We have more choices, both of what to watch and what to watch it on, putting more pressure on companies to please us. Companies that don’t get that should beware.
From the monthly archives:
February 2011
Week in tech: more HBGary fallout, rooting your Nook Color, and more
Black ops: how HBGary wrote backdoors for the government : The attacks last week by Anonymous on security firm HBGary have yanked back the curtain on the dark world of government-sponsored malware. Where does the US military get its custom rootkits? It buys them—and the 0-day exploits that deliver them—from private security firms. How to root a Nook Color to transform it into an Android tablet …
Vietnamese brand names help sell cheap Chinese phones
Chinese-made mobile phone handsets with Vietnamese brand names have overcome consumer doubts about poor quality and gained a toehold on the lower end of the domestic market – with the past two years witnessing the appearance of affordable mobile phones with such brands as Hanel, Q-Mobile, F-mobile, WellcoM and MobiStar.
Vodafone in Egypt: How tech companies can uphold, not violate, human rights
In carrying out the policies of repressive regimes, multinational telecommunications companies can violate international standards for human rights. Joining a global network committed to ethical uses of technology would help these corporations uphold, rather than undermine, those rights.
T-Mobile chief eyes cheaper smart phones and ubiquitous tablet use
Philipp Humm, CEO of the wireless carrier’s U.S. division, says phones that offer Web surfing and navigation don’t have to be the most expensive and use the latest technology. Philipp Humm, the new chief executive of T-Mobile USA, wants to boost the wireless carrier’s fortunes in the U.S. Humm, who came from sister company T-Mobile Germany in November, sat down with The Times recently to talk …