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Is this Barnes & Noble's secret e-book reader?

The other big question:How big? If it's paperback size, as most of the ones now out are, then it's too small to do serious readers (science, business reports, financial tables, CAD/CAM drawings, etc.) any good. Way too much scrolling around.Not ANOTHER DEVICE?!?!? ARGGGGGG!!!This is getting stupid.Why so serious?Are you...

Tags: E-books, Tablets, Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Barnes & Noble Inc., e-book Reader, Hewlett-Packard Co., iTablet, Apple Inc., vaporware

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Will it actually be Microsoft that brings e-books to Ed Tech?

And it would just kill you knowing that Microsoft is bringing all these technologies to education. You would no longer have your need for Google, and that would be absolutely devastating to you.RE: Will it actually be Microsoft that brings e-books to Ed Tech?So micrsoft's going to go into the...

Tags: E-books, Microsoft Corp., e-book, vaporware

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

SOA and the power of low expectations

SOA and the power of low expectationsThere's only one reason...SOA is having such a bad rap - it's bad. If it were good stuff, it would be an easy sell. Things that work sell easy. If it were good for business, business would adopt it. No one so far...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, SOA, panacea

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

More vaporware from OLPC - Here comes XO 2.0

More vaporware from OLPC - Here comes XO 2.0Possibly the deal isbeing made with Fisher-Price for manufacture and distribution. It certainly looks cheap and cheesy from the picture, with a color scheme reminding me of angry fruit salad.delusions of grandeurThe more I see and hear out of Negroponte's operation the...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, Here comes XO 2.0, More Vaporware, Negroponte

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

Will Microsoft pit 'Milan' multi-touch against Apple's iPhone?

Will Microsoft pit 'Milan' multi-touch against Apple's iPhone?M$ realeases more vaporwareGate$ needs his 2 minutes of fame to tell us about new M$ vaporware.Nothing more, just strugulling to stay relevant!The usual MOWe have it too!!! Let's state our vision of the future after someone else states theirs or has actually...

Tags: Keyboards, Advertising & Promotion, vaporware, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-05-29

Beyond AMD's Barcelona hype - the fine print

Beyond AMD's Barcelona hype - the fine printapples to applesGeorge,As I'm sure you know, the metric used in IT is performance/watt. So if you really want to compare ...Barcelona TDP 95WX355 (Clovertown 2.66 GHz) TDP 120WX5365 (Clovertown 3.0 GHz) TDP 150W?So as you also probably know (if you don't...

Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, vaporware, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-04-25

Apple turning to FUD?

Apple turning to FUD?... and a FUD for every season[i]FUD worked when the market was not moving at the pace it does today.[/i]FUD and vaporware worked well then, but they work even better now.The rapid pace of current development at least in some quarters means that instead of holding off...

Tags: Federal government, NOW HERE, FUD, vaporware, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-01-10

Microsoft licenses new way to make friends

Microsoft licenses new way to make friendsGood one ZDNetFormer MS employee paid to use MS R&D tech in new start-up. Great article ZDNet and the third in a series.Let's see what others are covering, hmm maybe this one is newsworthy:"Blog Post: Google received 47-49% of the search market in March,...

Tags: Research & Development, Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Corp., vaporware, Wallop

Discussion threads 2006-04-25

Intel strikes back with next-generation chips

Intel strikes back with next-generation chipsThe Empire strikes back !AMD brought 64bits in 2003, a big bust after all the 'gotta have 64bits' hype. What AMD needs to do now is turn up the hype around Hyptertransport and Integrated Mem controller. It seems this will not be enough to...

