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1. Intel’s better than expected quarter not good enough

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 15 April 2009

   ... market, spanning affordable computing to high-performance, energy-efficient computing." Strangely enough, the reaction from the stock market was negative. Intel shares dropped by as much as 4% this morning ...

2. Dell’s super-thin Adamo notebook: Displayport, Blu-ray and $3000

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Friday, 26 December 2008

   ... which went into mass-production recently. Strangely enough, Dell has not listed SSDs for the Adamo, but included (external) 2.5” 5400 rpm hard drives with 250 GB and 500 GB capacity, as well as an 8 GB ...

3. 10 not so ordinary Christmas gifts

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Sunday, 30 November 2008

   ... ones. The product is strange, but works rather well. It's around $300.    6. Tactical Alert Muffs with Tactical Amplifier and Radio While designed for hunters or sports shooters, these ...

4. AMD unlikely to gain ground on Intel at 32 nm. Does it matter?

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   Thursday, 13 November 2008

   ... and compelling stream computing agenda and a thoroughly updated roadmap that had only one major gap – netbook processors. No doubt, AMD has gained strength and confidence, but there was a strangely ...

5. Xbox 360 to stream Netflix movies in HD

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 29 October 2008

   ... an even stranger animal. Half set-top box, half iTunes streaming box, it never really made sense and remained an inconclusive product. Some analysts think Apple should open up Apple TV to third-party ...

6. Why Macbooks matter

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Tuesday, 14 October 2008

   ... Intel Core 2 Duo processors, a 120 GB hard drive and an 8X DVD burner (SuperDrive sounds a bit strange when Blu-ray is available and Apple does not offer it) for $999. Even if Apple is still miles away ...

7. Is Chrome an indication of what to expect from Android?

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   Monday, 08 September 2008

   ... single possible scenario for the OS (it’s probably impossible to do so), and that particular vendor implementations and hardware designs will cause some strange problems to occur. This is common and part ...

8. iPod rumors take off, again

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Monday, 25 August 2008

     Digg’s Kevin Rose receives the honor for jumpstarting this year’s iPod update rumors with a picture and rather vague and strange information from his sources what this new update may bring. According ...

9. How the U.S. Olympic swimming relay team compares to Dell’s MP3 player

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

   Tuesday, 12 August 2008

   ... challenged for Anti-Trust violations in several markets suggesting that they may be ordered to open up some of their interfaces much like Microsoft was.  Strangely enough, that actually helped Microsoft, ...

10. Continuing a tradition at AMD: Leaving the sinking boat

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Thursday, 17 July 2008

    ... resignation. What followed was a shoulder-padding and belly-rubbing thanks-Hector-thanks-Dirk dialog between the old and new executive that sounded, well, strange. According to Ruiz, now is the best time ...

11. Outrage over physics drivers: Is Nvidia guilty?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 25 June 2008

    ... between future WHQL driver 177.35 and 177.39 is the inclusion of GeForce 9800GTX+, a strangely named 55 nm die-shrink of the G92 chip. Epic Games: It’s customer service Following conversation with ...

12. Nvidia: Graphics is dead? Yeah right.

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Tuesday, 17 June 2008

    ... transcoding in real-time and this should have real productivity benefits that go beyond playing games and watching movies.   Strangely enough, one of the large PC OEM advisory councils recently ...

13. Hidden costs and little secrets you should know about when buying iPhone 3G

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 13 June 2008

    ... what you are buying how much it will cost and what other unexpected surprises may wait for you along the way. Here is what you should know before walking into an AT&T store on July 11. Strangely ...

14. WWDC 2008: Will the iPhone 3G kill the iPhone?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 10 June 2008

    ... eyes were clearly on the iPhone upgrade. "This is the phone that has changed phones forever." But, among the few new features announced, strangely absent was an additional front-facing video camera for ...

15. Live Search Cashback: Can Microsoft catch Google?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Thursday, 22 May 2008

    ... work best when they offer something you want and certainly you would think that plain money would be high on that list.  Strangely enough, physical things tend to be more powerful and the trick is ...

16. What will Apple do with its billions?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 06 May 2008

    ... may sound strange that a platform company (which includes software) has no competitive offering compete in search, online advertising or increasingly SaaS markets. Yahoo could deliver an enormous opportunity ...

17. Nvidia and AMD vs. Intel: A new graphics war that should have been avoided

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Thursday, 17 April 2008

    ... running second in both markets and are currently trying to pull these technologies together to make something new and different.   Strangely enough, they seem to be going out of their way to ...

