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Are early adopters all suckers?

Tech companies would love us all to be early adopters. Ideally they want us whipping out out wallets or purses and flexing our credit cards as soon as there's a new OS, cellphone, graphics card, CPU, or other bit of software or hardware. But are early adopters suckers who ultimately...

Tags: Adopter, Video Cards, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Hardware, Components, Sales, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-07-24

Sony admits to PSP Go early adopter premium, are you really surprised?

The PSP Go will be launching on 1 October for $249 and according to a Joystiq article posting a quote from a Sony executive Sony is associating a premium cost for new adopters. It is not a new practice to charge a premium for new products, just look at Apple's...

Tags: Sony Corp., Adopter, Sony PlayStation Portable, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-06-26

Friday Rant - It's new technology stupid, you should expect problems!

It's a Friday again and that means time for another Friday Rant. It bothers me how there's a growing number of people who believe that early adopters of new technology products or services should not only expect problems, but should also make excuses for the product or...

Tags: Adopter, Attitude, Patch Management, Product, Patches, Network Technology, Networking, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-11-16

Additional Resources

Wondershare QuizCreator 3.0.0.35 (Windows)

Wondershare QuizCreator is a robust quiz maker designed for corporate training and online education to create interactive Flash-based quizzes, online surveys and web assessments. This quiz maker software is one of the easiest yet most effective ways to access knowledge and get valuable opinions. Create a Flash Quiz within Minutes...

Tags: Quiz, Microsoft Windows, Wondershare Software, Wondershare QuizCreator, E-mail, Channel Management, Development Tools, Online Communications, Marketing, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-04

With Apple, there's a fine line between paying a premium and being a sucker

Interesting view...I am not an Apple user, and I do think most of Apple's products are too expensive for me, but I didn't think $70 was that outlandish. Don't top end mice from Logitech or MS run around $50-100?Anyway, I guess I'd have to try it before saying it was...

Tags: Mice, mouse, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Spring Design debuts Google Android-based e-book reader, Alex

Myself, I do not even want a separate device, no matter how cheap. AND, I want to be able to read my books on any of my devices, such as smart phone, netbook, or desktop.ExactlyI would like to read my eStuff on my desktop, laptop or any other device. I...

Tags: E-books, Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Google Android, Google Inc., e-book Reader, e-book, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Can we let the Kindle/1984 thing go already?

I wanted the Red TruckBut I wanted the red truck.Oh no, that was a limited time offer, says so right here in the fine print.Even kids know its wrong to hide behind fine print...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiAvHPPc8M8$150,000 is a little excessiveBut I like to think that Mr. Orwell's spirit is smiling at the...

Tags: Litigation, Amazon.com Inc., Kindle/1984 thing, Kindle/1984

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Nielsen: Women, teens and seniors driving mobile web growth

Mobile web usage is on the rise. These days, though, it's women, teens and seniors who are driving the growth, offering signs that the technology is growing beyond the early-adopter crowd and into the mainstream. Mobile web usage was up 34 percent from July 2008 to July...

Tags: Web, Women, Mobile, Mobile Web Usage, Web Usage, Gender And Diversity, Channel Management, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-01

Neuroengineering to challenge what it means to be human

sign me upI am definitely interested in any advantages I can be given through neural enhancement or cybernetics. Obviously early attempts to alter the brain will be less effective and will no doubt exhibit many flaws but even a dodgy upgrade is better than no upgrade if you are...

Tags: Semiconductors, Neuroengineering

Discussion threads 2009-09-13

Verizon enters mobile management services; enough to take it beyond early adopters?

Verizon will announce its entry into a new market today, offering a full suite of services designed to help business customers analyze usage, manage devices, maintain security and more through a suite of software tools. Deja Vu. Just yesterday, I posted about Zenprise, a...

Tags: Mobile, Information Technology, Verizon Communications Inc., Mobility, IT Organization, Wireless And Mobility, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-09

News to know: Snow Leopard; YouTube; VMWorld; Google Books

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Snow Leopard ships with vulnerable Flash Player Sam Diaz: Report: EC considering delay of Sun-Oracle over...

Tags: Google Inc., Andrew Nusca, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Data Centers, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Storage, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-09-03

Snow Leopard might crash your apps

This just has to be a Microsoft plot.LOL...LOL. :DRE: Snow Leopard might crash your appsNonsense, the latest mac hunter ad said we didn't have to worry about that and that a mac just works. Are you calling them liars?How did Apple phrase it in their commercials?That sure sounds like [i]a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, Operating systems, OS X., Snow Leopard, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Hold 6 and 4 keys at boot to enable 64-bit Snow Leopard

Can you clarify this for me?I'm running 64 bit Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro, or at least I thought I was. Now I'm not so sure since I don't hold the 6 or the 4 key when I boot up. Since there is no way that Windows is ever...

Tags: Network technology, Operating systems, 64-bit, 32-bit, Snow Leopard, Apple Mac OS X

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

Chevy Volt: 230 mpg in city driving; Are you a buyer?

Why the focus on MPG for an electric vehicle?The real question is: How much in increased electricity costs will one incur from recharging this vehicle "at least once a day"?That plus the added price tagare warning me away from this. If I thought I could save money versus buying a...

Tags: car, mpg, battery

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

Manufacturer Expects Optimized IT Management, Cost Savings With New Operating System

Pella uses the latest technologies to craft beautiful, energy-efficient windows and doors. To support this work, the company's IT Operations and Infrastructure team became an early adopter of the Windows 7 operating system. After the pilot program is complete, Pella expects to benefit from the improved IT management, faster deployment,...

Tags: IT Administration, Pella, Information Technology, Operating System, Cost Savings, Microsoft Windows 7, Strategy, Management

Case studies 2009-08-11

Fanboys come for free - If Apple were an airline it wouldn't have frequent flier miles

Companies love to have enthusiastic customers because the passion that comes with enthusiasm sells. Word-of-mouth is the most effective driver of sales bar none. Companies love enthusiastic customers that have blogs, are active on Facebook, Twitter, etc because they can reach more people. But how...

Tags: Social Media, Apple Inc., Word-of-mouth, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-08-05

Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1TB 2.5-in. HDD, $249

Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1TB 2.5-in. HDD, $249evolution more than revolutionwith 2.5" 500 GB HDD at about $100, I don't see any ground breaking technology here, more like an early adopter premium.RE: Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1TB 2.5-in. HDD, $249Due you really want to be storing that much information...

Tags: Notebooks, Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1TB, Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1TB 2.5-in, Western Digital Scorpio, Western Digital Corp., laptop computer, hard drive

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

Are early adopters all suckers?

Are early adopters all suckers?well, if your eyes are openNot sure why you would be a sucker.... One word -VistaSome are, but not all areSometimes you become an early adopter because you need a feature that only these early models have. So if this feature works for you, you...

Tags: Smart phones, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), sucker

Discussion threads 2009-07-24

Is Twitter making us all self-centered?

Is Twitter making us all self-centered?What changed?I think things changed to this broadcast model when Twitter changed user streams to no longer display replies to users that you're not following. It made it difficult to see and participate in conversations unless you're already following everyone involved.RE: Is Twitter making...

Tags: Twitter

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

News to know: Windows 7, HD-DVD, Twitter, iPhone, SOA

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Christopher Dawson: Windows 7: Good enough to pay for? Andrew Nusca: Quickfire Deal: Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Richard Koman, HD-DVD, Jason Perlow, SOA, Matthew Miller, Twitter, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-06-29