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- Betting that Apple will make PPC laptops again
- Betting that Apple will make PPC laptops againThere is something to be said of the PPC architecture .I trust my old PPC PowerMac running Tiger more than any of the other machines that I have . It would be really nice to have a newer Tower PowerMac with a new...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Cringely, laptop computer, PPC, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-26
- What would an Apple-Adobe merger mean to Microsoft?
- We interrupt our ongoing series of Microsoft reorg posts to speculate on one heck of a speculative post by pundit Robert Cringely. Cringely thinks an Apple-Adobe merger makes sense on a variety of fronts. If it ever did come to pass, it would make for interesting ...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Merger, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cringely, SmartFlow, Media Center PCs, Mergers & Acquisitions, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Productivity, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Investment, Finance, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Consumer Electronics, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-01-11
- Cringely doesn't need no stinking facts to push Net Neutrality
- Cringely doesn't need no stinking facts to push Net NeutralityNet Neutrality?We don' need no stinkin' Net Neutrality?!!! ;)Tell 'em George! :)Is Microsoft paying off Mr. Cringely?Companies like Microsoft and Google are advocating "net neutrality" to escape paying for the improved service to be provided them. Why not create an...
- Tags: AT&T Corp., Net Neutrality, Cringely, extremist
- Discussion threads 2007-04-13
- Cringely doesn't need no stinking facts to push Net Neutrality
- Robert X. Cringely - the PBS pundit who was caught masquerading as a Stanford PhD and Professor) - has a new blog out titled "We Dont Need No Stinking Best Effort". Cringely has come out with another bogus accusation against the Broadband companies claiming that theyre now in a...
- Tags: VoIP, Technology policy, Networking, Net Neutrality
- Blog posts 2007-04-13
- Google's aiming to become the Starbucks of the digital universe
- Cringely continues his exploration into what Google really plans to be when it grows up. He speculates that Googles fixation on buying up real estate near power sources and building datacenters like hot-spotted Starbucks coffee shops is part of the companys goal to become your indispensable phone, cable company and...
- Tags: General, Web Technology, Google, Google Inc., Starbucks Corp., data center
- Blog posts 2007-01-19
- Cool Codes
- Cool CodesCheck Robt Cringely's column this weekI had a professor once who talked about synchronicity, where a new idea suddenly emerges from many seemingly unrelated directions simultaneously. Robert X Cringely (at http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20060901.html) was on this week about a St. Louis, Missouri-based company named Appistry that seems to do exactly what...
- Tags: Processors, processor, Appistry, not-so, developer, Cringely
- Discussion threads 2006-09-03
- It's a bad day to be Robert X.
- Robert X. Cringely is a bufoon - proved once again by his latest "get it wrong at all costs" screed. Anyone who's read his column more than once probably was able to figure that out all by themselves. But, just in case the facts that he's a PBS columnist hiding...
- Tags: Robert, Robert X., Cringely
- Blog posts 2006-04-09
- The Google Internet
- The pseudonymous Robert X. Cringely has an interesting take on what Google is really up to with its dark fiber acquisitions and growing number of data centers.So why buy-up all that fiber, then?The probable answer lies in one of Google's underground parking garages in Mountain View. There, in a secret...
- Tags: Google Inc.
- Blog posts 2005-11-18
- Another theory about Apple/Intel
- Cringely offers an alternate theory for Apple getting in bed with Intel:Microsoft comes into this because Intel hates Microsoft. It hasn't always been that way, but in recent years Microsoft has abused its relationship with Intel and used AMD as a cudgel against Intel. Even worse, from Intel's standpoint Microsoft...
- Tags: Intel Corp.
- Blog posts 2005-06-09
- The grand convergence in 2010
- The grand convergence in 2010Ubiquitous access[i]Ubiquitous access is a foregone conclusion, and we are on a path over the next decade to anytime, anywhere connectivity at high speeds.[/i]In Korea, yes. In China, perhaps. In the USA, not a chance.The LOCs are well on their way to a statutory...
