Monthly Archives: May 2005
Gates: Windows Mobile 5.0 Will Make Your Phone Smarter
Microsoft on Tuesday launched the next version of its mobile operating system platform for handhelds and smart phones, Windows Mobile 5.0.
"Software is driving the...
Google Outage Dims OS X Tiger Debut
You couldnt choreograph a more ironic pas de deux than the debut of Apples OS X 10.4, with its Web-intensive Dashboard of data-tracking "widgets,"...
PalmOne Unveils Mobile Manager
PalmOne today announced a new "mobile manager" class of handheld products, and Amazon.com let slip that the first gadget in the new category will...
Tokyo, Las Vegas Offer Glimpse into Tech Evolution
Tokyo to Las Vegas is a big leap in distance and culture. Tokyo features a risk-averse, polite culture based on tradition. Las Vegas is...
Opera 8.0 Still Sings
With the April release of Opera 8.0, Opera Software shows that its still clearly No. 1 when it comes to Web browser innovation.Many of...
Firefox Plug-In Protects Privacy
A new tool bar for the Mozilla Foundations fashionable Firefox open-source Web browser can protect Web surfers from hidden online threats and help them...
An RFID Passport to Trouble
Its welcome news that the State Department is now rethinking its ill-advised effort to embed RFID tags in U.S. passports, but by all indications,...
Rivals Bluetooth and Ultrawideband Team Up
In an unlikely pairing last week, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, which steers the development of Bluetooth, has teamed up with developers of an...
Taking Stock of Apps
Nearly 13 years ago—in one of the most comical, if not enlightening, vice presidential debates of all time—Ross Perots running mate, Admiral James Stockdale,...
Foundry Unveils High-End Switches
In one of its biggest product launches in the companys history, Foundry Networks Inc., of San Jose, Calif., introduced its next-generation 10 Gigabit Ethernet...