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August 6, 2010

FaceTime and the Need for Mobile Video Chat Etiquette

Since Apple (AAPL) introduced the iPhone 4 and its new FaceTime video chat application, users are slowly getting used to the idea of being able to video chat in real ...

August 2, 2010

Boeing Enlists Hollywood to Make Engineering Cool

On the TV show NCIS, actress Pauley Perrette plays quirky, über-smart forensic specialist Abby Sciuto. As part of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the ...

August 2, 2010

Big Tech Problem as Mainframes Outlast Workforce

When Giorgos Tsapepas started as an intern at IBM (IBM) in 2002, he had never used a mainframe. At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the university he attended in ...

August 1, 2010

For ARM, It's Server Side Up

Ian Drew, executive vice-president of marketing at ARM Holdings (ARMH), a Cambridge (U.K.)-based company that makes semiconductors powering a majority of the ...

July 28, 2010

ISuppli: HTC's Droid Incredible Costs $163 to Make

(Corrects where Broadcom is based in sixth paragraph.) The Droid Incredible, a smartphone manufactured by HTC Corp., has materials that cost $163.35, according to a ...

July 26, 2010

NERF: Hasbro's Play in the Toy Arms Race

In the beginning, there was the NERF Ball, a polyurethane foam sphere that could be tossed around the living room without threatening mom's Hummel figurines. It was ...

July 25, 2010

Apple's White iPhone Delay a Chance for Antenna Redesign

Like Henry Ford's (F) Model T, you can have the Apple iPhone 4 in any color you want, so long as it's black. That's the continued message as Apple (AAPL) on July 23 ...

July 15, 2010

Why HP Should Shelve Android Tablet Plans

Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has postponed plans for an Android tablet device that was expected to arrive in the fourth quarter of this year, says AllThingsD. This marks the ...

July 6, 2010

Apple iPad Sets Path to Productivity, Paperless Office

Tim Markley recently ordered three Apple (AAPL) iPads for his warehouse. He put them on the forklift and the carts that workers push down aisles while they pull items ...

July 6, 2010

Apple's iPad Wins Corporate Converts at Wells Fargo, SAP

Wells Fargo (WFC) spent two years studying the iPhone before letting bankers use the device at work. Apple's (AAPL) iPad, released in April, took just weeks to get ...

July 1, 2010

Will Qualcomm's Augmented Reality Play Augment Its Business?

Qualcomm (QCOM) is the leading wireless chipmaker, selling about 1 in 4 of the radios used in mobile phones last year. So what's a chipmaker doing offering an ...

June 30, 2010

In-Flight Wireless Revenue Set to Surge, Report Says

Checking e-mail on a plane might be about to turn into a big business. Aircell, which now provides Web access on more than 950 planes in the U.S.—up from fewer ...

June 30, 2010

Turning the iPhone Glitch into Gold

When complaints surfaced that the antenna wasn't working properly on the iPhone 4, Apple (AAPL) told users to hold the device differently or put it in a protective ...

June 30, 2010

Google to Push Android Deeper into Asia

Google (GOOG) plans to push its Android mobile software in India and China, and is exploring ways for developers to make more money from applications, stepping up ...

June 28, 2010

Apple IPhone 4 Parts Cost About $188

Apple's iPhone 4 wireless handset includes components that cost as little as $187.51, according to market research firm iSuppli. Materials and parts for Apple's (AAPL)...

June 23, 2010

Google's Android Gains on Apple iOS

Google's (GOOG) Android mobile-operating system is winning over an important group of allies in its fledgling rivalry with Apple: application developers. More than ...

June 22, 2010

Facebook Gamers Are Frequent Players

About 90 percent of fans of Zynga Game Network's "FarmVille"—and games made by other providers offered on Facebook—return daily to play one game or ...

June 21, 2010

Mac's Future: Death Rumors Greatly Exaggerated

Don't be fooled by the hoopla over the iPad. While Apple (AAPL) has dropped the word "computer" from its name and is swiftly using the iPad to build a market for ...

June 20, 2010

Nintendo's 3DS Opens All Eyes At E3

A year ago many analysts and video game industry pundits wondered if growth for industry leader Nintendo (NTDOY) had peaked. In the fiscal year that ended in March, ...

June 18, 2010

Adults Out-Text Teens While Driving

Adults are more likely than teenagers to send or read text messages while driving a vehicle, a study by the Pew Research Center found. About 47 percent of adults who ...

June 17, 2010

Behind the Huge Demand for Apple's New iPhone

(Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that AT&T is the largest U.S. wireless carrier and that Apple's newest iPhone is lighter than the...

June 15, 2010

Three Reasons Nokia Isn't Attracting More Mobile Developers

One would think that laying claim to the largest share of the world's smartphone market would attract the most high-quality mobile software developers, but that ...

June 9, 2010

Dell Targets State Health Services

An expected 30 million Americans will join Medicaid and private insurance plans as a result of health-care reform signed into law by President Obama on Mar. 23. When ...

June 8, 2010

IPhone 4 Sensors Highlight a Bright Spot for VCs

It's a great time to be a manufacturer of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), as smartphones are increasingly filled with them—Apple's (AAPL) ...

June 8, 2010

Making Open-Source Software Free and Fabulous

Apple's June 7 launch of the iPhone 4 again raised the computer industry's bar for what a compelling product should be. Among the billion or so Internet-connected ...

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