Dec 4, 2007 | business, Google, mobile, phone, wireless
Verizon’s announcement that it would open up its network next year to devices not sold in Verizon stores made headlines and generated lots of online buzz. It is a welcome development from a notoriously closed company and Verizon deserves kudos for stepping...
Dec 3, 2007 | business, mobile, software, web_services
The New York Times has a software-based version of the paper that – for the first time – makes it possible to imagine mornings without a newspaper printed on dead trees. The New York Times Reader can be installed for thirty days for free; a subscription...
Nov 20, 2007 | business, security, web_services
PayPal has a new service for making payments through its system on websites that don’t take PayPal directly.When you set up a free PayPal account (a login name and password), it’s linked to one of your bank accounts. When you pay through your PayPal...
Oct 28, 2007 | Apple, business, Microsoft, Vista
The nonstop criticism of Vista has been getting me down, and Apple’s release of Mac OS 10.5 “Leopard” has been greeted with so much overhyped enthusiasm that I began to wonder if I was missing something.As always, what’s missing from the Apple...
Oct 21, 2007 | broadband, business, Internet
Advocates of “network neutrality” have trouble conveying the real world implications of an arcane-sounding technical issue. Two items in the news help illustrate why it’s an issue to fight about.”Network neutrality” is the underlying...
Oct 10, 2007 | business, law
Electronic discovery – production of electronic data in litigation – is increasingly common, and often difficult and expensive. Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were intended to make electronic discovery more predictable but the effect...
