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1. Modern life is rubbish

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   Sunday, 22 November 2009

   ... storage medium is beeping like a crashing helicopter, you tend to get it sorted quickly. But the little, crappy things just wear you down slowly. Zombies The fact that vendors never really supported ...

2. Chrome OS: Lame Copy or Amazing new OS?

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... look stupid.   By confusing the market between their two distinctly different platforms and largely blindsiding the poor suckers, er vendors, who were putting Android on Smartbooks they effectively bought ...

3. LucidLogix preps Hydra SoC for early 2010 launch

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 14 November 2009

   ... reaching consumers by Q1 2010." TG Daily: Can you tell us a little about Lucid's relationship with hardware vendors? Kimberly Stowe: "Other vendors are in different stages of development using the Lucid ...

4. Qualcomm intros first 3G/LTE chipsets

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   ... of network operators, infrastructure vendors and handset manufacturers. Commercial launches of these devices using Qualcomm chipsets will begin during the second half of 2010. Potential customers include ...

5. Intel-AMD deal doesn't end the bitter war

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   ... channel partners and multinational vendors to have freedom of choice. He said the agreement will be made totally public as quickly as both companies can achieve that. He said the key points are that ...

6. Smartphone market: Android and iPhone continue to grow

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 05 November 2009

   ... shipping in many global markets. Here are IDC’s figures for the major vendors – units are in millions. Vendor Q309 ships Q309 share ...

7. Notebook benchmarks fail to convey performance, price

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 05 November 2009

   ... all adding to the profitabilty or otherwise of a CPU. While that competitive situation remains – and of course there’s competition between vendors that make notebooks as well – it’s unlikely that the industry ...

8. New York sues Intel for antitrust behavior

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 04 November 2009

   ... made to firms like Dell, IBM, and Hewlett Packard violate antitrust laws. And it also alleges that vendors were threatened if they bought AMD chips rather than the microprocessors made by Intel. Cuomo’s ...

9. Mobile phone market shows signs of recovery

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Friday, 30 October 2009

   ... of the economic crisis. Now that we have moved into the fourth quarter, vendors are setting the stage for further gains by launching their flagship devices to meet pent-up demand." Year on year growth ...

10. PC makers muscle in on smartphone market

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    PC vendors are setting their sights on the booming smartphone market to offset a slump in computer sales. PC vendors are setting their sights on the booming smartphone market to offset a slump in computer ...

11. Aussies reckon Apple's got a tablet e-reader

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    ... are for everyone. Microsoft and a number of vendors have proved that people are quite indifferent to the format. However, the rumors don't go away. And the normally reliable Sydney Morning Herald is adding ...

12. Ubuntu, IBM wave tiny fists at Microsoft Windows 7

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 20 October 2009

    ... Microsoft is so close to the vendors of netbooks and notebooks and desktops for that matter, that partners are unlikely to move. Not that that means Microsoft's partners actually love being joined to ...

13. Apple readies Mac refresh

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 20 October 2009

    ...  Apple turned in startlingly good results yesterday, and while other vendors appear to still have trouble selling their kit, the Cupertino company still seems to be on a roll. What may disappoint ...

14. The Delusions of IT Startups

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... new platform (a term so overused by IT vendors and PR folks as to be laughable and meaningless) in hopes of conning journalists to scribble something about the company. And they especially want the CEOs ...

15. Insecurity leads to fascism

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... they regretted. Usually it didn't work or nicked their credit card details. Now call us cynical, but, since the dawn of time, AV vendors, including Symantec, have been terrifying the asses off people ...

16. Gartner veep outlines Windows 7 migration costs

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... of buying every user a new PC ignores the cost and time to talk to vendors, test the applications on Windows 7 and upgrade or replace any non-compliant software. “Our numbers for Windows XP to Windows ...

17. Vendors have their head in the clouds

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 08 October 2009

    The widespread push by computer vendors to a "cloud" based model where data for enterprises and end users is held remotely has unfathomed legal and security consequences. The widespread push by computer ...

