Google Android creator Andy Rubin showed off a Motorola tablet based on Google’s future Android operating system, code-named Honeycomb, at the D: Dive into Mobile show Dec. 6. – Motorola is launching an Android tablet based on Google’s
next-generation Android operating system, code-named Honeycomb, which will be
optimized for tablets.
Google Android creator Andy Rubin demonstrated the device Dec. 6 on stage at the D: Dive into Mobile show in San
Francisco.
The thin, l…
With AT&T unable to make the iPhone usable in parts of San Francisco, eWEEK Labs checks out Wilson’s cell phone boosters as a last resort. – During CTIA, I invited Wilson Electronics to come by our San
Francisco offices so it could try to solve our ongoing
iPhone problem. Even though our office is in the heart of downtown San
Francisco, our employees can’t connect to AT amp;T for
calls or data usage unless they stand right by the win…
With AT&T unable to make the iPhone usable in parts of San Francisco, eWEEK Labs checks out Wilson’s cell phone boosters as a last resort. – During CTIA, I invited Wilson Electronics to come by our San
Francisco offices so it could try to solve our ongoing
iPhone problem. Even though our office is in the heart of downtown San
Francisco, our employees can’t connect to AT amp;T for
calls or data usage unless they stand right by the win…
News Analysis: Verizon Wireless releases the details of its plans to introduce LTE to 38 cities and 60 airports in 2010. LTE officials also hinted at new wireless products. – Verizon President Lowell McAdam revealed the details of
the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE rollout for 2010 at a CTIA press conference in San
Francisco today. McAdam noted that the initial
deployment of LTE will take place in 38 cities, which is an increase from the
previously announced 30 cities.
H…
A personal look at Java creator James Goslings departure from Oracle as JavaOne is underway, and he is not a part of it. –
SAN
FRANCISCO – Keeping with tradition, I held my annual
interview with Java creator James Gosling to get a sense of his views on the
state of the Java language, platform and community.
Despite
no longer working for Oracle, Javas steward since it acquired Sun
Microsystems, Gosling granted th…
Oracle launches a new security governance product to help health care organizations deal with privacy breaches. – Oracle is targeting the health care industry with an integrated,
out-of-the-box security governance solution.
The company announced the tool, dubbed Oracle Security Governor for
Healthcare, today at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San
Francisco. A component of the Oracle Health Management
Pl…
Oracle’s product portfolio isn’t the only thing that has grown in the past year – its partner Specialization program is growing as well. – It has been a big year for Oracle’s army of partners, some of whom packed
the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Forum event Sunday in San
Francisco.
There has been significant change in Oracle in the year since the last
OPN Forum, most notably the $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems. The
d…
Agile Product Lifecycle Management 9.3.1 debuts at Oracle OpenWorld. The company says its health care IT software will allow pharmaceutical companies to better manage the drug development process from end to end. – At the Oracle OpenWorld show in San
Francisco, the enterprise software giant unveiled a
new version of its Agile Product Lifecycle Management application that it says
will quot;help pharmaceutical companies streamline drug development processes
… and enable Quality by Design practices. quot;
…
At Oracle OpenWorld 2010, the company announced Oracle Fusion Applications, the next generation of business applications from Oracle. – SAN
FRANCISCO On the opening day of the Oracle OpenWorld 2010
show here, Oracle announced Oracle Fusion Applications, the next generation of
business applications from the database giant.
In
an opening keynote, Oracle Chairman and CEO
Larry Ellison said that by setting the standard for appli…
Oracle OpenWorld attendees take San Francisco by storm, but some JavaOne folks feel slighted about accommodations despite this being a “green” conference. – SAN
FRANCISCO It’s official. This year’s Oracle OpenWorld
is the largest conference in Oracle’s history, with more than 41,000 attendees,
the company said.
Opening
up the conference here with a series of statistics, Judith Sim, Oracle’s senior
vice president and chief marketing officer, said…
Oracle gives MySQL users something to crow about with the release candidate of MySQL 5.5 – SAN
FRANCISCO Continuing to deliver new innovations to MySQL,
Oracle Sept. 19 announced the availability of the release candidate for MySQL
5.5, the world’s most popular open-source database, licensed under the GNU
General Public License (GPL).
Announced
during the first MySQL
Sunday event …
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison moves Oracle’s cloud strategy into a new phase with a system that features hardware and software to run public and private clouds. – SAN
FRANCISCO Oracle has announced a new system that
enables enterprises to run their own cloud in a self-contained system.
When
it comes to cloud computing, Oracle agrees more with Amazon Web Services’
definition than Salesforce.com’s. That’s why the company has announced its own
cloud-in-a…
At the VMworld show, Wyse Technology announces that is now offering a version of its previously Apple-only PocketCloud networking application that will run on Android devices. – Wyse Technology is expanding the use of its PocketCloud software from Apple
handheld devices to Android-powered mobile phones.