- Tags: Linux, Semantic Web, Sun Solaris, Workstations, UNIX, Operating systems, Gartner Inc., Microsoft NT, AIX/RS6000, HPUX/PA, big dud, cringely, boys club, semantic connectivity, Digital Equipment Corp., everyday basis, LOC
- Discussion threads 2005-05-18
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- Akamai: Broadband consumption clouds outlook
- Akamai: Broadband consumption clouds outlookBroadband consumption is a short term problemIn the long run I believe Robert X. Cringley prediction.http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2008/pulpit_20080718_005261.htmlRE: Akamai: Broadband consumption clouds outlookThat's too not to. As an Editor you should use the correct words."Needless to say those comments didn't go over to well as Akamai shares...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Akamai Technologies Inc., Broadband consumption, broadband
- Discussion threads 2008-07-31
- Thoughts on Bill Gates
- Thoughts on Bill GatesGood lawyeringOne thing that is often forgotten is the fact that, when Gates purchased and licensed dos to IBM, the contract was the "killer app".It required IBM to pay for DOS on every machine whether they used it or not, while allowing MS to license DOS...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Bill Gates
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- From steam punk to the future, and how to plan for it...
- I've been doing a lot of reading, most recently 'The Big Switch' by Nicholas Carr. There are plenty of reviews of this fascinating work available - in essence this is actually two books. The first focuses on the history of American public utilities and makes a very plausible case for...
- Tags: Collaboration, Information Technology, Nicholas Carr, Nicholas, Collaboration Initiative, Strategy, Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- News to know: Ubuntu; Microsoft's Albany; Google; Safari flap
- Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look: Hardy Heron Beta. Gallery: Installation. Screen shots: OS tour Mary Jo Foley: ‘Albany': New Microsoft ‘home office' in the works? Michael Krigsman: Is IT becoming extinct? Garett Rogers: New Google Mobile feature...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., CEO, MSM, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Wireless LANs, Operating Systems, Wireless, Open Source, Software, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- California court order effectively erases Wikileaks
- In the rapidly escalating story of Wikileaks.org, here a California court has ordered the domain registrar, Dynadot, to erase all DNS entries for the domain, effectively erasing a website that hosts millions of documents purportedly "leaked" to the wiki-style site in the name of whistle-blowing on malfeasance. If...
- Tags: DNS, California, Web Site, Domain Names, Web Site Development, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Web Technology, Networking, Internet, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2008-02-18
- Apple investors have their say on the Macworld 08 keynote
- Apple investors have their say on the Macworld 08 keynoteiPhone: no exchange server clientI was disapointed that there was not more innovation for the iPhone: no exchange server client, no 3G speed upgrade, no memory increase.Stocks go up and downInvestors are simply doing what they always do for Macworld--selling off...
- Tags: Investment, MSFT, Citigroup Inc., Honda Motor Co., Apple Inc., Apple Investors, Macworld, Apple iPhone, stock, tech stock, Apple-hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-01-15
- Apple walks on water and WiMax Mobile
- Apple walks on water and WiMax MobileDongleAs I Cringley observes in the [url=http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2008/pulpit_20080111_003899.html]End Game[/url] article, Apple hardware is a dongle.You can only run their software applications on their hardware, with only a few exceptions.They need to diversify because with recent changes to expanded drm-free music availability (e.g, SONY to sell...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., WiMAX, WiMax Mobile, mobile, IPHONE IS
- Discussion threads 2008-01-11
- Apple-Adobe merger? Love the idea!
- I love the idea of Apple buying Adobe, as proposed by Robert Cringely. In a world where technology competition is virtually always beneficial to users, such a union would strengthen Apple's platform position against Windows. A stronger Apple, combined with Linux's growing influence, would keep healthy pressure on Microsoft. Toss...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Merger, Apple Inc., Linux, Desktops, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Mergers & Acquisitions, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Investment, Finance, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-01-11
- Is Apple seeking a union with Abode?
- Is Apple seeking a union with Abode?Is Apple seeking a union with Abode?I could see them buying Adobe, but I doubt they'd buy Abode. ;-)Nooooooooooo!When talking about an Apple/Adobe merger, you are really talking about three entities: Apple, Adobe and Macromedia.When Adobe and Macromedia merged, the idiocy of Macromedia...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Tools & Techniques, Word processors, Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Macromedia Inc., Abode
- Discussion threads 2008-01-11
- Is Apple seeking a union with Adobe?
- Robert Cringely makes a case for Apple buying Adobe. What I DO see happening is Apple buying Adobe, which would give it effective dominance of digital content creation and distribution on a global scale. Bruce Chizen suddenly stepped down as Adobe's CEO without warning: why? A caretaker CEO (my...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Robert Cringely, Steve, Corporate Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions, Desktops, Digital Music, Digital Media, Marketing, Investment, Finance, Hardware, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-01-11
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