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Pricing gap shrinks between top-tier, value HDTV makers

With the recession still slogging on, it's hard for premium TV manufacturers like Samsung and Toshiba to keep market share at significantly higher prices than "bargain" brands like Vizio and Westinghouse. So it should come as no surprise that a new report from market research firm iSuppli finds that the...

Tags: Sony Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Pricing Strategy, Pricing Gap, Vizio, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-06-04

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Net neutrality: a faster Internet for all

If I pay my ISP for fast speeds, I should get it.If I pay my ISP for fast speeds, I should get it.I do [b]not[/b] want my internet to slow down just because some person on the [b]other[/b] end didn't pay for priority traffic.Net Neutrality had to happen in the...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Service Provider, Net Neutrality, faster Internet, Toll-Free, population density, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Windows Mobile 6.5 phones coming October 6

Will definately upgrade my Touch Pro 2...... but the real wait is for Windows Mobile 7. I'm still a bit baffled about what will be in 6.5 though, since we seem to be getting almost daily leaks (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=windows+mobile+6.5+build) of new builds for it that adds new functionality - strange...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Wireless and Mobility, Re:What, Win Mobile 6.5, phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile 6.5, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Rackspace launches cloud app partner portal

Rackspace on Tuesday rolled out Cloud Tools, a repository of partner tools, applications and services for cloud computing. The marketplace puts apps and tools into four buckets: Monitoring and reporting; Development tools; Systems management; And client software. Cloud...

Tags: Rackspace, Cloud Tools, Portals, Web Technology, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Productivity, Internet, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-25

Ten top issues in adopting enterprise social computing

Ten top issues in adopting enterprise social computingVapor lock between Business Process and Social ComputingSimilar to the vapor lock between IT and Business, there's also a big gap in understanding and focus on how Social Computing accelerates process performance. The obsession around new metrics for adoption and new ROI standards...

Tags: Social networking, social computing, enterprise social computing

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

News to know: Yahoo CFO; Oracle's Java; iPhone 3G S specs; EC2 outage

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. Sam Diaz: Yahoo names Tim Morse as new CFO Larry Dignan: Can Oracle give Java a boost (and...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Java, Yahoo! Inc., Palm Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Apple iPhone 3G, Microsoft Corp., Outage, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Vizio reveals 31 new HDTVs for 2009 lineup, from $249 to $2,199

Vizio, newly-anointed king of U.S. HDTV sales, has unveiled its 2009 TV product lineup, with 31 new models in three product groups: the performance-minded XVT series, the style-minded VT series and the budget/value E series. Which one should you choose? I've provided the...

Tags: HDMI, HDTV, 1080p, Vizio, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Wal-Mart makes electronics assault on Best Buy official

Wal-Mart makes electronics assault on Best Buy officialInteresting moveWalMart has the potential to be a major player in the electronics retail environment and a strong competition to Best Buy if it is really serious. A few thoughts for WalMart:1. In the Sunday Ads, tell consumers about the new renovations...

Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc., electronics

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

Will OpenOffice survive the Oracle-Sun takeover?

Will OpenOffice survive the Oracle-Sun takeover?Lotus SymphonyWhat about Lotus Symphony? It's multiplatform, free and based in OpenOffice. Altough I'm a happy MS Office 2007 user and haven't used Symphony, it looks like an option in case OO "dies". http://symphony.lotus.comRE: Will OpenOffice survive the Oracle-Sun takeover?Sun and Oracle...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

WSJ: Microsoft makes less than $15 per XP netbook

In a piece about Windows 7 in today's Wall Street Journal is a starting bit of information: that Microsoft "takes in less than $15 per netbook for Windows XP once marketing rebates are taken into account -- far less than the estimated $50 to $60 it receives for PCs running...

Tags: Wall Street Journal, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Christopher Dawson, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-20

Intel preps chips for thin, light notebooks; Is it roping off Atom?

Intel CEO Paul Otellini earlier this week highlighted the chip giant's plan to move upstream from its Atom netbook chips to focus on "consumer ultra low voltage products" to power thin and light notebooks.  For Intel, Otellini's detour into product foreshadowing was a change of pace on...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Netbook, Intel Corp., Chip, CULV Platform, Wang, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-17

IT warning: Turbulence ahead

The technology budget is on the skids. The business types don't quite get IT (and by the way you don't get them either). And amid all this turmoil all you have to do is keep your infrastructure humming and solve the 25 most contentious business-technology issues by the first half...

Tags: CIO, Information Technology, Gartner Inc., Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Apple to announce entirely new iPod family today

Apple to announce entirely new iPod family todayAh...The Bauble Factory has been fired up again and is ready to blind the clueless into buying yet another brand new bauble to replace the not-so-shiny-anymore bauble.Who knows, maybe this time around they will have Invented the Subscription Service. Then we should...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., new iPod family, iPod family

Discussion threads 2008-09-09

IT as whiners: The great debate

IT as whiners: The great debateEditing problem.You may want to have a word with your editor. Certain sections are repeated word for word. Because the article lacks a conclusion after the repeated sections, I suspect part has been left out, as well.He has a very good point and...

Tags: Strategy, IT IS, whiner, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly?

Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly?Comcast buys PlaxoI canceled my account.RE: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly?Comcast is entirely out of touch with what it's customers want. For instance, a 1 year discount on an overpriced service doesn't attract anyone who's been paying cable...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, user number, TV, Plaxo Inc., Comcast Corp., social networking, network

Discussion threads 2008-05-15

European on-demand accounting vendors breaking the dam?

Since I am based in Europe and come from a finance background, I have a special interest in what happens in this part of the world. Over the last couple of years, I've been consistently told by 'experts' that saas/on-demand business applications and especially those that are finance related will...

Tags: On-demand, Vendor, QuickBooks Online, Smb/Sme, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Yahoo's first quarter good; Not good enough for a higher Microsoft bid; Yang wants more

Updated: Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang said he was "open to all and any alternatives including a sale to Microsoft" following the company's first quarter results. The brief comments indicate Yahoo hasn't ruled out a Microsoft purchase, but wants something better than the software giant's $31 a share offer. ...

Tags: Revenue, Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-22

Are there enough suckers in the world to make a market for Mac clones?

Are there enough suckers in the world to make a market for Mac clones?Apple worshiper!Mac is just a brand. Nothing special. It CAN get better. And what makes you think Apple is God and can't get better. Who says only Apple can? What if someone wants to try harder than...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Inc., Psystar, Mac-clone, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-04-22

Gartner: $100 laptop still too expensive for the emerging markets

The concept of a $100 PC has been held as the Holy Grail for computing in emerging markets, but the reality is vastly different, according to Gartner. Bottom line: $100 for a PC is still the monthly salary of a teacher in Russia and two to three months salary in...

Tags: PC, $100 Laptop, Gartner Inc., Emerging Market, Laptop Computer, Desktops, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-07

Triple-core Phenom - Where does it fit in to the big picture?

Today we get word that AMD has shipped a limited number of triple-core Toliman Phenom processors to some of the major PC vendors.  But where does the triple-core Phenom fit in to the big picture? Two triple-core units have shipped - the 2.1GHz Phenom 8400 and the...

Tags: Dual-core, Quad-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-03-13