Judy Mottl

Reuters is [reporting](http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSSEO16274820080905) this morning that top chip maker Samsung Electronics is mulling buying up flash memory maker SanDisk, though a spokesperson said a decision hasn’t been made. The move would be a huge boost for Samsung financially and market wise. It would save $350 million a year it now pays SanDisk in licensing fees, […]

I had heard that Microsoft was looking to come back with an ad that would blow the Mac vs. PC guys away. I love those guys. Yes I’m a Mac groupie from college, but I’ve also come around to see the beauty of the PC. And I just always found both of them cute and […]

I got to thinking today about what our Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates use and don’t use when it comes to technology. So I fired off some emails to the two campaigns, with questions about what each candidate thinks about technology today, the impact to our lives at work and at play, and what, if […]

HP is shipping its second business-focused smartphone, which it describes as “texting-friendly,” but industry watchers aren’t entirely convinced the mobile device will make much of a dent in today’s competitive marketplace. The $499 unlocked 3G HP iPAQ 912 Series Business Messenger, which features GPS and HP’s Enterprise Mobility Suite of applications on Windows Mobile 6.1 […]

An early morning AT&T (NYSE: T) 3G network outage that interrupted wireless data services for Northeast-based subscribers was resolved by noon today and did not impact voice communications. The wireless carrier said the network downtime event was due to a routing problem between the Internet and wireless devices, and not related to recent complaints about […]

Cloud storage boasts a relatively low price point and advantages like scalability, flexibility, easy access and increasing vendor choices. But as the nascent technology continues to attract attention, its growing prominence means that its shortcomings are also being brought into the limelight Even as the technology has grown over the past two years, experts warn […]

Remember those days in grade school where the teacher would put a huge jar of marbles on her desk and ask the class to guess how many were in the jar? No one, not even the smartest second grader, ever came close to the right answer. And since the teacher never, ever actually counted out […]

New research from IBM claims the vendor’s solid state disk (SSD) storage efforts are attaining greater performance capabilities than competitor’s to the tune of a 250 percent increase in input/output per second in current data-transfer rates, while proving more cost efficient. IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) SSD storage research, code-named ‘Project QuickSilver’ is an “ongoing cross-IBM initiative” […]

Research in Motion hasn’t even delivered the Bold, its latest BlackBerry, to the U.S. market, yet new applications for the smartphone are already hitting the market. One is EQO’s free mobile Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and multi-network compatible mobile instant messaging software. The software provides cheap calls and free texting capabilities as well instant […]

In the competitive race to build subscriber base, leading wireless carriers are all on the same quest to lower customer turnover but are using different strategies to achieve their goal. As Gartner analyst Phillip Redman points out, subscribers leave when network coverage isn’t adequate or when pricing is more compelling with another carrier or if […]

A second plaintiff has joined the lawsuit against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) regarding problems with its iPhone 3G, giving the company until Sept. 10 to respond to charges that it sold a defective device under false marketing promises. Wilton Lee Triggs II is now the second complainant on the lawsuit initially filed Aug. 19 by Jessica […]

Nokia’s Nseries N85 phone.Source: Nokia Nokia, the Finnish mobile phone leader, is banking that by turning the traditional economics of mobile phones on its head, it’s going to reap the benefits while offering more choice and features to buyers. But with the move ensuring that customers will initially pay far higher prices for their devices, […]