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It's started, then. Today there is likely to be an announcement about the new iPhone and according to rumour it's going to be cheaper, smaller, more functional, with 3G, better storage and all manner of unsubstantiated stuff - believe it when Apple says it later today. Only, last week I saw...
Read More | Jun 9th, 2008 | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: Jun 10th, 2008
It's unsurprising that a report in the UK says that there are gross variations in the speed picked up by broadband customers in different areas of the UK. I have no doubt this is the same in the US and elsewhere. The major population centres get the faster broadband, if you hadn't guessed as...
Read More | Jun 3rd, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 38 | Views: 20,487 | Last Entry: 3 Hours Ago | Overall Rating: Rating: 13 votes, 4.54 average
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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 have written for a variety of other publications including Streaming Media Magazine, CIO.com,... (Read Blog)
Tomorrow marks the start of the much-anticipated Apple World Wide Developers Conference. Rumors of all sorts are flying ahead of the conference, but in the midst of all the hype and hoopla is actually some real news as Zoho and Transmedia Glide have announced brand spankin’ new versions of their...
Read More | Jun 8th, 2008
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. ~Dylan Thomas. Every once in a while you come across a blog post from a writer that makes you sit up and say, “Damn, I wish I had written that.” That...
Read More | Jun 5th, 2008 | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: Jun 6th, 2008
All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity. ~Robert Kennedy Bobby Kennedy undoubtedly wasn’t thinking about global warming when he made this statement all...
Read More | Jun 2nd, 2008 | Comments: 8 | Last Comment: Jun 4th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 41 | Views: 41,748 | Last Entry: 18 Minutes Ago | Overall Rating: Rating: 61 votes, 4.67 average
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 another edition of Crystal Ball Sunday! This week my predictions center around system builders and integrators and their use of Linux to lower costs, standardize hardware offerings, and provide a new systems to buyers that are ready to go to work. Acer has already discussed Linux being...
Read More | Jun 8th, 2008 | Comments: 6 | Last Comment: Jun 11th, 2008
Where do you want to go in a few months? Windows 7? You'd be better off converting to Vista before holding your breath for that one. The Linux world keeps releasing new versions of its vendor-customized Operating System while the Windows world keeps waiting for more and more promises. While you're...
Read More | Jun 7th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 37 | Views: 27,748 | Last Entry: 3 Days Ago | Overall Rating: Rating: 54 votes, 4.65 average
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Oh boy, just when we thought we were out of the woods, high oil prices are pulling us back in again. Oil prices skyrocketed by $7 a barrel today to $135 a barrel, gathering even more momentum after Thursday's big bump-up, and that, unfortunately, is the good news. A new report from a key Morgan...
Read More | Jun 6th, 2008
RIMM and its ubiquitous Blackberry is back in the financial news this week, after Goldman Sachs raised its target price on the Research in Motion to $163 from $148. Why not? Cell phones, especially multi-functional ones like the Blackberry, are the bumper crop of this year's tech toy marketplace....
Read More | Jun 3rd, 2008
Today's edition of TechWeb poses an interesting question. With digital movie rentals coming on strong, is Netflix in a good position to grab a big slice of market share? The mail-a-movie giant hasn't impressed Wall Street with its efforts so far, although it does have a box-top digital set that...
Read More | Jun 2nd, 2008 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: Jun 4th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 182 | Views: 153,789 | Last Entry: 15 Hours Ago | Overall Rating: Rating: 49 votes, 4.57 average
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