January 7th, 2009
Both Apple and Microsoft rolled out the beginnings of a cloud computing strategy on Tuesday. Apple introduced a beta of its iWork.com document sharing service and Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit unveiled Document Collaboration Companion for Mac Beta. At the Macworld Expo…
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January 7th, 2009
Moments before Apple VP Philip Schiller stepped on stage at Macworld 2009, there seemed to be a buzz of anticipation in the auditorium at Moscone West in San Francisco. How would Schiller - filling the shoes of the ailing Steve Jobs - perform in this venue? Would he make a…
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January 7th, 2009
Rogers was the first to get the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8900 aka Javelin and it looks like T-Mobile USA may be the first carrier in the U.S. to get this updated device. According to a flyer/ad posted on TmoNews the BlackBerry Curve 8900 will be launching on 11 February. This…
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January 7th, 2009
Plugging a hole in its laptop portfolio, AMD has announced a new processor platform for very thin and lightweight notebooks. HP was the first to announce a new laptop, the Pavilion dv2, based on AMD’s Athlon Neo chip. The platform, previously code-named Yukon, includes the Neo chip…
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January 7th, 2009
There are a couple of applications that I particularly enjoy using on my Windows Mobile devices that have actually been so compelling that they have kept me using Windows Mobile over other devices. Two of these applications are now being demoed for the iPhone and will be coming in the…
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January 7th, 2009
Apple has been running on thin ice for a while, and with false reports that Steve Jobs was on his deathbed, didn’t help things much either. Nevertheless, Steve Jobs is perfectly fine and in good-ish health, and the annual Macworld Expo is under way. I’m not in…
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January 7th, 2009
When I posted my HTC Rose/S740 review last month I had no idea that a US version of the device would be coming and was quite excited to get a press release announcing the HTC S743 with 850/1900 MHz HSDPA support. The HTC S743 is a slick non-touchscreen device with…
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January 7th, 2009
Ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show this week PC makers are sending a distinct message: The sub-,000 laptop is the new ,000 laptop. You can get more functionality, style and even a little fashion for a grand. Meanwhile, the push to merge the netbook and notebook categories is well underway….
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January 7th, 2009
I’ve often written on the topic of how the different layers of virtualization technology could be used to build a datacenter that makes better use of energy. So, I found it interesting when Dell’s analyst relations folks sent me a copy of a paper authored by John Pflueger, Ph. D….
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January 7th, 2009
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: Five things Steve Ballmer won’t tell you about Windows 7 Mary Jo Foley: Macs vs. PCs: Is it still a ‘tax’ if users happily pay…
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