June 24, 2009
Intel and Nokia officially partner on mobile devices: “the possibilities are endless”
Engadget
Darren Murph provides details on a new long-term partnership agreement between Intel and Nokia.
“It’s clear that the two are joining hands in order to ‘shape the next era of mobile computing.’ Indeed, the duo has stated that they expect ‘many innovations to result from this collaboration over time’ and they are hoping to ‘define a new mobile platform beyond today’s smartphones, notebooks and netbooks, enabling the development of a variety of innovative hardware, software and mobile internet services.’”
Users Are Not Embracing Storage Encryption for Data Erasure
Network World
Jon Oltsik shares his thoughts on where he sees the future of disk encryption headed.
“In the future, disk encryption will probably become mainstream but this will happen as a result of supply side economics rather than demand side requirements. In other words, when disk drives come standard with encryption capabilities at little to no extra cost, users will deploy this technology as part of a layered defense. Until then storage encryption will remain a small niche in the enterprise market.”
Canon, Casio, Panasonic and Samsung are “standout” brands
ZD Net
Rachel King shares results from a recent test from Consumer Reports regarding the most popular digital camera-vendor brands.”
“Consumer Reports recently conducted a test of 54 point-and-shoot digital camera models, and four models came out on top in their research: Canon, Casio, Panasonic and Samsung. They also found you shouldn’t spend more than $150 for a well-performing point-and-shoot.”