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- Dear Microsoft: What's the deal with Windows 7 upgrades?
- Location?38.921473?N 77.066946?WYep, same here ...... stonewalled at every turn. With you ...... I can see, because you've been pulling on Microsoft's scab lately. But in Ed's case, I don't know why they would treat him like that.^o^Message has been deleted..Believe it or not ...... it makes little difference. The...
- Tags: upgrade media, reverse engineering, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Sony's new Reader lineup assaults Amazon biz plan
- All good developments for the consumerMore competition equals more innovation and better pricing. I like their move towards a more open standard and it'll be interesting to see how Amazon responds to that. Yep, it's gonna be a heck of a battle with three competent players (Sony, Amazon and B&N)...
- Tags: HD DVD, Notebooks, MORE COMPETITION, Amazon.com Inc., Sony Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
- Is "market share" thinking "old school" thinking?
- Is "market share" thinking "old school" thinking?HealthA fragmented market is a healthy market. You can compare it to an ecosystem: a great variety of species is best. Domination of one species poses risks: diseases, plagues.So we can say that the operating system market shows a healthy trend, but is still...
- Tags: Desktops, PC Market, Free Market, Market-Share, O/S, PC
- Discussion threads 2009-05-25
- As Blu-ray sales surge, Best Buy holds on as format's top seller
- As Blu-ray sales surge, Best Buy holds on as format's top sellerCan't possibly be trueZDNet has been writing of zero prospects for Blu-ray's since MS lost with it's HD-DVD format. Come to think of it the failure of HD-DVD was also a surprise given the number of articles ZDNet pushed...
- Tags: HD DVD, Sales strategy, Consumer electronics, Sales force management, Special Effects, Blu-ray sales surge, Blu-Ray sale, Best Buy Co. Inc., top seller, sales, HD-DVD, DVD
- Discussion threads 2009-05-11
- New U.S. energy triumverate now in power
- New U.S. energy triumverate now in powerEnergy independence....will be achieved when the govt gets OUT of the energy industry. How can some lawyer/senator be the expert on energy production?These are the same people who, prior to the election, said they weren't banning clean coal, but that companies would go bankrupt...
- Tags: Personal finance, Clean Coal, New U.S. energy, New U.S., formulation
- Discussion threads 2009-01-21
- Ace Computers to release $999 CableCard-equipped home theater PCs
- Ace Computers to release $999 CableCard-equipped home theater PCsHTPC must turn into iSTBThe concept of an HTPC makes perfect sense from the engineer's perspective... but it does not reflect the reality in terms of what the market demands.That does not mean that the market would not demand Media Center technology...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, computer, STB, Media Center PC, iSTB, HTPC, PC, CableCard, home theater
- Discussion threads 2009-01-01
- To heck with the Kindle: Sony Reader PRS-700 reviewed
- To heck with the Kindle: Sony Reader PRS-700 reviewedI'll stick with traditional booksJust got back from the bookstore where I picked up a copy of a book I wanted David Baldacci for 30% off. I always look through the bargain books and found half a dozen for $6.98 and lower....
- Tags: E-books, Sony Reader PRS-700, Sony Corp., Sony Reader
- Discussion threads 2008-11-12
- Linuxworksbetter.org: A humble proposal
- Linuxworksbetter.org: A humble proposalQuestion...You don't clarify who's paying the fee. Would people present themselves, or what?Anyway, I struggling to ignore the fairly major ethical questions.I hope I missed the pointi cannot believe that you would equate the horror of having a loved one or family member trapped in a radical...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Murph, Linuxworksbetter.org, humble proposal, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-06-12
- AMD makes its notebook move; Puma goes live
- AMD makes its notebook move; Puma goes liveMaster Joe Says...How is this a win, even a small win, over Intel? AMD has produced one disaster, after another, after another, as of late. Intel has been taking leaps and bounds ahead, while AMD is stuck in the "theory" stage...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Processors, Notebooks, BluRay, notebook, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-04
- Attack of the clones: Psystar to battle Apple on EULA
- Attack of the clones: Psystar to battle Apple on EULAMore than likely . . .They were a home business who built custom machines that decided that they were gonna need more room for production. Happens all the time.Our church has been in it's own building for 35 years,...
