Second Life for a Cisco virtual press conference: fly on over!

When Cisco Systems Inc. said it would announce the winners of a networking technology innovation contest called Connected Life inside a Second Life simulation, it seemed like the place for me to be, if only to see how major companies might use this virtual world.Cisco has been staging virtual meetings in Second Life for more than a year with developers meeting with channel partners, but this presentation was the first time that I had heard of a reporter being asked to cover a meeting there. I am probably an SL noob  by most standards, but at least had already loaded the SL client on my laptop and had created a avatar named Matt2 Ultsch.  I thought I knew most of the ways to move, run, and even fly in SL, and to search out islands and events. 

HTC Working on Google Phone

Taiwan's HTC will start selling a Google phone in the second half of 2008.

HTC Working on Google Phone

Taiwan's HTC will start selling a Google phone in the second half of 2008.

The next IT challenge: Mobile device management

There's a lot to managing mobile devices in the enterprise, and as the kinds of devices and features increase, so does the complexity of the job.

There is no gPhone, but there is an Android (and Dutch radio)

Hello? It's IT Blogwatch: in which blogland throws up mixed reactions to Google's cellphone platform announcement. Not to mention a new twist on an old story...Matt Hamblen reports:Google Inc. and several other technology companies [unveiled] a new mobile platform called Android [Monday] ... The system is expected to yield an actual phone in the second half of 2008. According to Google, Android is "the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices." The internet search firm worked with T-Mobile, High Tech Computer Corp., Qualcomm Inc. and Motorola Corp. to develop Android through the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) ... [which] includes 34 companies that want to reduce the cost of developing and distributing mobile devices and services.