Qualcomm has joined its rival Intel in jumping aboard the open source bandwagon. The San Diego-based chipmaker today unveiled the Qualcomm Innovation Center, a subsidiary created to “optimize open source software with Qualcomm technology.” The QuIC, as Qualcomm has dubbed it, will be… Read More »
Archive for October 2009
GVoice is a slick Adobe AIR implementation of Google Voice that, as Kevin at jkOnTheRun notes today, can run across platforms ranging from PCs to Macs to Linux systems. “In this early version, the app is exactly like the mobile version I see on my… Read More »
Here’s a quick note on my Toshiba NB205 netbook which is dual-booting Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 7 Ultimate. Now that the Toshiba fully supports Microsoft’s newest operating system, I plan to run a battery test on each operating system. I had hoped… Read More »
One of the reasons that I recently upgraded to Snow Leopard was the new ability to sync the Mac OS X Address Book with Gmail’s or Google Apps’ Contacts. This function has been around for a while, but for some reason, it was… Read More »
It’s not often that the Department of Energy gets to go far out on a limb with its investments. But that’s exactly the point of ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy) — a program funded under the stimulus package to support moonshot technologies that might… Read More »
Streaming video and audio from the likes of YouTube and Hulu now account for roughly 27 percent of global Internet traffic, according to a new study from network management company Sandvine (hat tip to Multichannel News), which surveyed the top 20 ISPs worldwide. This stat… Read More »
Two Spanish Apple sites are reporting that the latest build of Apple’s upcoming update to its Mac OS X Snow Leopard software contains references to as-yet unreleased new models of MacBook Pro. Build 10C531 lists “MacBook Pro 6,1” and “MacBook Pro 6,2”, an indication of… Read More »
The new week begins with a new Tablet-related rumor that’s bouncing its way cheekily around the tubes. This one comes to us courtesy of New York Times executive editor Bill Keller. According to Nieman Journalism Lab, “…the digital staff gathered for an ‘all hands’ meeting at… Read More »
Now that I have two mobile phones and no landline, Google Voice is part of my daily life. The service helps me manage my calls, regardless of which number people use to reach me. On my iPhone 3GS, I simply use the mobile… Read More »
This is looking like a packed week for climate change regulation and government spending meant to remake the energy industry — the Department of Energy just announced new funding for very early stage energy projects, and there will be major debates in the… Read More »
Those of us involved in covering the smartphone world know HTC, the company behind such phones as the Hero, Touch Pro, Touch Pro 2, G1, myTouch 3G, and the list goes on and on. What most people don’t realize is that HTC is the third largest… Read More »
Verizon Communications this morning said its third-quarter net income fell by 10 percent from last year as its fixed-line phone business continued to shrivel, offsetting gains by the company’s mobile and FiOS businesses. Verizon Wireless, the company’s joint venture with Vodafone Group, added 1.2 million… Read More »
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