Archive | March, 2010

In an example of just how fragile our communications infrastructure can sometimes be, a flood at the Paddington (London) telephone [...]

The Xeon 7500 features a technology called hyper-threading. It can double the number of threads or tasks that a processor can execute. An eight-core processor will handle 16 threads. This technology is new, and it is not part of the prior-generation Core 2 chips.

2010 is the year that smartphones reach the mass market. After years of stubborn digging in my heels and resisting [...]

The conventional wisdom said that everyone that a fourth-generation iPhone was in the works, with the latest confirmation the anticipation will just grow. Apple has in the works two development projects that are slated to be released this summer. One is a new iPhone and the other is a mobile phone model for Verizon Wireless.

While most of us are perfectly happy using cloud services from the likes of Google, Microsoft and Facebook, and grateful [...]

Brightcove’s just made it code for HTML5 available to its 1,000-plus customers for free. For users, it presents a seamless replacement of Flash-based video in Web sites with HTML5-compatible streamed video content.

Starting next week Firefox users will be able to receive technical support from Firefox through twitter. According to the SOMA blog FireFox intends to offer technical assistance. The origins of their concern comes when Firefox users experience a problem, they might post a tweet to express their frustration bypassing SUMO to getting help with their issue. Firefox looks bad… there is a problem…users don’t find resolution… and users complain.

If imitation is the best form of flattery, then Apple is so flattered by now that it’s levitating off it’s [...]

Smartphones have traditionally been the privilege and the necessity of the higher echelons of the professional field. The common man [...]

In many ways, Qualcomm is one of the key players in shaping the mobile business. Not only do they provide [...]

As of today, owners of the Nintendo Wii gaming console will be joining the Xbox and Playstation in their ability to stream [...]

Facebook has become the social networking tool. MySpace may have led the way. Twitter has its own niche. Facebook hits [...]

Microsoft Bing will also help users with everyday activities, such as staying up to date on news and information. The real-time data phenomenon is growing as evidence by Twitter and Facebook. Microsoft is expected to work closely with Twitter and other real-time partners to bring that data into the search experience.

As foretold by the rumor mill and foreseen by analysts, HTC has released a 4G phone which will be exclusive [...]