July, 2009 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for July 2009

Citing “people well-respected for their striking accuracy in Apple’s internal affairs,” AppleInsider has put its mongering reputation on the line by reporting the near-mythical Apple tablet will be unveiled in the first quarter of 2010. According to AppleInsider, the tablet will have a 10″ inch display… Read More »

Our intrepid geeks Chris and Liz are down at Comic-Con in San Diego for the weekend, where the buzz seems to be all fresh New Moon clips and Avatar 3D glasses messing with their normal four-eye rigs. First up, James Cameron calls his audience to arms… Read More »

 
 

What to read on the GigaOM network

Google made Android easy to use, and perhaps more importantly, easy to develop for. We are starting to see cell phones appear in greater numbers, and there have been rumors for a while about netbooks running the OS. The platform may be more versatile than… Read More »

The global market for handsets in 2009 will shrink 7.5 percent from the prior year, according to a blog post written today by ABI Research. That compares with a prior contraction forecast of 8.1 percent. The firm revised its global handset sales outlook following… Read More »

Allow me to set the scene. It’s January 2007. The iPhone has just been announced and the tech world is going crazy. CNBC interviews Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. CNBC: “Let me ask you about the iPhone ... Read More » What was your first reaction… Read More »

While some productivity and project management mavens may decry using Microsoft Outlook for managing projects, it’s often the one application that people keep open at all times on their Windows desktops. MissingLink Project Center from Moore Software Solutions is a lightweight add-in that makes project… Read More »

AT&T said yesterday that it added 1.4 million new subscribers during the second quarter of 2009, bringing its total number of subscribers to 79.6 million. Today, Verizon Wireless announced that it had 1.1 million net customer additions in the most recent 3-month period,… Read More »

The who’s who of web video is becoming more like that of real life with every passing day. Appearing soon in a webisode near you will be animated versions of Warren Buffett, Martha Stewart (at age 10), Gisele Bündchen and Carl Sagan (posthumously), as well as… Read More »

What timing: The Department of Energy is ratcheting up efforts to enforce energy efficiency standards for appliances, and has just issued the first subpoena in its new crackdown — less than 24 hours after the agency’s inspector general reported the DOE has been failing, more… Read More »

The Mini 5101 netbook that HP outed in June is just now making the review rounds. The device is also available direct from HP, with configurations starting at $399. PC Magazine took the Mini 5101 for a spin and pinned it with… Read More »

Blogging Made Easy

I recently wrote about why I think it is more important to spend time creating great content instead of focusing on developing your personal brand. It even inspired one reader to get back in the habit of regularly blogging, and in his post, he touched on… Read More »

More Must Reads

Joe Wilcox at Betanews does some math with NPD’s June numbers and finds that Mac market share for computers costing $1,000 or more is a commanding 91 percent, up from about 66 percent a year ago. While Apple sells only two models of Macs below $1,000,… Read More »

At our Green:Net conference in March in San Francisco, we hosted a lot of startups using information technology to fight climate change. Four months later, some of the startups that both launched and announced news at the event have made a bit of headway.… Read More »

YouTube must be doing something right. After all, it has more than 100 million unique visitors every month. But we all know it isn’t perfect. That’s why plenty of software developers are releasing apps that — they claim — can make YouTube even… Read More »

This week Mobile Tech Manor (MTM) grew wheels as the week was mostly spent on a road trip to Carmel, California. Trips like these are when it pays to be a mobile geek, as MTM can be anywhere in the world and still find me… Read More »

PortableApps has issued a new beta version of its Platform 2.0 release, downloadable here. If you’re unfamiliar with PortableApps, I covered it previously here. It’s a suite of pre-selected free, primarily open-source applications that you can stick on a USB flash drive. It’s especially… Read More »

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