To serve a very demanding consumer audience and to attract all-important developers, smartphone makers are increasingly opting for an open source operating system. Here’s how times are changing.
From transparent aluminum to billion-year memory chips to household pest-eating robo-furniture, these are some of latest technology trends that promise to affect our lives.
AVG promotes AVG Anti-Virus 9.0 as faster, easier and safer to use. The claim is no boast, especially considering AVG Anti-Virus Professional 8.5 was already among the leading antivirus applications available to organizations worldwide.
On Friday morning, NASA successfully rammed the LCROSS satellite and a probe into the south pole of the moon in an attempt to search for hidden pockets of ice.
Sony’s Vaio L is the company’s first touchscreen desktop all-in-one PC. Much like HP’s TouchSmart lineup, the Windows 7 computer is intended to replace your desktop and a small TV in the house. Here’s a look.
Sony’s new Vaio CW laptop is geared for family home theater and multimedia, offering a 14-inch system with dedicated Nvidia graphics, Windows 7 and optional Blu-ray for $799.
Sony revealed its Vaio X, what it calls the “world’s lightest laptop,” tipping the scales at just 1.5 lbs. It’s an 11.1-inch, half-inch thick laptop that lasts up to 17 hours using a pair of batteries.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show has new competition in musical theater territory with Evil Dead: The Musical, performed at The Alley Theater in Louisville, KY. Here are some scenes from the production and a few shots of the fans.
ZDNet’s Jennifer Leggio says in these times of rampant social media adoption peer recommendations on content are becoming more prevalent over Google’s static (albeit savvy) search that first delivers the corporate sales page.
VMware Player 3.0 has hit the Release Candidate (RC) stage and is available for public download. This latest release brings with it some neat new features.
The HTC Pure from AT&T is the first Windows Mobile 6.5 device launched on a US wireless carrier. This is an AT&T branded HTC Touch Diamond2 loaded up with plenty of AT&T bloatware in a sleek form factor at a nice price of $150 after rebate and contract. The device performed quite well with lots of apps running and may be what some people are looking for in a touch screen device.
I had high hopes for Windows Mobile 6.5 to at least provide a better touch experience, but it only does so on a basic level. We now see no customization support in the Start menu or Today screen and an overall lack of consistency across the platform. Windows Mobile needs major work and I am not sure people are willing to wait until the end of 2010 for Windows Mobile 7.
