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Blu-ray buzzkill: the death-spiral

Will consumers upgrade to Blu-ray? The CEO & co-founder of fast growing Netflix believes mailed DVDs shall be replaced by web-sent movies. And a recent Harris [no relation, darn it] Poll finds that people today are less likely to buy a Blu-ray player than they were last year. ...

Tags: Time Warner Inc., Blu-ray, Harris Poll Number, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-06-23

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Blu-ray's Blo-tards bite back

Blu-ray's Blo-tards bite backI own a BR player and have 3 BR movies ....Only movies worth the extra bucks and that is a very small number will make me think about purchasing a BR movie. For all other, upconverted DVD is good enough.If the BR movies were about the...

Tags: Consumer electronics, HD DVD, DVD

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

Blu-ray's Blo-tards bite back

Someone hired the PR/lobbying firm Corporate Advocates to bite back at Storage Bits. Their message: the Harris Poll on Blu-ray was wrong about the number of homes with Blu-ray players. A fact, it so happens, I never mentioned. But blow enough Blu-smoke and people will forget what...

Tags: Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-06-26

News to know: HP, Vista SP2; Pre; Oracle licensing

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: HP's second quarter on target; Big units take revenue lumps; Headcount cuts ahead Mary Jo Foley: Where is Vista SP2? ...

Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Performance, Service Pack 2, Palm Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Server, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Every little bit counts in green tech: Some data about notebook battery habits

The numbers may be sort of self-serving (then again what research isn't these days), but they are also compelling. Boston-Power, which has come up with technology that extends the life of notebook computer batteries while making them faster to charge, has disclosed the findings of a...

Tags: Green Technology, Battery, Notebook Battery, Engineering, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-27

Practical strategies for protecting your data

In my series on RAID technology and why it makes sense for home users, fellow blogger Robin Harris took me to task saying that RAID won't ever fly in the home.  Robin's main gripe with RAID is that it doesn't address the backup along with other complaints such as the...

Tags: Storage, Servers, Security, Microsoft, Linux, Intel, Hardware, Fun Stuff, Desktop, Consumer electronics

Blog posts 2007-06-08

New Harris Poll: Vista awareness up

New Harris Poll: Vista awareness upAwareness and SalesSales are down because awareness is up, not in spite of it.There are many reviews that describe an OS that is unstable, paranoid, and unremarkable. There is resentment over a 6 year wait and 6 billion dollar investment in an OSX knockoff. There...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), individual experience, sales, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-04-04

New Harris Poll: Vista awareness up, sales not

Another day; another Windows Vista poll. The latest comes from the consumer-survey kingpins at Harris Interactive. The latest Harris Vista findings: Microsoft has done a great job getting the word out about Windows Vista. But increased awareness isnt translating to an automatic increase in sales. According to the latest...

Tags: Windows client, Vista, Corporate strategy

Blog posts 2007-04-04