Tags: Processors, vaporware, chip, Intel Corp., processor, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-02-17

Microsoft's top 10 hurdles for 2006

Microsoft's top 10 hurdles for 2006really>>They failed everywhere, and are going down quickly.Then how come their profit increased and they had an increase in server sales and announced today that they would increase their dividendNow let's talk about Novell Suse and SGI, where are they going?>>By the time they'll release...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OPEN SOURCE, Linux Geek, Linux, vaporware, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, LINUX IS, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2005-12-15

Longhorn Server on tap

Longhorn Server on tapfrom the mouth of redmond:'"Fresh eyes on code are one of the best ways to do security reviews," he said.'-wait... isn't that one of the principles of open source? to get more fresh eyes on the source for a more secure/stable code? nah.. that will...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Servers, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Corp., vaporware, Microsoft Longhorn, server

Discussion threads 2003-10-28

Longhorn: Hurry up and wait

Longhorn: Hurry up and waitwhere's the news?um... was there anything in this that hasn't really been mentioned recently on zdnet?No news hereJust more obligatory daily M$ praise to keep the advertising dollars coming in.All in all, quite boring verbiage for more vaporware.THIS IS PERFECT TIMING!Now all the lemmings will never...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Operating systems, .NET, OPEN SOURCE, vaporware, Microsoft Longhorn, See Vaporware, Linux 2.6, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2003-10-28

Microsoft steers developers to Longhorn

Microsoft steers developers to LonghornDevelopers, Developers, DevelopersI got four words for ya:ILOVETHISCOMPANYYaaaaahin other words:"These developers are on the bleeding edge"in other words: m$ blood thirsty for more"Security concerns continue to hound the software giant. Last week, the company said that anxiety over vulnerabilities in its software contributed to a larger-than-expected...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, developer, Microsoft Longhorn, vaporware, Microsoft Corp., software

Discussion threads 2003-10-27

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Microsoft Courier interface functionality leaked

A Kindle killer?Although I can see a variety of interesting uses for a device like this, it would seem to be an interesting alternative for the expensive b/w ebook readers. While it may not have the readability and low power consumption of eInk displays, the addition of color, apps,...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

(Philips Tapster--photos)

more information please ...The following introductory statement is lacking the beef: [i]"... the product will never set foot on a retail shelf."[/i]WHY will it never appear on the retail shelf?What is it, and why should I want it?Even cycling through the photographs, each with a little info about...

Tags: Philips Electronics N.V., Philips Tapster, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Yes, Ubuntu can absolutely be the default Windows alternative

This "commercial" spoof is much betterhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-22EpQOm8c:)2010: Year of Linux!!!*snickers*Dawson, you're such a tool.AwesomeNot a fan of South Park but that was hilarious.Chrome OSChrome OS isn't vaporware. It's actively developed, and you can download the beta here:http://linux.softpedia.com/get/System/Operating-Systems/Linux-Distributions/Chrome-OS-50930.shtmlI had hopes Google was going to push out something special, kind of like...

Tags: Operating systems, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, operating system, Chrome OS, Chrome, Microsoft Windows 7, Linux, netbook, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Teens are generation Apple as iPod, iPhone dominance reigns

Look at fall 2007Two years ago, 13% said they planned to buy a Zune. And, almost none of them did.Apple owns this market in the USA and will until the category of MP3 player is no longer relevant.I wonder how many teens plan to buy a Windows Mobile 6.5 phone?Big...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating systems, Apple Inc., MP3, MP3 player, iPod iPhone dominance reign, dominance reign, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Karmic Koala: That's One Seriously Fast Marsupial

I'm having issues with VirtualBox . . .I'm having issues with VirtualBox: Even though it worked before, lately it's claiming that "VT-X/AMD-V hardware acceleration has been enabled, but is not operational" and not allowing me to run 64 bit Ubuntu :(.RE: Karmic Koala: That's One Seriously Fast MarsupialI had some...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, Win 7, Ext4, Karmic Koala

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Google Edu Apps vs. Microsoft Web Apps: Should I have waited?

Yet another article where you have nothing to say but simply praise Google because in your eyes they can do no wrong. Yes you should have waited. Microsoft is the world leader in office suites with years upon years of experience. Not only will they offer a better...

Tags: cloud computing, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web application, Microsoft Office, school district

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Rocky dreams

Sounds reasonableRock development was so far along, I believe it was down to the fab yields for the go/no-go decision. But Sun has always prided itself on having production products ready when they show it off publicly. This always avoided the obvious "vaporware" negative publicity. So if Sun does what...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, fab, right-wing

Discussion threads 2009-09-19