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Has Steve Jobs dropped the iTunes ball?: Has Steve Jobs been too focused on the iPhone over the past six months and allowed problems to develop over in an established part of Apple's business - iTunes. The New York Times reports today that Universal Music Group has notified Apple that it will not renew its annual contract...; Tags: Thoughts, Industry, In the news, Gadgets, DRM, Apple; Blog posts 2007-07-02
AACS vs. The bloggers: The BBC is carrying the story that the AACS Licensing Authority AACSLA plans to fight the bloggers who "crossed the line" and posted the processing key which can be used to break the copy protection on HD-DVDs."It started out as a circumvention effort six to eight weeks ago but we...; Tags: Thoughts, Legal, Industry, In the news, DRM; Blog posts 2007-05-04
$175 OLPC deals blow to open source, guarantees Microsoft's continued dominance: Yesterday Nicholas Negroponte, former director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab now head of the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child project, gave analysts and journalists an update on the OLPC project. Two big changes were announced - the $100 OLPC is now the $175 OLPC, and...; Tags: In the news, Industry, Linux, Microsoft, Software, Thoughts; Blog posts 2007-04-27
Making sense of "mean time to failure" (MTTF): Last week researchers at Carnegie Mellon University published a paper which examined the real-world reliability of hard drives. It concluded that hard drive failure rate was much higher by a factor of about fifteen times higher than that expected based on mean time to failure MTTF information supplied by...; Tags: mean time to failure, hard drive; Blog posts 2007-03-12
Are you ready for DST changes?: This year sees Daylight Saving Time in many jurisdictions of the United States and Canada move as a result of Energy Policy Act of 2005 from its usual slots of the first Sunday in April and and the last Sunday of October to the second Sunday in March and the...; Tags: Industry, In the news, Thoughts; Blog posts 2007-03-05

Will a federal monopoly suit against Apple be good for consumers?: It seems that with success attracts lawsuits and huge success attracts antitrust lawsuits. Apple is currently facing a number of lawsuits, and one in particular has the potential to be on a similar scale to the federal antitrust battle that hammered Microsoft.The charges leveled against Apple are very serious...; Tags: In the news, Legal, Thoughts, Apple, Apple Computer Inc., Apple iTunes; Blog posts 2007-01-05
The desktop AV debate: I knew that Jim Allchins comments about allowing his seven year old son to use a Vista box without antivirus software installed would cause a bit of a stir. After all, it goes against the grain. It challenges a way of thinking thats become the norm. Whats...; Tags: Desktops, PC, software, security, performance, security company, desktop; Blog posts 2006-11-15

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Video: Google turns 10: Online search engine Google will celebrate its tenth birthday today. The mother of all .com success stories went from unknown to unavoidable in just a decade. CBS News' Daniel Sieberg reports. Watch CBS Videos Online by Larry Dignan; Tags: Google Inc., Video, CBS Corp., Corporate Communications, Search, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-07
MobileTechRoundup show #146, MSI Wind, OMNIA, and HTC Dream desires: Kevin started off MobileTechRoundup show #146 by talking about his newly arrived MSI Wind and after hearing some of his thoughts I am seriously considering this device as a replacement for my Fujitsu U810. I also picked up a couple devices in Singapore, but one is already on the auction...; Tags: MobileTechRoundup, High Tech Computer Corp., James, Podcasts, Internet, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-09-06
The pain moves up the chain: You hate the price of gasoline if you drive a car in America. Many of us are driving less. Some are even buying more efficient cars. Waiting lists for Smartcar and hybrids are old news. I recently blogged about the mini-fad for golf carts on the...; Tags: Car, Gasoline, Sales Strategy, Taxes, Sales, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-09-06
Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week: Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including the TiVo HD XL, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50, and the Dish Network's newest digital TV converter box. by CNET News.com; Tags: Photograph, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-09-06
Good news on the Dell netbook front: Just a quick update now that I have a minute to sit down tonight. I heard from my Dell rep this afternoon that, although it's not available on the Dell K-12 education pages, the Inspiron Mini 9 is available to all education customers in quantity. Here's...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Blogging, Notebooks, Internet, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-09-05
From meme to paperback: Barack Obama is your new bicycle: From meme to paperback: Barack Obama is your new bicyclePet RockWho's the jacka** on MSNBC always showing entrepreneurs with their secret of success. Who is he kidding. The secret of success is keep on swinging. Every once in a while you hit a home run. The great...; Tags: Entrepreneurship, Barack Obama; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
Images: The art of 'Spore' prototypes: Will Wright and his Maxis team worked on dozens of prototypes to test the elements of their soon-to-be-released evolution game. Here's a sampling. by CNET News.com; Tags: Prototype, Team Management, Games, Management, Personal Technology, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-09-05
Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as Pope: Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as PopeThat's what I thoughtThe ad was about nothing except of course Bill. It is unclear why this ad was made.Who in the world is this "journalist"?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Ratcliffe"I see you baby ...... shakin that ass -shakin that ass."http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/digital/article/548871/publicis-dialog-puns-ass-shaking-new-renault-viral/RE: Microsoft builds $300M...; Tags: Wiki, Blogging, ass, Jerry Seinfeld, Microsoft Corp., Wikipedia, Bill Gates, advertisement; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
Photos: Future Combat Systems, here and now: The U.S. Army has ambitious plans for a widespread high-tech refresh of its vehicles and other soldier gear. It's also finding a way to make some parts happen sooner rather than later. by CNET News.com; Tags: U.S. Army, Photograph, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-09-05
Is Firefox faster than Chrome?: Today Mozilla hit back at claims that Google's Chrome browser outperforms Firefox by releasing benchmark results that show that Firefox 3.1 is faster at executing JavaScript that Google's offering. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Engine, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Scripting Languages, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-09-05
LHC scientists get death threats: LHC scientists get death threatsIgnorance produces fear...And issuing death threats is not the christian thing to do. And $10.00 to a donut will get you that a religiously motivated faction is behind the threats. Something to research further.RE: LHC scientists get death threats - is it because Roger Federer lost...; Tags: Anti-Matter, LHC, death threat; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
What went wrong with Joost's desktop client?: The news broke today that Joost, the company which in a lot of ways was on the forefront of rich media, is canning its signature desktop client in favor of a purely web based portal. As a big proponent of desktop applications in general, and especially these hybrid applications which...; Tags: Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Mainstream media writes Windows obit: Wow, a tough day for Windows. BusinessWeek reports that HP, the world's biggest PC company, is so troubled by Vista's 'tepid reception' and Apple's resurgence that it is developing its own operating system. Meanwhile a New York Times columnist writes on his blog that Windows is "already...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Mainstream Media, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-09-05