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March 07, 2008

Could the iPhone 2.0 Be the Ultimate Portable Console? (video)

I do believe so. At the iPhone SDK launch, the kind of game EA and Sega both demonstrated blew me away (to use one of Jobs' favourite expression), knowing they were produced with only a couple developers and in...

March 06, 2008

It's Who Comes Up with a Product Faster to Market who Wins, Not Who Owns the IP, HP Labs director insists (video)

During the Q&A session at the HP Labs event, both HP's CTO Shane Robison and Lab director Prith Banerjee shed a bit more light on the latest change. First, HP Labs will be more keen than before to "kill"...

HP Labs 2.0 Plans To Focus on 20-30 Big Bets, Open Innovation, Technology Transfer and IP Licensing (video)

At the HP Labs conference today, Lab director Prith Banerjee presented in his keynote this new "blueprint" for HP's coporate research arm. HP Labs is now going to focus on "big bets" all linked to 5 main areas: Information...

HP To Relaunch Labs with New Identity, Sharpened Focus (video)

After the Apple event in Cupertino, I drove about 15 minutes up highway 280 to HP's headquarters in Palo Alto, to attend a media event hosted by HP Labs. HP actually flew in dozens of reporters from around the...

iPhone 2.0 Consumer Features Tightly Under Wrap, but Parental Control Coming (video)

Today's iPhone software update roadmap was dedicated to the company's push into the enterprise market. But what about the consumer? iPhone Software VP Scott Forstall quickly mentioned during the Q&A session an upcoming parental control feature which sounds quite similar...

Apple App Store: Exclusive Distributor for iPhone/iPod touch Apps, 30% Commission, Total Control (video)

So once developers' iPhone apps are up and running, what do they do? Well according to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, the deal is simple and of course it's great! - Developers upload their applications onto the App Store that...

Apple Warns of RIM's Security and Reliability Pitfalls, Sets iPhone as Rival in the Enterprise (video)

Today, there's no more doubt, Apple is positioning the iPhone as a direct competitor to RIM's Blackberry. In his presentation, SVP of WW Product Marketing Phil Schiller compared RIM's corporate messaging solution, the "old way" with Apple's "new way"...

Apple Accounts Differently For iPhone and iPod touch Differently. Will Keep Charging for iPod touch Software Updates (video)

During the Q&A session, Apple CEO Steve Jobs was asked why Apple has been charging iPod touch users to receive exactly the same software updates than for its smartphone, while iPhone users get it free! "The way we account...

Moving from Blackberry to iPhone is Dirt Simple. Expect "Native" Blackberry/Notes Connectivity Too! (video)

According to Apple's VP of iPhone software, Scott Forstall, migrating from blackberries to iPhone is now "dirt simple". And this thanks to enterprise configuration tools that will be available through the iPhone enterprise programme and that will let IT administrators...

Apple To Launch iPhone 2.0 in June with Extensive Enterprise Features. Released Beta SDK (video)

Today, Apple invited the media to its Cupertino headquarters in California to witness the launch of the iPhone SDK and its new enterprise features. We'll be updating this page during and after the end of the presentation with more...

March 05, 2008

Chip Shot: Intel Atom is Half the Performance of Celeron! (video)

After the end of the formal executives presentations at the Intel Investor conference, I wandered around the demo area set up in the same building, looking for some cool new technologies. To me the most interesting one was, "news...

Intel Could Exit NAND Flash Business. Focusing on Four New $10 Billion Markets: Consumer Electronics, Mobile Internet Devices, Low cost PCs, Embedded (video)

Today I'm at Intel's financial analyst meeting, that is hosted for the first time, in the company's 40 year history, at its corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Whereas in the past, meetings with analysts from major financial institutions...

March 02, 2008

Otaku Dinner Ends with Sony Rolly Show! (video)

Tonight I was having dinner with some "otaku"/geek friends and after the foie gras, champagne, etc... the dining experience could not have been complete without showing some of the latest gadgets. Among them, I was really impressed by the...