Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Michael Dell hints at smartphones, mobile Internet devices

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Wednesday, Mar 25, 2009

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Michael Dell hints at smartphones, mobile Internet devices
Posted March 24, 05:08 a.m. Pacific Time

Michael Dell gave the strongest hint to date that his company is developing a mobile Internet device or smartphone at a speech in Tokyo on Tuesday.   >>




A D V E R T I S E M E N T

IT STRATEGIES FOR REMOTELY SUPPORTING A DISTRIBUTED WORKFORCE


Today's workforce is a distributed one - workers across industries are telecommuting, working out of satellite offices and connecting into headquarters from the road. With this increased mobility of the workforce, IT is faced with complex challenges of providing reliable and fast tech support to distributed employees while managing costs and productivity. Join us for an interactive Webinar to hear IDC Research Manager Matt Healey reveal insights and strategies for improving the delivery of reliable and cost-effective remote support to end users in out-of-office environments.

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Report: LG working on OLED screen for new Apple iPhone, netbooks
Posted March 20, 07:36 a.m. Pacific Time

LG and Apple are working together to install Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) screens in a new version of the iPhone as well as a forthcoming Apple netbook, says SmartHouse.   >>



iPhone tethering could prove a boon to IT managers
Posted March 20, 05:05 a.m. Pacific Time

Of some 100 new features added to Apple's iPhone 3.0 software this week, Jorge Mata, CIO for the Los Angeles Community College District, said that one of those alone -- the ability to tether Windows laptops to the iPhone -- could provide a quick boost his operation.   >>



Developer accidentally triggers iPhone tethering in 3.0 beta
Posted March 19, 12:59 p.m. Pacific Time

A programmer "hacking around" with the beta release of the just-announced iPhone 3.0 operating system has stumbled upon the feature that lets a notebook connect to the iPhone and share its Internet connection. He just can't remember how.   >>




A D V E R T I S E M E N T

IT STRATEGIES FOR REMOTELY SUPPORTING A DISTRIBUTED WORKFORCE


Today's workforce is a distributed one - workers across industries are telecommuting, working out of satellite offices and connecting into headquarters from the road. With this increased mobility of the workforce, IT is faced with complex challenges of providing reliable and fast tech support to distributed employees while managing costs and productivity. Join us for an interactive Webinar to hear IDC Research Manager Matt Healey reveal insights and strategies for improving the delivery of reliable and cost-effective remote support to end users in out-of-office environments.

Click here. >>


iPhone 3.0: An InfoWorld guided tour
Posted March 19, 03:00 a.m. Pacific Time

As much as iPhone users love their smartphone, many would like much more from it. Apple's little ball and chain has been criticized for sins ranging from the inability to cut and paste and save attachments to the absence of voice dialing and turn-by-turn navigation. Developers, too, have felt handcuffed by the constraints of Apple's official SDK, not to mention the hardships imposed by a computer that can run only one application at a time. C'mon Apple, that's so '80s.   >>



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