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1. Why Apple should license Windows 7

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   Tuesday, 03 November 2009

   Let's start out by saying that hell would likely freeze over before this happened... Let's start out by saying that hell would likely freeze over before this happened but then I can recall just a few years ...

2. How Microsoft blindsided vulnerable Apple with Windows 7

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 22 October 2009

   Column - I think the saying goes that those that don’t learn from history are destined to repeat it. Column - I think the saying goes that those that don’t learn from history are destined to repeat it. ...

3. 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 ...

4. Google, Bing Wars - don't do as I do, do as I say

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 01 July 2009

   ... Answers.com, Chambers, Creative Commons, eBay and Wikipedia. And there's a screen showing numerous addons, including - wonder of wonders - Bing. Firefox also managed to copy the home page tab set from ...

5. Complexity kills the computer industry

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

   Thursday, 02 April 2009

   Analyst Opinion - AMD brought out Shanghai, their latest part in November, substantially ahead of when it was expected and it arrived in a market hungry for efficient performance but lacking in the ...

6. HP and Asustek testing Google's Android OS for sub-$500 netbooks

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 31 March 2009

   It's being reported that both Hewlett-Packard and Asustek are currently testing Google's Android operating system for use not in smartphones, but in sub-$500 netbooks and notebooks. The operating system ...

7. Microsoft kills Encarta: Is society getting dummer?

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   Tuesday, 31 March 2009

   Microsoft's Encarta finally lost the battle to Wikipedia and Internet in general. One of the best-known flagship entertainment titles from the Redmond-based software giant will soon be a goner. After ...

8. Conficker worm believed to have originated from China

   (Security/Security Features)

   Monday, 30 March 2009

   The Conficker worm has been widely discussed in recent weeks, and the $250,000 bounty has had many on the hunt for the virus's origination. Microsoft offered the $250,000 for anyone who could provide ...

9. First email virus turns 10

   (Security/Security Features)

   Thursday, 26 March 2009

   ... so far (an estimated $10 billion). A history of computer viruses can be found on Wikipedia.     ...

10. Review: IE8 is no speed demon, but is most secure browser available

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 19 March 2009

    ... a map of a copied address in an overlay window. Or, you can define a copied term using an online dictionary, grab Wikipedia content, check for an item on eBay, Amazon, etc. IE8 comes preloaded with ...

11. Security whiz spells Safari's doom in upcoming hacking contest

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 06 March 2009

    When Apple took Safari into the Windows world, it also exposed the browser to the scrutiny of unforgiving security experts whose personal pleasure it is to hack into browsers, even holding contests ...

12. Citrix and Microsoft working together to take down VMware

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 23 February 2009

    Expanding on their partnership and aiding businesses in the deployment and simplification of their virtual machines, Citrix and Microsoft have announced Citrix Essentials for Microsoft's Hyper-V technology. ...

13. Palm vs. Apple: Old play, new roles

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 28 January 2009

      Analyst Opinion - Watching this new battle between Apple and Palm almost looks like a remake of an old play or movie but with Apple in Microsoft's role and Palm as Linux.  Not too many years ...

14. Macintosh turns 25

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Sunday, 25 January 2009

      The venerable Macintosh, first introduced on January 24, 1984 turned a whopping 25 over the weekend. The Macintosh has evolved over time from its original sleek-yet-boxy, plastic integrated form into ...

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

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 21 January 2009

      As Windows 7 moves through the beta process, you'll see a number of complaints that typically fall into two classes. Those that feel it hasn't changed enough and those that feel it has changed too much. ...

16. A view of CES: Storm clouds give way due to a little Apple-sourced magic

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Monday, 12 January 2009

      Analyst Opinion - The 2009 CES was a scary show at the start because the economy and low turnout had many of us thinking it would be the last CES and the beginning of the collapse of the CE market. ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 24 September 2008

      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 ...

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

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 28 July 2008

    ... For instance, Powerset is good as a starting point for online research. It searches third-party knowledge sources such as Wikipedia so it can prove more quicker if you need information from a specific ...

19. The perfect portable computing device of 2015

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Wednesday, 23 July 2008

      Analyst Opinion - When I think about the perfect notebook I often think back to the Science Fiction series Earth: Final Conflict.  This series, created by Gene Roddenberry, the creator of ...

20. Firefox 3 and Safari 4 in browser speed race

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 11 June 2008

      Most of today's web sites and web applications are built using the JavaScript scripting language. Some may say that a trend towards the fine-tuning of JavaScript interpreters in modern browsers ...

21. All-In-One PCs going mainstream: Will Apple or Microsoft get multi touch first?

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 28 May 2008

      Analyst Opinion - It is clear that Microsoft and Apple take direction from each other. Both firms were known as the original “Pirates of Silicon Valley” after all. At the Wall Street Journal’s ...

22. The future is now: Semantic search

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 26 May 2008

    ... of your search results, but - as the relevance decreases – you are confronted with lots of junk. That is why we often have to augment our searches with information from other online databases such as Wikipedia. ...

23. Multi-core processors: Interplay of hardware and programming models

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 20 May 2008

      Special to TG Daily - Multicore architecture has created a little frenzy among programming language designers and software developers to hone up their concurrent and parallel programming skills. ...

24. How visual networking could spell the end for the iPod

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Thursday, 03 April 2008

      Analyst Opinion - In a high-speed networked world, the iPod looks like the Sneakernet did when we got the Ethernet: You always have to physically carry your music around with you, which is easy ...

25. Why Dell’s World of Warcraft PC and Best Buy strategy make sense

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 11 December 2007

    Analyst Opinion - Sometimes vendors do something outrageous, so outrageous that you have to stop for a moment and recognize that this doesn’t happen very often. I’m not talking about the ...

26. Changing of the guard: Sony waxes while Apple wanes

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Tuesday, 16 October 2007

    Analyst Opinion - If you were watching these two companies over the last decade, you might wonder whether one of them was constantly giving the other either a cure or a disease. I can’t remember ...

27. SCO, Linux and Rob Enderle: A Conclusion

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 24 September 2007

    ...  Granted, I will likely be dealing with the character stuff for the rest of my life. I still get a kick out of going to my Wikipedia page and seeing the false profile a few folks likely had fun creating.  ...

28. Yahoo tops Internet ranking for August

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Tuesday, 18 September 2007

    ... at 80 million. The top 10 were rounded out by Ebay (79.5m), Amazon (54m), Ask.com (52m), Wikipedia (48m), and Viacom (45m).  These rankings are the same as they were last month.  The site that ...

29. PC trends 2007

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Friday, 13 April 2007

    Starting in June of every year, the PC landscape begins to get more exciting as vendors are releasing their new PC lines in that time frame. We have had a long dry run, largely because of the gap between ...

30. Microsoft looks beyond search

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 06 March 2007

    ... to lion cubs. Upcoming search technology will also be able to extract keywords from texts and connect the information to definitions on Wikipedia or Encarta, to images on Flickr or videos on YouTube.   ...

31. Opinion: Who needs DRM?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Tuesday, 20 February 2007

    ... but was sued into meaninglessness by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)? Wikipedia does a great job of refreshing our memory about the events surrounding Napster, which was shut down ...

32. Analyst Opinion: Apple is not real

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 20 December 2006

    You had to have your web browser on speed dial to keep up with Apple news in the past week: Contradicting and quite controversial reports made headlines, surprising with crashing iTunes sales and alleging ...

33. Preparing for Windows Vista

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 06 December 2006

    Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, has been playing with Windows Vista for some time and gives real world advice to users waiting for the operating system. Before you sink $160 or more ...