Jim Louderback

LA JOLLA, Calif.—DemoMobile producer Chris Shipley opened up the annual show Thursday by backtracking on last years pronouncement of the age of “device computing,” instead saying that it is time to focus on the services and software architectures that enable the mobile platform. The show is full of services, yes, most lacking distribution and many […]

LA JOLLA, Calif.—Cell phone giant Nokia on Thursday teamed up with blogging powerhouse Six Apart at the DemoMobile show here to unveil an integrated phone and blog product that lets mobile phone users easily and quickly blog photos while on the go, or from a PC. Both the phone and PC version of Nokias Lifeblog […]

Quick, where are your house keys? In your pocket, probably, or your purse (or if youre like me, lost in the couch). Quick, wheres your private key? Public key? Do you even have one? If youre like most people, probably not. But these two keys can go a long way toward helping to secure the […]

So Sonys bagging the popular Clie line in the United States. At first glance, it seems like a terrible setback for Sonys small computer plans, and equally bad for PalmSource. But a closer look reveals that Sonys not getting out of the market for tiny computers—its just changing horses midstream. Heres a look at the […]

Todays networking and collaboration tools present IT with the same challenges as the personal computer did in the 80s. And predictably, IT is reacting in the same ways. I had a fascinating conversation with a CIO the other day. He was complaining about how users at his company were running roughshod over corporate systems and […]

Its the latest technology craze. Turn your phones digital, and use the Internet to bypass pricey long-distance providers. Individuals and businesses can slash phone costs by 50 percent or more, with little or no loss of quality. But theres a very dark lining inside this silver cloud. VOIP (voice over IP) is just as vulnerable […]

In times of economic distress, technology organizations in businesses tend to hunker down. The recession of the last three years, coming on the heels of the dot-com boom, caused an extremely sharp correction inside most businesses, just as it did in the market. Just as financiers eschewed speculative investments on new technology, IT departments went […]

I see Robs fallen for the latest pretty girl to walk down the street. In his column about the UPC, a new class of tiny yet powerful Windows-based portable computers, he waxes enthusiastic. According to Rob, these tiny and cramped devices are poised to steal market share, and ultimate market leadership, away from notebooks and […]

This show rocks! I knew it was going to be a good show when I arrived at the Santa Clara convention center and the parking lot was full! I ended up in a lot across Great America Parkway—in one of the many abandoned dot-com office parks. But if the VOIP market has anything to do […]

Now, heres a brilliant solution for those folks who have thrown out their land lines for cellular. Thats more people than you might think: The CTIA estimated last year that about 10 percent of wireless phone users have replaced their land lines and that 30 million to 40 million additional lines will be shut off […]