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Palm Tungsten W
Reviews Palm's handheld/mobile phone combo is generally well designed, but there are a few deficiencies that prevent it from being an outright winner.
E-TEN M600
Reviews The E-TEN M600 adds Windows Mobile 5.0 and Wi-Fi to quad-band GSM/GPRS and Bluetooth to deliver a compact and well-specified connected handheld. However, it's a shame that infrared is missing.
E-TEN Glofiish M700
Reviews Although E-TEN's Glofiish M700 packs an impressive set of features, including a slide-out keyboard and a GPS receiver, it's a little bulky and heavy for some tastes.
New standard lets browsers get a grip on files
News The Files interface, now a draft at the World Wide Web Consortium, could lead to better uploading and other chores. It's largely built into Firefox 3.6.
Tags: Web browsers, Service level management, Google Inc., File, Web Browser, Photo-sharing, Web-based Application, W3C, Mozilla Corp., Web Application
IBM adds to mainframe's Java flavor
Techguide IBM is bringing more of its WebSphere middleware suite to the mainframe, part of ongoing investments to keep the venerable server modern and cost-effective.
Is the new Komodo 5 worth the upgrade?
Techguide The Komodo 5.0 toolset for developers is taken for a test drive to find out if its new features are compelling enough to make the software a must-have.
Tags: Linux, Security, Tool, ActiveState Tool Corp., TCL, CVS Corp., Mozilla Corp., Vincent Danen, Komodo 5, Komodo Edit
'Best effort' insufficient for cloud
News Cloud ecosystem needs operator participation to provide single point of blame, to win businesses' confidence in moving over, says consultant.
Tags: Service level management, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, NTT Corp., SingTel, network, Uptime, Asia-Pacific, SLA, Service Management
The smallest threat to open source in 2009
Techguide How much of a problem is security updating for open source software going to be in 2009?
Tags: Open source, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Business security, Data security, Microsoft Corp., Security, Open-source Software, Software Management System, Unix
Flashing mobile's future
Techguide Java vs Flash Lite vs Windows Mobile. What is the future on the mobile?
Tags: Java, Mobile platforms, Pocket PC, Applications and tools
Rock Tablet T200
Reviews Rock's Tablet T200 is a convertible-style tablet that reduces cost by using Windows XP Home and third-party pen-enabled software rather than Tablet PC Edition. However, its performance and battery life are disappointing.
Acer TravelMate 8204WLMi
Reviews The TravelMate 8204WLMi marks an impressive first outing for Intel's new dual-core Centrino Duo platform: it's an elegantly designed desktop replacement system that performs extremely well without impacting battery life too much.
Why 2008 was another great year in Web technology
Techguide Journey back on Web development software updates and new products in 2008, with an eye toward 2009. Revisit service-oriented architecture, mobile development, Silverlight, Python and more.
Tags: Web services, Web browsers, Protocols and platforms, Twitter, Microsoft Corp., SOA, Web Browser, Google Inc., Social Media, Tool
10 ways IT departments waste money
Techguide IT is often a popular target for corporate cost-cutting. So the more you can identify and control unnecessary spending, the better you’ll be able to fend off the budget axe.
Tags: Cost control, IT budgeting, Employee, Money, Training, Server, Hardware, job, consultant, Benefit
Centralize your IT projects
Techguide There are a number of reasons to centralize IT projects in your organization--this article shares some of them.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Service level management, IT Governance, Infrastructure/architecture management, SAS Institute, Security, Graphics, SLA, application provider, project management office
Go fish with the Konqueror file browser
Techguide Learn to use the kioslave protocol handler called Fish that allows you to access remote filesystems within the Konqueror file browser.
