http://computemagazine.com Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:54:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en These are still the early days of the smartphone. The innovation in smartphone products and services is similar to the rise of the personal computer and the web browser. In the early PC business, uncertainty was everywhere. Buyers were concerned about software applications, usability and maintenance. Price and performance ... http://computemagazine.com/smartphones-dance-around-the-enterprise-crown http://computemagazine.com/free-dsl-report Just three years ago the Firefox browser reached 50 million downloads. At the time it had about four percent of the browser market, but there were no assurances about any browser roadmap from Mozilla. Even before Firefox, browsers had been relegated to the woodshed. Although many online businesses and services ... http://computemagazine.com/google-gears-could-revolutionize-the-online-application-user-experience Twenty-eight million homes in the United States subscribe to broadband DSL. Most DSL subscribers should expect to receive about ninety percent of the speed offered under their DSL service plan. A substantial number of households, however, pay for much higher DSL speeds than they actually experience. Using an inexpensive pots-splitter ... http://computemagazine.com/how-to-speed-up-your-broadband-dsl-throughput The transition of businesses to economical IP-based (Internet Protocol) telephony historically came with a prerequisite of substantial network engineering. Many on-premise IP-PBX (Internet Protocol-Private Branch Exchange) devices were available, but before they could work effectively, a business had to buy and configure routers, firewalls, switches and more to make ... http://computemagazine.com/network-simplification-with-msbg-is-the-ultimate-sophistication Known variously as e-pass, electronic boarding passes or mobile passes, these paper boarding pass equivalents are acceptable at certain airports and airlines throughout the U.S. Like regular advance check-in, travelers can get their electronic boarding pass online up to 24 hours in advance, choose a seat and have the boarding ... http://computemagazine.com/electronic-boarding-pass-gives-road-warriors-another-option While Apple introduced the Apple II ahead of the IBM PC, it was IBM's product that ignited the era of personal computing. There were a number of unique aspects of the IBM PC that made it different from previous IBM products. In designing the IBM PC, the team at IBM ... http://computemagazine.com/the-history-of-the-ibm-personal-computer Tim Berners-Lee wrote the HTML and the HTTP protocol 20 years ago because he saw a problem. He needed to eliminate the frustration arising from the inability to share information. His position as a researcher at CERN provided access to hundreds of scientists every year and the opportunity to ... http://computemagazine.com/man-who-invented-world-wide-web-gives-new-definition A hands-on expert in social software, Max Levchin was interviewed to a full house at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month. Following his appearance on the cover of Portfolio magazine, Levchin, the CEO of Slide.com, talked about the emerging social application economy.  Starting with his own company, Levchin explained Slide’s ... http://computemagazine.com/max-levchin-makes-a-case-for-social-applications Fresh off his success in taking BEA down for Oracle, predatory investor Carl Icahn, in his letter to Yahoo today, charged that the company “botched” its negotiations with Microsoft. Icahn is more than a clumsy communicator. The most appropriate metaphor for Icahn might be T-Rex, with an insatiable hunger for fresh ... http://computemagazine.com/silicon-valley-looks-like-jurassic-park-to-carl-icahn