The New York Times’s John Markoff reveals that the iPhone began life as a “Safari Pad”:
Apples multitouch technology began life not as a cellphone, but as a notepad-sized skunkworks project internally dubbed Safari Pad, run by Tim Bu…
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Mar3
iPhone SDK release rumor roundup
According to an online report, sources say the forthcoming iPhone SDK — coming out this week — will feel the heavy hand of Cupertino. The software feature some heavy constraints by Apple in distribution and in support for hardware peripherals.
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Mar3
More on the naked drive lifestyle
[Updated Mar. 3, 8:56PM PST] A reader in Japan points to new products seen in the stalls of the electronics district of Tokyo that can improve the naked drive lifestyle. However, some readers say enclosures, like pants, may have a benefit for protection of valuable data and your investment in drives.
I wrote about new products […]
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Mar3
Virtual Desktops
I’ve noticed a lot of talk recently on the topic of Virtual Desktops. The BBC published an article about Jooce, a free web-based desktop that aims to give a personalised computing experience to people without their own computer. Stefan Surzych, founder of Jooce described it as “a platform…
Filed in: Software
Mar3
Microsoft caves: ‘Super-standards’ mode to become IE 8 default
After much outcry from developers and users, Microsoft is bowing to pressure and making its new, Acid-2-compliant standards mode the default in Internet Explorer 8.
Filed in: Microsoft
Mar3
Siemens Plugs Into Software With Open Unified Communications
Continuing its departure from a largely hardware-focused history, Siemens Communications on Monday announced a new software-only unified communications server. The OpenScape Unified Communications Server can operate in virtually any existing IT or telephony environment, Siemens said, and is designed to remove the barriers that have traditionally separated voice, video and unified communications systems.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Mar3
Welcome to Classics Rock
Whether it’s Dinosaur Sightings in our Photos area or Discussions about old technology in the Forums, TechRepublic members have shown almost as strong an interest in old technology as well as they do the new stuff. That’s where Classics Rock comes in. Classics Rock is TechRepublic’s new blog focusing on…
Filed in: Software
Mar3
Microsoft: Storage unification still somewhere out there
Microsoft customers are still in search of that elusive goal: a single, unified storage system to simplify the deployment and management of Microsoft’s enteprrise wares. And Microsoft officials are still promising it will happen (as they have for years) but not offering any kind of delivery timetable.
Filed in: Microsoft
Mar3
Sorting character strings using SQL Server
You are probably familiar with the built-in sorting abilities of SQL Server for columnar data, but what if you need to sort character strings stored in SQL Server fields? Even though this may not be a common need for most users, this issue may come up from time to time. I’ll demonstrate…
Filed in: Software
Mar3
Intel Christens Atom Line of Mobile Processors
Intel has settled on a new brand name for its family of low-power processors, which formerly were referred to by the code names “Silverthorne” and “Diamondville.” Now dubbed “Atom,” the new processors will find their way into low-power mobile Internet devices and ultra low-cost computers. Intel also announced the Intel Centrino Atom processor technology brand for MID platforms.
Filed in: Personal Tech
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