16 posts and columns on Computerworld

Can We Finally Say: Bye-Bye, Booth Babes?

in Voices on February 10 at 11:37 am PT

Isn’t it time for our industry to stop using booth babes, once and for all?

IPhone 4: Thanks for the Memory

in News on June 18, 2010 at 7:25 am PT

Here is a good explanation for why the forthcoming iMovie app from Apple will run on the iPhone 4, but not on its predecessor, the 3GS: The new model has double the memory. Video of a Worldwide Developers Conference session released Thursday confirms rumors that the device is packing 512MB of RAM.

Did iPad Data Deal Extend AT&T’s iPhone Exclusivity?

in News on May 6, 2010 at 10:30 am PT

There’s an interesting theory being floated today by Broadpoint AmTech research analyst Brian Marshall: By agreeing to offer “breakthrough” 3G prepaid data plans for Apple’s iPad, AT&T won an exclusive on the device and extension of its iPhone exclusivity agreement.

Plastic Logic (Finally) Shows Off The Que, Its (Very Expensive) Kindle Competitor

in Media on January 7, 2010 at 8:27 am PT

After promising to deliver its take on Amazon’s Kindle for a couple of years, Plastic Logic is finally delivering: Here comes the Que, which the company promises is “more than an eReader.” It had better be: The first two versions of the gadget will cost $649 and $799.
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Apple in Extreme Mapover?

in News on October 1, 2009 at 9:18 am PT

The deal went unnoticed until this week, but Apple evidently bought mapping outfit Placebase this past July in an acquisition that may have undermined its relationship with Google, which provides mapping technology for the iPhone.
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ICANN: Club Med for Geeks?

in News on July 6, 2009 at 8:11 am PT

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the organization that manages Internet domain names, has been called a lot of names, but “Club Med for Geeks” is a new one. Computerworld reporter Patrick Thibodeau hurled the insult on an email list discussion after learning that ICANN had a travel budget of more than $12 million.

Obama: I’m a PC

in Media on February 11, 2009 at 9:28 am PT

I realize people have bigger things on their minds these days, but how did the blogosphere not pick up on this yesterday? Because while it’s important to note that Intel has committed to spending $7 billion in the U.S., it seems that none of us Apple-obsessives noted this nugget: The President is a PC user.