flash in comment and analysis
Devil's Advocate: Business ethics
Comment Seeing a tiny minority of executives disappearing to jail is little comfort to those whose pensions have vanished in a flash of creative accountancy. Is the phrase 'business ethics' an oxymoron? Two recent quotes from silicon.com's CIO Forum... [03 Jan 2006]
Radioactive: Mobile phones - the battery conundrum
Comment It has developed two versions of DMFC fuel cells that can power flash and hard-disk players. The latest mobile device developments burn through standard Li-Ion batteries like no tomorrow. So what's the solution? [09 Nov 2005]
Leader: Nokia - PC maker?
Leader Take Slovakia's Flash OFDM rollout - phone broadband speeds are leapfrogging those available through xDSL in the country and, once natural tech churn puts web-capable devices in people's hands, who's to say phones won't become Slovakians' internet... [03 Nov 2005]
The rise of new media
AS Analysis The 2005 Agenda Setters list shows a renewed focus on the media and the output of information through an increasing number of channels. But it also shows fortitude among the major players not to be usurped. [26 Sep 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.09.05
Round-Up And it wasn't just Flash Larry splashing the cash over the past five days, oh no. "Oh, you work for Microsoft, you must be able to fix my computer then. Apparently that line haunts the daily lives of Microsoft employees as friends and family all... [16 Sep 2005]
Leader: What Flash Larry's latest deal means
Leader It's been more than a year since Tom Siebel was reportedly door-stepping Larry Ellison, asking the Oracle boss to take his CRM firm off his hands. It was an image which had more in common with tea towels, clothes pegs or double glazing than large... [13 Sep 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The power of Wi-Fi
Comment Then I had a flash of inspiration. Written from Mill Valley, California, on free Wi-Fi The last time I wrote about Wi-Fi I got heated email from many in the EU still labouring under the misconception that IT, networks and access could be controlled. [28 Jul 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: The way to mobile security
Comment This has 128Mb of memory (not even enough for a single PowerPoint file); a flash memory slot, which gives me the capability of an extra 8Gb of direct storage or more if I use multiple cards; and an SDIO card slot, which makes it possible for me to... [15 Jul 2005]
Leader: Apple work with Microsoft? Let the people decide
Leader From Real sledgehammering its way onto iPods to Microsoft's none-too-subtle suggestions that consumers on the hunt for a new flash music player should avoid getting locked into one online store, DRM has been a battleground for digital music... [07 Apr 2005]
Minority Report: The legend of the Headless Mac
Comment Cue lightning flash and Danny Elfman music. Cautious punters may wish to wager money on a flash-based iPod, a re-vamp of the ageing eMac or - as predicted in late 2004 by investment house Merrill Lynch - a mega-storage home entertainment device. [07 Jan 2005]
The decline and fall of the Wintel empire
Comment Last year, Intel tried to milk its flash memory division for more money, but it lost customers instead. Michael Kanellos asks: Can they come out better than the Romans? Waking up rich and confused. That's how one analyst explained the recurring... [05 Aug 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.02.04
Round-Up The next day search engines such as Google and AltaVista were bombarded with requests for images of the controversial 'flash' dance. Last Sunday the Round-Up tried to watch the Super Bowl - which for the uninitiated is a five-hour celebration of... [06 Feb 2004]
Tony Hallett's After These Messages: Making a stand
Comment So put together a region in resurgence, wares that lend themselves to a flash stand (try looking at a server on a stand, then check out video over a mobile device - no competition), and a philosophy of simplicity and it wouldn’t be a huge leap for... [15 Oct 2003]
Software crime: Would you admit to an accidental breach?
Comment You're setting up as a freelance web designer and you hear about somebody who can get you Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash for £40 each - as long as you "don't mind keeping quiet about where it came from". [25 Sep 2003]
Farewell, floppy
Comment The Dell USB Memory Key uses flash memory and works by plugging into a PC's USB port. Dell's current Dimension desktops cannot boot from the USB Flash Memory Key. The floppy drive is heading toward extinction at Dell Computer. [07 Feb 2003]
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