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1. Modern life is rubbish

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   Sunday, 22 November 2009

   Everything's a bit shit Opinion: I've been working in IT for a good few years and like everyone else I have dealings with computers and related systems at home and in my everyday life. Over the course ...

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

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... he provides his services to most of the major technology and media companies.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer.  ...

3. Semiconductors to bound back next year

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   ... chatting to Taiwanese manufacturers shows that PC sales are slowing. Most informed opinion believes that while the semiconductor market is back on track, it won't happen until around August of 2010.  ...

4. Put your faith in the cloud

   (Security/Security Opinion)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   Unless you know what you're doingOpinion: Every cloud vendor gets hit with the same question: How do I know your service is safe? Rightfully, users from small businesses to corporate giants to folks ...

5. Google: Better ethics than the Vatican?

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Saturday, 14 November 2009

   Don't be evil Opinion: Two stories broke this week about big enterprises faced with complex social issues. One is doing the right thing. The other is threatening to do the wrong thing. ...

6. Nvidia CEO says he is "all" Apple

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 13 November 2009

   ... 7 "looks and feels" like Mac OS X Opinion: Ditching Windows has never felt so good  ...

7. Health insurance IT isn't dead, it just smells funny

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Monday, 09 November 2009

   The House of Representatives has passed a bill that makes private insurers' IT work totally useless. Opinion: Over the weekend, the US House of Representatives passed a health care reform bill that, if ...

8. Windows 7 sales outpace Vista adoption

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 05 November 2009

   Microsoft finally gets it right Initial sales of Microsoft Windows 7 have reportedly "surpassed" those of Vista by 234 percent. According to the NPD Group, a combination of pre-sale discounts and a lack ...

9. Unidentified bug causes massive CPU spike on 27-inch iMacs

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 30 October 2009

   ... card issue. I'm awaiting a fix," added Rhyceudique. See Also Windows 7 upgrades crash and burn Opinion: Ditching Windows has never felt so good Apple refreshes iMac lineup with 21.5 and 27-inch displays ...

10. Is Windows 7 too good for Apple to FUD?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    Opinion: Apple was blindsided by Windows 7. It wasn’t the product which they saw coming, it was the sustaining marketing budget and positive reviews from Apple loyalists like Walt Mossberg they ...

11. TG Daily: A readers' Guide

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    Opinion: A few months back, we took the brave - some might say daft - decision to allow readers to post comments on TG Daily stories without an editor approving them first. Not many sites do this. OK, ...

12. Daylight Saving is a waste of time

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Sunday, 25 October 2009

    Opinion: We all know what a pain it is when we head out for a day's plowing before the sun's even risen. The oxen grumble as you prod them into wakefulness; the ground is crisp with frost; and that ...

13. How Microsoft blindsided vulnerable Apple with Windows 7

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    ... his services to most of the major technology and media companies. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer.  ...

14. Opinion: Ditching Windows has never felt so good

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    Microsoft has launched yet another iteration of its infamous Windows operating system. Fortunately, I have chosen to opt out of the Microsoft universe and am well on my way to becoming a loyal disciple ...

15. Microsoft upgrades Bing with live Twitter feed

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    ... such as Twitter provide unique access to public opinion and thoughts - which  US Bing users can now easily search through.    "If you want to keep an eye on [a specific] topic, you can ...

16. SSDs inch toward the desktop

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    Opinion: There's been a steady flood of news about the emergence of solid state drive (SSD) systems in mainstream products. Samsung has a 64GB miniSATA SSD about half the size of a business card; Dell ...

17. Insecurity leads to fascism

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    Opinion: This weekend we were treated to two yarns from security experts whose main role appears to be making a living from people's fears. Both reveal a considerable amount about the mindset of the ...

18. Analysts spout crap, charge megabucks

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Friday, 16 October 2009

    Opinion: Analysts are just journalists in sharp suits who only have to write two stories a year for their $250K salaries. And just because you have to pay through the nose to read their words of wisdom ...

19. TG Daily Founder Launches Site for Single Parents

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    ... journalist, Gruener has developed and has run several successful Internet businesses before, including TG Daily. There is a lot of great content, and expert support and opinion. So, visit singleparentgossip.com, ...

20. Windows, users, guns and stupidity

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 12 October 2009

    Opinion: Our earlier story on how fast or slow Windows 7 boots and shuts down has attracted some critical acclaim and some critical unacclaim from people who obviously didn’t bother to read the story ...

21. Keep on blogging in the free world

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Monday, 12 October 2009

    Opinion: Google or Bing "corporate blogs." Just below the ubiquitous Wikipedia entry, in the number two slot, is: "Ten Corporate Blogs Worth Reading." Click on it. Listed at number 5 is: "Check Out ...

22. Windows 7 boots fast enough for normal people

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Sunday, 11 October 2009

    Opinion: Shock news reaches us from iolo Technologies claiming that Windows 7 takes ages to load. Our response: who gives a rat’s ass, especially as it doesn't... Opinion: Shock news reaches us from ...

23. Free Software Foundation goes mad

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Thursday, 08 October 2009

    Opinion: Most folks kinda like supporting the little guy up against The Man. But when the little guy sticks his shorts over his head, puts pencils up his nose and starts saying ‘wibble’, most normal ...

24. High tech won't save the economy this time

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    Opinion: In 1982-1983 the economy in the West was battered. Unemployment in the U.S. reached 9.7 percent. The United Nations pegged growth for developed nations around one percent. Stagnation and recession ...

25. Nvidia and "Starting the Next Age of Personal Computing"

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Opinion)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... to most of the major technology and media companies. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer.  ...

26. How to save journalism

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    Opinion: Print publishing is in serious decline. Magazine revenues in the US tumbled 22 percent in Q2 this year. McGraw-Hill is selling its old cash cow BusinessWeek and TimeWarner is trying to dump ...

