The first popular popup program for DOS PCs, introduced by Borland in 1984. Sidekick included a calculator, notepad, calendar, phone dialer and ASCII table and popularized the concept of a terminate and stay resident (TSR) utility. It was later ported to Windows as a personal information manager (PIM) by Starfish Software, Scotts Valley, CA.
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- Sidekick 1.4.3 (Mac)
- Sidekick provides immediate access to AppleWorks features from a single point: Create a new document without first starting AppleWorks 6. Easily access your most recent documents. Use Mac OS X Services including Look Up in Dictionary, Spotlight, Speak Text, etc Registered users only Search Google, Britannica.com, online dictionaries or...
- Software downloads 2009-11-20
- T-Mobile brings its Sidekick back
- Kerfuffle?!?Kerfuffle? KERFUFFLE?!? You call losing people's precious data a "kerfuffle"? What? Do you have stock in T-Mobile? What a completely MORONIC thing to say. Shame on you for not taking people's data loss more seriously!
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Ray Ozzie's view from the clouds
- In a lengthy interview, Microsoft's Ray Ozzie talked about clouds, lessons Microsoft learned from the recent Sidekick outage as well as why people are wrong to count Microsoft out of the smartphone race. When Ray Ozzie penned his Internet Services Disruption memo back in 2005, he had a...
- News items 2009-11-18
- T-Mobile brings its Sidekick back
- After T-Mobile imposed a temporary exile for a kerfuffle over some lost data, the Sidekick is back on the market for sale. And they've come back with a price drop! The (hopefully-fixed) Sidekick 2008 is now selling for $50 (with a contract, of course), and the Sidekick LX 2009 is...
- Blog posts 2009-11-17
- Apple contemplating free, ad-supported iPhone?
- Apple has no tasteOh, wait, no, that was Microsoft that had no taste because there are Windows 7 desktop themes available that have images of Coke cans in them. Isn't that right tigertank? For some reason that I can't wait to hear, this move by Apple, however, is very tasteful.Cue...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Very 3D Christmas Screen Saver 1.3.1 (Mac)
- Get into the Christmas spirit with this jolly 3D screensaver which features Santa delivering presents in his sleigh. However, Santa is a slacker, so as the reindeer pull his fat butt thru the sky, his friendly elf sidekick does all the hard work! With heaps of configuration options including a...
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- Is the cloud a better place for our data?
- As consumers, we have two options of storing our digital data: locally or elsewhere in the cloud. IntraLinks' Mushegh Hakhinian says it's like storing your savings in a mattress or a bank. Commentary- Data loss is an all too common a theme in the news these days. The recent...
- News items 2009-10-26
- MSFT versus GOOG - there's a big gap
- Countering Google[i]At the current rate of Google?s revenue growth, 7 per cent, it would take it more than 3 years to reach Microsoft?s current quarterly revenue.[/i]The above is true if you assume MS will have no growth over the next 3 years. I don't think that will be the case....
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Less than 24-hours on and a potential Windows 7 Achilles' heel surfaces
- 3 Words for you...Windows Live Essentials...Saves on bloat?It was nothing to do with that. Microsoft have said that they unbundled a lot of things from the OS build as it allowed for easier and more frequent updates.Good point.I use Hotmail but also use Live Mail on my own machines as...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- News to know: Apple; Alex; Microhoo; Droid; FCC
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales Jason D. O'Grady: Apple announces most profitable...
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Wolfram Alpha opens API to developers
- What a lot of guffThis guff gets a news story all on its own, yet you cant even manage a follow up story about Microsoft recovering the Sidekick Data.What has happened to ZDNET? Is it stuck in recession mode with a team of highly untrained monkeys writing low rate news...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Microsoft says 'steady progress' continues in Sidekick data recovery
- Yet another black_eyeFalling from within, with too many eggs in thesame basket this sets you up for failure.Linux distro devices and appliances are the future,with Windows the flaw is IE that is welded inplace with explorer.exe the Achilles heal ofMS.;) Well,...did you realise that Danger is not even running a...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Microsoft says 'steady progress' continues in Sidekick data recovery
- Microsoft officials promised last week to provide an update this weekend on its ongoing attempt to recover the customer data and information lost during its ongoing Sidekick outage. On October 18, the company provided that update, which didn't contain much new information. by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- News to know: Google, IBM; AMD; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Earnings wrap: Sam Diaz: Schmidt: Worst of recession is over; Google is hiring Larry Dignan: IBM...
- Blog posts 2009-10-16
- How to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS
- Why does Apple persistI am amazed the game of cat and mouse Apple users must play to get a phone that they can do with as they please. The same people who openly criticize Microsoft for all and sundry, but the beloved Steve Jobs whom it appears must own their...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- Survey: After Sidekick Failure Would You Buy Cloud Services?
- NoNo I would not buy from them again, I don't need a scare of all my info being deleted.http://gizmoelectronics.blogspot.com/http://www.stophighcosts.comI will never trust the cloud.I will use the cloud but not if it means I have to forgo a local copy and not if the data is private. I like Office...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- Survey: After Sidekick Failure Would You Buy Cloud Services?
- Microsoft confirmed this morning that it will begin recovering data for Sidekick users. The move caps off a week of turmoil for cloud computing advocates, which began with Microsoft’s Danger subsidiary announcing the loss of Sidekick data. You can read more about it here and the ensuing law suits here....
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Will the Sidekick data issue affect the future of mobile phone cloud services?
- Hopefully it will encourage service providers to consider cloud architecturinstead of just simple services, and mobile broadband providers to insist upon them. It'd also be nice if all devices started coming with something like Live Mesh...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- Will the Sidekick data issue affect the future of mobile phone cloud services?
- The T-Mobile Sidekick was my very first fully converged device (see my 2002 Geek.com review) and I don't recall ever hearing about a significant data issue over the 7 years since T-Mobile has been carrying and supporting the Sidekick devices. The Danger seamless syncing was on the cutting edge of...
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Owners set up online memorial to dead Apple Time Capsules
- wowBut those "older" ones aren't really that old.Hilarious!! ntntYeaBecause to Apple, function follows form... so your drive isn't as pretty, but it functions better and its cheaper. Trust me, you win.Well, he wins only ifno one has to look at the device. :)RE: Owners set up online memorial to dead...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
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