Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Developer’s Conference this year is all about Office Communications Server 2007. Jeff Raikes, Microsoft’s business division president has said it’s going to be the “most important communications tool since Outlook.” This year’s WinHEC has will see announcements of a new generation of communications devices that ...

I bet some of you forgot about the iPhone.  No?  Well, for those that let one of the most exciting products of 2007 slip into your subconscious, the handheld should be launching in the next four to six weeks.  So, what’s the word from Apple?  Perhaps taking a page out of competitor Microsoft’s book, the Cupertino-based ...

Although the PlayStation 3’s online service is free – and thus, a grand bargain next to Xbox Live, averaging about $60/year – it lacks a few of the bells and whistles boasted by Microsoft’s network.  For one, Sony’s console is void of a streamlined voice communication system (via USB headset) one of the finer options providing Gears of War ...

If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.  And in so doing, beat ‘em eventually.   That appears to be the new motto of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, or RIM, which recently announced that it will soon be offering software compatible with both its own devices and those of the competition.  The program will function with Microsoft’s ...

While watching PBS’ American Experience last night, I was fascinated to hear that during the 1960s San Francisco hippie wave, famous Haight street featured its very own “free” store.  Young people, some little more than vagrants, poured into the area from around the country.  Want shoes, a shirt, heck, even a couch?  The “free” ...

Two days ago, the world stopped.  That’s hardly an exaggeration for many users of the popular BlackBerry, which experienced a major email outage in the hours between Tuesday evening and early Wednesday morning.  As the week draws to a close, Research in Motion (RIM), makers of the handheld, are offering up their own reasons for the ...

“You know what?  The Nintendo Wii, thus far, has been pretty successful.” That’s clearly the understatement of 2007.  The Wii’s use of motion-sensor technology has casual gamers bee-lining from one tech shop to the next, looking for the elusive little white console.  Although Nintendo is struggling to keep the Wii in stock, ...

The EU’s top telecommunications official has set a deadline for a unified mobile TV standard. At the mobile hardware convention CeBit last Friday, Viviane Reding warned the competing mobile broadcast standards that if they don’t get behind one the EU will choose for them. Reding wants to make government mandate a last resort but says they’re ...

Yahoo will make its services available on upcoming mobile devices that run Windows Mobile operating system. The new service named Yahoo GO! will be unrolled in an agreement with a Taiwanese mobile phone manufacturer, High Tech Computer Corp. HTCC happens to be the largest producer of Windows Mobile based smartphones. These are cell phones ...

For those who have absolutely no interest in family time, vacation getaways, or intimacy with the wife/girlfriend, the BlackBerry offers a phenomenal way of interrupting everyday life.  The device, produced by Canadian firm Research in Motion, possesses “push” email, a QWERTY keyboard, and complete phone abilities.  In essence, it’s ...