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Is AT&T pricing itself out of a good profit margin with the new iPhone?
A growing number of Wall Street onlookers seem to think so. A few weeks back I wrote that AT&T would be charging $200 for the new iPhone 3G – that’s down from up to $500 for the 2007 model that rolled out to wide...
Read More | Jun 23rd, 2008
Nasdaq is up nine points to 2,463 in Monday afternoon trading, with a slew of encouraging news from the technology sector, especially good news on the cell phone front and news that federal regulators will okay the Sirius/XM Satellite merger.
Sirius is up five percent, to $2.68 while XM rose 6.4%,...
Read More | Jun 16th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 228 | Views: 218,908 | Last Entry: 2 Days Ago | Overall Rating: 
It's that time of year in the UK once more - the Wimbledon grand slam tennis tournament is upon us. Here in the UK we believe this is the most important tennis tournament in the world. When you talk to a French person they'll tell you the same thing about the French Open, and no doubt the American...
Read More | Jun 23rd, 2008 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Jun 23rd, 2008
Here's a belter of a link from Nicholas Carr at TheAtlantic.com. When I first read it I felt like laughing out loud because it was so improbable. Google and other searches (but mostly Google because so many modern searches are based on it anyway) making us mentally lazy or even stupid? Never, I...
Read More | Jun 19th, 2008
It's up there now and according to the BBC its makers want it to be the most downloaded software in its first 24 hours ever. Firefox 3 is now available for public download, although the final release candidate has been so close to commercial standard you wouldn't be able to see much...
Read More | Jun 18th, 2008 | Comments: 4 | Last Comment: Jun 18th, 2008
I've just had a press release from Salesforce.com about the next iteration of its software. It's all going to be based on cloud computing - you log onto it from a browser more or less anywhere and it's available to you wherever you are. Much as the new version of Apple's .Mac communications will be...
Read More | Jun 16th, 2008 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Jun 16th, 2008
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khess in a Nutshell
I am a techie, a Linux evangelist, and an activist of sorts. I am also a DaniWeb Staff Writer/Blogger, a Linux Feature Writer and Columnist.
You can see my work in Systems Management News (www.sysmannews.com) or in Linux Magazine (www.linux-mag.com). Hit my website at www.kenhess.com to find out... (Read Blog)
Welcome to Crystal Ball Sunday #6. This week I'm exploring the possibility of Linux becoming the operating system of choice for virtualization--specifically Desktop Virtualization. Regardless of which operating system or desktop type one uses, Linux will be the underlying operating system that gets...
Read More | Jun 22nd, 2008
Yes, I'm afraid it's true; Firefox is the most popular browser out there. Standing at this moment at over 11.5 millions downloads since its production release Tuesday, June 17. How can I make such a sweeping statement? It is the most popular browser ever because of the number of voluntary...
Read More | Jun 19th, 2008 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: Jun 19th, 2008
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Techwriter10 in a Nutshell
I've been writing about technology since 1988. I divide my time between technical writing and technology journalism.
I am Contributing Editor at EContent Magazine and Contributing Writer at InsideCRM. I am also the editor for the Fierce Content Management newsletter. I have written for a variety... (Read Blog)
Cloud computing or software as a service (SaaS) has a lot of advantages, especially for small and medium sized companies with fewer resources to devote to an IT infrastructure. The cloud vendors, whether Google, Amazon, Salesforce.com (or whatever company) provide all the software and back-end...
Read More | Jun 20th, 2008
Not everything Apple touches turns to gold, a case in point is the .mac service which has recently been rebranded with not terribly clever moniker: MobileMe. What Apple fails to understand from the get-go is that people expect their cloud services to be free or at least extremely cheap and $99 per...
Read More | Jun 17th, 2008 | Comments: 10 | Last Comment: Jun 20th, 2008
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