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1. Google's mobile ad services are laughable

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

   Opinion: Not surprisingly, Google wants to own the mobile browser advertising market just as it dominates the desktop browser ad market. Opinion: Not surprisingly, Google wants to own the mobile browser ...

2. Apple announces press conference, world faints with excitement

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

   Opinion A computer company with an insignificant share of the world market today announced it would be holding a press conference on September 9, throwing world stock markets into turmoil and causing ...

3. iPhone suicide: is a phone worth dying for?

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

   Opinion - Sun Danyong was 25 when he died after jumping from his 12th floor apartment in Shenzen, just outside Hong Kong. Opinion - Sun Danyong was 25 when he died after jumping from his 12th floor ...

4. Google Chrome OS: Gcrap reveals the next Netscape

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Analyst Opinion - It can be entertaining to watch companies that have learned to manage expectations. They set low bars, generally fail at what they attempt, and yet the folks in charge of the programs ...

5. End the iPhone exclusivity

   (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

   Analyst Opinion - I live in the Great White North, which typically means I can buy new technology six months after it is first released in the U.S. I’ll also pay more for the privilege thanks to a weak ...

6. Apple, go cheap or go home: Time to dump the elitist strategy

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

   Analyst Opinion - Saying Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer is prone to hyperbole is like saying deep fried bacon strips do little to encourage a heart-healthy lifestyle. We all know it’s obvious, so we’re ...

7. The Twitter pandemic: Swine flu defines social media’s new age

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

   Analyst Opinion - If someone tweets it, is it news? Should Twitter be our first stop when we want to know what’s going on? Do we even have a choice anymore?Analyst Opinion - If someone tweets it, is ...

8. Intel Atoms not in demand: End of the Netbook?

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Opinion - A report in Digitimes yesterday claimed that Intel has a surplus of Atoms because of a lack of demand and that it's discounting them to second tier companies. Opinion - A report in Digitimes ...

9. Analyst: iPhone service plans too pricey. Duh!

   (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

   Opinion – Kaufman Bros. analyst, Shaw Wu, released an enlightening research note today. Those pricey iPhone service plans may actually be limiting the growth potential of the iPhone, creating an opportunity ...

10. Red Hat and Microsoft play nice on virtualization

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... even outside of the range of patent agreements. Microsoft felt the issue of interoperability couldn't be addressed unless licensing issues were resolved. Microsoft has now changed its opinion in that ...

11. Windows 7 vs. the World: Change is in the Wind

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... This same problem plagues Windows Vista and has plagued every OS Microsoft has released. Opinion - Chicago (IL) - As Windows 7 moves through the beta process, you'll see a number of complaints that typically ...

12. Post-Jobs Apple to profit from content and services, not just gadgets

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... a face would look like. Opinion - Chicago (IL) - You were probably underwhelmed a little bit with yesterday's Macworld 2009 keynote, given by Apple's marketing chief Phil Schiller. But truthfully, ...

13. 2009: Year of mergers, platform changes and conservation

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Analyst Opinion - 2009 is shaping up to be a nasty year, in fact it looks like 2009 and 2010 will be years we'll want to look back on as briefly as possible. But these years will also clear out ...

14. VIA's Trinity platform to compete with Atom-based systems

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... iteration for Atom is supposed to be more of a system-on-chip, and that may be part of the reason Intel is not opening up very easily. Opinion Variations of VIA's Nano platform have already been ...

15. Virtualization: Coming soon to a mobile phone near you?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Analyst Opinion - Over the next 2-3 years, many more applications will be available for smartphones, which will become increasingly capable and complex. In fact, we expect smart phones commonly ...

16. Nehalem: Intel gives the industry exactly what's needed

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    Opinion - I have been very surprised reading the commentary from other websites regarding Core i7. Many of those authors believe Intel fell short with this Tock cycle, essentially stating they did not ...

17. PC 3.0: Visions from the Phoenix Technology Annual Conference

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Analyst Opinion - I am at an annual conference Phoenix Technology  puts on to discuss the future of the PC called Strategy 2009. This conference is relatively unique in the segment, because ...

18. Microsoft's cloud push: Too little too late on purpose?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Analyst Opinion - Few topics among economists and business leaders engender the same enthusiasm as productivity. Doing more for less seems the universal balm for individuals, businesses and markets. ...

19. Nehalem - Intel's new Core i7 gives them a big new lead

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... reviews show us that this latest processor sets a new standard of performance that's so high, AMD might not be able to ever catch up in our opinion. On every benchmark that is CPU-intensive and not ...

20. G1 & Co.: Top 10 cellphones for your Christmas shopping list

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... playback. In our opinion, it is the least attractive phone in this group from a visual standpoint and may make you think if you want to drop close to $2000 over a 2-year period on the G1 (all other phones ...

21. Videosite Joost reinvents itself to become a Hulu clone

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Opinion - The Internet probably could have gone without another website designed to do nothing more than play old reruns of “Mary Tyler Moore”, clips from “The Steve Colbert Show”, and recaps ...

22. Big Brother potentially exists right now in our PCs, compliments of Intel's vPro

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Opinion - Last week, Intel announced the third generation of its vPro Technology for PCs. Comprised of CPU, motherboard and networking components, vPro is essentially a set of technologies which enable ...

23. Cuil: When your best feature becomes your worst enemy

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... shows relatively useless results such as an opinion article titled “The Cheap Notebook PC: What Took Them So Long?” If you ask us, this search result is a bit too specific for the general search nature ...

24. Microsoft Equipt: The beginning of the next-generation of Microsoft

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Analyst Opinion - When I was briefed on Microsoft Equipt a few days ago, I couldn’t help but take this in context with Bill Gates’ departure and reflect on the post-Gates Microsoft. For much of Microsoft’s ...