18. Windows 6.5: Living in a Post iPhone World is a Bitch

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    ... falls off as the market chooses a blend of vendors and there is no credible alternative software platform that is consistent across all of them.   Phones largely remain a consumer market and Smartphones ...

19. Slideshow: Nvidia showcases next-generation GPU architecture

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 04 October 2009

    ... Pfister, Richard Kerris of Lucasfilm and graphics veteran Michael Kaplan. Finally, Nvidia hosted an exhibitor showcase where vendors touted their GPU-based wares.  ...

20. Private Clouds are SaaS's future enemy

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    The Great Recession has taken its toll on IT vendors. Loads of companies have lost money. Too many to count failed to meet Wall Street’s insane profit expectations. Their layoffs put thousands of smart ...

21. Down in the Valley, the car lots are empty

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    ... tech, tech and tech again. And semiconductors, of course.All three of these vendors are preparing for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. They’ve all got big plans for the show. Look out ...

22. Intel Developer Forum was a bishop’s egg

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    ... voltage) nomenclature was a mistake – the very thin and light machines had a perception problem and so far weren’t hogging what the industry describes as the “sweet spot”.  The big notebook vendors ...

23. Amazon branches out into own-brand electronics

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Sunday, 20 September 2009

    ... middle man and pass the savings on to customers. "I'm sure some vendors of cables and blank media are going to ask us what happened. We'll educate them that we saw value available… and wanted to give ...

24. Mayor Nagin named in Dell conspiracy case

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 16 September 2009

    ... after the Attorney General fined the company $4 million for deception in the Big Apple, Dell stands accused in the Big Easy of conspiring with City Hall to kick two other camera vendors off the lucrative ...

25. Intel has ambitious plans for i5, i7 CPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 16 September 2009

    ... using the P55 chipset, while other Taiwanese vendors will add another 200,000 units to the Lynnfield blitz. The aggressive target for the shipment of the i5 and i7 microprocessors reflects Intel's wish ...

26. ARM 2GHz chip design has dual core legs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 15 September 2009

    ... level two cache memory. The Cortex-A9 hard macros and the optimized physical IP are available for vendors to license today with deliveries in the fourth quarter of this year. ...

27. Asus to make bid for ebook crown

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 07 September 2009

    ... article, which is here , suggests that the machine might be out before the end of the year. If that's true, it's really going to shake up the ebook market and concentrate the minds of vendors that currently ...

28. EMC keeps lead in falling storage market

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 04 September 2009

    ...  $400 8.9% -8.1% Others $1,380 33.5% $1,751 34.7% -21.2% All $4,121 100% $5,044 100% -18.3% (Vendors, worldwide external disk ...

29. IFA and 3D Wars: Blu-Ray is Once Again Obsolete

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 03 September 2009

    ... 3D demonstrations were hot but having two large vendors once again not in agreement as to which one will be adopted brings back bad memory of other format wars and I want to hide under my desk.  This ...

30. Expect some Superspeed USB products this year

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 01 September 2009

    ... announcement will allow vendors to achieve certification and the ability to display the Superspeed USB logo for testing and to ensure the products comply with the specs. The spec itself was developed ...

31. Diagnostic tool could save traders a packet

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Thursday, 20 August 2009

    ... “but more importantly, the router vendors for whom such trading markets are an important vertical.” “Our hope is that this approach will allow router vendors to add fine scale delay and loss tracking, ...

32. European monitor market shrinks again

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 19 August 2009

    The EMEA desktop display market for Q2 2009 shrank again after a 'difficult' quarter for vendors in both the consumer and commercial sectors, according to new data from Meko. London, England - The EMEA ...

33. Dell’s mobile nightmare: The dumbest move yet?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 18 August 2009

    ... Dell joined a number of other PC vendors, including HP and IBM, that tried and failed to gain traction in a market so brutally competitive it makes the conventional PC sector look tame in comparison.  ...

