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Simple but effective…
The last months there has been a lot of buzz around Netbooks. Ultralight, small, and low performance portables. I have one from HP – the HP 2133 Mini-Note and I must admit I love the machine. I installed the Beta version of Windows 7 Ultimate on the machine and it flies. Use it a lot at home, on the road and actually also in the office now and then. Combined with the Proximus UMTS card it’s a true always on and connected device. Battery life is around 4-6 hours (Windows 7 Power-management rocks, kudo’s to the Redmond teams), the keyboard is fantastic, screen shines and the performance of this tiny machine equals my Lenovo X61T. Nice job from HP !
Helping drivers think twice before putting the pedal to the metal, Fiat has developed a new system that gives customers the insight they need to drive in more a sustainable way. ecoDrive processes driving data collected via Blue&Me, an in-car communications device developed by Microsoft. Users plug a standard USB drive into their car's Blue&Me port to gather information on acceleration, deceleration, gear changes and speed throughout the drive
http://springwise.com/automotive/greener_driving_with_fiat_and/
Sent from my Windows Mobile phone.
Nobody’s saying anything official or on the record about this, but reports popping up all across the Web indicate that while President Obama may be able to keep a mobile phone/e-mail device while in office, that device may be something more exotic than a BlackBerry from Research in Motion.
The nation’s e-mailer in chief may be carrying something called a Sectéra Edge, which is made by the military contractor General Dynamics (you know, the submarine people). The product description reads: “Developed for the National Security Agency’s Secure Mobile Environment Portable Electronic Device (SME PED) program, the Sectéra Edge is certified to protect wireless voice communications classified Top Secret and below as well as access e-mail and Web sites classified Secret and below.”
The Sectéra looks like most P.D.A.’s, and operates like one when in normal mode. But a press of a button on the front of the device engages “classified mode” (for added effect, the screen background turns red when this mode is activated). It works on GSM and CDMA networks (AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint support the device, according to the company’s Web site), and will be able to get on Wi-Fi networks sometime in the third quarter of this year. It operates on a Windows Mobile platform.
For there to be secure communications between two parties, both must have a device that conforms to the necessary encryption protocols. That can include portable units like the Edge, but also landline phones and computers. Mobile calls or e-mail messages between
So the next 4 days I’m a guest blogger at the blog of a Belgium Newspaper and since it is also business reviews time at Microsoft I will only do 1 blog a day :) – happy reading over here
http://standaard.typepad.com/ceoblog/2009/01/ces-consumer-electronics-show-whats-in-a-name.html
