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TECHNOLOGY + COMPUTERS   |  2 comments

T-Mobile Unviels Wing: First US Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone

BY Lynne d JohnsonTue May 22, 2007 at 6:13 PM

It's official. Now that T-mobile has kicked it's MDA, powered by Windows Mobile 5, to the curb, the mobile service provider has unveiled it's latest smartphone. Named Wing, the phone is available exclusively for T-Mobile and is the ...READ»

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Sony's Success and the PlayStation 3 Liability

BY Kevin OhannessianWed May 16, 2007 at 12:51 PM

Sony posted its financials today. And despite a $583 million loss last quarter--the worst in four years--it has a net profit of $1.1 billion for the last year. This profit comes from the strength of their film division and ...READ»

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My Virtual Twin, in Progress

Tue Apr 17, 2007 at 12:07 PM

I've been hard at work lately, building my virtual me. You can meet this work in progress at MyCyberTwin, a new and somewhat mind-bending social networking site created by an Australian outfit called Relevance Now! (like Yahoo!, the ...READ»

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Yahoo Moves Past Google in Phone Search Engines

Tue Mar 20, 2007 at 12:51 PM

Google may stand atop the world of desktop computer’s search engines, but in the mobile world Yahoo! just leap-frogged Google by beating them to a search engine for phones. Yahoo! even sent a direct jab to Larry Page and Sergey ...READ»

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Home Sweet Home

BY Kevin OhannessianThu Mar 8, 2007 at 2:18 PM

At the Game Developer's Conference yesterday, Sony's Phil Harrison gave the keynote. Sony announced a new feature for the PlayStation 3 called Home. Similar to Second Life, player's make realistic avatars. They go to a ...READ»

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Microsoft's Futile Attempt at Search Engines

Wed Mar 7, 2007 at 1:05 PM

Microsoft has once again declared its intention to battle Google for the search engine market. The company has decided to try and improve on its search style and capabilities, but these efforts have gone on for the last couple of ...READ»

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Nintendo Leads the Console Game War

BY Kevin OhannessianMon Mar 5, 2007 at 5:27 PM

There are two sites that estimate sales of video game consoles, VG Charts and Nex Gen Wars, fueling the fanboy feuds over which company has the better product. Perhaps the feuds will end now. Nintendo is estimated to have sold about ...READ»

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BlackBerry Pearl Proves Consumers Want Smartphones

BY Lynne d JohnsonWed Jan 31, 2007 at 8:33 PM

Amidst all the Apple iPhone hoopla, I've been remiss to mention that Tmobile has made its most popular phone, the BlackBerry Pearl, available in a second color -- white. That most users of the popular handset use it for personal ...READ»

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Windows Vista Guidebook

BY Lynne d JohnsonTue Jan 30, 2007 at 11:28 AM

Windows Vista went on sale today, but reports reveal that no one was lining up to get a copy of the latest operating system released by the Redmond-based Microsoft Corp. Sales results of the operating system will more likely be ...READ»

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The iPhone Means Witchcraft

BY Lynne d JohnsonTue Jan 23, 2007 at 1:53 PM

Have you seen Mad TV cast member Michael McDonald's parody of Steve Jobs introduction of the iPhone? A friend just sent me the link, and it's kind of hilarious.READ»

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Multi-Touch Computing In Action

BY Lynne d JohnsonMon Jan 22, 2007 at 3:15 PM

It looks like we won't have to wait until the year 2054 to experience real multi-touch computing, as the film Minority Report infers. Some of us may have already seen a demo video of Microsoft researcher Andrew D. Wilson diplaying ...READ»

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MySpace Tightens Security

BY Lynne d JohnsonFri Jan 19, 2007 at 11:11 AM

Last night I attempted to login to MySpace to accept a friend request, but the system wouldn't let me in. When I attempted again this morning, I noticed that the site had added CAPTCHA (a type of challenge-response test used in ...READ»

