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Google Nexus One spends dying days as dev phone

Final shipment arrives in Mountain View Google's Nexus One will spend the end of its brief, sad life as a developer phone sold through some unnamed partner.… Full published article at: Read More »

HP’s Palm bid beat Apple, Google, RIM, says report

Wooing worthy of a soap opera HP was not Palm's only suitor when the Prē and Pixi punter offered itself for sale — Apple, Google, and RIM were also seeking the hand of the smartphone maker, presumably attracted by its webOS dowry and its patent portfolio. Nokia wasn't.… Full published article at: Read More »

Steve Jobs denies Judas Phone antenna problems

But fanbois get free bumpers There's nothing wrong with the iPhone 4 that isn't wrong with any other phone, says Steve Jobs. However, because Jobs and company "love our users," Apple will provide a free case to any Judas Phone owner who wants one.… Full published article at: Read More »

HP ‘delays’ Android tablet after death of Windows slate

OK. webOS. And this time we mean it HP's Android tablet will not ship before the end of the year as originally planned, according to a report citing "sources in position to know."… Full published article at: Read More »

Apple greenlights browserless Firefox app for iPhone

No pooping on Jobsian lawn Apple has approved an application submitted by Mozilla that syncs history, bookmarks and open tabs with versions of the open source outfit's Firefox running on desktop computers.… Full published article at: Read More »

Financial firm cuts outages with Brocade technology

Dawinderpal Sahota, Computing, Friday 16 July 2010 at 14:31:00 BGC Partners improves management of storage area network using fibre channel host bus adapters BGC Partners, a global intermediary to the wholesale financial markets, has simplified its storage area network (SAN) management capabilities with Brocade’s networking technology. The company recently standardised on Brocade 415 4Gb/s Fibre Channels to PCIe host bus adapters (HBAs), switching from its QLogic and Emulex HBAs. BGC Partners’ previous HBAs were proving to be a weak link in the company’s network, affecting business...Read More »

Deference for government and companies has gone, says ICO chief

Nicola Brittain, Computing, Friday 16 July 2010 at 13:12:00 And this is causing an increase in workload for the body The information commissioner Christopher Graham said that the number of freedom of information (FOI) requests would continue to rise until corporations and government start treating citizens as grown-ups. The quango dealt with 30 per cent more data protection cases and 20 per cent more FOI requests in 2009/10 compared with 2008/9 and the rise is set to continue. These figures were released in the Information Commissioner's Office's (ICO's) Read More »

iPhone customers lay into Apple after iOS 4.0.1 update fails to install

Hubbbbba, hubbbbba, Number nine, number Hubbba iPhone customers are struggling to install Apple’s latest software patch and have been grumbling about the problems on Cupertino’s support forums.… Full published article at: Read More »

iPhone 4 fix to centre on software, negate need for recall

Spinning begins The likelihood that tonight's hastily convened Apple iPhone 4 press conference will centre on a product recall appears to be diminishing.… Full published article at: Read More »

Nokia, Apple and Sudden Extinction Events

When the reaper calls... Every day brings fresh gloom for Nokia - and the criticisms are now so familiar I won't elaborate on them. But I was struck by a recent observation likening Nokia's plight now to Apple's in the mid-1990s.… Full published article at: Read More »

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