Portfolio |
August 5th, 2008 |
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--Intel will today announce details of a new line of super-fast microchips, dubbed Larrabee, designed first to make video game graphics better, but ultimately destined for your desktop. [NYT] -- The old-media fogies at Time Warner appear finally ready to break up AOL and lose the "mental drag" the one-time [...]
Portfolio |
August 5th, 2008 |
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-- For Sale: Facebook shares! Don't let the lack of a business plan scare you off. [Portfolio.com]-- Lenovo unveiled a low-cost "sub-notebook" computer, priced at $399. Right in time for the recession! [Dow Jones Newswires]-- Cablevision has won a court ruling allowing it to proceed with its plans for "network [...]
BizJournals |
August 5th, 2008 |
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National Harbor conventioneers can now iPhone home.[...]
A lot has been written about how Apple added support for Microsoft Exchange to help the iPhone better compete against BlackBerry and Windows Mobile in corporate environments.[...]
The outstanding new feature on Apple's iPhone - both the new 3G and original versions - is that it allows users to download and install applications.[...]
Techdirt |
August 5th, 2008 |
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Much has been made of John McCain's status as a self-proclaimed "computer illiterate." Juxtaposed with his rival, the Blackberry-wielding, iPod-listening Barack Obama, McCain's inexperience with all things digital have raised concerns that he is out of touch with normal Americans. Although McCain is reportedly attempting to use computers more often, [...]
That old rumor – that Apple would introduce a stripped-down version of the iPhone – is being floated again. This Sunday, Daily Mail has run a story citing sources close to Apple who claim the company will release iPhone Nano[...]
Wired |
August 5th, 2008 |
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If there was any doubt the iPhone shook up the mobile web, these six iPhone applications should put those doubts to rest. The apps are the result of a weekend-long iPhoneDevCamp showcasing what we have in store for the next generation of the internet.[...]
Sanjay Jha of Qualcomm was tapped to head Motorola's troubled mobile phone division and share chief executive duties for the entire company in an usual power-sharing arrangement.[...]
Budget laptops and the iPhone have been getting most of the attention in gadget circles lately, but there's another intriguing trend under[...]
Filed under: Handsets, RIM, T-Mobile, GSM, EDGE Wild colors are something we're used to seeing on the Pearl range, but the Curve? The red one seemed to work out alright, so bring it on, RIM. The WiFi and HotSpot @Home-equipped Curve 8320 has now made its grand entrance on T-Mobile [...]
Filed under: Software, Nokia Alright, free ride's over, folks -- Nokia says Files on Ovi is now a production, non-beta service, and that means it's plan choosin' time. Subscribers are still entitled to a free trial, but after that, users of the remote PC-to-handset file transfer service will need to [...]
Filed under: Motorola, MiscMotorola announced today that it would be appointing Qualcomm's former COO Sanjay Jha to head up its ailing handset division -- much to the chagrin of our own Ryan Block. Jha will also take on co-executive duties for the parent company along with current CEO Greg Brown. [...]
Filed under: Handsets, Multimedia, Nokia, Others First things first: open wide and ingest a mouthful of salt. Put away that bitter beer face and down it, we said! Okay, now that you're adequately skeptical, get a load of this. Word on the street has it that Nokia is currently working [...]
Filed under: Culture, Handsets, RIM You know how Stewart Copeland plays that insanely slick triplet hi-hat part in "Message in a Bottle," and every time you hear it you wonder how it's possible for him to stay so perfectly in time? And you know how his drums fit so perfectly [...]
Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, CDMA Cellpassion has unearthed a new candybar from Motorola that it claims will find shelter on "a couple" US carriers -- and judging from the "MetroPCS" front and center on the display, we'd tend to agree. The so-called VE240 really isn't much to look at, but [...]
KS-Overland Park, Responsible for Logistics Business Systems (IS/IT Technology, HP UNIX, PCs, LAN, RF Network, WMS, MS Office Suite, Satellite network and phone systems). To oversee, supervise and support data processi[...]
CA-Silicon Valley/San Jose, Experience Apple There's the typical job. Punch in, push paper, punch out, repeat. Then there's a career at Apple. Where you're encouraged to defy routine. To explore the far reaches of the possible. T[...]
