So after building the world's most popular pocket camcorder, being acquired by Cisco, becoming his new company's consumer chief and then resigning when his company decided to kill his baby, what does Jonathan Kaplan do for an encore? Or entrée?
Is the Mobile Internet Device dead? Or, to put it another way, has the pocket-sized MID -- a 'net-connected device that's usually described as being bigger than a smartphone and smaller than a netbook -- ever actually caught on?
Intel showed off a pocket-sized device that monitors power usage by gadgets and appliances across a house, from toasters to computer monitors and video game consoles.
The assets of Silicon Graphics Inc. are being sold to Rackable Systems Inc. for US$25 million, which is pocket change by Silicon Valley standards. The deal, announced April 1, is a difficult turn for a company that was founded the same year as Sun Microsystems Inc., in 1982.
When Lenovo Group Ltd. showed off its concept mini-netbook PC the "Pocket Yoga" earlier this week it drew excitement from viewers for its elegant, leather-bound design -- and disappointment when Lenovo said it had no plans to build the 2-year-old design.
My uncle gave me my first real camera, an old 35mm Leica with a collapsible lens. It was lightweight, compact enough to fit into a pants pocket, and took great pictures. That camera, along with many other 35mm and medium-format film cameras, is now gathering dust in a drawer, pushed aside for a larger and heavier digital SLR.
How much would you pay for a portable hard drive that lets you tote around 160GB in a shirt pocket -- with no need for a power brick? Apricorn is betting you'll be willing to spring for upward of US$260 for its 160GB Aegis Mini. However, it remains to be seen how many are willing to pay that price for portability.
The Apple iPhone 5 unveiled Wednesday is the company's first LTE model, a smartphone that's longer and thinner than previous versions though it remains a pocket-able and one-handed device.
Gibbs considers a reader suggestion regarding DPC problems, and looks for the perfect clock utility for his iPaq running Microsoft’s Pocket PC and finds it and a backup program as well.
Buffalo Technology's latest addition to its line of USB storage devices is the MiniStation TurboUSB HD-PS series. We tested the 500GB version (HD-PS500U2). This pocket-size drive (only slightly bigger than a KitKat candy bar) supports Windows and Mac OS X, as well as USB 2.0 and 1.1 standards. Its wraparound USB cord fits into grooves on the drive enclosure's perimeter -- a nice touch.
Mike Yorwerth is a man with a complete IT system and matching set of business processes in his pocket. He is Tesco's director of group technology and architecture and the "Tesco in a Box" IT package is underpinning the supermarket giant's push into the US, where the grocery market -- worth an estimated £300bn ($590B) -- represents a glittering prize.
Anyone can use even an ordinary mobile phone as a microphone by covertly dialing out; for example, one can call a recording device at a listening station and then simply place the phone in a pocket or briefcase before entering a conference room. However, my friend and colleague Chey Cobb recently pointed out a device from Nokia that is unabashedly being advertised as a “Spy Phone” because of additional features that threaten corporate security.
Joel Dubin has just sent me the update of his useful guide to computer security, The Little Black Book of Computer Security. In October 2005, I published a review of the first edition. I liked the book so much I ordered it for the assigned readings in one of the seminars in the MSIA program.
This is not just another column on the evils of radio frequency identification, even though it starts out looking like one. This is actually about decision-making.
Apple on Tuesday patched 67 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, including a pair of flaws that researchers used in March to pocket $5,000 each in a noted hacking contest.
As expected, Cisco announced a definitive agreement to purchase the intellectual property, a majority of the engineering team and select assets from privately-held Procket Networks, a maker of routers and routing technology, for $89 million in cash.
You may recall that just about one year ago, I first wrote about Skype, the company offering free software that enables calls over the Internet. Skype celebrated its first anniversary in August and is close to celebrating the 22 millionth download of the software. Without any advertising, the company has 10 million registered users around the globe, and it now supports Windows, Pocket PC, Mac and Linux clients.
Savvy Interop attendees last week walked away from the show with more than a pocket full of USB flash drives and retractable Ethernet cables - they also took home free software and services.