Stories by David Coursey

HP to buy Palm, shake up the mobile world

HP's purchase of Palm could not only save webOS, but should also cause a few shivers for Microsoft.

By David Coursey | 29 April, 2010 08:22

Tags: webOS, smartphones, Palm, HP-Palm acquisition, HP

HTC Android deal could pay off for Microsoft, not Google

Microsoft may be on its way to earning a percentage of every Android handset sold, something even Google hasn't accomplished.

By David Coursey | 29 April, 2010 08:17

Tags: patents, Microsoft, htc, Google Android, Google

How Apple's secrecy hurts business customers (and Apple)

Apple's notable successes, the iPad and iPhone, hide an important fact: Apple's secrecy comes at the expense of success with business customers. In essence, Apple accepts a position of limited influence in the business world in exchange for a marketing strategy that manipulates consumers brilliantly.

By David Coursey | 28 April, 2010 05:36

Tags: iPhone 4G, Apple

Ubuntu Linux Gets Social with 10.04 Beta Available Now

"Lucid Lynx" is the codename given to Canonical's Ubuntu Linux 10.04, now in beta, which adds social networking features and a new look to the popular Linux distribution. A final release is due April 29, the company said.

By David Coursey | 24 March, 2010 07:17

Tags: ubuntu, social networking, Linux, cloud computing

Palm CEO: We Could Have Been Bigger Than Droid

Yesterday's statement from Palm's CEO, lamenting how Motorola's Droid beat the Palm Pre into Verizon stores, I was reminded of a famous Marlon Brando line from "On the Waterfront." Many people know the words, even of they don't know they come from a 1954 motion picture.

By David Coursey | 20 March, 2010 05:32

Tags: webOS, smartphones, Palm, Motorola Droid

New W3C CEO Is the Web's Top Diplomat

In becoming CEO of the World Wide Web Consortium, Dr. Jeff Jaffe brings a resume filled with jobs that required building partnerships and finding consensus. Such business and personal skills will be critical for success in Jaffe's new job heading a standards body.

By David Coursey | 09 March, 2010 10:41

Tags: WWW networking, web

HP touts Flash as killer app against Apple's iPad

What will HP's Slate Tablet have that Apple's iPad won't? It's Adobe Flash, a key Internet technology that HP is touting as the key difference between the two platforms. And, HP is right, though how Flash support will translate into sales remains to be seen.

By David Coursey | 10 March, 2010 07:10

Tags: Windows 7, HP, Flash, apple ipad

Google or not, the desktop PC remains relevant

Google ad sales boss John Herlihy yesterday told an audience in Dublin that smartphones are on their way to replacing desktop computers. This is fine, except that he's wrong.

By David Coursey | 05 March, 2010 12:38

Tags: Google, desktop pcs

iPad 'magic' won't hurt netbooks

"The netbook is not an experience people are going to continue wanting to have," Apple COO Tim Cook said Tuesday at an investment conference in San Francisco. "When they play with the iPad and experience the magic of using it... I have a hard time believing they're going to go for a netbook."

By David Coursey | 25 February, 2010 07:35

Tags: tablet PCs, notebooks, netbooks, apple ipad

Why Palm can't be saved

That sound you've been hearing--that soft "swooshing" in the distance--isn't anything important.

By David Coursey | 24 February, 2010 12:07

Tags: smartphones, Palm, mobile phones

Is Windows Phone 7 right for business?

Amid all the hoopla surrounding the introduction of Windows Phone 7 Series this week in Barcelona, Microsoft's core customers have been almost totally left out.

By David Coursey | 18 February, 2010 02:29

Tags: Windows Phone 7, Microsoft

Oracle-Sun Merger Could Benefit Small Business

Small business has reason the cheer Oracle's acquisition of Sun, now that it appears OpenOffice.org and MySQL look to do well--perhaps better--under new ownership.

By David Coursey | 01 February, 2010 07:05

Tags: sun, oracle, business

Yes, you can run Windows 7 on an iPad

Want to run Windows 7 on the new Apple iPad? Citrix says it will soon be possible--at least virtually--using a new version of its Citrix Receiver software.

By David Coursey | 30 January, 2010 07:50

Tags: Windows 7, iPad

Six reasons you want an iPad, six reasons you don't

Apple's new tablet, the iPad, sparks strong emotion among both supporters and detractors. For everyone else, here are six reasons to pre-order and half-dozen reasons to wait.

By David Coursey | 29 January, 2010 02:09

Tags: iPad

Pope2you: What the pontiff knows about social networks

In telling priests to become more web and social network savvy, Pope Benedict XVI is offering valuable advice for businesses, too.

By David Coursey | 27 January, 2010 06:54

Tags: the Pope, social networking

 
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