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- Microsoft's elephant in the OS room: Apple
- Are all of those Apple OS X vs. Vista commercials making an impact? Microsoft's client revenue--Vista and XP came in below expectations--and the company cited three primary reasons: A tough comparison from year ago levels, OEM inventory build and piracy. But the elephant on the conference call may have been...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, OEM, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Brendan Barnicle, March, Macbook Air, TR, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Apple's first quarter shines, but the outlook crushes stock; Is the beating warranted?
- Updated: Apple on Tuesday reported strong first quarter results handily topping estimates as it lured holiday shoppers with new Macs and iPods. However, Apple's outlook for the March quarter left a lot to be desired and may hint at a demand slowdown. Wall Street shot first and asked questions later....
- Tags: Revenue, Apple iPod, Stock, Apple Inc., March, Sales Strategy, Digital Music, Digital Media, Sales, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- Honk Kong march bloggers leverage Net's democratizing force
- A bit off topic, but over the weekend, I was looking for some independent coverage of the marches taking place in Hong Kong. Sadly, a brief scan of the major news sites revealed no coverage and gave preference to news items like how the face transplant lady is doing...
- Tags: march
- Blog posts 2005-12-05
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- Google + Digg = ?
- There's a persistent rumor that crops up every few months about social news site Digg being acquired by ____ insert company here. The latest, citing "multiple sources inside and outside Google", says that Google will buy Digg for $200M. This is similar to a rumor in March that Digg was...
- Tags: Google Inc., Digg, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Dear OEM: Ditch the crapware, you'll make up the revenue elsewhere
- Dear OEM: Ditch the crapware, you'll make up the revenue elsewhereSony can afford to.They aren't selling $299.00 desktops or $399.00 laptops. There systems sell for a premium. Other OEMs are forced to subsidize the hardware with these offers.Reactions"First reaction: That's great that Sony is moving the needle on...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, OEM, crapware, Crapware
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Dear OEM: Ditch the crapware, you'll make up the revenue elsewhere
- Ed Bott is the picture of PC bliss. He got a crapware free Sony laptop and you'd think the guy is in heaven. Ed writes: For the past two months, I've been using an astonishingly light and agile Sony VAIO notebook and loving every minute of...
- Tags: Revenue, Sony Corp., PC, PC Company, Manufacturer, Ed, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Windows "Workstation" 2008 better than Vista? OK then, show me the money!
- Windows "Workstation" 2008 better than Vista? OK then, show me the money!dre` typo, i think"...nothing I would lie better than to..."It's the cost, Adrianlook at the difference in price.if i paid that much for a "desktop" OS, you can bet that I'd convince myself it was faster ;)The other thing...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, workstation, Vista x64, Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, desktop, server, Vist-___
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- The Techie Hall of Shame
- A SFGate story began this week with the all-too-familiar line--"A disgruntled computer engineer..." before going on to list the disgrace of the day, in this case virtually commandeering San Francisco's new multimillion-dollar computer network and hacking it to deny access to top administrators. He's now locked up with a $5...
- Tags: Network, Computer, Productivity, Networking, Security, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- DISH Network launches satellite, promises more HD channels
- In order to offer more HD channels, satellite providers apparently need more satellites. So if you're a satellite subscriber who thrives on HD, now's your time to cheer. (And not because you think they're going to launch comedian and spokesman Frank Caliendo, at right, into space.) ...
- Tags: Network, Dish Network, Satellite, Network Technology, Networking, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Got diabetes? Connect!
- Got diabetes? Connect!Took a look around...Lots of 404 errors when clicking on story links.Maybe I'll try back later. IF I remember...TuDiabetes.com: the first social network for people touched by diabetesI wanted to encourage readers of this article to also consider joining TuDiabetes.com, a social network for people touched by...
- Tags: Social networking, TuDiabetes.com
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- Sneak peek at the new Unicode-friendly PHP6
- The following is a guest post from Andrew Mager, associate technical producer at ZDNet. This dispatch is from the Bay Area PHP Meetup. He can be found at Andrewmager.com. When Andrei Zmievski isn't busy building infrastructure for a social gaming startup, or processing photos from his Nikon...
- Tags: Unicode, PHP, Internationalization, TextIterator, Transliteration, Zmievski, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Where to ditch that old iPhone? Recycling and mobile phones
- This story from the Environmental Leader is perfectly timed, considering the overwhelming media din over today's iPhone launch. According to a timed survey released by Nokia, it seems that only three percent of people opting for a new mobile phone actually recycle the old ones when...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Mobile, Recycling, Cell Phone, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Vista To Win in the Enterprise, The Ugly Way
- I came away from this week's Microsoft Worldwide Partner WPC conference convinced, finally, that the future of Vista is assured in the enterprise. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't because of anything Microsoft said -- the combined mea culpa/back atcha delivered by Microsoft's Brad Brooks, the Corporate Vice President in...
- Tags: Desktop, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Samsung ships 128GB SSDs with cheaper flash memory
- Samsung announced today that it has begun manufacturing 64GB and 128GB SSDs based on a less-expensive type of NAND flash known as MLC. The company also said it was still on track to deliver a 256GB version by the end of this year. Samsung has been shipping...
- Tags: NAND Flash, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., NAND, Laptop Computer, SSD, Memory, Flash Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- The next generation will deal with global warming, we promise
- The next generation will deal with global warming, we promiseEmission cuts promised unfeasible without clean coalWithout clean coal, the emission cuts promised by the G8 puny though they are are unfeasible: "The vast majority of new power stations in China and India will be coal-fired; not "may be coal-fired"; will...
- Tags: global warming, emission cut
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- The next generation will deal with global warming, we promise
- That's the bottom line out of the G8 Summit in Japan where the world's eight biggest economies are meeting. They have pledged to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. By then all the current leaders and this humble scrivener will be long gone. Our children will probably...
- Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Agreement, Global Warming, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- VMware: CEO Greene out; Revenue light
- VMware on Tuesday swapped CEOs and said that its revenue growth would fall short of expectations. In a statement, VMware said that CEO Diane Greene has departed. She will be replaced by Paul Maritz right effective immediately. Maritz will also be president and sit on VMware's board....
- Tags: Revenue, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Intel will be inside DreamWorks' animated flicks
- Intel on Tuesday formed an alliance where Dreamworks Animation will use its visual computing tools to produce movies in stereoscopic 3D. Dreamworks Animation is making its films in 3D beginning with Monsters vs. Aliens right due in March 2009. Dreamworks Animation will convert its systems to Intel-based...
- Tags: DreamWorks SKG, Intel Corp., Home Entertainment, Semiconductors, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- PlateSpin Launches PowerConvert 7.0
- PlateSpin, a recent acquisition of Novell recently announced PowerConvert 7.0, The company was quick to point out that this is the first product launch since the acquistion. Why would they go to such great lengths to mention that? They want to convince the market that PlatSpin will continue to be...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Data Center, Migration, PowerConvert, Aragorn, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Document Management, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular idea
- Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular ideaAnd, yet againWe see the asinine argument that the path to energy independence isn't to produce energy, but to restrict use.But this is no surprise. Like all environmental issues, it really isn't about what it says it's about. Energy independence isn't about...
- Tags: energy independence, Energy Independence Day, popular idea
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
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