Posts by Dave Jeyes on TECH.BLORGE.com
January 21, 2010
The most popular puzzle video game is making a comeback just in time for its 25th anniversary with mobile versions flying off the virtual store shelves, but is 1984 the future of mobile gaming?
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Posted in Cell phones, Software | No Comments » Posted by: Dave Jeyes
January 20, 2010
Both Google and Apple have planted their stake in the ground of mobile advertising by acquiring mobile ad networks. Not to be outdone, Opera Software is expanding into mobile ads from browsers with the purchase of AdMarvel.
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, Google | No Comments » Posted by: Dave Jeyes
January 19, 2010
Apple accounted for 99.4 percent of all mobile apps sold last year. While most apps continue to cost just a few dollars, the market for mobile apps is already worth billions and growing.
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Posted in Apple, Cell phones, Software | No Comments » Posted by: Dave Jeyes
January 15, 2010
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak has a stack of mobile devices including two iPhones and a Verizon Droid. However his favorite phone at the moment is none other than Google’s Nexus One.
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Posted in Apple, Cell phones | No Comments » Posted by: Dave Jeyes
January 14, 2010
A recently-patched vulnerability in Adobe’s PDF technology was used in the attacks announced by both companies yesterday. Adobe also confirmed that the timing of the attacks was more than coincidental.
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Posted in Google, Hacking, Software | No Comments » Posted by: Dave Jeyes
January 13, 2010
After years of kowtowing to the Chinese government on censorship issues, a cyber attack has caused Google to take a very different approach to doing business in the country and one that could result in the company withdrawing from China altogether.
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Posted in Google, Hacking, Security, Technology | 6 Comments » Posted by: Dave Jeyes
January 11, 2010
No, Apple isn’t caving to pressure and letting developers create plugins for the iPhone’s mobile browser. However Adobe is putting together tools to help developers work around this limitation.
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Posted in Apple, Cell phones, Technology | 1 Comment » Posted by: Dave Jeyes
January 8, 2010
The introduction of the new Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus phones at CES didn’t generate quite the same buzz as their initial release last year, but the real news could be that the devices are now available to a much larger audience through Verizon.
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Posted in Cell phones | No Comments » Posted by: Dave Jeyes
January 7, 2010
Steve Ballmer showed off the new HP Slate device at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last night running Windows 7 touch interface. He also forgot to mention that his dog ate all his homework for the last year.
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Posted in Media players, Microsoft, Notebook, Technology | No Comments » Posted by: Dave Jeyes
January 6, 2010
The Apple Tablet won’t be introduced until March, but HP is already showing off its first Mini 5102 netbook with an optional touch screen at CES in Las Vegas. The really good news is just how little this major upgrade will cost.
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Posted in Intel, Notebook, Technology | No Comments » Posted by: Dave Jeyes
January 5, 2010
Just weeks after Google announced it will acquire mobile advertiser Admob, Apple is set to acquire Quattro Wireless to get an ad network all of its own. The question is how do mobile ads fit into Apple’s strategy?
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, Cell phones | 1 Comment » Posted by: Dave Jeyes
January 4, 2010
After lawsuits threatened to shutter the low-cost Voice over IP (VoIP) calling company, Vonage is attempting a revival on the promise of the mobile market and cheap International calling.
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Posted in Cell phones, Software | No Comments » Posted by: Dave Jeyes
January 4, 2010
Barely two months after Verizon released the Droid, the wireless company is rumored to be readying the launch of another device running the Google Android mobile operating system.
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Posted in Cell phones, Google | No Comments » Posted by: Dave Jeyes
December 29, 2009
A German engineer has broken the 64-bit encryption still used by a large number of GSM cellular networks around the globe and released his findings online in hopes of spurring tighter security. What does this really mean for most wireless phone users?
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Posted in Cell phones, Hacking | 1 Comment » Posted by: Dave Jeyes
December 28, 2009
The importance of Amazon’s Kindle device became apparent this holiday season as the retailer sold more digital books for the device than actual books. Could the publishing industry be going all digital in the not-so-distant future?
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Posted in Amazon | 2 Comments » Posted by: Dave Jeyes
December 28, 2009
Scientists still aren’t clear as to whether long-term cell phone use could cause cancer, but that won’t stop San Francisco from considering a bill to require warning signs on the devices.
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Posted in Cell phones | No Comments » Posted by: Dave Jeyes
December 23, 2009
Tough economic conditions resulted in lower computer sales in 2009 with netbooks being the only category to buck the trend with an explosion of the miniature notebook computers.
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Posted in Notebook, Retail, Technology | No Comments » Posted by: Dave Jeyes