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Entries from October 2008

Mark Cuban blasts Jerry Yang for being “too nice.”

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Motorola having trouble restructuring and splitting. Sun under the gun and it appears that the company is up for sale. Intel pushing WiMax in Taiwan. Mark Cuban blasts Jerry Yang for being too nice. Nintendo doing well, but hard to figure that out from the news stories. Windows 7 being compared to Snow Leopard incessantly. […]

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Will HP Do a Linux Distro?

October 29th, 2008 · No Comments

LinkedIn to support an app platform for no known reason. Xbox 360 to hook into the new Netflix streaming. It will be HD! Ozzie says Azure is an Operating System as a Service. HP in the news with netbook stories and perhaps an HP Linux! Windows 7, they say, will be perfect for notebooks. The […]

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Blu-ray at $150 By Christmas

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Publishers settle with Google for book scanning. Christian Science Monitor dropping print edition and going all digital. Cloud computing in the news to an extreme. Windows 7 having embedded features. Could this mean "instant on?" Blu-ray players hitting $150. I have my thoughts on the problem. Wal-Mart on the Google Android phone bandwagon.

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Microsoft Releases its Cloud OS

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Microsoft unveils the cloud OS called Azure. Lotus Notes in the sky. Army says terrorists can use Twitter for mayhem. Google earth on iPhone. MSFT issues security update for pre-beta code? Why?!?!? Blackberry gets live video streaming. New Ubuntu this week. Nice small Dell laptop coming. Quantum computing story shows up. Google Android G1 […]

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Intel Attacks ARM Chip

October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Microsft stealthware angers Chinese PC users. G-phone released today to large collective yawn.  In science new India launches first rocket to the moon. Comcast in the news. Look for faster speeds yet again. Dell getting positive press. The company sees rosy future. Intel promoting its new small chips and going after the ARM chip. […]

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Blackberry Clones Application Store

October 21st, 2008 · No Comments

LALA.com a huge hit with users, they say. I suspect a PR effort. Blackberry opening an app store and a rumor has cropped up that Microsoft may be buying RIM. Kyocera getting on the Android bandwagon. Wind River in the news. Psystar still suing Apple. Microsoft working on yet another search engine. eBAY cracks […]

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Vista SP2 Coming Shortly

October 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Intel moving heavy into small microprocessors for iPhone-type devices. Pew says phones strengthen the family unit. Apple doing counter-Microsoft ads. DTV transition freaking out the government. Why is FCC buying ads for their own public service announcements? Washington Post getting weird comments on its site? Toyota leaked Prius car pics. Open source war is […]

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Botnets After Your Phone

October 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Google and IBM profits soar. Android phone has a remote kill switch. Meanwhile, the phone is already getting bad reviews. No video? Gmail went down for a day. Google fighting lawsuit in Germany. Copyright stuff going to get worse before it gets better. Steve Ballmer ran Yahoo stock and down. The Microsoft FAST group […]

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Apple Says NO to Blu-ray

October 15th, 2008 · No Comments

McCain’s campaign videos constantly yanked from YouTube as someone sends in bogus DMCA take down notice. Obama putting himself into video games. Huge Spambot net shut down. Apple says no to Blu-Ray. Sharp, meanwhile, will have a Blu-ray recorder in a new TV. Garriott in space! Open Office 3 now native to Mac. Intel […]

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Windows 7 to be Called Windows 7

October 14th, 2008 · No Comments

No aliens have landed. Apple shows new versions of MacBooks. Apple goes to the LED displays finally. Microsoft finally gives Windows 7 a name! LCD to be huge market by 2012. Doing Google searches may improve brain function. Yeah, right. Free wireless broadband takes a turn. Have patch releases sunk Microsoft stock? Researcher says […]

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