Yearly Archive for2008
7
The memory fades, the pain levels: 7 years ago today a lot of us lost our innocence. 7 years ago today, it seems both like a lifetime away and an instant. But today, I can say that I got past most of the funk. Sure, I still look up in the sky when a plane flies [...]
Tags: 9/11, United States, WTC
Google unveils web-based OS
A product long rumored and whose very existence was long denied by Google itself finally launched: the Google browser, aka. Google Chrome. There are a number of things that are good and a few that leaves one scratching his head but ultimately, it is very clear that Google is working very hard to ensure that [...]
Tags: Advertising, Browser, Google, HTML, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, hybrid computing
In Business, Technology
American Me
Yesterday morning, I entered a room filled with foreigners. By the time I left, there were 240 new American citizens, myself included. My journey to this moment is one that, in retrospect, would pretty much a given. Since 1992, I’ve been involved on the outer periphery of presidential elections. In the mid-1990s, for a brief period, [...]
Tags: Iraq, United States
No Changes in Mobile
Today’s announcement by Nokia that it would acquire all of Symbian represents an important move in the upcoming battle for next generation mobile devices (to call them phone seems unfair as they tend to do more than just make calls). In this entry, I’ll take a quick look at how the different players are currently [...]
Tags: Apple, Google, Java, Linux, Microsoft, Nokia, OS, Palm, Wireless
In Business, Technology
iPhone 2: More than meets the eye
There has been much written about Steve Jobs’ keynote on Monday, introducing a new version of the iPhone, a rebranded version of .mac, and a new version of the OSX Operating System. However, amid all the praises, there seems to have been a few items missing from the discussion. iPhone: 3G OK but not everywhere As expected, [...]
Tags: 3G, AT&T, Apple, Microsoft, OS, Wireless
In Business, Technology
Is Techmeme myopic?
I’m a big fan of TechMeme, a web aggregation service that provides, at a glance, a few of what’s being discussed in the technology-focused part of the blogosphere. It has allowed me to unsubscribe from a large number of RSS feeds that were providing me with redundant information and I’ve long hoped for a version [...]
Tags: 3G, Google, History, Intel, Microsoft, Search, Trends, Wireless, XML, Yahoo
In Business, Media, Technology
