Mikael Ricknäs - Author - Good Gear Guide

Stories by Mikael Ricknäs

Article | 14/08/2009 Palm Pre debacle highlights location privacy issues

Reports about Palm keeping track of Pre users have shown how location services can backfire, and the importance of making users aware of how informati...

Article | 13/08/2009 Apple impresses as smartphone sales grow

The iPhone continued to shine as the sales of smartphones to end users grew by 27 percent during the second quarter compared to the same period last y...

Article | 11/08/2009 Cheap smartphones set to boom in the pre-paid market

Smartphones are set to become much cheaper as mobile phone vendors try to get data-centric devices in the hands of pre-paid subscribers.

Article | 6/08/2009 Sales of PC microprocessors jump 10 percent, says IDC

The sale of microprocessors is bucking the economic downturn, as the number of PC processors sold rose about 10 percent during the second quarter comp...

Article | 6/08/2009 Online ad revenue continues to drop, says IDC

The economic downturn continues to weigh on online ad spending. The worldwide market dropped by 5 percent during the second quarter compared to the sa...

Article | 5/08/2009 European antitrust regulators to review Oracle-Sun deal

The European Commission plans to release its first opinion on Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems on Sept. 3.

Article | 5/08/2009 Twitter at the heart of new, cheap smartphones

Mobile phone outfit INQ Mobile has launched two low-cost smartphones that feature tight integration with social-networking site Twitter, it said on Tu...

Article | 6/07/2009 MoBank app takes shopping to the iPhone in the UK

iPhone and iPod Touch owners in the U.K. will be able to use their devices to buy and pay for goods using a new application from MoBank.

Article | 6/07/2009 Oracle may cut up to 1,000 European jobs, union says

Oracle may lay off between 850 to 1,000 European employees, according to the French union CFDT.

Article | 3/07/2009 Stock exchange keeps Pirate Bay buyers under close watch

Internet cafe operator Global Gaming Factory X will be delisted from a Swedish stock exchange if it engages in illegal activities involving the file-s...

Article | 3/07/2009 Symbian Foundation makes progress, but challenges remain

The Symbian Foundation expects to begin beta testing of a new version of its mobile phone operating system within the next few weeks. Symbian, the fir...

Article | 2/07/2009 The Pirate Bay will let users delete accounts ahead of sale

The operators of The Pirate Bay will allow users to delete their accounts on the torrent-tracking site, a feature many users have requested since a de...

Article | 30/06/2009 Internet cafe company offers $US7.8 million for The Pirate Bay

The owners of The Pirate Bay have agreed to sell the site to a Swedish Internet cafe operator for 60 million Swedish kronor (US$7.8 million), the comp...

Article | 30/06/2009 Internet cafe company offers $7.8 million for The Pirate Bay

The owners of The Pirate Bay have agreed to sell the site to a Swedish Internet cafe operator for 60 million Swedish kronor (US$7.8 million), the comp...

Article | 30/06/2009 ZigBee develops standard for devices without batteries

The ZigBee Alliance is working on a standard for products based on the wireless technology that can operate without batteries by harvesting energy fro...