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- HTC Droid Eris (Verizon Wireless)
- Editors' note: Portions of this review were taken from our review of the HTC Hero. The two devices share similar features. The HTC Droid Eris is the second Verizon Wireless' Google Android phone after the Motorola Droid. Where the Droid was flashy and high-end, the Droid Eris offers a simpler,...
- Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Verizon Wireless, DROID ERIS, High Tech Computer Corp., phone, HTC Droid Eris
- Product reviews 2009-11-06
- Joltid vs. Skype: Is there a workaround?
- As long as a certain preferred stock..holder continues to own holding in ebay; I could care less if they crashed and burned and took Skype with them.Sorry, but an enemy is an enemy, and this one deserves to be run over in the street in my opinion. Not that I'd...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Databases, Skype Technologies S.A., Joltid
- Discussion threads 2009-09-20
- Sprint increases bet on prepaid; Buys Virgin Mobile USA
- Sprint Nextel on Tuesday said it acquired Virgin Mobile USA in a stock swap worth about $483 million. The move is designed to cement its growing position in prepaid calling plan market. Sprint already owns 13.1 percent of Virgin Mobile. In a statement, Sprint said it plans...
- Tags: Virgin Mobile, Virgin Mobile USA, Sprint Communications, Branding, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- While I'm away..."How I'd use Classmate PCs in the States (and why I really want a UMPC now)"
- Here's a blast from the past...This was originally posted back in 2007. Classmates and 1:1 have come a long ways, haven't they? While the United States and other established markets are not the target for Intel’s Classmate PC, I sincerely hope they bring something like this...
- Tags: Intel Classmate PC, PC, Ultramobile PC, Classroom, Laptop Computer, Computer, Classmate, Productivity, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- Apple's WWDC: Wall Street expects to be underwhelmed
- Apple's WWDC: Wall Street expects to be underwhelmedApple's WWDC: Wall Street expects to be underwhelmedWell that's just the opposite of every other WWDC. Normally they hype it up, Apple's stock goes up, then after the WWDC is over then they come away disappointed and the stock drops.RE: Apple's WWDC:...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, iPhone 3.0, Apple Inc., WWDC, Snow Leopard
- Discussion threads 2009-06-04
- UK retailer pulls Linux netbooks from stores
- Windows "has emerged as the preferred operating system because Windows makes it easier to share content and provides customers with a simpler, more familiar computing experience on the move," said a PC World spokesman. PC World, the UK's biggest computing retailer, is to stop selling Linux netbooks in its...
- Tags: PC World, Netbook, DSG International, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Windows 7, netbooks, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk
- News items 2009-06-03
- Facebook snares $200 million investment from Russian investor
- updated: Facebook said Tuesday that it has raised $200 million from Digital Sky Technologies DST, a Russian investment group. The deal gives values Facebook at $10 billion. In a statement, Facebook noted the following: Digital Sky gets preferred stock for a 1.96 percent stake...
- Tags: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Investor, Investment, IPO, Finance, Financial Services, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- After EU fine, Intel will face rash of lawsuits
- After EU fine, Intel will face rash of lawsuitsAt first...At first, I thumbed my nose at the EU and their "intrusion" into the US business place with their anti-trust this and anti-competitive that.. I am beginning to think they are the only ones with enough backbone to stand up to...
- Tags: Processors, antitrust law, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., lawsuit, OEM, intel
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
- 2009 Nissan Cube S
- Photo gallery:2009 Nissan Cube SWith its new Cube model, Nissan seems intent on outdoing the Honda Element and Scion xB for polarizing style. Some people are going to hate the 2009 Nissan Cube's looks, and some people are going to love it. But nobody can deny the practicality of the...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Cube, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.
- Product reviews 2009-05-11
- Report: Sun and IBM clashed over executive pay
- Report: Sun and IBM clashed over executive payGreed is good... right?Figures that talks would break down because some greedy SOB isn't content with millions of dollars alone, but want even more.RE: Report: Sun and IBM clashed over executive payLet them fail. Who cares. None of their products can't...
