Archive for January, 2009
Teens Arrested After Calling Victim
There was a story in the news this morning about five teens who were arrested after calling the man they had mugged the day before and taunting him. The call was traced by police and the kids were arrested. This is exactly the reason we need to keep our kids in school. Instead these kids […]
Hot New Electric Cars
CES attendance down 22-percent. I didn’t go either. Google footprint issues becoming the big debate amongst engineers. Legislation may ban all cell phone use while driving. 2600 people killed because of cell-phone related wrecks. Cool cars in Detroit. Maserati doing the best. Guitar Hero 3 becomes first billion dollar game. DTV date change may be […]
Websphere Everyplace Micro Environment For Palm
I was trying to get something to work on my Palm Centro last week and found that I needed to have Java installed. Unfortunately Palm and IBM stopped supporting Java on the Treo/Centro product line about a year ago. The last time I ran into this problem was when I wanted to install Opera Mini. […]
Pre Puts Palm Back In The Game
The big news at last weeks Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was Palm’s keynote in which they announced their new operating system, called WebOS, and the first device built on that platform, the Pre. The pundits are abuzz about whether this is an iPhone killer or not. It certainly looks like a variation on the iPhone […]
CES is as Dull as Predicted
Adam Curry invited to meet the Queen. Ballmer’s keynote panned. Ballmer promised Win 7 this year. Meanwhile top Windows exec warns that it probably won’t ship in 2009. Yahoo deal skunked. Sun downgraded by Goldman. Stock sinks. Lenovo looks as if it is trouble. Sony has nifty looking new laptop. OLPC falling apart. Layoffs coming. […]