, Servers, Sun Microsystems Inc., software, thin client, security

Discussion threads 2008-05-02

News to know: OpenSocial unleashed; T-Mobile Shadow; Cracking open a digital camera

Notable headlines: Dan Farber: Google's OpenSocial APIs pick up steam--MySpace and Bebo. Google to open Orkut OpenSocial developer sandbox tonight. Steve O'Hear: Official: MySpace joins Google's "OpenSocial" platform. Techmeme. Dana Blankenhorn: What is social networking's value add? Is Facebook the next Netscape? David...

Tags: Software, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, T-Mobile, Digital Camera, Camera, MySpace, Google OpenSocial, Corporate Communications, Digital Cameras, Tools & Techniques, Digital Photography, Desktops, Open Source, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Hardware

Blog posts 2007-11-02

Can OpenMoko break the wireless monopoly?

Can OpenMoko break the wireless monopoly?Stylus required?Well, it certainly is a 'break-through' Linux-embedded product, but as a cell-phone user and from a practical standpoint, it's not clear to me if the device is 100% touch screen driven.If not, then I assume you'd have to resort to using the stylus.Using a...

Tags: Linux, wireless, Trolltech, OpenMoko, stylus, cell phone

Discussion threads 2007-07-09

Can OpenMoko break the wireless monopoly?

Open source telephony takes a big step forward today as the OpenMoko neo1973 starts shipping to developers. Its public Wiki is also open for business.The phone runs an open Linux kernel and what it calls Mobile FOSS, meaning everything inside it is Free and Open Source Software. Parts were chosen based...

Tags: wireless, VOIP, telecom, mobile, Hardware, Government, General, FOSS, Development

Blog posts 2007-07-09

News to know: Yahoo buys Right Media; Mix07; S60 Summit; .ANI flaws

Notable headlines:Yahoo buys Right Media. Larry Dignan on the deal. Techmeme.Microsoft opens up on Web strategy at Mix07. Ryan Stewart: MIXing it up at the coming of age party for Rich Internet Applications.Dan Farber: FASTMedia Network takes on Google, Yahoo.Tom Foremski: FAST battles GOOG and YHOO for media markets, says...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-04-30

Red Hat shouldn't write off Oracle just yet

Red Hat shouldn't write off Oracle just yetJust numbers!We are an Oracle shop with a few other Redmond Servers. Oracle is a good product but their support sucks. They themselves don;t know how it works. I wouldn;t bet on their Linux support. Redhat is doing a good job with a...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Oracle-Linux, Red Hat Linux, writeoff, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2007-03-16

HD-DVD copy protection in tatters

HD-DVD copy protection in tattersTrue... This could open up HD-DVD to Linux users.Great..Now I will be able to watch legally purchased HD-DVD's on my Linux boxes. Legal or not.I'm in the U.S. and I use decss libs to watch my legally purchased DVD's. Thanks to media company corruption of our...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), HD DVD, Consumer electronics, Digital media, digital-rights management, DVD, HD-DVD

Discussion threads 2007-01-18

FreeSecurity 1 (Windows)

FreeSecurity is an easy to use, graphical, freeware application that allows you to use encryption to secure your files. FreeSecurity uses strong 128-bit AES encryption (according to NIST, it would take about 149 trillion years to break an AES key using usual methods), the new US government encryption standard, which...

Tags: Freeware, AES, Encryption, USB, Joao Gomes, FreeSecurity, Microsoft Windows, Network Security, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Networking

Software downloads 2005-09-20

Gates: the world is your computer

Gates: the world is your computerAhhh, he speaksYes, the man who gave us 32-Bit DOS, Product Activation, Blue Screens of Demise, and more tells us what to expect in the near-term. Gates is a better marketing (and competitor-extinguisher) than a true 'computing visionary.' I'll leave the 'what's coming up next'...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, computer, Microsoft Corp., SOA, XML

Discussion threads 2005-07-05

Exchange flaw could open up user accounts

Exchange flaw could open up user accountsThis is a real shameI'm really sorry to hear about this because the new OWA is very feature rich and makes life so much easier for administrators. Hopefuly they will fix any issues related to this quickly.is there any reasonone would want to run...

Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Johnson, Kerberos, Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Microsoft Corp., security, flaw

Discussion threads 2003-11-24