Monthly Archives: September 2010
Microsoft Delivers Visual Basic Tools for Windows Phone 7 Development
Microsoft has delivered the capability for Visual Basic developers to create Windows Phone 7 applications.On Sept. 23, Microsoft released the CTP (Community Technology Preview)...
Amazon Kindle for Android App Updated
Amazon.com has added new features to its Kindle for Android app, emphasizing yet again the online retailer's strategy of building out its e-reader software...
GSA Holds Great Power in Picking Government Cloud Computing Contract Winner
When Clint Boulton wrote about the competition for the cloud services proposals that have gone to the General Services Administration, he correctly pointed out...
Facebook, Google Maps Go Mobile in GMs High-End OnStar Cars
Facebook, Google Maps Go Mobile in GMs High-End OnStar Cars
by Clint Boulton
Rallying the Fans
OnStar President Chris Preuss rallies the modest crowd at a loft...
Toshibas Satellite, Portege WiMax-Enabled Notebooks Offer Intel Chips
Toshibas Satellite, Portege WiMax-Enabled Notebooks Offer Intel Chips
by Nathan Eddy
Toshiba Satellite E205-S1980 ($1,079.99)
The Satellite E205-S1980 laptop features Nvidia GeForce 310M GPU (graphics processing unit)...
ATandT to Face Fight from Connecticut over Planned Layoffs
The attorney general of Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, is about to be embroiled with the sole provider of service for the iPhone, AT&T. The battle...
Box.net Android App Manages Cloud Content for Enterprises
Box.net, whose software is used by more than 4 million users and 60,000 businesses to store and manage files, has built an Android application...
Google Cheers FCC’s Freeing of TV Airwaves
Google rooted on the Federal Communications Commission, which Sept. 23 freed up the so-called "white spaces," or vacant airwaves between TV channels that can...
Marvell Tri-core Chip Aimed at Tablets, Smartphones
Marvell Technologies is unveiling a tri-core, ARM-design processor that officials say is aimed at smartphones and tablet PCs.The 1.5GHz Armada 628, announced Sept. 23,...
Verizon Needs the Apple iPhone in 2011: 10 Reasons Why
Speculation abounds over when, not if, Verizon is getting the iPhone. So far, neither Apple nor Verizon have publicly commented on the possibility of...