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07.03.08 : Java computing: Second cup?

Calvin Leung
From the July 21, 2008 issue of Canadian Business magazine
“Oh crap,” thought James Gosling. The Sun Microsystems vice-president was walking down a dark alley in a seedy part of Paris, and a shady-looking man was on his tail. Gosling headed for a street lamp. Once there, he turned and saw his pursuer approach. “Oh, [...]

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07.02.08 : IPODS gaming potential threat to java based phones

“In the runup to Apple’s WWDC 2008, Chris Tompkins thinks that the iPhone’s gaming potential ‘might finally put the lackluster Java-based cell phone gaming market to death.’ He cites the iPhone’s use of Core Animation adapted for ARM processors, which he says allows for the advanced effects of OS X and now OpenGL-accelerated 3D games, [...]

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07.02.08 : Spain’s National Obsession with Mobiles, Texting

A few weeks ago I told you about the perpetuation of print newspapers here in Spain, and in that post I mentioned the fact that you don’t see a whole lot of laptops being used on the streets of Barcelona or Madrid. One might think that this is an indication of a lack of love [...]

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07.03.08 : What can your Cell Phone do?

Can it unlock a car, win a bet or cut short a date? Here’s the inside line.
By BUZZ MCCLAIN, F ort Worth Star-Telegram
Last update: June 2, 2008 - 9:14 PM
My 13-year-old daughter ran into the dining room in an excited state. “Watch what my cell phone can do.”
She dashed to the entertainment center and [...]

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07.03.08 : Nokia Focuses On Style With Supernova Cameraphones

By Marin Perez
InformationWeek
June 27, 2008 02:57 PM
Three of the new phones have exchangeable front and back colors, and all the phones feature a stylish design, bold colors, and multimedia options. The new phones have exchangeable front and back colors, and all the phones feature a stylish design, bold colors, and multimedia options.
Nokia (NYSE: [...]

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07.01.08 : Personal technology: Cell phone tricks

Lou Dolinar
June 8, 2008
A few months back, there was a flurry of interest in a widely circulated e-mail that suggested a half-dozen unusual tricks for cell phones, offering, for example, a universal emergency phone number (non-working, as it turned out) and an utterly bogus technique for unlocking your car door by having someone phone you [...]

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