All the stories tagged with Thoughts
iPhone 3GS: Prepare For a 3D Graphics Shock
06/10/2009, Half-Life 2 on PC. The 3GS GPU has all the features required to do this The new iPhone CPU is getting a lot of buzz, and for sure, it will make the iPhone 3GS more responsive than its predecessors, but [...]
Sony Wants To Win With PSP Go, But Not at Any Price
06/09/2009, Since it was announced at E3, the Sony PSP Go and its pricing in particular has created a lot of buzz on the web. If you missed it, PSP Go is not so different from the PSP, except that it [...]
What Happened to the PS3 Slim Rumor?
06/04/2009, The Sony Press Conference was arguably as impressive as the Microsoft one (which was a huge surprise, by the way). Many PlayStation fans were ecstatic about the upcoming Sony Motion Controller and there was one last thing that they were [...]
The Art of Motion Control: Beyond the Hype
06/04/2009, [E3 2009] I don’t think that anyone had envisioned a post-E3 motion controller war, but that’s what’s happening in the forums and elsewhere right now. After the cool on-stage demos from Microsoft and Sony, gamers are split on what’s “better”, [...]
Kindle DX: Budget-Friendly For Students?
05/07/2009, Amazon has enjoyed much press as of late, but by positioning the Kindle DX as a student-friendly device, the company has made a mistake and criticism is now mounting. We think that for tech enthusiasts and whoever wants to use [...]
Yes, Apple is Hiring Chip Engineers – What’s The Surprise?
04/30/2009, The Buzz of the day seems to revolve around the fact that Apple is hiring top-level chip engineers/executives like Raja Koduri and Bob Drebin (both ex AMD CTO). But why does it comes as a revelation today? Apple has bought [...]
Netbook Drama: Arm Might Surpass Intel by 2012
03/13/2009, There’s nothing like an analyst report to create drama: Robert Castellano (The Information Network) believes that the future of Netbooks lies with ARM and its Cortex-A9 architecture. According to him, ARM’s processor will be much cheaper than Intel’s offering – [...]
In Apple’s Mind, It Is Not Building a Netbook
03/11/2009, Concept image not created by Apple If it is building anything at all, that said. I guess that it’s just fun to speculate on the rumored Apple “netbook”. Some background: leaks from components provider in Asia hint that Apple is [...]
PS3 Is Hard to Develop For, But It Doesn’t Really Matter
03/03/2009, Earlier today, I saw an interesting article on CNET from Don Reisinger about how the PS3 was hard to develop for, “on purpose”. I would like to comment on it and add to the discussion. As a former PC developer, [...]
Intel Moves its Atom Design to Another Foundry
03/02/2009, Intel and TSMC have entered into an agreement in which they will adapt the Atom design to TSMC’s manufacturing process. TSMC is a contract foundry that makes chips for fabless* semi-conductor companies like Broadcom or NVIDIA. Intel on the contrary, [...]
Skype Mobile: the Road to Mobility and to Each and Every Future Nokia N-Series Phones
02/19/2009, By guest editor Stephane Delbecque [Mobile World Congress] We had the opportunity to spend some time with Nicholas Babaian, Product Manager Mobile at Skype to learn more about Skype Mobile products and strategy. With 400 million web users worldwide, Skype [...]
Sony Not Spared by Worldwide Economic Woes, Moves Forward
01/26/2009, That’s the essence of Rick Clancy’s Blog Post on the Sony Electronics Blog. Sony knows that their IT (laptops…), Consumer Electronics and Content (movies, music) products have to interact “seamlessly” and that they have to be “interconnected”, “open” and “green”. It’s all [...]
Why Are People Talking About ‘Why Blu-Ray Will Succeed’?
01/14/2009, During CES, I got asked many times if I thought that Blu-Ray will succeed. And today, I’m receiving an email from “The Blu-Ray Press Office” in which they use an article from CNET to convince me that Blu-Ray will succeed [...]
