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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is an internationally published technology author who has devoted over a decade to helping users get the most from technology -- whether that be by learning to program, building a PC from a pile of parts, or helping them get the most from their new MP3 player or...- more about Adrian Kingsley-Hughes »
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- Patchy antivirus coverage for 64-bit Vista
- Virus Bulletin security certification body tested a number of antivirus software solutions for 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and discovered that security firms are struggling to provide satisfactory protection for the operating system and users.Here's how an article on vnunet.com describes the situation:Of the 20 antivirus product tested, 35 per...
- Tags: Vista, Trends, Thoughts, Software, Security
- Blog posts 2007-08-03
- Apple investors remain jittery
- While Apple might be doing well, I can't help but notice how jittery Apple investors seem to be. Any bad news relating to Apple seems to cause dramatic drops in stock prices.We've had several examples of Apple's stock price taking a hit over the past few months. An unconfirmed rumor...
- Tags: Trends, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- Screen resolutions - is 800x600 dead?
- Time for a quick poll ...Almost all the web data I have access to both for my own sites and others seems to indicate that the 800x600 screen resolution is dead and that 1024x768 is the new 800x600. However, when I talk to web developers they continue to preach to...
- Tags: Trends, Thoughts, Hardware
- Blog posts 2007-07-18
- The PS3 price-drop dilemma
- I keep hearing rumors and reports that suggest that pretty soon Sony will cut the price of the PS3. But cutting the price comes at a risk.I have no doubt the PS3 is currently overpriced and I know that Sony is begging everyone to see it as more than a...
- Tags: Trends, Gaming
- Blog posts 2007-06-21
- Windows Vista - Proceed with Confidence (or tread carefully?)
- It seems that Microsoft doesn't want customers to wait any longer to upgrade to Windows Vista. The message coming in from Redmond is "Do it! Do it NOW!"Try to integrate a Vista box into an existing hardware/software ecosystem and it's a throw of the dice as to whether it's all...
- Tags: Vista, Trends, Thoughts, Microsoft
- Blog posts 2007-06-21
- Is it me or are Apple shareholders getting jittery?
- A fake email posted by Engadget claiming that the iPhone and Leopard had been delayed causes Apple stock to plunge 2.2%. News.com has the background:Engadget posted a story Wednesday morning at 11:49am ET claiming that Apple was about to announce another delay of Leopard, the next version of Mac OS...
- Tags: Apple, Thoughts, Trends
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- In just over a month Vista has picked up a bigger install base than both Mac and Linux
- At the WinHEC 2007 trade show Microsoft's Bill Gates announced that in just five weeks Windows Vista has gained an install base of 40 million users. That's a larger install base than for any other non-Microsoft OS. Here's what Gates said:"We have been amazed by the response to Vista and what...
- Tags: Apple, Linux, Trends, Vista
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- Surge in Mac users good for Apple, not so good for security
- According to web metric analysts WebSideStory and Net Applications, the number of people surfing the web in the US on a Mac doubled over the past eight months. This represents an increase from a long-term flat-line of about 3% to around 6%. Switching from the PowerPC to Intel...
- Tags: Apple, Mac, Security, Trends
- Blog posts 2007-05-09
- Windows Vista = Windows Me II?
- Is Windows Vista going to be a repeat of the Windows Me marketing and sales disaster that Microsoft experienced back on 2000?Over the past few weeks Ive come across a number of articles on tech sites that are putting Windows Vista and Windows Me in the same sentence. Not...
- Tags: Industry, Marketing, Microsoft, Software, Thoughts, Trends, Vista
- Blog posts 2007-04-26
- Apple could be onto a good thing with the iPhone
- A recent Piper Jaffray study reports that 84% of the students surveyed knew about the iPhone and that 25% said that they would purchase one at the standard retail price of $500. Apple could be onto a really good thing with the iPhone.Analysts have been predicting that iPhone sales...
- Tags: Trends, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- Hardware 2.0 - Year in review
- The Hardware 2.0 blog has only been going for six months, but this is the time of year for reflection. With that in mind, here are the top 10 posts for Hardware 2.0 collated from data available earlier this month:#10 - Microsoft: Software piracy is not a victimless crime...
- Tags: Trends, Hardware 2.0
- Blog posts 2006-12-29
- And they said Zune would fail ...
- The pundits spoke (and wrote some of the most awful, naive nonsense that Ive ever read). They said that Microsofts Zune PMP would fail. So how do they now account for it capturing 9% of the market share in the first week?The NPD Group, which tracks the sales...
- Tags: Microsoft Zune, Apple Computer Inc., Trends, Microsoft
- Blog posts 2006-12-04
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- We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!
- If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then Apple must be feeling pretty flattered now that both Canonical the company behind Ubuntu and Microsoft have expressed a desire to be more like Apple. Start your photocopiers! by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Ubuntu, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Photocopier, Apple Mac OS, Copiers, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Intuit cut 575 jobs - is this "user generated unemployment?"
- The other day I reported that Brad Smith, the CEO of Intuit, had asked his managers to see which jobs could be cut because there were volunteers among Intuit's 50m users that were doing a better job -- and for free. These seem to be the emerging business benefits from...
- Tags: Job, Intuit Inc., Unemployment, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?
- Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has thrown down the gauntlet to his merry band of open source followers: Make Ubuntu as pretty and ultimately better looking than Apple's Mac OS. eWeek's Darryl Taft quotes Shuttleworth Techmeme: "The great task in front of...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Operating System, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- The $200 web tablet ... dream on!
- Hands up anyone who would love to get their hands on a web tablet for $200 ... that pretty much all of you. OK, now hands up who thinks that Michael Arrington of TechCrunch fame can deliver this ... by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Web, Tablet, Web Tablet, Channel Management, Marketing, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- News to know: Yahoo; VMware; Apple; DNS vulnerability
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug Dancho Danchev: Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers 75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, DNS, Yahoo! Inc., Vulnerability, Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., App Store, Banking, Vertical Industries, Domain Names, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Human Resources
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it so
- Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it soPar for the course wrt anti-Vista bashers.They believe that repeating something ad nauseum will somehow make it true.Journalism or Rant?I'm afraid you've followed suit rather than taking the high road on this issue. By even responding to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, RAM, workstation, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it so
- I thought I'd left this whole Windows "Workstation" 2008 stuff behind, but it seems that I'm back for more ... by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Workstation, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
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