| Forget the $100 million, BlackBerry outage will send users flocking to iPhone, Android Posted: 14 Oct 2011 11:00 PM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE $100 million in corporate compensation? Pah, that’s peanuts compared to the monetary loss which will result from the disappearance of RIM’s customers. The most recent BlackBerry outage lasted three days and encapsulated four continents. In other words it was a doozy. Talk has turned to how much compensation Research In Motion will have to pay [...] |
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| iPhone 4S: Underwhelming to whom, exactly? Posted: 14 Oct 2011 08:40 PM PDT 
Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE So, the iPhone 4S didn’t live up to the iPhone 5 hype — bull cookies. Whereas I was underwhelmed by Tuesday’s keynote delivery — obviously the team was under the cloud of Steve Jobs’ impending demise — it was clear that the total package was going to be transformative. Initial sales of the device back [...] |
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| How to buy a tablet device 2011 Posted: 14 Oct 2011 07:00 PM PDT 
Categories: BUY.BLORGE Tablets are the newest form factor in computing, and many people would love to own one to compliment their smartphone and laptop. But which tablet should you buy at this point in time? Tablets fit snugly in between smartphones and laptops, being a more stylish, portable, and useful version of the humble netbook. They provide [...] |
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| A really, really bad day for Samsung Posted: 14 Oct 2011 11:20 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Samsung’s Galaxy Tab has been permanently banned in Germany and an Australia court has made it all but certain the device won’t be in stores there for Christmas. Also, the Korean consumer electronics giant has seen its efforts to block the iPhone in Europe slapped down by courts in two countries. What else could go [...] |
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| Unix and C creator Dennis Ritchie dies Posted: 14 Oct 2011 06:40 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE One of the most influential but undersung figures in computing history has died aged 70. Dennis Ritchie was involved in the creation of both a programming language and an operating system that underpins the basis of much computing today. While working for AT&T Bell Labs between 1969 and 1973, Ritchie created and developed the C [...] |
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