Archive for July, 2010

Wasn’t this once considered an iPhone killer?

Google has pulled the plug on the Nexus One, its once highly anticipated smartphone, following disappointing sales. The last shipment has arrived at Google HQ, and once those are gone there will be no more Nexus One devices for U.S. consumers.

Hmm. iPhones are still being sold. Poor Nexus One. It never had a chance.

Siemens is warning customers of a new and highly sophisticated virus that targets the computers used to manage large-scale industrial control systems used by manufacturing and utility companies.

Siemens learned about the issue on July 14, Siemens Industry spokesman Michael Krampe said in an e-mail message Friday. “The company immediately assembled a team of experts to evaluate the situation. Siemens is taking all precautions to alert its customers to the potential risks of this virus,” he said.

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I know I say it a lot, but, “Why Bother?”

Eighteen days after being submitted to Apple’s App Store, the Firefox Home application is now available for free download.

A mobile variation of the Firefox Sync program, Firefox Home is not a competitor or replacement to the iPhone’s native Safari browser. Its primary function is to allow users to access their desktop activity and bookmarks, as well as open up tabs on their iPhones.

In other words, useless.

Don’t we all know what they are going to talk about?

Apple Inc. is holding a press conference at its Silicon Valley headquarters Friday morning to talk about its latest iPhone model.

Apple hasn’t said what, specifically, it plans to say about the iPhone 4. It’s likely the company will respond to complaints about the smart phone’s antenna and Consumer Reports magazine’s refusal to endorse the gadget until the problems are resolved.

If anyone thinks they are going to make a statement relating to anything other than the iPhone 4 antenna issue, they would be mistaken.

Why?

Mozilla has released the first beta version of Firefox 4, its updated browser that offers new features like a revised menu layout, more screen space for Web pages, and more HTML 5 HD video support.

Firefox 4 is earning praise for some of its updates, such as its improved security and more HTML 5 functionality–Firefox 4 scored 198 out of 300 points on the HTML 5 test page — but not everyone is pleased. Mozilla is being criticized for borrowing features from competing browsers like Chrome and Opera. Nevertheless, Firefox 4 still manages to put its own stamp on each new feature, and I expect regular Firefox users will be very happy with most of the changes found in Firefox 4.

Again, I ask why?

Have you tried out the new mobile version of YouTube?

Google yesterday unveiled a new and improved mobile version of YouTube that blows the existing, pre-installed YouTube iPhone app out of the water. The new app, which can be downloaded from any HTML5 compliant browser, is faster, clearer and more up-to-date than the prepackaged iPhone version, which relies on infrequent updates to keep up with new YouTube features.

I’ll be checking it out tonight.

And people wonder why I am content with my iPhone 3Gs.

Heavy demand for upload capacity from the iPhone 4 has exposed a flaw in the software for Alcatel-Lucent’s 3G network equipment, temporarily forcing lower upstream speeds for some AT&T subscribers.

Alcatel is working on fixing the bug and expects to know soon when it will be fixed, according to company spokeswoman Mary Ward. The flaw did not cause problems until the introduction of the iPhone 4, which comes with features such as high-definition video that can require a fast connection from the phone up to the network, she said. Downstream performance is not affected.

Thank you, but I’ll wait to get an iPhone 4 until the iPhone 5 is released.

Just think, if we had a tm-t88iv printer from Epson, we could print our own airline tickets too!!!

Google Inc plans to buy one of the Web’s key providers of airline travel software for $700 million, potentially raising new antitrust concerns for the world’s largest Internet search engine.

Google said on Thursday that it had agreed to buy privately-owned ITA Software, in a move that Google said would allow it to improve the way consumers find flight and fare information online.

Face it. You cannot power up a computer or handheld device and not use Google in your daily life. If you can, it won’t be much longer until you can’t. All hail Google!

Tapulous, one of the most commercially successful iPhone app developers since the launch of the App Store two years ago, was just acquired by Disney (DIS) for an undisclosed sum.

Any speculation on why they made this purchase?