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Yet another "iPhone killer:" Blackberry's Thunder (updated): Did you hear that John Mayer is cheating on Apple again? That's right, Apple's poster boy blogged that he's using a Blackberry Bold. Not really surprising considering that RIM sponsored his 2007 tour. Note to Cupertino: send him a 3G iPhone, like, today. Although RIM hasn't said...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Electronista, 3G, Cellular Phones, Keyboards, Handhelds, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-16

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Asus EBOX may be just what we're looking for: I love the thin clients we rolled out: easy centralized manageability, low power consumption, and a near-desktop experience for most students has made them very cost-effective. One problem with the budget thin clients we purchased, however, is their need to launch a terminal session just for simple web browsing...; Tags: ASUS, built-In, Thin Client, Thin Clients, Hardware, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-27
Can a 256GB SSD save the MacBook Air?: Can a 256GB SSD save the MacBook Air?What's the point of that?The Macbook Air has no way of really taking advantage of all that storage space. It has no FireWire or Gigabit ethernet. Personally, if I'm gonna spend that much money, I wanna be able to serve out...; Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook, MacBook Air, MBA, SSD, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-05-27
Don't go buying high-end graphics cards to power the next-gen Photoshop: Last week the web was a-buzzing with rumors that the next incarnation of Photoshop (Photoshop CS4 as many are calling it ... but I'll call it CS.next even though Adobe has publicly called the next version CS4) would leverage graphics processing units in order to make the app faster. However,...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, Video Card, Graphics, Fish Story, Video Cards, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-27
Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMac: Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMacOnly an Apple ....... fanboy would consider running an overclocked laptop CPU in their desktop a good thing. My God you guys are starved for technology.RE: Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMacLOL! The Vista thing is going fine. And I wouldn't own...; Tags: Desktops, Semiconductors, BIOS, Network technology, Processors, Apple Inc., chip, Intel Corp., newest chip, Apple iMac, Apple Macintosh, CPU; Discussion threads 2008-04-29

Apple iMac refresh roundup: Coverage of the Apple iMac refresh fell into two camps. The first consists of the usual specs and prices. This was a speed bump--the design of the aluminum all-in-one is unchanged--with faster Core 2 Duo processors, larger L2 cache, more memory, a faster system bus, and new...; Tags: Processor, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., Desktops, Hardware, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Palm's 3rd quarter losses increase from $31 to $57 million: Larry posted the news about Palm's third quarter report and unfortunately, I am following up his report with more bad news for Palm. Palm just filed an updated third quarter report that increased their net loss from the previously reported US$31 million (30 cents/share) to US$57million (57 cents/share). The expected...; Tags: Palm Inc., Centro, Palm OS, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-04-08
News to know: AMD; IT spending; Google; Microsoft Mesh; ULPCs: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Google App Engine: When will Microsoft field a competitor? Garett Rogers: Google announces App Engine: Should Amazon worry? Michael Krigsman: Heathrow T5 failure: What really happened Larry Dignan: AMD: Sales weak; Layoffs on tap ...; Tags: Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Jason O'Grady, IT-spending, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Printers, Fuel Cells, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware, Peripherals, Emerging Technologies, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-08
iPhone SDK will see an explosion of Social Web software: At a special event in Cupertino tomorrow, Apple plans to unveil the iPhone Software Develop Kit SDK "road map", the path to which third-party developers will be able to create native applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch that run outside of the Web browser. Having reneged on the promise...; Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Web, SDK, MySpace, Tools & Techniques, Social Networking, Software Development, Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Software/Web Development, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-03-05
News to know: Microsoft's Hyper-V and reorg; NetSuite; Cisco patches; MacBook Air diary: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Review: Microsoft's Hyper-V puts VMWare and Linux on notice Dana Gardner: Merger target suspect Citrix assembles virtualization products as Delivery Center Dan Kusnetzky: Why is the concept of virtual machine software so sticky? Former Microsoft...; Tags: Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., NetSuite Inc., Apple MacBook, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Social Networking, Linux, Virtualization, Open Source, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Blog posts 2008-02-15
Has iPhone met its match with nuvifone? (updated 10x): Garmin made a surprise announcement last night of a new iPhone competitor. nuvifone (rhymes with "MovieFone"... coincidence?) has an impressive feature set, including: Quad-band GSM mobile phone 3G HSDPA 3.5-inch touchscreen interface HTML Web browser WiFi Multi-network instant messaging ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Garmin Ltd., Photograph, Nuvifone, Business Structures, Finance, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-01-31
Asus expanding line of low-cost PCs: The Asus Eee ultraportable has achieved unexpected success and is shipping in the millions of units. Several school districts have adopted this small, low-power laptop to facilitate 1:1 initiatives, despite a higher cost than initially expected and a "something other than Windows" operating system. Their portability, durability, and...; Tags: ASUS, PC, Computer, Productivity, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Desktops, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-01-30
News to know: Apple patches; Windows Mobile 7, 8; Adobe; Green tech: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Apple delivers hefty patch haul; Addresses Leopard flaws and Safari David Morgenstern: Are Mac users more honest than Windows users? Treating Leopard's Finder not-fully-loading bug WSJ: Apple meets with DoCoMo, Softbank over iPhone in Japan. ...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Green Technology, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Patch Management, Apple Inc., Verizon Wireless, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; Blog posts 2007-12-18
The balance sheet on Windows Vista: The balance sheet on Windows VistaThat which sits on a store shelf is entirely differentthan sitting in a consumers home (MS just ask Sony on the PS3 up until recently). For the way users use the Windows OS, the perception of good enough is a stalling factor to migration....; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Balance sheets, MSFT, Microsoft Windows Vista, balance sheet, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-10-29
Is the HTC Kaiser going to appear as the AT&T 8925?: Before I spent all of my gadget cash on the Apple iPhone, the device that I had my eye on was the HTC Kaiser that I blogged about in March. You can check out an excellent in-depth review of this upcoming device on MoDaCo.com. Rumored news from Electronista is that...; Tags: Wireless carriers, Windows Mobile, HTC; Blog posts 2007-07-18