- Tags: Benefits, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-07
- IBM - Wantin' and Gettin' Stimulus Money
- Give them the same consideration that GM, Chrysler, etc. are getting IBM has a PR problem. Asking for stimulus money from the U.S. government while transferring jobs overseas is not going over well in the U.S. CNN picked up on it and ran this on-air story recently....
- Tags: IBM Corp., Stimulus Money, Government, Vertical Industries, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- Yahoo Widgets 4.5.2 (Windows)
- The Yahoo Widget Engine formerly known as Konfabulator is a JavaScript runtime engine for Windows and Mac OS X that lets you run little files called Widgets that can do pretty much whatever you want them to. Widgets can be alarm clocks, calculators, can tell you your WiFi signal strength,...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo Widgets 4.5, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-03-19
- Palm takes deeper breath; boosts stock offering, nets $83.9 million
- Palm shares rose sharply in early morning trading today after the smartphone maker increased the size of its secondary offering and netted $83.9 million. Palm resold 23.13 million shares, as part of a follow-on offering it announced the previous day. The company had initially...
- Tags: Stock, Palm Inc., Product Development, Managerial Accounting, Research & Development, Business Operations, Finance, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-03-10
- Windows 7 build 7048 vs. Windows 7 beta 1 vs. Vista vs. XP performance shootout - which is best?
- Windows 7 build 7048 vs. Windows 7 beta 1 vs. Vista vs. XP performance shootout - which is best?Although I'm not a fan of pre-release comparisons......it's interesting to note that W7 does indeed appear to be a very effective OS.As for the 64 bit question, with Quad Core largely becoming...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, performance, take-away, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, XP performance shootout, Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 7 Build, Windows 7 Beta 1, Windows 7 Build 7048, shootout, XP Perform
- Discussion threads 2009-03-10
- Palm raises $83.9 million; Finds balm for cash burn
- Palm has raised $83.9 million courtesy of a public offering of 23.12 million shares at $6 each. With the move Palm has almost replaced the cash it burned in its fourth quarter. The company said Monday that it was aiming to raise $49 million, but the offering...
- Tags: Palm Inc., Product Development, Managerial Accounting, Product Marketing, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Finance, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-10
- Palm: Demand tanks ahead of Pre launch; Pre needs to save the day
- Palm said Tuesday that its third quarter sales will be well below expectations as customers wait for the Pre to launch. Delays in Treo Pro shipments didn't help matters either. The result: Palm said its fiscal third quarter sales will be between $85 million and $90 million....
- Tags: Palm Inc., Pre, Managerial Accounting, Sales Strategy, Product Development, Smart Phones, Finance, Sales, Research & Development, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-03
- What BearingPoint
- What BearingPointGood riddance?The Brits are finding out the hard way about digitizing medical records. Their own national IT project is way over budget and not very close to a solution (I know because I read the Register!). If the FBI can't even get their case file system working, what chance...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Outsourcing, Operational accounting, Financial services, Brits, BearingPoint Inc., acquisition
- Discussion threads 2009-02-23
- The Disintegrating BearingPoint
- More than bankruptcy to worry about BearingPoint, the consultancy that once was part of KPMG, has entered a very different era in its history. The firm’s U.S. operations filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week. Moreover, the company’s Asian operations may be sold off to another...
- Tags: Bankruptcy, BearingPoint Inc., Asia, BGPT, Litigation, Personal Finance, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Business Operations, It Operations, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-02-21
- Bearing Point files for Ch.11 protection
- It's been a long time coming but Bearing Point finally succumbed to the mountain of acquisition fuelled debt it acquired between 1999-2002 and has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Per Reuters: As part of the prearranged plan, a $500 million senior secured credit facility will be replaced with...
- Tags: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Bearing Point, Consulting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-02-18
- A Microsoft smartphone: No. A Microsoft phone chassis: Yes
- A Microsoft smartphone: No. A Microsoft phone chassis: YesIt's sounds rosyA very positive outlook on their embedded front. A 'cool' factor is yet to please in my view however. They would really benefit from going 'even-smaller' to compete in the market, really. For instance, 'pimp-yo-glasses' would be...
- Tags: Smart phones, Microsoft Corp., phone, hardware, smart phone
- Discussion threads 2009-02-06
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