Research In Motion’s BlackBerry 6 operating system software will be available soon. The software is arguably the best update RIM has made to its smartphone OS in a long time. It includes a better home screen, more efficient menus and a healthy selection of features that do a fine job of matching just about any [...]
Turns out the rumor mill did rather good work of parsing together Hewlett-Packard’s tablet plans. Still, Todd Bradley, executive vice president of HP’s personal system group, and Jon Rubinstein, the former CEO of Palm, now reporting to Bradley, offered confirmation of the company’s intentions at the 2010 Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference July 22. “I think [...]
Apple’s Steve Jobs, in a hastily called news conference, announced July 16 that the iPhone 4 really doesn’t have any problems. The issues with the external antenna are a product of the imagination of the media. The complaints of dropped calls are minimal and no worse than any other phone. Then he conceded that Apple [...]
Microsoft is offering cash and other resources to developers, in hopes of enticing them to build apps for its upcoming Windows Phone 7, according to online reports. The veracity of those reports was then implied in an email conversation with eWEEK. “We are investing heavily in the developer community by offering as many resources as [...]
NetApp integration with Dynamic Data Center Toolkit, which provides sample code and guidance for building cloud services powered by Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V and the Microsoft System Center Suite, can offer cost-conscious businesses enhanced data protection, the company said Data storage and data management specialist NetApp announced enhanced integration with Microsoft to [...]
Another day, another e-reader price cut. On the heels of Amazon.com announcing a retooled-and-cheaper version of its large-screen Kindle DX, Sony slashed the prices of its own e-readers in order to better compete in what has become an ever-hotter market. The Sony Reader Pocket Edition now retails for $149, the new Daily Edition for $299, and [...]
SAN FRANCISCO – Microsoft Corp has pulled the plug on a new generation of smartphones less than three months after unveiling the devices that were part of its efforts to catch-up with Apple Inc and Google Inc. in the fast-growing mobile market. Microsoft said on Wednesday it had canceled plans to sell its “Kin” phones [...]
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