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Cringely's right, Windows Mobile is dead

Cringely's right, Windows Mobile is deadPeople who know nothing have the loudest opinions"Cringley is right, unless you can point me to any hot new product that will be using it."@UninformedIdiotHave you heard of the HTC Touch HD or the Xperia X1?Triple......I like your posts sometimes but you're way out on...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular phones, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., mobile, WM7, Microsoft Zune, Cringely, handset, High Tech Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-24

Cringely's right, Windows Mobile is dead

Cringely's right, unless Microsoft gets around to doing something really radical with Windows Mobile, the platform will be all but dead in a few years. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Cringely, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Advertising & Promotion, Software, Hardware, Marketing, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-10-24

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

Additional Resources

U.S. national broadband strategy: Funding is the elephant in the room

we don't need big governmentThe broadband has to be build by private businesses and everyone needs to pay to get it.The government should only provide incentives like tax cuts that are deficit neutral.And of courseAnd of course ZDNet is still pushing the crazy idea that broadband everywhere is inevitable. Somehow,...

Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Highways, broadband, broadband over power line, U.S. national broadband strategy, U.S. National

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

Should broadband connectivity be a right?

Should broadband connectivity be a right?Not at all.Yes, it is going to be a necessity but it will never be a right. In my opinion, this goes along with the whole "Is health care a right" ordeal. Neither of these are rights. They are both almost absolutely necessary but no...

Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, INTERNET, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, broadband, broadband connectivity

Discussion threads 2009-05-31

What if Steve Jobs ran GM?

What if Steve Jobs ran GM?Talk is cheapLet's watch the computer industry go into a prolonged slump and see what is in his spine.I'm saying this because some are serious about that.RE: What if Steve Jobs ran GM?We'd have one model that cost twice as much as a similar car...

Tags: Telsa, General Motors Corp., What-if Steve Job, car

Discussion threads 2008-12-10

News to know: Windows 7's latest build; Ubuntu; Chip density; Tech economy

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: PDC coverage: Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 pre-beta build: What's inside Jason Hiner: Windows 7: Five things Microsoft must do Microsoft: Expect Vista SP2...

Tags: Ubuntu, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Chip, AMD Announces $150 Radeon HD 4830 Cringely, Microsoft Windows, Web 2.0, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Operating Systems, Semiconductors, Software, Internet, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-10-27

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

Microsoft builds out its first containerized datacenter

Microsoft builds out its first containerized datacenterVerari = GarbageOnly thing going for Verari is their price. Other than that....They are garbage. Garbage over the counter parts that you can by at your local Mom and Pap PC shop. Horrible support. I really don't understand why companies waste their time and...

Tags: Data centers, Verari, data center, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-02