Tag: PALM

HP snatched up Palm in 2010, and we've been waiting to see just how the computer company planned to use its new property. The only glimpse until now had been the Pre 2, a rather underwhelming upgrade to the original Pre, which was a mighty fine device that simply failed to capture the public's imagination. HP isn't ready to let the brand simply wither and die, though, and with good reason: WebOS ...

Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Read: The slow-photography movement asks what is the point of taking pictures? What gets lost is the idea that photography might force you to spend time looking at what is in front of you, noticing what you might otherwise ignore. Film score report The main-title music returns at ...

The first webOS-based handset released since HP snatched up Palm was officially announced today and, in addition to packing more powerful innards, the Pre 2 ushers in the era of webOS 2.0. WebOS 2.0 boasts what HP calls "true multitasking" (taking an obvious potshot at Apple's iOS), support for Flash 10.1 and HP Synergy for syncing your data from several services. In addition, the Pre 2 features ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... It's time to refresh those data protection skills (even for Macs users apparently), because security firm McAfee contends that malware production reached a record high during the first half of 2010. [From: Reuters] The HP/Palm offices are growing increasingly barren, and Peter Skillman (reportedly the man behind the Pre) has ...

Back in the '90s, when the Palm operating system was at the core of any good PDA, the stylus was a sign of status, ready to be unsheathed in crucial moments minutes of business. Assuming your habitual geekdom hasn't subsided since those days, and you're running Android, then you're in store for a serious bit of nostalgic goodness. Last week, Access released 'Graffiti,' the stylus text-entry ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Early indications that Microsoft totally ditched the Ring of Death's ominously blood-red hue in favor of a kinder, gentler green may be premature. According to NeoGaff snoops, an unearthed 250GB Xbox 360 houses a red light in the center of its power button, an indicator of the dreaded "insufficient ventilation" death knell. ...

We hit the streets to see how effectively Palm is getting its WebOS-based Palm Pre out there into the world. Perhaps it's the fault of some horrific advertising campaigns (e.g., the creepy 'New Age meets Renaissance Fair' wench, those painfully unfunny Verizon spots), but Palm's next-generation smartphone didn't get much recognition on the streets. Here's hoping HP can make Palm into a real ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Last fall, YouTube announced that it hosted 1 billion views every day, a total that has apparently more than doubled. In honor of its fifth anniversary, the site released a gratuitous pat-on-the-back blog post which announced that YouTube now "exceeds over two billions views a day." [From: The Guardian] In response to President ...

It's no secret that, despite garnering tons of hype, Palm's Web OS was simply too little and too late in the game to compete with smart phone powerhouses. Maybe it was the super creepy ads. Maybe it was the questionable exclusivity deal it struck with Sprint. Whatever the straw was that broke the proverbial camel's back, Palm has found itself trailing far behind in the mobile OS wars. Rumors had ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... At last month's SXSW extravaganza, Digg CEO Jay Adelson outlined a dramatic, upcoming site redesign that, he said, would represent the culmination of five years' work. Now that the project is almost complete, Adelson is apparently feeling some wanderlust, as he has announced his imminent departure from the site. In a blog statement, ...

Those of us in the U.S. have been waiting rather impatiently for the arrival of music streaming service Spotify. We were originally told that the top notch music service, which allows you to select what you stream, would hit the states in late 2009. Of course, 2009 has come and gone, and we're already entering spring of 2010 with very little word from the folks at Spotify. Bloomberg News reports ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Gallup has been gauging the public's attitude about nuclear power since 1994, and the organization is claiming that support for the energy source is now at an all-time high. That's great news for Toshiba and TerraPower (which is partially funded by energy-vacuum Bill Gates), the two of which are reportedly discussing a plan to ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... AdMob recently surveyed almost 1,000 smartphone owners in order to glean information pertaining to age, gender and brand choice. Despite Verizon's attempts to blatantly, and offensively, pander to women, the study's data indicates that men still make up the majority of webOS owners. Apple's gadgets successfully crossed the gender ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... A survey of 45 U.S. businesses has determined that twice as many system data breaches occurred during 2009 than did during 2008. The cyber attacks, 36-percent of which came as a result of lost or stolen devices, resulted in average organizational damages of $6.75 million. [From: CNET] Xerox has become so ingrained as a U.S. brand ...

AT&T is finally getting in on the Android party, promising to soon carry handsets from Motorola, HTC, and Dell. In total, five separate devices will be launching in the first half of 2010. Among those is the Dell Mini 3, which is the company's first smartphone and has only been available in China and Brazil. The Dell is a 3G- and GPS-enabled device with a 640x360 touchscreen and a 3-megapixel ...