Monthly Archives: April 2009
On Gender and Programming
Is the programming field rife with alpha male behavior to the point that women are turned off by the profession?That's what eWEEK's Darryl K....
Obama Makes Mignon Clyburn Second FCC Pick
President Obama nominated April 29 Mignon L. Clyburn, a member of the South Carolina Public Service Commission since 1998 and the daughter of House...
Nokia Ovi Store to Launch with Thousands of Applications
MONTE CARLO -- When Nokia launches its Ovi Store marketplace for applications that run on the company's smartphone, the store will debut with "thousands"...
Nokia N97 Smartphone Goes for the Cool
Nokia N97 Smartphone Goes for the Cool
by Darryl K. Taft
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Nokia N97 smartphone showing AccuWeather application.
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Nokia N97 with different view of AccuWeather application.
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Do Alpha Male Geeks Scare Women Away from Programming?
Why are there so fewer women programmers than men? Do alpha male geeks keep them away?David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of the popular Ruby on...
IBM Bridges SOA, Cloud Computing
IBM wants to make it easier for businesses to extend their SOA investments into the cloud.IBM on April 30 rolled out a new hardware...
Motorola Android Phone Still Months Away
Motorola's first Android phone can't get here fast enough for the struggling handset maker, which reported April 30 another disastrous quarter. Although there were...
Palm Pre Smartphone Costs $170 to Produce, Report Says
The Palm Pre smartphone has been widely referred to as an "iPhone killer," but research group iSuppli has performed a virtual teardown of the...
Microsoft Windows 7 Release Candidate Arrives for Some – Most Must Wait
Today, Microsoft is releasing Windows 7 Release Candidate to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, with public availability coming on May 5. Microsoft isn't waiting until...
Apple, RIM Upbeat As Handset Shipments Plunge in Q1
Worldwide handset shipments plunged 13 percent in the first three months of 2009-from 282 million handsets shipped in the first quarter of 2008 to...