RIM steps up consumer pushOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by Irishmack007 72 days ago (http://www.infoworld.com)
Category: network | Tags RIM, blackberry, applications, Search All Tags
"Research In Motion, typically considered an enterprise device developer, continues to push its consumer strategy with new services announced Thursday, including MySpace and TiVo applications and a music service for BlackBerry users." read more »
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Can Open-Source Mobile Platforms of Google and Symbian Compete with the iPhone?Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by Lifeofpurpose87 116 days ago (http://www.infoworld.com)
Category: network | Tags mobile, cell, google, iphone, symbian, android, software, Search All Tags
Mobile executives at a Silicon Valley roundtable discussion throw down the gauntlet to Symbian, Android, and other software platforms to match the impact of the iPhone. read more »
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Myspace trying to cope with ever spreading FacebookOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by marthajoan 89 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: network | Tags myspace, july, month, ever, facebook, comscore, Search All Tags,
"In June, ComScore reported that once-smaller Facebook had surpassed MySpace in worldwide traffic for the first time. However, recently, MySpace said, its Latin American traffic grew 10 percent mont read more »
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Recession-proof IT jobsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 38 days ago (http://www.infoworld.com)
Category: network | Tags lisa schmeiser, it, ceo, john challenger, finance, company, Search All Tags,
Lisa Schmeiser writes that IT professionals who may be feeling like they should look for a new job following the "stream of depressing surveys that gloomily predict shrinking IT budgets and shrinkin read more »
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Test Your Developer IQOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by BINK.domeshot 118 days ago (http://www.infoworld.com)
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Are you a script kiddie or a hacker hero? Take our quiz to find out. InfoWorld's developer IQ test. read more »
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Chip imitates ear to clean up cell callsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 79 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: network | Tags stephen lawson, lloyd watts, background noise, cell phone, audience, mountain view, california, cochlea, chip, Search All Tags
This is a fascinating article by Stephen Lawson on Lloyd Watts' approach to eliminating the echo and background noise that are so often problematic with cell phones. Watts is CTO of Audience, which is based in Mountain View, California. In February he introduced a custom chip, the key to which is the Fast Cochlea Transform process, which "attempts to do the same thing as the cochlea, a spiral chamber in the inner ear." read more »
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Adobe Flash a Powerful Tool For More Than Just The Web?Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by Lifeofpurpose87 114 days ago (http://www.infoworld.com)
Category: network | Tags adobe, flash, microsoft, flex, air, web, ria, desktop, Search All Tags,
While most people know Flash as primarily a multimedia delivery and development technology for Web sites, it is catching on as a front-end UI technology for business applications. read more »
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Vodafone to resell Dell netbooksOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 79 days ago (http://www.infoworld.com)
Category: network | Tags vodafone, dell, mini 9, netbook, broadband, Search All Tags, , , ,
Later this month the Inspiron Mini 9, Dell's new netbook, will be sold with built-in mobile broadband by Vodafone. read more »
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