34. PC industry staggering back - reports

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... TV front, Digitimes is similarly bullish saying that vendors are optimistic about sales this year and next. Continuing shortages of glass substrate made by companies like Corning will boost prices, while ...

35. Desktop PCs are not quite dead yet

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 12 August 2009

    ... you're just plain ignorant, you'll probably plump for a netbook just because of the price. It's going to be pretty difficult for the notebook vendors or the Intels of this world to ever be able to command ...

36. Advertising woes hold back digital video market

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 28 July 2009

    ... and the author of the DCC report series. "Vendors are also losing some customers to less expensive desktop based systems. In addition, consumers have made it very clear that they are not interested in ...

37. AMD eats into Nvidia, Intel graphics market share

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 27 July 2009

    ... quarter of this year would be better. The first quarter showed some improvement but the second quarter was very good for the vendors like AMD, Intel and Nvidia. That. says JPR, means the channel is gearing ...

38. Wireless-N finalization 'close'

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Thursday, 23 July 2009

    ... spatial streams. Once the spec has been finalised any Wi-Fi-certified wireless product should be able to work. Vendors who have got Wi-Fi-certified draft 2.0 products will be eligible to use the approved ...

39. Microsoft confirms Windows 7 is done

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 22 July 2009

    ... broken brand. Hardware and software vendors will use Windows 7 RTM (build 7600) to finalize their products that will adapt the operating system. As previously reported, Microsoft will begin selling ...

40. Steal from my Kindle, please

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 21 July 2009

    ... I’m going to guess that vendors unilaterally reaching into customers’ devices and deleting already-purchased content isn’t going to help matters. Amazon admitted last week that it electronically removed ...

41. The Great Netbook Ripoff

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 14 July 2009

    ... purchase. First, the average netbook retails for around $300 to $400. While you can pay less for stripper models and more for full-blown machines from top-tier vendors, this is where the current sweet ...

42. Supply problems hit panel manufacturers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 14 July 2009

    ... levels reported by branded vendors.    ...

43. Intel adds virtualization tech to five processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 10 July 2009

      Intel informed system vendors that its virtualization technology (VT) will be available in five additional processors beginning in August. Santa Clara (CA) – Intel informed system vendors that ...

44. Google Chrome OS: Is Google finally jumping the shark?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 09 July 2009

    ... for concluding the company’s finally biting off more than it can chew. Hardware vendors love this obvious shot across Microsoft’s bow because anything that allows them to shave a licensing fee out of ...

45. China's still got Green Dam on its mind

    (Security/Security Features)

    Thursday, 02 July 2009

    ... every PC that enters the country is, it seems, greatly exaggerated. The original plan was to put Green Dam on PCs from the 1st of July, and a few lily-livered PC vendors have already rolled over and installed ...

46. The death of the netbook

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Wednesday, 01 July 2009

    ... are becoming Over the next few months, more and more of these products will be arriving with either ATI graphics, dual-core processors are coming eliminating the current bottleneck and vendors are talking ...

47. Major WiMAX network starts in Japan

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 30 June 2009

    ... integrated WiMAX capabilities, users will have to buy cards to use the service, but a large number of vendors are set to produce WiMAX ready notebooks during July.  ...

48. Oracle-Sun deal gets further scrutiny

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 28 June 2009

    ... will end soon and not delay the closing of the deal this summer." Java is licensed by many vendors, some of which, like IBM compete with Oracle in specific marketplaces. The new US administration's antitrust ...

49. HP promises free Win 7 upgrade

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 25 June 2009

    ... Montalvo, vice president of Experience Marketing in HP's Personal Systems Group. Microsoft seems to be making a bit more effort to keep hardware vendors sweet, after compatibility issues contributed ...

50. Intel + Nokia: In search of relevance

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Thursday, 25 June 2009

    ... The smartphone space is defined by four product vendors and one processor - none of which are currently Intel or Nokia. ARM is the dominant processor technology that is supplied by companies like Marvell, ...