Andrew Garcia

T-Mobile’s MyTouch 3G with Google may be a fine consumer-grade device, but, under the covers, it is at best an incremental step up from last year’s G1 with Google. And, those thinking that the addition of ActiveSync on the software side provides a gateway to Android adoption in the enterprise can put those thoughts aside–the […]

LABS GALLERY: iPhone OS 3.1 with iTunes 9 Adds Enterprise Allure iPhone OS 3.1 Released this week, the iPhone OS 3.1 firmware (along with the new iTunes 9) weighs in at 306.2MB. The new release lets users organize third-party apps in iTunes and paste phone numbers directly into the keypad, as well as improves Exchange […]

Immediately following its live event in San Francisco this week, Apple released iPhone OS 3.1 with the updated iTunes 9. While the new point revision of the iPhone OS offers only a few new features, frequent App Store users and those using the iPhone device with Microsoft Exchange Server will definitely appreciate the update. For […]

With news of eBay’s Skype sale out of the way, Skype employees are apparently free to start disseminating information once again. As such, Skype today in blog posts reacted to a pair of security concerns that I’ve written about recently. One post outlined a new hotfix for Skype 4.1 that, among other things, takes the […]

LABS GALLERY: MyTouch 3G with Google and Touch Pro2 Bolster T-Mobile’s Stable of Smartphones MyTouch 3G with Google The MyTouch measures a compact 2.2 by 4.5 by 0.6 inches, and weighs 4.1 ounces. The device is available now from T-Mobile in Merlot (shown), black and white. HTC Touch Pro2 By most metrics, the HTC Touch […]

When the Windows 7 RTM became available for download via MSDN last month, I hurried to move my primary work PC to the new operating system. The move wasn’t based on disappointment with my previous Vista Ultimate installation, nor due to any overwhelming desire for new features in Windows 7. Instead, I wanted to move […]

A couple weeks ago, I pondered what the future would hold for the current iteration of Skype, whether feature and particularly security enhancements would be put off until eBay launches a whole new system to work around their ongoing legal problems with Joltid. At that time, my question revolved around the issue of Skype spammers, […]

By no means have I done an exhaustive check of all the anti-malware companies yet, but it looks like virtual machine licensing is going to be a major differentiator between various products as we move toward the release of all the 2010 software suites. Today, Sunbelt Software touted via its blog that Sunbelt’s licensing applies […]

With Windows 7 now released to manufacture and with licensing available for Software Assurance customers, the time is right for enterprise administrators to begin testing the new operating system in earnest. For while Windows 7 itself is really a somewhat modest improvement over Windows Vista in terms of performance, features and security, the time is […]

LABS GALLERY: Windows 7 Provides Plenty of Improvements by Andrew Garcia Desktop Gone is the beta fish background featured in the beta and RC versions of Windows 7, replaced by a giant Windows logo. Aero Themes Thankfully, Windows 7 includes many alternatives to the Aero theme. Pin to Taskbar Like Windows Vista, Windows 7 allows […]

One thing new with Windows 7 RTM since the Release Candidate — is that the default administrator account is now disabled by default (the account was also disabled in Vista SP1 and SP2). When Windows 7 (Ultimate x64 in my case) is installed, the user creates a personal log-in and password, and this account is […]

I’ve got Skype set to accept incoming calls, video calls or instant messages only from people in my Contact list. Yet every time I log into Skype, I see a few chat messages from obvious spam accounts, asking me to “rate my Webcam” or “meet in private.” Inevitably, when I flip over to my contact […]