Tech News 3/4/10
Desktop's Dead, Baby, Desktop's Dead
John Herlihy, Google Europe's big chief, says that desktops will be irrelevant in three years. Which is precisely why Apple and Google are trying to kill each other, fiercely fighting for the domination of the mobile device world.
Both companies know that mobile computing is where the action is now and where it will be forever. At its presentation, Steve Jobs was adamant that the iPad was the continuation of the battle that started with the iPhone, and repeatedly said that Apple was a "mobile devices company." Google's agreed, which is why Herlihy echoed Schmidt's words at Barcelona's GSM 2010: Everything that Google is doing and planning is centered on the mobile, the cloud, and ubiquitous connectivity.
Dubai death: 'The last assassination of its kind'?
JERUSALEM – The killing of a Hamas operative in a Dubai hotel may signal the end of an era: the moment when modern technology finally caught up with the cloak-and-dagger world of disguised assassins and fake passports.
"The last assassination of its kind," said a headline in the Israeli dailyHaaretz.
Popular Science Puts Entire Scanned Archive Online, Free
Gadget nerds: Prepare to lose the rest of your day to awesomeness. PopSci, the web-wing of Popular Science magazine, has scanned its entire 137-year archive and put it online for you to read, absolutely free. The archive, made available in partnership with Google Books, even has the original period advertisements.
Last Updated (Thursday, 04 March 2010 09:26)