See Internet appliance.
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- Sun release claims Sun Ray shipments nearly double
- Sun just issued a press release claiming that its shipments of Sun Ray "thin client" systems nearly doubled. The most exciting part of the announcement was that the document was sent not as a text message, not as an HTML formatted document, but as a Sun Staroffice document. Since I...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Live from IDF: Entertainment, WiMax and a sense of security.
- When you're talking tech, it never hurts to have a convertible BMW on stage with you. The afternoon keynote speeches at the Intel Developer Forum covered a lot of ground and some eye candy to keep us focused on what a couple of hours of geek speak can morph into,...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- SEC introduces IDEA
- Earlier today, Christopher Cox, SEC chairman introduced IDEA - Interactive Data and Electronic Applications, an XBRL framework for surfacing information used by investors. In prepared remarks, Cox said: "It will be faster, cheaper, better [than EDGAR.] Better data analysis will have a positive impact on the market as a whole....
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- BlackBerry Kickstart specs appear on Expansys retailer site
- Back in April, the Boy Genius Report unveiled the BlackBerry Kickstart that still has not yet been officially announced by RIM. The Kickstart is unusual due to the clamshell flip form factor that is popular with American consumers. Phonescoop discovered that international retailer and importer, Expansys, has posted all the...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- An Event Apart 2008: Day 2
- The second day of An Event Apart will feature plenty of web standards jargon. I will be posting photos and notes from today's events. Unfortunately, the slides are reserved for attendees only, but I will try to gather as much information as...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- More photos and a video of the Palm Treo Pro are revealed
- Last week Palm inadvertenly posted some details on the Treo Pro device and then removed the information. This morning I had an email from a news alert site I subscribe to that stated Palm Unveils Treo Pro Smartphone that linked to photos and a video, but by the time I...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- China busts hacking ring, managed to penetrate 10 gov't databases
- If you needed a university certificate in China during the last couple of months, there's a big chance that a group of ten people could have supplied with you such, going a step further and adding your details in more than ten government databases across different provinces in the country,...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Is the enterprise ready for cloud computing?
- Guest post: This is a post by Barry X Lynn, CEO of 3Tera, in response to a discussion about whether cloud computing is industrial strength. Lynn can be found on the 3Tera blog. There have been multiple white papers and articles written on the topic -...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Webcast: Ensuring Continuity of Operations
- Disasters come in all shapes and sizes and you never really know exactly when or how they're going to happen. Unfortunately, they are most likely going to happen at some point in time and how you respond may very well impact the day-to-day operations of your business. One...
- Webcasts 2008-08-19
- Jive Clearspace 2.5: increasingly sophisticated social productivity tools
- Clearspace, Jive Software's 'social productivity' collaboration software, hits version 2.5 today. This latest release builds on a solid foundation, and has many new features and enhancements, as the above video illustrates. 2.5 marks some significant upgrades - there has been some major tweaks under the hood to...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- DEFCON 16: List of tools and stuff released
- Guest editorial by Rob Fuller DEFCON, the 9000+ attendee hacker conference in Vegas has become a sort of hydra conference. It has become more like a global fair than what most people think of conferences; even the badge is highly...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Test case: what happens when a government requires renewable energy?
- Let's take a look. Not at Denmark, or Portugal or Germany. How about, say, Colorado? Here's a report on how Colorado's 2004 initiative for renewable energy sources has worked out so far. Here's the information for homeonwers on the Colorado governor's website. Here's...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Data architects: You're "hot"
- Yes you are.Information and data architects and information security experts, here's some good news: You're the hottest. Fear not, data and content-oriented business analysts, business and enterprise architects and vendor management experts: You're extremely hot as well. Enterprise application strategists, IT planners, network architects and enterprise project...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- IBM: Measure, measure and measure some more
- So far, the main green tech consulting offerings have emerged from the biggest of the big systems vendors and this latest service I'm referencing today out of IBM is no different. The new IBM Green Sigma offering, for those companies that do the Lean Sigma thing, focuses...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- More info on USB 3.0 emerges
- MaximumPC has posted some detailed information on USB 3.0, including a closer look at the connectors and the cable. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Delivering the Olympics: Akamai and Limelight respond
- Akamai disputes Limelight Networks' take on its infrastructure and my recent post, Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet. Limelight, however, says its implementation facts are accurate and that it absolutely stands behind its words.Keep in mind that the two companies compete fiercely and have different takes on...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Searching by color to nibble away at Google.
- I have to admit that I raised an eyebrow when I read the L.A. Times piece about "Black Google." No, it wasn't talking about the color of the screen (though I have written about a black screen search engine being green.) Instead, it was talking about the racial color of...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- IDF: Will your device really get to know you?
- The Intel Developer Forum kicks off Tuesday and the company has started with a few "day 0" presentations--including one on research on how mobile devices that can sense and adapt to you--that are worth a look. Intel released three presentations and the most interesting one--and potentially problematic--comes...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Tempest in a Mobile Phone: Protecting Your Geo-Privacy
- The next great privacy tempest seems like a yawner: What will happen with the data gathered by social networking or personal information services that track where you and your friends are? Like with TV, if you don't like what you're gonna get, don't get into it. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- An Event Apart 2008: Day 1
- The antique Palace Hotel in San Francisco houses An Event Apart, a collaboration of interactive presentations about web standards, user experience design, and best practices. The two-day conference features well-known speakers from around the world, including AEA's hosts Jeffrey Zeldman and Eric Meyer. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
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