Tag Archives: Apple

Apple TV and Xbox 720 to usher in new era of A/V-control interfaces

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

As a computer guy I’ve always hated the control interfaces that the Consumer Audio/Video (A/V) Equipment companies have put on their components.  They just can’t seem to get it right.  The Zenith-invented ultrasonic remote control interface dominated the field for over 20 years … Continue reading →

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Is Microsoft the big winner in Apple’s win over Samsung?

Posted on August 27, 2012 by

Bill Gates would be the first to point out all the cases where Microsoft’s competitors made a key mistake that let Microsoft succeed.  Office is perhaps the most notable example, where competitors’ reluctance to support Microsoft Windows took Word and … Continue reading →

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Critics of the Microsoft Surface just don’t get it

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

The commentaries about the recently unveiled Microsoft Surface Tablet/”Ultrabook”/PC thingies is revealing.  Particularly the few from OEM executives, and the larger number from supporters of the status quo.  My summary of them: They don’t get “it”.  No not the Surface … Continue reading →

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The Industry loses another Titan

Posted on August 25, 2011 by

I couldn’t let the day go by without commenting on Steve Jobs’ resignation as Apple CEO.  But rather than write something totally new I’m going to post two entries I made on Facebook that capture my views of the situation: … Continue reading →

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Bing going Mobile

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

Yesterday we had the announcement that Bing would become the default Search and Mapping solution for the next generation of RIM’s Blackberry.  Over the previous year we’ve seen Microsoft introduce excellent Bing apps for the iPhone and more recently iPad, work … Continue reading →

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Why Microsoft shouldn’t do a “Kin” Tablet

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

Hopefully I got you with that “Kin” reference, but it wasn’t just for sensationalism purposes.  For the last year every reporter/analyst/blogger out there has been waiting for Microsoft to pull some new Tablet/Slate thing out of its ass and challenge … Continue reading →

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When are we going to get serious about computer/network security (Part 1)?

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

I’m going to start a little series of posts to demonstrate that “we” aren’t serious about computer and network security. By “we” I mean everyone from individual users of mobile phones and computers through to the government, telecommunications carriers, and … Continue reading →

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Is it ‘Game Over’ in Smartphones?

Posted on January 23, 2011 by

The Smartphone war seems to be shaping up to look very much like an earlier paradigm shift in computing.  Sure analogies are imperfect, but let me try this one on you. It was 1983 and the computing industry was in … Continue reading →

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An idea for WP7

Posted on January 19, 2011 by

I’ve been sitting here staring at WordPress trying to get going on a blog about the state of the Smartphone market.  One paragraph in and I decide to change the approach and delete it.  Start again and a different post … Continue reading →

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