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Monday, 08 September 2008

Best Buy US begins selling iPhones

Jonny Evans

Apple extends coverage/distribution of its iPhone in the US with a Best Buy deal, as Apple mobiles begin appearing on the retailer's shelves this week.

Monday, 08 September 2008

NetSuite says Chrome-optimized apps are flying

Martin Veitch, CIO (UK)

"I'm seeing a five-fold increase in speed on type-aheads and lists over Internet Explorer," a developer reports. "In quick-add portlets [plug-in user interface components] the browser returns to a 'ready' state much faster."

Monday, 08 September 2008

Apple event: pre-show rumours

Jonny Evans

Apple may be holding its cards close to its chest, as iPod and iTunes rumours fly, a swift round-up of this weekend's latest rumours surrounding Cupertino.

Monday, 08 September 2008

iPhone raises bar for smartphone sales

Jonny Evans

Gartner claims 32.2 million smartphones were sold in the second quarter this year, up 15.7 per cent from the year ago quarter...

Monday, 08 September 2008

Apple admits UK boffin invented the iPod

Jonny Evans

Apple turned to a UK inventor for help in its case against Burst.com, while he lost the patent (because patent law demands cash up front), Kramer lays claim to inventing the iPod - in 1979...

Monday, 08 September 2008

Microsoft starts its photocopiers - calls in its 'gurus'

Jonny Evans

Is Microsoft imitating or flattering with its clarion call response to keep Windows in the limelight? New corporate strategy owes a debt to Apple.

Monday, 08 September 2008

Mozilla: Firefox 3.1 faster than Chrome

Gregg Keizer, Computerworld (US online)

"We're trying to make the lives of web application developers easier so that the internet is the place to be," said Brendan Eich, Mozilla's chief technology officer and the creator of JavaScript,. "In that way we're aligned with Google."

Monday, 08 September 2008

Adobe sets Genesis mashup pilot

Paul Krill, Infoworld

The pilot project will provide Genesis to selected customers and partners, with 100 to 200 people set to test it.

Monday, 08 September 2008

GeoEye imaging satellite launched

Martyn Williams

The highest resolution commercial Earth imaging satellite to-date, GeoEye-1, was launched over the weekend on board a Delta-II rocket.

Monday, 08 September 2008

Enderle, analysts critical of Google

Juan Carlos Perez

As Google expands some analysts poke holes in its success

Saturday, 06 September 2008

New Product: NEC Multisync EA261WM

by Cliff Joseph

If you’re looking for a monitor that’s a little larger, there’s the MultiSync EA261WM from NEC.

Friday, 05 September 2008

Samsung and SanDisk confirm merger-focused talks

Jonny Evans

Samsung and SanDisk both confirm intra-company talks, as Samsung ponders acquisition of the smaller firm.

Friday, 05 September 2008

Apple licenses new chip tech for mobile devices?

Jonny Evans

A company linked with Apple has announced a major deal that could see new technologies implemented in future Apple products.

Friday, 05 September 2008

Beatles for iTunes in 2009?

Jonny Evans

Rumours that music from the Beatles will be made available through iTunes surface once again, begging question if there's no smoke without fire will anyone still care by the time the music makes it online?

Friday, 05 September 2008

O'Reilly launches iPhoneLive conference

Jim Dalrymple, Macworld US

iPhone developers invited to attend latest O'Reilly conference event, iPhoneLive, set to take place in California this November

Friday, 05 September 2008

Health and safety: Sony recalls 73,000 Vaio laptops

Sharon Gaudin, Computerworld

Sony Vaio users in the US, Canada, Latin America, and Brazil should check their machines in order to find out if they are among 73,000 computers Sony has been forced to recall on account of health and safety hazard.

Friday, 05 September 2008

Samsung sees death of Blu-Ray in five years

Jack Loftus, GamePro (online)

Samsung expects big sales of Blu-ray players, but doesn't think the format will last forever, company tells Pocket-lint.

Friday, 05 September 2008

Seinfeld-Gates TV ad - what is this?

Eric Lai, Computerworld

What is this ad all about? In what way has Microsoft attracted $300 million value with this campaign?

Thursday, 04 September 2008

Google alters Chrome license

Grant Gross, Macworld Edit

Google moves to change section of its user agreement for Chrome, following strong objections at implied copyright grab within original version

Thursday, 04 September 2008

Apple and AT&T slipped into iPhone suit

Jonny Evans

The complaint was filed in a San Diego court on August 29. Plaintiff William J Gillis Jr wants to turn it into a class action, alleging that Apple and AT&T have sold more iPhone 3G's than AT&T's network can handle.

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