25. Do we really need Cinema 2.0?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Opinion – AMD pitches an enticing idea that takes advantage of the massive horsepower hidden in the company’s graphics card. A second generation cinema, could the result, merging convincing cinematic digital ...

26. Comparing Apple and Microsoft keynotes and Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Analyst Opinion - You really don’t get a sense for Microsoft’s breadth of products unless you attend an event like TechEd.  At the conference you are introduced and trained on a product list ...

27. AMD launches Puma Platform: Will Turion X2 Ultra bite?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... our expectations for this platform and recent information coming from Taiwan appeared to support our opinion. AMD formally announced Griffin – Turion X2 Ultra – and remains careful about comparing its ...

28. Apture: The Birth of a New Google?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Analyst Opinion - Living in Silicon Valley has its advantages.  One of them is that every once in a while a company like Netscape or Google pops up which threatens to change dramatically ...

29. BioHazard CEO: “Skulltrail is overkill for current games”

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... playing a game. But the system was unstable and kept crashing. A journalist-filled is not exactly the best place to have your hardware go down. In my opinion, QuadFX seemed desperate.  It was almost ...

30. Technology bias: Can you avoid it?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Opinion - "You're biased!"  "You're prejudiced!" Not particularly nice things to be called. Labeled as such, especially in today's world, you could find yourself in hot water very quickly. ...

31. Intel fires up new Atom processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... that you can buy 45 nm Wolfdale CPUs for the same money. The premium is high enough, in our opinion, to make this a very unattractive SKU for the MID market and reserve this particular product for the ...

32. Iridium: It’s back, stronger and more convincing than ever

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... Iridium's new path? Is satellite telephony for you? Share your opinion with us and other readers below. 200803161       ...

33. Game console players set themselves apart at GDC

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Opinion - In the past week, we've seen all three video game consoles become more polarizingly differentiated than ever before. Microsoft pushed an independent developer-friendly message, Nintendo emphasized ...

34. Analysis: Nvidia’s Ageia purchase – a brilliant move?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... however, have not yet shown that they can be capable physics drivers, so, in our opinion, specialized physics accelerators will be the solution for the future. Even Intel has Larrabee, which is designed ...

35. You actually may fall in love with virtualization

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    Analyst Opinion - Earlier this week Microsoft announced its Virtualization initiative and I’m sure most of you are so excited you can barely contain yourself. Maybe that’s a bit sarcastic ...

36. UCLA finds layout design important in transistor performance

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... the National Science Foundation and the Semiconductor Research Corporation, the world's leading university research consortium for semiconductors (and related technology). Author's opinion I ...

37. UPDATE: Phoenix announces HyperSpace: Instant-on computing for the masses

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... example, becomes possible with a regular notebook that doesn't have that much battery life with Windows or Linux, even in power savings mode.  This is a huge realization! Author's opinion ...

38. Opinion - Playstation 3 worries about innovation to sacrifice quality

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Opinion – Sony has really tried to improve the gaming experience with the PS3 through new and innovative technologies, but unfortunately this mindset has led to a decrease in the number of quality ...

39. TG Daily #1 Newsletter Giveaway Official Rules

    (Company/Company)

    ... or infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, action of Entrants, technical failures or any other causes which in the sole opinion of TGV, corrupt or affect the administration, ...

40. Intel's goal for Penryn: "Ramp and win as fast as possible"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... I’m opinionated on this area, but there’s little use for a desktop for people who do not need it. However, the ability to question it would’ve been much more relevant five years ago than ...

41. What if you were Steve Jobs?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    Opinion - I have been wondering about this question pretty much ever since I listened to my first Steve Jobs keynote almost ten years ago. It is fascinating to watch Jobs and listen how he turns a product ...

42. TG Daily Special: Virtualization Explored

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... in our opinion, has the potential to change the computing world.   Background The first thing we need to look at when understanding virtualization is:  What is it? In abstract terms, virtualization ...

43. Super Mario Galaxy shows promise

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Opinion - Nintendo let me take a spin through another round of Super Mario Galaxy today and I'm now beginning to really appreciate what this holiday title can bring to the Wii. New York (NY) - Opinion ...

44. Sony needs to capture its past for success in the future

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    Opinion - Sony today posted a massive quarterly loss on its video game unit, while Nielsen found that gamers are still enthused by the Playstation 2. The PS3 has certainly set off on the wrong path. ...

45. First look: Apple reinvents the cellphone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... of a mix of matte, shiny and black plastic covers – which in our opinion would have deserved upgraded material choices, given the high price of the phone. For the first time in an iPod-like device, ...

46. Apple needs to launch new iPhone before summer 2008, says Gartner

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... year.  Apple has a history of short product cycles, and it's Gartner's opinion that "Apple needs to launch a second, lower-priced handset within nine months to keep the line fresh." ...

47. Isn't the iPhone just a phone?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    Opinion - The people who have started lining up for the iPhone already now are in serious need of a reality check, says TG Daily’s Mark Raby. Opinion - The people who have started lining up for ...

48. No people lining up in front of AT&T stores

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    Opinion - One week to go for the iPhone, and at least so far, there aren’t any tent cities forming in front of AT&T and Apple stores in my neighborhood. If you are caught among the hype and ...

49. Analysis: Has Intel found the key to unlock supercomputing powers on the desktop?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... of accelerator extensions will provide performance speedups to the user.   Read on the next page: Author Opinion: As good as it gets - or is there more?        Author Opinion ...

50. Is the iPhone the Paris Hilton of phones?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    Opinion - If there is one IT company that teaches us lesson after lesson how to market yourself and your products, then it has to be Apple. But it looks like marketing got ahead of reality with the iPhone: ...