Wyse officials are putting the new version of the application,
which was announced Aug. 31, on display at VMware’s VMworld show in San
Francisco.
It was a year ago at t…
Apple has sent media invitations for a Sept. 1 event, which a Bloomberg report suggests will be used to unveil a new 99-cent TV show rental program and possibly the revamped Apple TV. – Apple has sent invitations to media for a Sept. 1 event in San
Francisco. According to a new online report, the
company could use its September event to debut the new quot;iTV, quot; along
with other refreshed products.
That
report comes from Bloomberg, which also suggested that Apple is negot…
Apple will likely debut the next generation of the iPhone at its 2010 Worldwide Developers Conference June 7. Possible details of the device have already leaked to the public, thanks to a high-profile breakdown of a "lost" prototype by tech blog Gizmodo, as well as a later leak on a Vietnamese online forum. Those leaks, combined with increased competition from rivals such as Googles Android smartphone operating system, suggest that Apple may need an additional announcement or other game-changer at the WWDC if it wants to maintain its perception as the strongest competitor in the smartphone space. – When Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes the stage
at the companys 2010 Worldwide Developers Conference in San
Francisco June 7, the general expectation is that
hell unveil the next-generation iPhone. Unlike previous Apple releases,
however, some element of surprise has likely been lost, thanks to leaks…
Adobe Systems is providing a set of HTML5 tools for developers and designers, the Adobe HTML5 Pack. The company made the announcement at the Google I/O show. – Adobe Systems has announced a set of HTML5 tools for developers and
designers, the Adobe HTML5 Pack.
Adobe announced the tool set at the Google I/O conference in San
Francisco on May 18. The Adobe HTML5 Pack is an
extension to Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, the latest version of the industry-leading
H…
Adobe said a tablet computer it showed at the Web 2.0 Expo May 5 was powered by Nvidia Tegra 2 chips and ran Google’s Android OS and Adobe’s own Air 2 platform. Adobe declined to say what version of Android the tablet ran, though the Zedomax blog on site said it was Android 2.1, which currently powers smartphones such as the Motorola Droid, Google Nexus One and the new HTC Incredible. Showing Android running with Flash and Air 2 — a program that lets apps run outside of a Web browser — is the ultimate show of unity for Google and Adobe versus Apple’s iPad, which has shipped more than 1 million units in less than a month.
– The tablet Adobe showed spectators at an industry event May 5 was powered by
Nvidia Tegra 2 chips and ran Google’s Android operating system and Adobe’s own
Air 2 platform, the software maker confirmed.
Zedomax editor Max Lee visited Adobe’s booth at the Web 2.0 Expo in San
Francisco, where offic…
Microsoft debuted its Kin One and Kin Two smartphones, aimed at a 15-to-25-year-old demographic, during high-profile presentations in San Francisco and New York City on April 12. The smartphones emphasize social networking and the ability to near-instantly share videos, images and messages with a wide variety of contacts. While the presence of the Kin One and Kin Two may not drastically sway Microsofts fortunes in the smartphone arena, analysts suggest that this new initiative shows how serious the company is about being a competitor in the consumer mobile space.
– Microsofts new Kin One and Kin Two smartphones, aimed at a
younger audience, were unveiled during a high-profile presentation in
San
Francisco on April 12, with journalists in New York City following along
via
live video feed. Both devices, whose features emphasize social
networking, will
mak…
Microsoft revealed two new smartphones, the Kin One and Kin Two, during several high-profile presentations in San Francisco and New York on April 12. Scheduled to debut on Verizon at some point in May, the phones are designed for a younger demographic heavily into social networking. Both the Kin One and Kin Two include sliding keyboards, cameras for shooting video, and software designed to facilitate the sharing of content with friends. Kin One and Kin Two may be something of an offshoot of Windows Phone 7, Microsoft’s broader smartphone operating-system initiative due to roll out on devices near the end of 2010.
– Microsoft unveiled Kin One and Kin Two, two smartphones targeted at
a younger demographic, during several high-profile presentations in San
Francisco and New York on April 12. The devices, which seem to be the
culmination of the long-rumored “Project Pink,” incorporate cameras,
touch screens and…
PacNet (formerly Asia Global Crossing), the largest submarine cable telecommunications company in Asia Pacific, partnered with SubCom, the contracted international supplier of undersea communications systems and services, to do this job. PacNet and SubCom will turn on the power for data flow March 20.
– SAN
FRANCISCO Laying down an ocean-crossing fiber optic
data transmission cable is hardly for the faint of heart or body. We’re talking
about months at sea in unpredictable open-ocean conditions to quot;pay
out quot; a 1-inch-thick fiber optic cable capable of transporting billions of
informat…
