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The 'anywhere computing' era dawns

In the beginning, there were computers.

The iPod Touch: A business tool, too

Apple's new iPod Touch is a revolutionary device, much like its iPhone cousin. It offers in one svelte package a host of cool features, everything from Web browsing over Wi-Fi to VPN access and a host of enterprise-useful apps. Sure, you can listen t...

Forget the iPhone, all phones should be 'unlocked'

Apple's iPhone hasn't made an obvious dent in the market share of either handset competitors or carriers that compete with AT&T. But it has hit those other companies with something else unexpected -- and unwelcome: The iPhone has sharply raised consu...

The iPod Touch is more than just an iPod

More Newton than iPod, more tablet than music player, the new Apple iPod touch unveiled last week by CEO Steve Jobs breaks into a new hardware category that should scare the ultra-mobile PC/Nokia Tablet world.

Fifteen random thoughts about the new iPods

Whenever I attend an Apple product launch, I know the drill: By the end of the day, I'll have a head full of random thoughts and questions regarding the stuff that was unveiled. As usual, I'll document 'em here for posterity.

Why the Foleo unfolded

What Palm really should have offered was the right kind of carrying case. When Ed Colligan, the firm's CEO, announced the Foleo handheld "companion" a few months ago, he went into great detail about the product's design and software features, but he ...

iPhone at two months: It's all about the interface

When I first walked into the house the day I bought my iPhone, I had a moment of panic. After six months of media frenzy and amongst all of the excitement, I had lost sight of the fact that the 8GB iPhone I bought at a nearby AT&T store had set me ba...