Mobile/Wireless

Wed, June 15, 2011 - The netbook's day in the sun was short-lived, and it took Apple to show the way with 'tweener devices.

Mon, June 13, 2011 - Everybody knows video games are unhealthy, right? Instead of exercising and eating right, gamers sit motionless in a dark room eating junk food. The most hard-core gamers get really good at shooting bad guys and playing fake guitars, but the more they win at games, it seems, the more they fail at life.

Fri, June 10, 2011 - I’ve achieved the hat trick of iOS device ownership—I have an iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch—so clearly, I love the platform. But like others, I’ve long been disappointed with some of iOS’s failings. That’s why I found this week’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote so thrilling.

Tue, May 24, 2011 - Security professionals need to get hands-on with the software that runs on mobile devices and engage with the developers who put all those apps in users' hands.

Mon, May 23, 2011 - A combination of factors is going to cause Windows to lose its stranglehold on the business desktop.

Wed, May 18, 2011 - E-waste is a serious problem for IT, but energy seems to be getting all the attention. It's time to turn that around, one industry watcher says.

Thu, May 05, 2011 - I was working on my Mac when my iPad sounded a push alert. I checked to see which app was sending me an important, urgent message. The alert, I discovered, came from Peekaboo Barn, an app from developer Night & Day that I bought for my kids last year. I'd never received a push alert for Peekaboo Barn before--I didn't even remember that the app supported push alerts; it's an app where animals appear and make their standard animal sounds. What would Peekaboo Barn need to push--that the cow says moo?

Tue, April 19, 2011 - The news that Apple may have altered its ranking algorithm is rather a big deal for developers large and small, which probably explains both the current wave of hand-wringing over the rumored change as well as Apple’s reticence to discuss the matter.

Mon, April 18, 2011 - Google won't release Android 3.0, Honeycomb, until it has made it 'better.' This has ticked off pretty much every open-source professional out there.

Thu, March 24, 2011 - The way we buy technology has to become more holistic and less obsessed with raw performance.