Companies
Microsoft to deliver first Live Mesh beta in late April
Mary Jo Foley: After dangling some vague promises about its plans to create seamless social and device "meshes", Microsoft is set to deliver more details about its mesh-syncrhonization strategy later this month.
Security
Taking ownership of content
Nate McFeters: Billy Rios covered a very interesting flaw in Google's code.google.com site on his blog today. The issue involves taking ownership of content of a third party by an application
Operating Systems
Windows 7: Sooner than expected?
Mary Jo Foley: When Bill Gates says, "Sometime in the next year or so we will have a new (Windows) version"--does this mean there are big changes afoot?
Communications
Walt Mossberg: 3G iPhone coming within 60 days
Matthew Miller: This news makes sense since the iPhone 2.0 update will be coming in a couple of months as well and the launch of a new device to go along with the new software is a natural assumption.
Products
Dueling DSLRs: Canon and Nikon
Josh Taylor: In the world of gadgets and gizmos, the digital SLR is one noble citizen. The ultimate smile-prompter, you could say.
General News
Laptop makers adopt 3G Gobi chipset
Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Lenovo are to incorporate Qualcomm's Gobi chipset into their laptops later this year. Gobi, which Qualcomm released in October 2007, is a chipset that allows travelers to connect to both HSPA and EV-DO networks.
Enterprise Software
MokaFive moves desktop virtualization into the cloud
Dana Gardner: MokaFive has driven a stake in the ground in the virtualization market with the introduction of its desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) innovation Virtual Desktop Solution.
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3-D collaborative body art in Scotland
A collaborative technology developed several years ago at ETH Zurich in Switzerland is now being used in a theater in Scotland. The Living Canvas technology allows performers on stage to ...
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Let the PaaS wars begin
A month ago, I wrote about the plethora of PaaS options available from the cloud, setting out a five-layer model to categorize them. With last night's announcement of Google App ...
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Citigroup card customers can't access Web site
Citigroup said some credit card customers were unable to access its Web site Monday, but that it was working to fix the problem. Citigroup said some credit card customers were ...
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HP announces the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC
There have been rumors of an HP mini-notebook/UMPC type device in the works and my MobileTechRoundup podcast co-host James Kendrick seems to be the first to post his thoughts on ...
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Apple unsupports the AirDisk?
According to a Monday post on the Tidbits Mac news site, Apple representatives reportedly confirmed that the company won't support AirDisks, or Time Machine backups to a hard drive connected ...
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Google announces App Engine: Should Amazon worry?
Just like most of us thought, Google's new App Engine appears to be a direct competitor for Amazon web services. And in true Google fashion, the service is being opened ...
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Money flowing into investments on route distant from Wall Street
One Silicon Valley venture capital firm announced they'll put a quarter-billion dollars into green tech. Runs counter to the frenzied state of Wall Street and the Federal Reserve where they ...
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Behold the used printer cartridge--a green project
HP and the State of California are dealing with the printer cartridge. Have they found a way to prevent thousands of these babies from going into landfill? That's their goal. ...
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Google App Engine: When will Microsoft field a competitor?
On April 7, Google took the wraps off of more than many had expected: Not just a hosted database platform, but an entire hosted Web app platform, known as Google ...
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Heathrow T5 failure: What really happened
Anyone having the misfortune to pass recently through Heathrow's new Terminal 5 knows the huge project debuted as a case study in full-blown systems failure. Most reports have focused on ...
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New MacBook enclosures? It's about time
Am I the only one that doesn't like the look of the white MacBook enclosure? It's not as bad looking as the original clamshell iBook (you know the one) but ...
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Trees block solar panels, and a feud ends in court
California's Solar Shade Act was an obscure curiosity until Carolynn Bissett and Richard Treanor were convicted. (From The New York Times) SUNNYVALE, Calif.--Call it an eco-parable: one Prius-driving couple takes ...
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Can BootCamp mess with your Mac's PRAM?
A continuing thread in an Apple discussion board says that Windows running in the Boot Camp utility can sometimes "pervert" certain settings stored in the Intel-Mac's parameter RAM and interfere ...
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Time for a new model of ULPC?
Larry Dignan featured an interesting post today on the Gartner analysis of ultra low-cost PCs (ULPCs) in developing countries. The bottom line from Gartner? Even $100 PCs are too expensive ...
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Amazon accelerates its move to digital
With the No. 1 source of music sales now an online downloading service, Amazon.com looks at the development of its digital offerings with a sense of urgency.(From The New York ...
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Infor software offers insight into consumption patterns
Enterprise software vendor Infor, out of Alpharetta, Ga., is positioning its application as a means of helping companies better organize their corporate assets with an eye to supporting corporate sustainability ...
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Cloud computing: A look at the myths
Is there anyone not in the cloud? Cloud computing is the buzzword du jour and everyone--Google, Salesforce.com, Microsoft and Amazon--is trying to get into the act. The problem: It will ...
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IT cost cutting 101
It's a sad commentary on IT spending when panel on how to cut your budget results in a packed room. But folks are looking for cost cutting tips and obviously ...
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Top cable TV programs with product placements
Program Network Total # Occurrences American Chopper TLC 52,503 Miami Ink TLC 20,594 Dog The Bounty Hunter A&E; 19,179 American Hot Rod TLC 14,281 Overhaulin’ TLC 13,738 Run’s House MTV ...
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Top TV programs with product placement in 2007
Program Network Total # Occurrences American Idol FOX 4,349 The Biggest Loser NBC 3,286 Fast Cars and Superstars ABC 3,231 America’s Next Top Model CW 2,694 Extreme Makeover Home Edition ...
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The Mobile Gadgeteer
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