Bay Area iPhone users, relief is on the way. AT&T has almost completed a $65 million upgrade to its network in the region. The carrier has upgraded close to 850 cell sites in an effort to better handle the massive surge in data traffic it has seen in and around San Francisco since the debut of iPhone. And make no mistake: The surge has been massive.
Apple and Research in Motion may disagree on many things, but they’re of the same mind when it comes to the the netbook phenomenon: It will be short-lived. Asked about Apple’s interest in the category during a late-April earnings call, COO Tim Cook said the company has none. Turns out, Research in Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie feels pretty much the same way.
When Motorola acquired push email provider Good Technology in November 2006, the company said the deal would “advance its vision of seamless mobility” and “strengthen Motorola as a leading provider of mobility devices.” Well, apparently it did neither because two years later Motorola is a shadow of its former self and is selling Good to rival wireless email provider Visto.
In six days, the Bush Administration will take its leave of the White House. But before departing, it must surrender any device or media that might contain those infamous five million missing email messages from between March 2003 and October 2005–messages that covered a period including the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the federal response to Hurricane Katrina.
Pinpointing the person responsible for hacking Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s Yahoo Mail account may turn out to be as easy as hacking the account itself. Tennessee State Rep. Mike Kernell acknowledged today that his son, David Kernell–a University of Tennessee-Knoxville student–is among those believed to be responsible for the hack.
John Paczkowski has been poking fun at the tech industry and the personalities that drive it since 1997. From 1999 to 2007, he wrote the award-winning tech news Web log Good Morning Silicon Valley for the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper. Read more »
Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.
Best use of the Beeker “meee” ever.
While the technology behind the Telephone is new, the design is reassuringly old-fashioned, reminiscent of a phrenologist’s horn or ear-candle in form. We found the experience far more comfortable than the one we had with the Telegraph.
12:58 AM: Breakfast: Two schools of fish from Tokyo Bay. Calories: 782,000. How I was feeling when I ate this: confused, irradiated, hating my size.
11:37 AM: Exercise: “Taxi Stomp” (alternating legs, for 30 blocks). Calories burned: 148,900,183.
1983. The Beatles announce their first tour in thirteen years, but likewise announce that Michael Jackson will be going on tour with them as a one gigantic mega-concert event.
Best video mashup ever.
A Facebook Memorial
Wow.
Worth it for the Rickrolling photo alone.
Excellent.
Flughumor!
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