27. Apple's new Macs better be cheap

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    Opinion: It's no surprise that Apple will be unveiling new iMacs and MacBooks soon. Rumors have been floating for weeks and now retailers are running out of stock of existing units and being told, in ...

28. How Smart are Twitter's Investors?

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    Opinion Twitter is all the rage. And while it's great fun, is it really worth $1 billion, which is what the Wall Street Journal pegs it at after a $100 million investment led by T. Rowe Price and Insight ...

29. EU says Google AdWords are fair game

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    ... whether Google has committed a trade mark infringement by making available such keywords to advertisers and if the company can be held liable for the content featured in AdWords." In his opinion ...

30. What's at the heart of HP’s Laptops and Lenovo’s Best Student Tablet

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Tuesday, 15 September 2009

    Analyst Opinion This week begins the real wave of the PC refresh cycle for the non-Mac crowd and it will pick up to a major wave on October 22nd when Windows 7 launches. This week begins the real wave ...

31. Apple lines up against Palm, Microsoft. And Apple

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    Opinion This week was the big Apple iPod refresh and the interest was almost as focused on what Apple didn’t announce as it was on what they did.   I think the overarching news was that despite ...

32. Why play a plastic guitar when you can have a real one?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Tuesday, 08 September 2009

    Opinion: Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman reckons that games like Rock Band stop young people from practising real musical instruments - and he's right. Opinion: Former Rolling Stones bassist ...

33. Apple announces press conference, world faints with excitement

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Tuesday, 01 September 2009

    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 ...

34. TG Daily excommunicated by Mozilla

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 28 August 2009

    Our magazine has been cast into outer darkness by Mozilla, following an opinion piece by Andrew Thomas that has attracted the ire of the inner councils at the organization. Our magazine has been cast ...

35. AMD aims to cut greenhouse gases by a third

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 25 August 2009

    ... public opinion and public policy guidance by moving their operations out of the Desired Development Zone and into the Barton Springs watershed, where they are building an 860,000 square foot complex. We ...

36. Google: Ah, Mr Bond. I've been expecting you…

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 25 August 2009

    Opinion - Once upon a time, writers made phone calls, talked to people and wrote news. Google has stopped all that nonsense. Opinion - Once upon a time, writers made phone calls, talked to people and ...

37. HP needs to cut out the printer crapware

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 19 August 2009

    Opinion - I bought a nice little all-in-one HP printer earlier this week, it's a member of the Photosmart C4500 series. Why did I buy HP? The cartridges are easier to get.Opinion - I bought a nice little ...

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

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 18 August 2009

    Analyst Opinion - Some companies are gluttons for punishment. Dell, apparently, is one of them. Analyst Opinion - Some companies are gluttons for punishment. Dell, apparently, is one of them. In ...

39. War declared: Apple’s Cult Takes on Google’s Borg

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 11 August 2009

    Analyst Opinion - The ignorant masses milling around the iPod display at the local Wal-Mart last week had no idea that they were at Ground Zero of the next titanic battle in all of technologydom. And ...

40. Tr.im gets the chop

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 10 August 2009

    ... opinions," said the company on its blog. Unsurprisingly, there's a touch of bitterness against Twitter. "Twitter has all but sapped us of any last energy to double-down and develop tr.im further. What ...

41. Masterclass: How not to write a news story

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 31 July 2009

    Opinion: A crack team of staffers from the New York Daily News shows us just how not to write a news story. Opinion - A crack team of staffers from the Daily News shows us just how not to write a news ...

42. Microhoo is not just about traffic. It’s about data. Period.

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Thursday, 30 July 2009

    Opinion – I am glad some deal between Microsoft and Yahoo finally got done. Despite its seemingly simple purpose to give Microsoft much more leverage in advertising through increased search market share, ...

43. Apple’s iPad: Like Apple TV or like iPod?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 30 July 2009

    Analyst Opinion - If anyone else was bringing out a 10” tablet based on a Smartphone platform this decade, I’d bet on that company to be disappointed.  But Apple isn’t anyone and there is a better ...

44. Will Windows Mobile become extinct?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Wednesday, 29 July 2009

    Analyst Opinion - Microsoft has been a key player in the mobile device market since the early days of smartphones with its Windows Mobile Operating System (OS). And because of its affinity to the Windows desktop ...

45. Steal from my Kindle, please

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 21 July 2009

    Analyst Opinion - Once upon a time, I wanted to buy an electronic book reader. After Amazon’s recent Orwellian adventure, now I’m not so sure. Analyst Opinion - Once upon a time, I wanted to buy an ...

46. Google Chrome OS: Gcrap reveals the next Netscape

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 20 July 2009

    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 ...

47. Apple's iPhone has yet to meet its Microsoft

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 14 July 2009

    Opinion - Apple's App Store celebrates a year of existence and 1.5 billion downloads from 65,000 applications. It is astonishing, and all of it despite a less than developer friendly approach by the company, ...

48. The Great Netbook Ripoff

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 14 July 2009

    Analyst Opinion - Netbooks are the new cellphones. At least that’s what wireless carriers want you to believe. And as they try to convince us that we should buy them under the same terms we’ve been ...

49. Is Microsoft set up for failure with Windows 7 and Office 2010?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 13 July 2009

    Opinion – Ok, let’s be realistic. It can’t get much worse for Microsoft than Windows Vista, which exposed the vulnerability of Microsoft’s most important product. And it is easy to understand Microsoft’s ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 09 July 2009

      Analyst Opinion - Every company reaches a point in its history where the bloom falls off the rose. I worry that Google has just hit that wall. Analyst Opinion - Every company reaches a point in ...