January 8, 2009
HP’s Subnotebook Is Uglier, Fatter – But Cheaper Than Air
Wired
Brian Chen writes about HP’s new Pavilion DV2 subnotebook, which is designed to compete against Apple’s MacBook Air.
“Dubbed the Pavilion DV2, HP’s 12.1-inch subnotebook weighs 3.8 pounds and measures 1.3 inches thick. It’s powered by a 1.6GHz AMD Athlon Neo processor. Though pricing hasn’t been finalized, HP said the DV2 will cost around $500. That’s a lot cheaper than the MacBook Air, which starts at $1,800.”
‘SOA’ dead as of January 1st, analyst says
ZD Net
Joe McKendrick writes why analyst Anne Thomas Manes believes service oriented architecture (SOA) is “dead.”
“Manes says that service oriented architecture (SOA)- at least in the form we’ve known it – has finally hit the wall. It hasn’t been delivering ROI, and organizations need to move on to better and faster initiatives. Manes posted the following ‘obituary’ for (SOA): ‘SOA met its demise on January 1, 2009, when it was wiped out by the catastrophic impact of the economic recession. SOA is survived by its offspring: mashups, BPM, SaaS, Cloud Computing, and all other architectural approaches that depend on ‘services.’”
Verbatim trots out OS X-friendly 8GB Store ‘n’ Go retractable USB drive
Engadget
Darren Murph writes about a new 8GB Store ‘n’ Go Retractable USB Drive from Verbatim.
“Verbatim’s pushing two main selling points here: for starters, the cap-less, retractable design means that your USB socket will always be covered, and secondly, the password controlled access to the drive’s private zone plays nice within an OS X environment. The half-ounce device is expected to land on store shelves in just a few weeks, though it’ll cost you a stiff $59.99 if you’re looking to pay MSRP.”