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Entries from November 2008

Graphene versus Memristor

November 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Blockbuster releases a set-top box for movie distribution. Facebook spammer story lives on. Lenovo’s new computer has a remote kill command. Machine can be killed from a distance. Black Friday coming up with sales everywhere. Look for Apple to do something. Obama phone not hacked. Ray Ozzie comes out in public with a speech. He […]

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Will Microsoft Become Kumo?

November 24th, 2008 · No Comments

$873 million fine against spammer. What a farce. Twitter for sale? $500 million valuation. Micron new 256 GB SSD looks to be fast. Intel getting into it too. Ballmer will testify over the "Vista Capable" suit. Microsoft to use the name KUMO for its cloud stuff? Maybe. Bay Area going electric. HP stories contradictory. IBM […]

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Should Nokia Buy Yahoo?

November 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Obama picks tech team. All seem like government hacks. RIAA gets the state of Tennessee to throw away $10 million on spying on its students. MacArthur Foundation says Intern socializing is a good thing. New Honda Supercar, funny-looking. Google pulls plug on the unknown "Lively." Analyst  suggests that Nokia should be Yahoo.

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Intel Stock Goes Into the Toilet

November 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Now that Yahoo is gone under $10 Microsoft is not interested anymore. Apparently the company is not interested when it’s a bargain. MSFT decides to do anti-virus for some unknown reason. Company also unable to promote Silverlight against Adobe Flash. HP story from yesterday actually explained. I run down all the stocks that are in the tank. 

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USB 3.0 Finalized at 4.8 Gbps

November 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Sun Microsystems to fire 6000. Crazy wording in FT. Jerry Yang quits. AOL kills Homestead. HO Says sales are heading up, not down like Intel thinks. USB 3. released (finalized) today. I highlight two stories about USB 3.0 showing how bad today’s tech coverage has become. 

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Vista Capable Stll Not Capable

November 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Mark Cuban in trouble for insider trading. Vista Capable suit causing problems. Obama is going to have to stop using the Blackberry. Look for the AVCHD fake Blu-ray discs. Intel rolls the i7 as AMD rolls the Shanghai. Google has new sketch-up art program

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Will Apple do a Search Engine?

November 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Microsoft shows Wave 3 of Live.com. Social networking part of the scheme. Apple will do search? Microsoft search bribery is working. OLPC still lives in England. Valleywag’s demise shows Silicon Valley is not Hollywod.AMD shows new chip and technologies. Dell CTO steps down.

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Sun Turning Green

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments

LG, Sharp and Chunghwa plead guilty for price fixing. TroopTube takes over military vids. It’s run by the military. Go to budget.com/tech to help the podcast. Cisco is cancelling sales conference. Online gambling under review. Mars rover "spirit" getting dusted. Who cares what a phone costs to make? Sun Microsystems all over the news. The […]

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Slow News Day Indeed

November 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Is Apple planning to design its own processor? Some think so. The G-phone is cheaper to build than the iPhone. Why is IBM antsy over Apple taking one of its key people. Apple may be developing a chip. More and more stories appear about the headset magnet magnets and pacemakers. Cray Supercomputer to hit 1.3 […]

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Earbuds Bad for the Heart?

November 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Earbuds causing heart problems? Apparently. iPhone number one amongst adults. Seagate selling self-encrypting drives. Obama and the CTO story continues. No MP3 player from Dell before Christmas. Microsoft to turn to Sun Microsystems for marketing help. Laughable story. VMWare wants to virtualize cellphones. Why? Circuit City filed Chapter 11.

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