Ballmer: Microsoft "screwed up" on Windows Mobile In a striking admission, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told an audience of venture capitalists that Microsoft had "screwed up" with the Windows Mobile operating system. And that the group responsible for the OS had been restructured recently to address those shortcomings. Slideshow: Hot gadget prototypes We searched the development labs and drawing boards of Silicon Valley and beyond to give you a look at some of the most promising ideas in mobile computing. Growing "power gap" could force smartphone tradeoffs Mobile users face a fast-growing gap between their smartphones' increasing power needs and battery capacity. After 2 Billion Downloads, Can The iPhone Be Stopped? It seems like just the other day when Apple announced its 1 billionth App Store download, and today they have crossed 2 billion. Are there any reasons to buy a smartphone that is not from Apple? AT&T 'pleased' with iPhone MMS rollout three days in Nearly three days after activating its multimedia messaging service (MMS) to iPhone 3G and 3GS, AT&T Inc. said today it was "pleased with the rollout" despite continuing user complaints on its own Facebook page. Palm WebOS 1.2 Available Now Palm Pre owners should go update their phone, as webOS 1.2 is now available for download. This comes on the heels of a slew of leaks and, of course, an iTunes update that broke the Pre's ability to sync with Apple's software. The bad news is: webOS 1.2 does not fire a volley back in the neverending tit-and-tat between Palm and Apple regarding iTunes syncing. If you have iTunes 9.01, upgrading to webOS 1.2 will not let you sync with your Pre. Orange UK to offer Apple iPhone Orange has announced it will be offering its UK customers the Apple's iPhone. Truck Drivers Told to Keep Computing, Despite Risks In the name of supply chain efficiency, companies continue to ask truck drivers to respond to and enter more electronic data while driving. Now Congress is eyeing whether the in-the-cab-computers pose too much road risk to other motorists. App Store success could change software-buying habits More than 2 billion applications have been downloaded from Apple Inc.'s App Store, with more than 85,000 apps available to 50 million-plus iPhone and iPod Touch owners worldwide. Net neutrality, Alcatel-Lucent style Network World interviews Wim Sweldens, VP of Alcatel-Lucent Ventures, about finding common ground between carriers and the newfangled application and content providers who are bringing P2P and other services onto the market. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and 15 copies of Windows Server 2008 How-To. Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers (watch for giveaway information soon.) Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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