18. Update: Intel pricing snafu could shed light on Skulltrail future

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Saturday, 05 April 2008

    ... CPU Core 2 Extreme QX9775 for $1499, which reflects a $100 premium over the QX9770, which has the same specifications (12 MB L2, 3.2 GHz, 1600 MHz FSB). Strangely enough, the QX9775 is listed as a Socket ...

19. Intel fires up new Atom processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 01 April 2008

    ... Hub Combined with the Poulsbo chipset, Atom represents the “Menlow” platform, which succeeds the “McCaslin” UMPC platform that was based on the A100/A110 processors. Poulsbo has received the strange ...

20. Sony’s crapware incident: The right idea gone terribly wrong

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Sunday, 23 March 2008

    ... out what hit them and where this enormous wave of complaints came from. But now that we have chastised the company over its strange idea that consumers should actually pay for the privilege to get a clean ...

21. The HTC Shift + ThinkPad X300 + The MacBook Air = Perfect Notebook

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Friday, 21 March 2008

    ... with the Shift on the road.  Strangely enough, in my case, I could actually live with the screen just fine. But the keyboard is simply too small and I found myself using an external keyboard whenever ...

22. Atom, Alienware m15x, and the next iPhone: The future of Super Devices

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Friday, 07 March 2008

    ... if we are actually seeing the birth of technology superheroes, somehow strangely related to the DC comics. Atom is a guy who does incredible things even though he is really small like Intel’s Atom, and ...

23. Desktop Lust Update: Looking at the new AMD 4x4 Quadzilla and Intel V8

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 30 January 2008

    ... currently further ahead on graphics and Intel is further ahead on shipping processors.  Strangely enough the perfect solution might actually be a single Intel Core2 Quad Extreme with an AMD/ATI ...

24. Does AMD’s Spider catch Intel’s Penryn in its Web?

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Tuesday, 20 November 2007

    ... loads and that has created strange performance bottlenecks that have to be designed around.   This means that not only did software developers need to learn how to deal with this new world, hardware ...

25. SCO, Linux and Rob Enderle: A Conclusion

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 24 September 2007

    ... brush and, strangely enough, I have always liked BSD Unix and had just, for a time, forgotten it was Open Source as well. It’s kind of amazing, what being attacked like this did to the way I viewed ...

26. Paramount and Dreamworks go HD-DVD: Sony’s curse continues

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Tuesday, 21 August 2007

    ... at the target price.   Strangely enough, the success of this hinges on Disney, if Disney (who is in heavy competition with Dreamworks and Paramount) concludes as they did that HD-DVD is where the ...

27. AMD regains x86 processor market share

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 31 July 2007

    ...  According to McCarron, Q2 2007 showed “strange behavior”, as demand grew over Q1, which is uncommon in the seasonal trendline. “Everyone is still trying to figure out where this demand ...

28. Can anyone get the connected home right?

    (Networking/Networking Opinion)

    Friday, 20 July 2007

    ... gear, and high tech gear do today.   In short, we need a technology Messiah that can lead the market into a much brighter future. What would the solution look like? Strangely enough, the demonstration ...

29. Trends in the PC space: HP’s iPhone-like PC, Gateway does color, Dell starts war against crapware

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Friday, 13 July 2007

    ... power savings, user experience, or unique new user interfaces you are interested in, your choices have never been richer.   Strangely enough, I think much of the beneficial change we will be seeing ...

30. Background: What Fusion will be – and what not

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 11 May 2007

    ... much, and it’s payback time now: Intel appears to be stronger than ever and leaves no doubt that it will do everything it can to regain lost market shares. There is also a strange sensation that ...

31. HP exits MCE business, continues with Apple inspired line - analyst opinion

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 03 April 2007

    ... portable devices because of artificial system restrictions placed on the product by the content owners.   Strangely enough, the new Xbox Elite edition comes closer to what the Media Center ...

32. AMD challenges Intel with its first integrated graphics chipset

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 27 February 2007

    ... too well with Nvidia. In fact, it would not be too surprising, if we saw Nvidia searching for a closer relationship with Intel very soon. It is the rather strange portion of this announcement, given the ...

33. A Vista upgrade nightmare

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 31 January 2007

    ... statement was a bit strange, but was not a reason for a concern: If you have bought such a PC, why would you buy a retail version of Vista anyway? So, I went through the Express Upgrade website in a slow ...

