Palm Lost the iTunes Sync Battle (Again)
The release of the iTunes 9.0.2 update on Thursday yet again disables Palm's workaround to sync with Apple's popular jukebox software. Perhaps it's high time Palm moved on and created its own software.
BlackBerry management software BoxTone adds support for other smartphones
Popular enterprise BlackBerry monitoring and management software BoxTone has been upgraded to v5.0. The update packs a number of valuable new features, including support for multiple smartphone platforms like Apple's iPhone, Microsoft Windows phones and Palm webOS devices.
Palm again hacks Apple's iTunes for Pre owners
Palm today re-enabled synchronization through Apple's iTunes for owners of its Pre smartphone, ignoring warnings from a standards group last month.
Palm Pre Firmware Update Fixes Many Flaws
While playing the cat and mouse game with Apple and iTunes syncing, Palm has prepared a bunch of improvements for its Pre firmware that will be soon implemented as WebOS 1.2.1.
Palm snags prominent Web technologists
Dion Almaer and Ben Galbraith, who have led the Mozilla developer lab, are now directors of the Palm Developer Relations team.
BlackBerry management software BoxTone adds support for other smartphones
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If the comments are ugly, the code is ugly
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SVG a graphics format for 21st century
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Android fragments vs. the iPhone monolith
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Where Google Chrome security fails: the password
I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
- Dann
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