- Tags: Operating systems, OSX, Sounds like Psystar, Apple OSX, Apple Inc., Psystar, EULA, hardware, clone, Apple Macintosh, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-04-15
- Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucks
- Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucksI agreeYep, the UK broadcasts look pretty swanky.But, whenever they're showing clips from US news shows or playing Friends on Channel 4 (so that's about... 90% of the day?), the quality is crap. Whether its just because US TV...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), HD DVD, Digital media, Consumer electronics, DVD, TV & Home Theater, digital-rights management, DRM Sucks, HD-DVD, Friday Rant, perfect example, TV
- Discussion threads 2008-04-11
- Toshiba delivers its Betamax address
- Toshiba delivers its Betamax addressThe writing was on the wallI think it was pretty much game over for HD-DVD once Sony bundled the BR drive in the PS3. Although that can be balanced by Sony's usual failures in introducing formats. See: Betamax, MiniDisc, Hi8, Memory stick and UMD.Too bad, I...
- Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, Sony Corp., Sony Betamax, Toshiba Corp., Betamax address, DVD
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
- Toshiba drops HD DVD
- Toshiba drops HD DVDWhich is next?At last, a useless costly format war is over. Thank God. I wonder which will be the next useless format war? Industries never learn... And we, consumers, pay the price.Greetz, Pjotr.It's over!And the winner is.. well, still no winners, I think. The HD players was...
- Tags: HD DVD, Blu-ray, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, Blu-ray disc, DVD, DVD Price, Toshiba Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
- Investors cheer as Toshiba nears HD DVD surrender
- Investors cheer as Toshiba nears HD DVD surrenderHurray, Sony wonand I don't trust them as one non-customer, me, has to say, but let them buy Sony's UMD, rootkits, exploding batteries, CD price fixing and general over pricing. It good to see the format war end long enough to focus...
- Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, Blu-ray, Digital rights management (DRM), Memory, HD-DVD, SD card, Blueray, Toshiba Corp., DVD, Sony Corp., Blu-ray disc
- Discussion threads 2008-02-18
- HD DVD is dead
- HD DVD is deadIt's not dead yet......but it certainly isn't well.Toshiba should have learned from DVD and DIVX that competing means someone will lose.The sooner Toshiba cuts their loses and bails, the less money they will lose. Anything else just prolongs the pain.Blu-ray isn't perfect and its players need...
- Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, DVD, Toshiba Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-15
- Part 1: Does DC have a place in the data center?
- I try to make a point of keeping promises, even though I may not always keep them right away. So, in response to a gentle e-mail earlier today from a kind reader, this is the first of a couple columns about using direct current DC as an energy option in...
- Tags: Data Center, Telecommunications Company, AC, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-02-08
- Is Blu-ray any less dead than HD DVD?
- Is Blu-ray any less dead than HD DVD?We want it to be overI am hoping the best format won. I really didn't care for people choosing the cheaper format just to save a buck. Haven't we learned that this year with toys from China?ain't dead yetI'll just start...
- Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, Memory, SD card, HD-DVD, DVD, movie, media, storage, TV
- Discussion threads 2008-01-10
- News to know: OLPC lessons; 2008 in preview; Blu-ray on new MacBook Pro?
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Lessons Learned: Two weeks with the XO laptop. Gallery: The unboxing. Researcher: Sears' use of ComScore software falls short on privacy Robin Harris: Blu-ray option on new MacBook Pro Happy 2008: ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple MacBook, Blu-ray, One Laptop Per Child Project, Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-01-02
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