34. Scalers beat HD DVD and Blu-ray at CES 2007 - analysis

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 17 January 2007

    ... towards the end of last month.   Blu-ray declares victory We are used to rather strange and unexpected announcements in the HD industry. And here is another one: The numbers didn't keep the Blu-ray ...

35. Comparing Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 execution: Focus makes the difference

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Tuesday, 21 November 2006

    This week one of the big items in the news is the Yahoo Peanut Butter Manifesto: Yahoo's marketing boss takes the company to task for being spread too thin and not being focused enough. Strangely enough, ...

36. Sony launches Playstation 3 in the U.S.

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 17 November 2006

    ... strange development, the lines even encouraged Pizza delivery services to drive by the lines and handout unordered Pizzas for $5 a piece. Artificial demand Perhaps most interesting about the Playstation ...

37. Where Intel went wrong with layoffs - analyst opinion

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Thursday, 07 September 2006

    This week Intel announced they were going to layoff over 10,000 workers and, strangely enough, the stock market reacted negatively to this news. This may have been one of the biggest blunders for a company ...

38. Were there clues to the demise of E3?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 31 August 2006

    Was there something we missed last May, during our coverage of the E3 Expo in Los Angeles? Actually, we did take note of something strange in the air there, as we watched the industry try to come to grips ...

39. AT&T admits theft of DSL customers' data, offers to pay for credit monitoring

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 30 August 2006

    ... - were no strangers to the problem of identity theft, having had their trademarks borrowed for notorious phishing scams since 2001. In 2004, MarketWatch columnist Herb Greenberg was himself the victim ...

40. Will Blu-ray sink the PlayStation 3?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 15 August 2006

    ... need to go that far. In a strange twist, with dual-format players becoming more common and single-format players less common, single-format players could become less expensive, enabling higher margins ...

41. After the AMD / ATI merger: Will Nvidia GeForce still compete with ATI Radeon?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 31 July 2006

    ... analyst, IDC This could put Nvidia in a strangely advantageous position. Specifically, with AMD and ATI jointly going after ODM customers, responding to what they say they want - a standardized platform ...

42. Microsoft to bet "hundreds of millions of dollars" on Zune - report

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 28 July 2006

    ... fail with rather strange product names such as "H10". "Stylish and prestigeous brand names such as 'Ipod' or "Razr' are very important," Wang concluded.  ...

43. Is Intel showing some much-needed business savvy in its XScale sale?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 27 June 2006

    ... technology aren't much further apart. It's a strange wonder that all the analysts and editors didn't pay close attention to the logic of their own suggestions. If they had, they might have seen the big, ...

44. Analysis software promises blockbuster game concepts every time

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 08 May 2006

    ... analytic software which, they claim, can predict whether a game will be a blockbuster success or a total flop. The Strange Analyst software, which will be showcased at E3 this week, is a software tool ...

45. E3 2006 Preview: The showdown between consoles and PCs

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Saturday, 06 May 2006

    ... strange yet somehow intriguing naming choice for its "Revolution" console. Was "Wii" just a ploy for attention that'll burn out by the end of the week? Michael Cai doesn't think so; in fact, he believes ...

46. Microsoft and open source: no longer incompatible?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 07 April 2006

    ...  Redmond (WA) - In a very strange way, Microsoft pioneered the concept of open-source software. While you're still swallowing hard after that last sentence, take a few moments and some deep breaths, and ...

47. Hybrid hard drives: Can Samsung and Microsoft invent a new market for 2007?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 17 March 2006

    ... Within a year, there could even be a requirement that your technology be included in computers, in order for them to receive special certification. Conceivably, you should have it made. But in this strange ...

48. Innovate or perish: The challenge facing Apple's new Intel iMac and MacBook

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 10 January 2006

    ... quite possible that all of these players may be facing strangely stiff competition from players from left field, like Comcast, TiVo, and oh-so-ironically, Motorola. If a competitor owns the cable leading ...

49. CES 2006: Google's Larry Page draws crowd, but falls short of making a major announcement

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 06 January 2006

    ... noted, is one of the hot-button topics at this year's CES.) It all seemed to be leading up to something. Strangely enough, it didn't. A strange moment of the keynote - especially for some journalists who ...

50. CES 2006: Will there be a 'Google PC?' And why?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 06 January 2006

    ... such ventures, ironically, on Google.) Still, stranger things have happened, as our discovery yesterday of the Samsung refrigerator indicates. Exclusive coverage of CES 2006 continues throughout the day, ...