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Apple scared of RIM? Unlikely
11/22/2008, It might not be a coincidence that Apple released its iPhone 2.2 update just as the BlackBerry storm gets its 15 minutes of fame but, I doubt that Apple is “scared” of RIM as CNET’s Don Reisenger says. It looks [...]
Microsoft sued for Windows Boot Time. Need More info Because It Just Sounds Stupid Right Now
11/20/2008, A number of employers have started a class action against Microsoft, arguing that their employees spend between 30mn to 60mn a day in the Windows boot sequence. The attacking party includes AT&T or Cigna. To reach 30mn to 60mn of [...]
Walt Mossberg loves the iPhone, the G1 and the Storm
11/20/2008, During his keynote at the VentureWire Technology Showcase, Walt Mossberg told us that his preferred personal technology devices are the Apple iPhone, the G1 and the BlackBerry Storm. For him ,they are the true Internet devices, and not the MIDs [...]
The Perfect Storm for Netbooks
11/12/2008, Gartner just announced it: Netbooks (or mini laptops) are driving the bulk of the PC industry growth in Eastern Europe, and possibly worldwide. In their latest research, Isabelle Durand and Ranjit Atwal commented: “The market position of vendors was largely [...]
New Macbook Pro taking advantage of NVIDIA’s hardware video-decoding, but you haven’t seen anything yet…
10/21/2008, Reports are popping that CPU utilization during H.264 HD decoding on a Macbook Pro went from 100% (old model) down to 28% (with NVIDIA chip). Some are surprised that Apple was able to sneak this in for the launch, but [...]
Will the blackberry Pluto be the ultimate smartphone? Qwerty and high-res touch display reunited
10/17/2008, The Blackberry Bold/Javelin and Storm have made marked a significant progress from Research In Motion (RIM) in phone design. However, it looks like RIM’s next smartphone could feature a full qwerty keyboard, often seen as indispensable for heavy texters, to [...]
Pink Panther…Wait, Panzer
10/06/2008, Here is an example of how passion is able to bring out impressive results – 30 year-old Vin Marshall from Philadelphia, along with 9 other buddies of his have come together to construct this 2,000 pound replica tank straight from [...]
Intel integrates memory controller into Nehalem, so what’s the drama?
08/19/2008, Everyone has known for about a year that the Core i7 processor (codenamed Nehalem) would have an integrated memory controller (IMC). For the little story, AMD did this years ago. But it’s surprising to read that this is an “admission” from [...]
iPhone 3G problems: who’s responsible doesn’t matter, Infineon will take the blame
08/14/2008, As the finger pointing continues in the 3G reception fiasco, unnamed sources quoted by Business Week claim that the issue comes from a component provided by Infineon and that a software patch from Apple will solve the problem. That’s the [...]
Google worth less than Apple, will try to compete directly in the future?
08/14/2008, While we are in the earning season, it’s worth noting that Apple is now valuated at $158.8B, making it just a little bigger than Google’s $157.3B. Obviously both companies are running completely different business, but both have an equally high-profile. [...]
Rumor: Apple adding a H.264 chip from NTT to take over 1080p movie distribution? Unlikely
08/04/2008, We a whole month of crazy rumors before Apple unveils new product, so here’s the rumor of the day: Robert Cringely from PBS thinks that Apple will add a chip from NTT that does 1080p H.264 decode and encode to [...]
Who will own the cloud is irrelevant
08/01/2008, I spotted an article with a catchy title: it’s 2018: who owns the cloud? Where the author asks this interesting question and develops the idea that “providing cloud consumers with a spectacular user experience” is critical and that Apple does [...]
Apple will likely replace Intel chipsets with NVIDIA ones
07/30/2008, Sources from within Intel have allegedly reported that Apple is going to use a chipset from a different brand in upcoming Macbooks. The chipset is the chip that controls the motherboard and the inputs/outputs. Sometimes, there is also an integrated [...]
