Aug 23, 2009 | business, mobile, phone
Two articles about AT&T that tell you everything you need to know about cell phone carriers and their concern for those of us outside the big cities. Coverage just keeps getting better in heavily populated urban areas! AT&T completed a major upgrade of...
Aug 13, 2009 | backup, hardware, mail, phone, video, web_services
Gadgets and services are flooding onto the market so quickly! It’s easy to find a “review” of a new product that recites its features from a press release. It’s much harder to get feedback from people who have actually used something and learned what works and what...
Jul 28, 2009 | Apple, business, Google, mobile, phone
I ran across an interesting article about the effect Apple is having on the wireless business. The conventional wisdom has been that AT&T and Verizon are abusing their market power when they enter into exclusive arrangements with handset manufacturers. A letter...
May 3, 2009 | hardware, Microsoft, mobile, netbooks, phone, shopping, Windows7
If you need a new computer, buy a new computer. Maybe your business is expanding (there are signs of life in our economy), maybe your old Windows XP computer has collapsed or is just too slow – whatever the reason, if you need hardware, buy hardware. But if your next...
Apr 8, 2009 | broadband, business, computers, hardware, mobile, netbooks, phone, wireless
Netbooks will be widespread by the end of the year, shaking up the PC market and changing our world in ways that will be more dramatic than you expect. You might not have foreseen one of the ways they’ll be distributed – sold and subsidized by the cell phone carriers....
Mar 12, 2009 | Google, Internet, mobile, phone, web_services
After years of uncertainty, Google announced Google Voice yesterday, the expanded version of its phone service GrandCentral. As a GrandCentral subscriber, I’ll be upgraded to the new service soon; it will be open to everyone in a few weeks. I am delighted and a bit...