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- Rumored HTC 'Dragon' Google phone to spar with iPhone, Droid
- The problem for competitors is that Google could throw a billion or more atmobile OS market including Android and ChromeOS. They just want a flood of cheap, very functional, very powerful mobile internet devices. They do not need ANY profits on the OS itself.Hardware manufactures like Palm, Blackberry, and Nokia...
- Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Handhelds, phone, keyboard, Google Inc., physical keyboard, High Tech Computer Corp., iPhone Droid, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion as companies end litigation war; Is it a new chip era?
- Inhell got off cheaplyProbably AMD needed the cash now because it would have gotten a lot more in a trial.This is good news for computer usersGood news all around. The cross licensing will allow advancements with a minimum of lawyer intervention.Won't matter, AMD is toastThey haven't produced a CPU worth...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, litigation, phenom, amd, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., chip
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Net Neutrality: Why the Internet will never be free. For anything. So get used to it
- The internet will be freeIf we stop allowing our lawmakers to lord over us like the new royality and start passing Amendments to the Constitutions of various states saying that AT ANY TIME..... a lawmaker can be recalled for any reason, with a 40% vote in favor of it.40%???Sorry, but...
- Tags: I-don't-know-what, Internet, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Update: Collecting bad stories about Ticketmaster
- It's like the mobA while ago, there was a "government inquiry" into Ticketmaster and their practices. The newspapers read like it was the mob against the government. And the inquiry just went away. Without government proactively acting to protect us, we are at the mercy of big, greedy...
- Tags: Vertical industries, box-office, Ticketmaster Corp., government
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Is Microsoft stalling on its GPL Linux drivers?
- Can't we all just get along?[nt]He has no right to be upsetThis is code that is being released [b]for free[/b] to the Open Source community. It will be released on MS's timeline and not some arbitrary timeline specified by someone who is on record as hating MS. No other open...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, GPL v2, kernel, Microsoft Corp., open source, open-source community, GPL, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-09-10
- Confusion over Windows 7 upgrade path
- Poor MarketingMicrosoft should have removed 64bit from the chart all together and added a note that you can't upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit and vice versa.Other than the confusing 64bit chart, this is a non-issue, people are more likely to buy a new computer with 7 then to upgrade an...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, 32-bit, Windows 7 upgrade path, Windows 7 Upgrade, Home Premium, computer, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-08-19
- PC makers make (small) progress closing Apple's customer satisfaction gap
- Let me put on my flame proof suit.....Apple customers as a group are unique in their loyalty to Apple. PC customers are not very loyal at all to any particular PC brand. Apple customers, as a group also seem to put up with abuse by Apple, which in my opinion...
- Tags: Product marketing, PC customer, customer satisfaction number, Apple Inc., PC company, customer satisfaction
- Discussion threads 2009-08-18
- We're still in a recession...Don't buy an Apple (the free iPod isn't worth it)
- Very solid adviceThanks for preaching common sense. It is sorely lacking these days but coming back in fashion with the recession. PEOPLE... PLEASE ask yourself REALLY for what you will use your computer. Typically web surfing, term paper writing, some basic audio video (which you can accomplish quite nicely with...
- Tags: Desktops, recession, Apple iPod, student loan payment, stupid argument, Apple Macintosh, payment, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- Government is killing Silicon Valley innovation
- Who cares?'m tired of this struggle for capitalism, I'm off to Galt's Gulch.Wah, wah, wah!Americans like Franklin, Westinghouse, Whitny, Kilby, didn't need fake "incentives"!Massengill Satchel"I don?t want to come across as a crying venture capitalist " but..............Sickening. Self-centered VC story. Complaining about access to talent, h1b's etc. No mention of...
- Tags: Leadership, Strategy, Regulations, innovation, H1B, government
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- Which mobile carrier would you switch to?
