Category: Hardware

Cupertino, We Have a Problem

Hmmm…. ONLY the iPhone is affected… very strange indeed. Ruh roh. Reports are literally flooding in that iPhones across the Northeast are experiencing some major network issues. Reports are also coming from areas further south down the Atlantic coast. So what’s the deal? Well in a nutshell, data is kaput. Users are reporting that 2G… Continue reading Cupertino, We Have a Problem

Wired Review: iPhone 3G Trades Battery Life for Interface

More of the same posted earlier – and my last and final iPhone post. Again – it isn’t the flaws with the device these reviewers are pointing out – it is the universally over hyped, unrealistic expectations Apple generates becase they are so good at creating awe inspiring products. Review: iPhone 3G Trades Battery Life… Continue reading Wired Review: iPhone 3G Trades Battery Life for Interface

Multi-Core CPUs and Application Development

We are all excited about multi-core CPUs. If you happen to work in a data center the reductions in power consumption and consequently heat generation are very exciting. For those of us who develop applications the performance gains have been interesting but not really earth shattering. But have you stopped to think about how parallelism will affect the… Continue reading Multi-Core CPUs and Application Development

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