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New Microsoft TV commercial claims Macs are more about aesthetics

Remember Lauren who famously said "I'm not cool enough to be a Mac person" in the $1000/17-inch laptop commercial from Microsoft? The next Microsoft TV commercial in its "Laptop Hunter" series is out and this one features Giampaolo who's looking for a "laptop" with portability, battery life...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft TV, Microsoft Corp., TV, Laptop Computer, Tv & Home Theater, Desktops, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-04-04

News to know: IE vs Chrome; Microsoft's TV pack; Oracle; Pandora CEO

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Should Microsoft do an IE 8 'Lite'? Larry Dignan: Google: Chrome likely to land on Mac before Linux Ed Bott: TV...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Microsoft TV, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., TV, E-mail, Open Source, Tv & Home Theater, Online Communications, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-09-19

Google seeks to strengthen IPTV resources in competition with Microsoft TV

The battle for leadership in the future IPTV advertising market is intensifying between Google and Microsoft. I chronicle the nascent fight between Microsoft and Google for positioning within the cutting edge IPTV sector in several posts, over the last 24 hours:"Microsoft TV Enters IPTV Market in France with ‘Next-Generation Digital...

Tags: Google Inc., IP television, job posting

Blog posts 2006-06-09

Microsoft TV enters European market first

Microsoft TV enters European market firstTVs crashing...that's the next M$ experience!People don't buy it, better get a Linux box.out of topicIn France, you get numeric TV programs without needing any PC or Mac runing Windows or Linux or any other OS.All Internet providers in France now provide their own modem...

Tags: INTERNET, Linux, DSL, Wireless LANs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, mobile, PC, TV, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TV

Discussion threads 2006-06-09

Microsoft TV enters IPTV market in France with 'next-generation digital television' software platform

Microsoft TV enters IPTV market in France with 'next-generation digital television' software platformMicrosoft TVThe article did not mention pricing either in france or elsewhere but where do I sign up. I am so sick of paying for crummy, overpriced programming with comcast I could hurl!Oh great, now I'm going have...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, Microsoft TV, TV, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TV Enters IPTV Market, digital television, software

Discussion threads 2006-06-09

Microsoft TV enters IPTV market in France with 'next-generation digital television' software platform

On the heels of obtaining a patent for “System and method of inserting advertisements into an information retrieval system display,” (see my “Google vs. Microsoft in Interactive TV Advertising Race”) and following a Google Research win for “Best Paper” on “Social and Interactive Television Applications Based on Real-Time Ambient Audio...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, Video on demand (VoD), Broadband Internet, Digital media, software, TV, VoD, Microsoft TV, Microsoft Corp., digital television

Blog posts 2006-06-09

Microsoft TV dealt blow down under

Microsoft TV dealt blow down underMicrosoft TV dealt blow down underI'd have to see this technology in action first before I'd order such a technology. If its anything like steaming video thats on the web now then I'll have to pass.Microsoft Kills Antivirus Support For Unix/Linuxhttp://slashdot.org/articles/05/06/22/1751233.shtml?tid=109&tid=1Figures ZDNet wouldn't cover...

Tags: Operating systems, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Corp., Figures ZDNet, Microschieza, Unix, Microsoft TV, Microsoft Windows, TV

Discussion threads 2005-06-22

Microsoft TV says 'ciao' to Telecom Italia

Microsoft TV says 'ciao' to Telecom Italiams needs to give in on pc controlbefore anyone will enter anouther ms marketgive users back their control, drop drm, drop activation, allow applications and service to be UNINSTALLED if not neededdo not use lock-in, do not force OEMs to sell your softwaretrust is...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, Microsoft TV, Telecom Italia, TV, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-09-11

Comcast tunes into Microsoft TV software

Comcast tunes into Microsoft TV softwareReboots??Just how many times a week will these users now need to reboot their DVR's running MicroSlobs software? How much market share will Comcast now relinquis?Another reason to buy a dishComcast is always running ads about why they are better than satelite tv (they...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, TV & Home Theater, Cyberthreats, TVs, Viruses and worms, Comcast Corp., software, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TV, TV