- Which mobile carrier would you switch to?Im waiting till one carrier stop ignoring DEAF users Nine million people in the UK (15% of the population) suffer from permanent, disabling hearing loss.The estimated demographic figure has ranged from 22 million deaf and hard of hearing to as high as 36 million...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Sprint Communications, AT&T Corp., phone, Deaf user, mobile
- Discussion threads 2009-07-20
- Will Ubuntu remain a minor player
- Will Ubuntu remain a minor playerWhat's novel here?Not the fact that you can try Ubuntu.It's the fact that you try any operating system.How is that happening? Most likely Click2Try is another open source hoster running Xen, much as Amazon Web Services, only they are moving ahead with easy 'on...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Only Problem, Ubuntu, minor player
- Discussion threads 2009-06-17
- We're not in Omaha any more: Microsoft's Bing share on the rise
- We're not in Omaha any more: Microsoft's Bing share on the riseThoughts on BingI initially set my home page to Bing.com when it was announced. As a designer, I really like the graphics on the home page. However, I ended up switching back to Google due to page-load...
- Tags: SEARCH, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Bing
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
- What's going on with Skype for Business?
- Rumors coming out of Skype have it that the company is going to be taking a fresh look at the business market once again. Skype has long said that a large percentage of its customers are business users. I believe it. I've almost completely switched over to...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Asterisk, Smb/Sme, Telecom & Utilities, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2009-03-02
- Why Is Change So Hard for Some People (Especially Older Ones?)
- Why Is Change So Hard for Some People (Especially Older Ones?)I'm no expert, but......maybe the older people would rather spend their time actually being with a group of people...you know...in reality, than posting pictures and chatting in a faceless virtual forum.Perhaps it's not resistance to change, but a resistance to...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Professional development, tool
- Discussion threads 2009-02-06
- Saving is the open source mandate
- Saving is the open source mandateAnother perspectiveWindows user goes to buy a netbook and has a choice between windows and linux would save $25 by getting the linux one. If that user makes $25 an hour the savings is gone the first time it takes them an hour to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Windows User, open source, Microsoft Office, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-02-06
- Why I love Windows 7, hate Linux, and think the Mac is lame
- Why I love Windows 7, hate Linux, and think the Mac is lameThe blonde in the video...She's hanging around with PC guy why? For his money?Don't feed the troll [nt][nt]Please explain how Windows is an improvement when you say..."Install Ubuntu and try manually configuring any hardware that doesn?t work right....
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Linux, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, MAC IS, operating system, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-01-26
- Malware author greets Microsoft's Windows Defender team
- Malware author greets Microsoft's Windows Defender teamMalware not an option its a FEATURE with Windows!Welcome to Windows, my kingdom for viruses/malware/spyware/trojans a daily life in hum drum Windows land.Punk'd in RussiaThey got them too.I'll stick with MintLinuxI left Windows b/c of random problems like these 6 years ago. Won't go...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Operating systems, SECURITY, malware, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Defender team, Malware author, Microsoft Windows Defender, Linux, Microsoft Corp., team
- Discussion threads 2009-01-14
- AMD rolls out 45nm desktop CPUs
- AMD rolls out 45nm desktop CPUsHuzzah for competition!While I've already seen this, thanks for the heads up!Regarding the i7s though, I think its a bit of an apples/oranges comparison. i7s are server processors - they are meant to hurt AMD in the only place AMD still had the upper hand...
- Tags: Processors, CPU, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., i7s, desktop, desktop cpu
- Discussion threads 2008-12-08
- Apple dodges antitrust bullet
- Apple dodges antitrust bulletApple = $$$ = Better lawyers. Pystar is right.The only reasonThe only reason it is not yet anti-competitive is because of Apple's pathetic marketshare.Let's flip this around: Imagine MS starts making computers and stops OEMs from selling Windows on the computers. You know, just...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Corporate law, Operating systems, antitrust, Pystar, tendancy, Apple Inc., Psystar
- Discussion threads 2008-11-18
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