Archive for July 12th, 2009
Free netbooks for 2,300 Microsoft conference goers
Posted by Steve Trotto in Netbook on July 12, 2009
The National Business Review is reporting that in one of its boldest bids yet to push Windows 7’s netbook-friendliness, the 2,300 who attend the Gold Coast leg of Microsoft’s TechEd event will each go away with a free HP Mini…
Palm Pre developers gather Monday in first East Coast meeting
Posted by Steve Trotto in News on July 12, 2009
The first Palm Pre/webOS meeting for East Coasters will be held Monday in New York City.
The developer meetup is organized by Blueswitch, a 10-year-old Web development firm with experience in Windows Mobile applications. The company has begun a…
IPhone 3.0 Users Report Wi-Fi Connectivity Issues
Posted by Steve Trotto in Apple on July 12, 2009
Ever since upgrading to iPhone OS 3.0 on both my first generation iPhone and my brother’s current generation iPod touch, I’d been experiencing flaky Wi-Fi connectivity on both devices. I didn’t think much about it at first: Wi-Fi coverage has…
Microsoft releases Silverlight 3
Posted by Steve Trotto in Microsoft on July 12, 2009
Microsoft has released Silverlight 3, a major new release of its multimedia software for Mac OS X and Windows — competition for Adobe’s Flash software. It’s a free download, compatible specifically with Intel-based Macs (an older version is available for…
