Archive for February, 2010

Who’s got the handiest hand vac?

February 27, 10 by Sarah Burns

Handheld vacuums, which come in corded or cordless varie...

Its Smartphones Selling Weakly, Palm Cuts Its Forecast; Shares Fall

February 27, 10 by David Goldstein

Jon Rubinstein, Palm’s chief, with Pre and Pixi smartphones at the Consumer Electronics Show last month. The new phones have been slow to catch on.

The warning came only weeks after Verizon Wireless began to sell Palm’s Pre and Pixi phones, suggesting that the addition of Ve...

Nokia Plots Its Comeback Plan

February 27, 10 by David Goldstein

Sitting in a meeting room that looks out on a frozen Baltic bay, Nokia Oyj Chief Executive Officer Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo mentions a biography he’s reading. It’s about Mauno Koivisto, the president who butted heads with his own Social Democratic Party en route to opening Finland̵...

Apple admits using child labour in China

February 27, 10 by David Goldstein

Apple has admitted that child labour was used at the Chinese factories that build its computers, iPods and mobile phones.

At least eleven 15-year-old children were discovered to be working last year in three factories which supply Apple.

To read this report in The Daily Telegraph...

U.K. bill would ‘outlaw open Wi-Fi’

February 27, 10 by CNET News.com
Expert on Internet law says copyright provisions in Digital Economy Bill would put the kibosh on public Wi-Fi for small businesses and pose problems for libraries and universities.