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Going Mobile

Mon Jan 15, 2007 at 9:56 AM

Having only recently signed an 18-month contract on a Sony Ericsson P990i smartphone, I spent much of last week kicking myself. I wanted a slim black Apple iPhone, not the silver brick weighing down my jacket pocket. But this week, ...READ»

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Finding the Right IM App for My Smartphone

BY Lynne d JohnsonFri Jan 12, 2007 at 3:08 PM

I own a Tmobile MDA, and I was none too pleased with the OZ IM software that came preinstalled on the device. I upgraded to the MDA from a Sidekick II not too long after its initial release. I wanted the services that I got on the ...READ»

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High Definition Headache

BY Kevin OhannessianWed Jan 10, 2007 at 11:52 AM

With several announcements at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas this week, the high-definition landscape has become a quagmire. The hi-def war was once a simple battle between Sony's Blu-ray and Toshiba's HD-DVD--each format ...READ»

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iPhone -- The Apple Innovation Everyone Expected

BY Kevin OhannessianTue Jan 9, 2007 at 1:37 PM

At MacWorld today Steve Jobs announced the iPhone, the long awaited iPod cellphone that has been spoken about in whispers for over a year. Though the phone was expected, some of the specs are surprising. The entire face is a ...READ»

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Sony, For the Win?

BY Kevin OhannessianThu Jan 4, 2007 at 11:41 AM

Despite the criticism they have faced, the analysts at Datamonitor believe Sony will regain their position as leader in the video game industry, with 75 million units sold worldwide by 2010. As I stated in a previous article, Sony's ...READ»

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$150 Laptops for the World's Poorest Children

Fri Dec 1, 2006 at 3:13 PM

The nonprofit organization One Laptop Per Child has designed a laptop that would cost only $150. It is meant explicitly for the world's poorest children, so they can take their learning in their own hands. Not only is the laptop ...READ»

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Is the Music Industry Blackmailing Microsoft?

Thu Nov 9, 2006 at 5:21 PM

Microsoft plans to pay Universal Music a percentage of its revenue from sales of its new portable media player, the Zune, the New York Times reported yesterday. Microsoft is trying to position the Zune as an iPod killer and plans to ...READ»

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Do Not Fear Downloadable Movies

BY David LidskyMon Oct 30, 2006 at 5:18 PM

Although Amazon and Apple have gotten a lot of buzz for recent forays into downloadable movies, the startup Guba.com is, in fact, quietly doing more and doing better than its much-hyped counterparts. Here's a Fast Talk from this ...READ»

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What Do You Want From A Magazine Website?

BY David LidskyMon Oct 30, 2006 at 2:28 PM

Interesting article today in today's Wall Street Journal about Time Inc. and its latest attempt at a coherent Web strategy. The piece raises some important issues about what we want from our print media's online forays. Perhaps the ...READ»

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eCommerce Success

BY Lynne d JohnsonFri Oct 27, 2006 at 2:09 PM

"Paid search has quickly become more than just another marketing tool; rather because of the far flung reach of such search engines as Google and Yahoo!, paid search keywords are in the process of remaking many long standing ...READ»

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Sony's Loss, Our Gain?

Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 3:48 PM

Sony execs must be longing for the good 'ole days of "batteries not included." The electronics giant announced today that profits tumbled 94 percent to $14.3 million over the July-September quarter following a global recall of 9.6 ...READ»

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DigitalLife is Livin' Large

BY Kevin OhannessianThu Oct 12, 2006 at 6:04 PM

This weekend at the Javits convention center in New York is the DigitalLife conference. As I blog live from the press room overlooking the event floor, I feel overwhelmed by its size. This year's event is larger than last year's. ...READ»

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Is Peer-To-Peer Irrelevant?

BY David LidskyTue Oct 10, 2006 at 12:57 AM

Sorry for the lateness of picking this up, but last week, Amanda Marks, EVP of Universal Music’s eLabs, stated at the Digital Music West Forum that P2P is now irrelevant in the music business. As you might imagine, others ...READ»

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