Previous
Blackberry Storm has an occluded front
Blog How about the Storm? The Storm's schtick is that the entire screen moves into the body of the phone when you press on it - the idea is that you lightly touch to select something, then click by adding pressure.
[November 7, 2008, 9:25]
Hands on: Blackberry Storm
Blog Vodafone were demo-ing early models of the Blackberry Storm in their HQ today - so I took a few minutes to check out what all the fuss is about. The new browser on the Storm is light years ahead and fully HTML enabled.
[October 10, 2008, 8:51]
A storm in a tea cup....
Blog So having read a few terrible reviews including a veritable write off by such pundits as David Pogue in the New York times, I popped into a Vodafone shop to see the new Storm. Given that since the release they have now updated the firmware some...
[December 1, 2008, 16:42]
Microsoft's "Perfect Storm"
Blog The marketing team think they have hit a perfect storm attack on Apple where as in fact what they have done is just drawn attention to the fact that they lie. I was going to pass comment on David Meyer's posting about the Zune Phone but actually...
[May 13, 2009, 9:38]
Botnet more dangerous than Storm?
Blog Reports are starting to circulate of a botnet being seeded that could be more insidious than Storm, currently the largest and most sophisticated network of compromised computers. I heard whispers of a possible botnet to rival Storm last week, but a...
[February 8, 2008, 9:26]
Screening the BlackBerry Storm
Blog RIM has finally released a touchscreen phone, the BlackBerry Storm. Uniquely, RIM has decided to make the Storm's touchscreen clickable, in order to give real tactile feedback to the user. We got visited by RIM and the phone's UK carrier Vodafone...
[November 6, 2008, 17:07]
VMworld blows up a storm
Blog If you're into virtualisation, whether vendor or buyer, then VMworld, VMware's annual virtualisation-fest, is the place to go. That has until now been the general ethos in this part of the forest. But it appears that things are changing fast.
[August 27, 2009, 12:40]
Disaster Response in the Pacific
Blog Over the weekend a deadly tropical storm slammed into the Philippines, causing severe flooding in urban areas and affecting tens of thousands. Tropical storm Ketsana dumped the heaviest rains in more than 40 years, and has affected 2.5 million...
[October 6, 2009, 9:25]
BlackBerry Storm2 - a vast improvement
Blog It has been a long time coming, but Research In Motion (RIM) has finally released a successor to the BlackBerry Storm. The original Storm was praised for its innovative touchscreen technology, called SurePress.
[October 16, 2009, 8:50]
New ooVoo Release - GOOD STUFF!
Blog I started the day today thinking that I would write a "Calm Before the Storm" blog entry, saying that things have been quiet for the past few weeks, but new releases are likely to be coming soon from all four of the major companies in Video IM.
[February 4, 2008, 10:13]
Tech disaster relief comes to Dominican Republic
Blog This just in: The tech world’s equivalent of Thunderbirds International Rescue - Telecoms Sans Frontieres -- has been deployed to the aftermath of Tropical Storm Noel in the Dominican Republic. The only thing worse than losing your house in a storm...
[November 5, 2007, 10:05]
Dell to blog in English
Blog Dell almost made it into the good books of Linux users this week, when it acknowledged the contribution the open source community has made to its new Idea Storm user forum.users had, at the time of writing my article, 'promoted a suggestion' on...
[March 1, 2007, 17:23]
The Misery Tab is Paid Again by the Big Easy
Blog That means that they will get the brunt of the storm. Supposedly, the levees have been repaired enough to withstand a category 3 storm but Gustav is a 4 right now and likely to get worse before it hits land again.
[September 1, 2008, 10:31]
Valentine's Day brings spam and scams, warns FBI
Blog No less an organ than the FBI has warned that Storm worm spammers are seeking to extend their network of compromised computers. It may not be from a secret admirer, but instead might contain the Storm Worm virus.
[February 14, 2008, 10:50]
I Don't Like IKE.
Blog The storm is still mostly offshore yet we've gotten 15 to 20 momentary breaks in the last 3 hours. The storm is still rated as only a Category 2 storm but the surge looks like it will be huge. I've been using the computer almost exclusively for...
[September 13, 2008, 8:03]
Back to The Thirties
Blog We've gotten a lot of wind, little rain, the eye of the storm has just slipped most of the leading arc over the island of Galveston and is now working its way towards Houston. NOAA weather radar shows the eye well north of Houston so we're now on...
[September 13, 2008, 14:03]
Mobile Security Profile: BlackBerry Storm2
Blog In fact, the security specifications detailed at BlackBerry.com for the Storm 2 merely include two features: Password protection and Screen lock. If you are looking for a hacker-proof handset, the Storm 2 is built on the BlackBerry OS 5.0 MOPS...
[November 3, 2009, 17:15]
Lessons learned or confirmed from IKE
Blog It works excellently during the transit of the storm eye. Dog and cat food are really hard to buy just before the storm hits. Email, believe it or not, is more reliable than a cell phone during a storm.
[September 19, 2008, 9:30]
RIM BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220
Blog But it is quite obviously eclipsed by both the Bold and the Storm which seem to me to be much more compelling devices, the latter with its innovative fully depressing touch screen system and the former with its high resolution display and...
[December 4, 2008, 7:19]
Hello Dolly! Hurricane Preparations
Blog Obviously the reefer's contents will be the first post-storm meals in the case of a long-term power outage. Having sweltered for days in more than one post-storm event, its not just physical comfort, its mental and physical health as well.
[July 27, 2008, 20:29]
