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Pre Faltering, Palm Laying Off Employees?
When your smartphone drops from $249 to $79 over a summer, you have to wonder what’s going on. Two rumors are circulating this AM, one that Palm is laying off folks, perhaps in the Windows Mobile team.
Texas police take on blog commenters
It appears that when certain citizens of Austin get behind their computers, they turn into monstrous villains....Get your new Windows 7 PC a few days early...maybe
Dying for a new desktop or laptop with a fresh, factory-installed copy of Windows 7 on it? We all know the official start date for the Win 7 era is October 22, but some small custom PC makers are claiming they'll start shipping systems with the new OS as early as October 13. ...Lenovo ThinkPad T400s (MultiTouch)
Lenovo's ThinkPad brand is virtually synonymous with business laptops, and the company (like IBM before it) has spent years perfecting the nondescript black-box system, with its iconic TrackPoint and double set of mouse buttons. ...New Lawsuit Brings Clarity To Skype’s IP Problem (Prognosis: Screwed)
When a group of investors pooled their resources a few weeks ago to put a bid in to buy Skype from eBay, I thought there was a good chance that Skype’s legal woes were behind them. Apparently, I was wrong, and a new lawsuit makes it clear just how bad the situation is for Skype....
Kanye West Disrespects Our Website
This is pretty awesome. You’ve probably heard about hip hop artist Kanye West’s antics on Sunday night during MTV’s VMA awards....
A word on Customer Support
I was looking through the articles I have written through the years and I have devoted very little on customer support. Which is surprising considering customer support is a cornerstone of a good business....
Apple's next big thing is Steve Jobs
On September 9, Steve Jobs returned to the public eye in his first major launch announcement since his medical leave and subsequent liver transplant surgery. At the event, he announced a new line of iPods, new digital formats for music and videos, and, sadly, nothing from the Beatles. Rafe Needleman hosts, with Donald Bell, Erica Ogg, and Greg Sandoval. ...Skype Says Next Generation Platform Will Embrace Developers
I’ve had a couple of conversations with Skype exec Jonathan Christensen over the last few days to get a better understanding of just what directions the company plans to go with regard to third party developers. The recent announcement of the closing of the Skype Extras program seems to suggest Skype is heading exactly in the wrong direction....
Microsoft Sale Of Linux Patents Roils Open Sourcers
Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin charges that Microsoft's goal in selling 22 patents was to get them into the hands of patent trolls....Gov 2.0: FBI Official Fills In As Acting Cybersecurity Chief
The FBI's Chris Painter steps in temporarily as federal CTO Aneesh Chopra expects a permanent appointee to be named in the "not too distant future."...Dell Offers Peek At Notebook Thinner Than Apple Air
The "design concept" is half the thickness of the existsing Dell Adamo and Apple MacBook Air....
Google Loses Kai-Fu Lee, Trouble Translating!
Google announced today that Kai-Fu Lee, president of the search giant’s China operations, has left the company to start a new venture. ...
Gmail outage blamed on capacity miscalculation
Google's nearly two-hour Gmail outage Tuesday was the result of a miscalculation regarding the capacity of its system, the company said late Tuesday. ...
Who Broke The Internet? Dell.com Also Knocked Out
Of course Gmail being down is not good news for Google’s business (directly nor indirectly), but if you’re a giant computer manufacturer directly retailing products online across the globe, I’d wager you’re a bit worse off when your website is completely unavailable....
Gmail Hitting Some Turbulence
I tried to log on to Gmail this morning and this is all I’ve been getting for the last hour or so. Anyone else seeing this?...Author info
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