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HP rolls out laptop armada; Voodoo Envy targets MacBook Air

HP rolls out laptop armada; Voodoo Envy targets MacBook AirmacI'll stick with my Macbook Air, best computer I've ever owned http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006HU4DK/?tag=amazon-products-20

Tags: Notebooks, MacBook Air, Apple MacBook, Voodoo Envy, Voodoo, laptop computer, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2008-06-10

HP rolls out laptop armada; Voodoo Envy targets MacBook Air

Hewlett-Packard unveiled a new laptop lineup that includes an ultra mobile Voodoo model to compete with the MacBook Air. The Voodoo Envy is 0.70 inches thin and weighs less than 3.4 pounds and starts at $2,099. Judging from the technical specs, however, the Envy isn't much of...

Tags: Voodoo, Hewlett-Packard Co., Apple MacBook, Laptop Computer, Voodoo Envy, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-10

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eBay doubles down on payments as it buys Bill Me Later; Lays off 1,000

EBay on Monday revamped its corporate portfolio laying off 1,000 workers, or 10 percent of its workforce, and buying online payment company Bill Me Later as well as a Denmark classifieds company. The layoffs were largely expected, but the Bill Me Later purchase for $820 million in...

Tags: Payment, Amazon.com Inc., eBay Inc., Bill, E-business/E-Commerce, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Internet, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Slimming down the bloated iTunes 8 installer

Slimming down the bloated iTunes 8 installerPerformance?Let alone the installer size, does anyone else out there have kind of mediocre performance with iTunes in Windows Vista? I've had a number of times where it just seems to come up black, or respond slowly, or syncing just slows my PC to...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iTunes, installer

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Andreessen joins eBay board

eBay said that Marc Andreessen will join the online auctioneer's board of directors. The move, which is effectively immediately, brings some additional brainpower to eBay, which is trying to fend off rivals such as Amazon and Google. For instance, Amazon's fixed price model has been attracting merchants...

Tags: Marc Andreessen, Board, Ning, eBay Inc., Corporate Governance, Social Networking, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-30

How big the Google open source credibility gap

How big the Google open source credibility gapSame script, different actorsEveryone hates "the king of the hill." Once upon a time, Microsoft was David and the Goliath was IBM... and everyone was filled with schadenfreude as IBM lost control of the PC market hardware and wound up seriously restructuring its...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google open source credibility gap, IBM Corp., open source

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

Google is the new Microsoft

Google is the new MicrosoftRE: Google is the new MicrosoftNo company can be as evil as M$!Google is still the friend of OSS.This just confirms what I have always suspected2 years ago I told a colleague that Google would become the company everyone loves to hate. I am a little...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-17

The "As close to $150 as you can get it" PC

The "As close to $150 as you can get it" PCThe cost of the OS is the issueWhen I bought my current system, 5 years ago, it was cheaper to buy a prebuilt system then build it myself if I wanted Windows.If I had wanted Linux, then it would have...

Tags: Desktops, Memory, Operating systems, PC, RAM, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

iRumors

iRumorsI am amazed at what tools the media has become!Really another article on Apple rumors on the day they are going to announce? Is that what passes for news worthy these days? The Apple PR people use you guys like $2 hookers and you stand in line for...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Apple Inc., iRumors

Discussion threads 2008-09-09

Looking forward to 2018, let's hear your predictions

Looking forward to 2018, let's hear your predictionsThe Book of Voodoo CommunicationsGoogle fulfills the prophesy of the premise that all knowledge to be learned and all experiences to be had are already documented in The Book of Voodoo Communications. For Cod Knows All: All Thing That Have Been and All...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Even Microsoft, Google Inc., Voodoo Communications

Discussion threads 2008-09-07

Psystar files answer to Apple complaint

Psystar files answer to Apple complaintBut they don'tYou have to modify Leopard to get it to run on non-Apple hardware.Case closed, Psystar loses.Especially the asinine argument that OS X is not a copyrightable work.Except....I would imagine Psystar is well backed in its endeavor. Or would be. There is...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, Psystar, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-29

Mandatory email

Mandatory emailWe need better emailFrankly, email is currently broken - spam and scams and phishing make it a mess to wade through, even with the best spam blocking stuff.Problem is, we decided to use "adaptive filtering" statistical junk rather than solid encryption and digital signatures. What do the spammers do?...

Tags: e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Six surprising things about Microsoft's PhotoSynth

Six surprising things about Microsoft's PhotoSynthI would have installed it already, but...... it looks like I have to install the photosynth application as well as the plugin. I would like to see how the "synths" really look and perform, but I'm not planning on making any anytime soon, so...

Tags: Web site development, Microsoft Photosynth, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-21

News to know: Apple sued; IDF; Adobe hijack; Microsoft-Novell

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Apple faces suit over iPhone. Is it still worth the switch? Techmeme IDF wrap: Christopher Dawson: New touch screen Classmates unveiled today...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Novell Inc., Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Business Structures, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Feds bust P2P-based kiddie porn ring

Feds bust P2P-based kiddie porn ringI have many waysthere are many ways of dealing with these peoplewithout death being the punishment, they'd wish they were dead.RE: Feds bust P2P-based kiddie porn ringThey should take everyone of them out and hang them. Don't let their neck snap but let them down...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), P2P

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

eBay has Amazon envy: Cuts fees to get more fixed pricing

eBay has Amazon envy: Cuts fees to get more fixed pricingI'll stick with Amazon...Doesn't require yet 2 more accounts eBait and PayPal and I actually trust Amazon.I do not trust PayPal.RE: eBay has Amazon envy: Cuts fees to get more fixed pricingEight years ago eBay was an amazing place. ...

Tags: Pricing, Marketing research, pricing strategy, eBay Inc., eBay has Amazon, eBay has Amazon envy, eBay HAS

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

eBay has Amazon envy: Cuts fees to get more fixed pricing

Can eBay still be eBay as it moves toward a fixed pricing model? Possibly, but it's going to be really difficult to change its auctioneer image. On Wednesday, eBay announced new fee changes (Techmeme, eBay blog). It is lowering its listing fees for sellers that use the...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Pricing Strategy, eBay Inc., Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Torvalds: No picnic to become major Linux coder

Torvalds: No picnic to become major Linux coderAll makes senseIf I was running a large open source project with thousands if not millions of people all over the world depending on me to get it right, I think I'd do things in much the same way.Certainly it makes sense to...

Tags: Strategy, Torvalds, Linux, vision, Linux coder, open source, chef, picnic

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

Got any old iMacs laying around?

Got any old iMacs laying around?interestingI'm going to download that torrent when I get home since our firewall blocks all torrent access at work. This might be an option for us to use to possibly sell the equipment we previously thought was so out of date no staff members would...

Tags: Linux, Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, IMACS, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

"I Am Rich" walkthrough

"I Am Rich" walkthroughCaveat emptor...Since crAPPLE pulled the crAPPLICATION, it must mean they've deemed it inappropriate for sale. Does that mean they'll be refunding the chumps', er, crAPP Store customers the full purchase price for which they were suckered? Or will they just take their 30% cut and...

Tags: strategy guide

Discussion threads 2008-08-10