HTC HD Mini, WP7, Apache Hacked, Windows XP Unpatched

HTC HD mini announced for those who feel the current smartphones are a little too big!
How Microsoft came up with the name Windows Phone 7 Series.  Funny cartoon considering that the “series” has been dropped from the branding.
Apache Project Server hacked luckily no source code was compromised, but machines were seized and passwords were stolen.
Infected [...]

Palm for Sale, MI5, Win7, iPhone 4.0, and Facebook CEOP

HTC to buy Palm to take on the Apple iPhone?  This is sad considering WebOS is so much better than Android.
MI5 staff who lack computer skills made redundant.  I’m kind of speechless…aren’t they two decades late?
What Can We Expect From Microsoft’s Windows 7 SP1?  Really cool streaming features with RemoteFX.  Full AERO experience on thin [...]

Apple Screws Developers, Boy Sues Mom for Facebook

Boy sues mother for Facebook harassment as she argues ‘parental duty’.  Although I want to agree with the mom, changing your kid’s Facebook and email password is a bit much.  Maybe talking with your 16-year old over a drink would provide for a more amicable solution?  Oh yeah, you also might want to actually have [...]

Silverlight Analytics for RIAs, an Open Platform

One of the biggest issues facing the monetization of rich internet applications is the fact that traditional web analytics don’t work when you build an application that is built on a runtime like Silverlight, Flash, or Java.  The application packages are pretty much isolated from the rest of the page so trying to determine click-thru [...]

Koodibook Makes Photo Albums Cool Again

Earlier this week I talked about Bizspark Camp UK and GigJunkie in the start-up highlight interview.  Today, I am happy to introduce you to Koodibook’s Richard Godfrey.  Richard was kind enough to not only talk about the company but also offer an in-depth demo of his photo album publishing service.

For those of you too young [...]

Bizspark Camp Review: GigJunkie

On Monday, Microsoft UK hosted Bizspark Camp where young start-ups were given an opportunity to network with other companies and investors.  The central theme of Bizspark is to enable rapid start-up success leveraging Microsoft’s vast ecosystem of tools, technologies, and partner relationships.
I’ll be dedicating a handful of articles on some of the interesting technologies that were [...]

Microsoft Open-Sourcing In Progress

When a company like Microsoft decides to change strategy, they go “all-in.” During the last few years, Microsoft has gone all-in competing against Linux, Google, and SaaS vendors. Much of the work and success has redefined the company in terms of how it interacts and plays with competitors as well as the community. It wasn’t [...]

Microsoft Research, YouTube Outage, Twitter Fails, Courier Craze

In an honest dialog about previous failures, Microsoft discusses the importance of the long tail in search.
Outages Take YouTube, Wikipedia and Twitter Off-Line, web freaks out, but reassured a few hours later.
On the back of yesterday’s Telegraph article, Facebook responds. Facebook Does Not Cause Syphilis. What’s the phrase? Correlation does not [...]

Twitter Spam, Facebook Syphilis, Bill Gates Goes Nuclear

Twitter slashes spam levels to one per cent, which is leads me to ask what does twitter do different from email providers.
According to a Telegraph article, Facebook ‘linked to rise in syphilis’, though upon reading it, you may realize that the art of fact-checking is dead.  Syphilis is bacterial, not viral.
Eye-Fi Launches Pro X2 WiFi Card [...]

Elvis Declares Windows Phone 7 “Pretty Cool.”

Holy ghost of Elvis!  I was shocked when I found out that Elvis was at the Windows Phone 7 launch at Mix 2010.  I finally managed to track down a video of an EXCLUSIVE interview with the legend.  Overall, “The King” thinks its a mighty fine application…lol.

Elvis thumbnail source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/acidzero/4313176314/sizes/s/

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