Discussion threads 2004-05-20

Additional Resources

Google makes Chrome OS open source today

I like itThe ChromeOS demo looked pretty cool!I'm almost 100% webapp-based already, so I could see myself using a simple, fast & no maintenance OS like that the majority of the time.I like it too, but, for me, I need to compile and run programs locally. I would imagine that...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, open source, Google Inc., Chrome, operating system, ChromeOS

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Google makes Chrome OS open source today

Contrary to rumors, Google did not release a beta version of its much anticipated Chrome operating system today. And nothing is coming anytime soon: the final version is at least a year away, the mega giant web company said. But there was some significant news for the...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Operating System, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Open Source, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-11-19

Live from Googleplex: Chrome OS details revealed

Ubuntu 9.10 has more immediate potentialMight I suggest trying Ubuntu 9.10? A phenominal OS with much more to offer then even Windows 7.Open source, free and ready to try today...http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=1122http://www.tuxradar.com/content/vista-windows-7-ubuntu-904-and-910-boot-speed-comparisonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYgWE6Svpaghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16-nad9N3pgNot that I have readI'd stick with 904immediate potential to sink in obscurityGoogle was Linux's last fleeting chance to turn...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu 9.10, Linux, Google Inc., operating system, Chrome OS, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Apple Tablet - Unofficial, unannounced ... but still delayed

You guys have been asking...You guys have been asking for a Mac tablet for years already, while we have been able to get tablet PCs for many years now, in many different form factors and from many different vendors.Yet when you close your world off by relying solely on Apple,...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, Apple Inc., vaporware

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

ChromeOS says tear down this network regulation wall

Costs"What is holding back network capacity is politics."What's holding back network capacity is huge costs.Yep, very important to push the ISPs to free up the bits. They would love to continue selling bandwidth through an eyedropper at very high prices. They need a push.Oh, and Microsoft will not like this...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Network technology, ChromeOS, netbook, fiber

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Firefox faces browser clone war in China

Come on ZDNet!!!!Is this really newsworthy????Newsworthy? That's not the point...ZDNet's intent was not to write about anything worthwhile. It's intent was to draw you in and to have you read further in order to get you to visit at least one more page in their web-site.If they had...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Apple contemplating free, ad-supported iPhone?

Apple has no tasteOh, wait, no, that was Microsoft that had no taste because there are Windows 7 desktop themes available that have images of Coke cans in them. Isn't that right tigertank? For some reason that I can't wait to hear, this move by Apple, however, is very tasteful.Cue...

Tags: advertisement, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

CRM Association-Netherlands Rocks Het Huis!

I'm in love with Amsterdam....no wait, I love it but I'm not in love....no, hold on, I like it a lot, but I'm not in love, nor do I love it. The Theory.... Interestingly enough (to me at least and who else am I really writing this for...

Tags: Car, Amsterdam, Conference, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-16

GOOG could lose more than Murdoch

Thanks, this was insightfulWhat if Murdoch and minions stroke a deal with a more desperate Google competitor - and blocked Google. That would be a very real threat. If users suddenly finds that Google returns fewer quality results than competitors, Google could lose search share, fast. That would strike directly...

Tags: Operational accounting, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Apple nukes Psystar

Why is this legal?What I want to know is *why* is it legal for Apple to say "OSX can only run on hardware we provide"? Wouldn't that constitute a monopoly on OSX since they stifle competition and someone else can't provide OSX software systems? Isn't that the literal...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, hardware, OSX, software

Discussion threads 2009-11-15

Sony Vaio L117FX (Core 2 Quad Q8400s 2.66GHz, 6GB RAM, 1TB HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium)

Had Apple not introduced a 27-inch iMac for $1,699, we'd have fewer reservations about Sony asking $1,999 for its new 24-inch Vaio L117FX. Yes, HP's TouchSmart 600 expanded on some of Sony's innovations from its previous generation all-in-ones. Sony also doesn't even attempt to match HP's creative multitouch software. But...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, RAM, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Sony Vaio, Sony Corp., HDMI

Product reviews 2009-11-13