Nokia weirdness. People quitting over the new Microsoft CEO. Amazon goes after the iPad. Walmart getting into data plans. Intel supposedly shifting gears on the world of chips. Live Tube all over the news. FCC releasing white space to WiFi. Zukerberg call users “dumbfux.” Birthday for Mario Brothers. Microsoft pulls a fast one on corrupt [...]
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Asteroid Nearly Kills Us All
September 8, 2010
Google Instant goes live. Very cool sez me. Go to www.crankygeeks.com to get more information. iPod nine years old. Time flies. Verbal Facebook updates and text coming. Asteroid has its picture taken. Understanding Google and Apple TV revealed. Google logo explodes. T-Mobile may get iPhone. Lots of weird Samsung free PR. Lots of talk, no [...]
Google TV Coming Soon
September 7, 2010
HP filing suit against Oracle over hiring Mark Hurd. Google TV coming in 2011. Craigslist in the news about hookers. Read my PCMag column on the subject at www.pcmag.com . Smart phone future: they get it wrong. BP spent millions on Google search results. Samsung getting into the processor game. Intel lurks. ACLU sues USA [...]
Apple Apple Apple
September 1, 2010
Apple shows up in all the news for nothing more than new iPods and re-do of Apple TV. Apple adds button to iPod Shuffle. Ferraris catching on fire. Hot stuff. Memristors back in the news. They will take over the world of semiconductors. China says no more anonymous burners in China. T-Mobile jumps into Wi-Max. [...]
O.E.D. D.E.A.D.
August 31, 2010
Apple iPod 4g awaits more publicity. Gmail supposedly will sort your mail for you by importance. Har. VMware show ends. Climate panel trying to reform. Why? AutoCAD back on the Mac along with a mobile app. Samsung tablet getting lots of ink and attention. Has Digg failed? Blame the new guy. Web OS2.0 for Palm [...]
HTML 5 Headed Your Way
August 26, 2010
HP and Dell really going at it over 3Par. iPod classics may be dumped. RIMM doing deal with India. Why does Google search tweets? Fake reviews under attack. I like Yelp. Facebook killing IE6 support. Laughable. Government wants Craigslist to cease “Adult Services” listings. This will be fun to watch. Kindle and iPad under discussion. [...]
Samsung Tablet Goes After Apple
August 24, 2010
Samsung getting into Android Tablet biz. Dell starts selling Smartphone. Nokia into 3D? What? Why? Fuji display? Now Toshiba wants a big version and proposes a large version somehow. Webcam hits iTunes and Paypal. North Korean pages deleted? What? Grand Canyon at risk from mining. Apple kickback scheme was done with shoeboxes full of money. [...]
Who is 3Par?
August 23, 2010
3Par stories abound. MSFT push Win Phone 7. I’m predicting them becoming the odd man out. Apple patent rationalized. I find it onerous. Find out what I mean. New Kindle about to blow doors off the place. And now we are seeing sub-$100 e-readers too. Verizon getting into the act. Google buys Like.com. New pocket [...]
Seven-Inch iPad Coming?
August 18, 2010
Michael Dell under attack from the shareholders. HP board trying to explain the Hurd situation.IBM sued for fraud. Orleans working the cloud for Microsoft. Company has new navigation system and a new kind of MS-Mouse. Intel fixing NAND devices. SanDisk going after SSD biz. Australia is crazy. ZDNet seems clueless. Google not helping dev enough. [...]
iPhone Owners Love the 4
August 4, 2010
Intel agrees to end chip wars to appease the FTC. Listen to Crankygeeks.com for more info. Blackberry Torch being scrutinized. Google kills Wave. Does anyone recall Wave? EU likes the iPhone. They hate the Blackberry. Why? Apple has huge security hole. Facebook and MSFT settle lawsuits. Facebook hooking into various SmartPhones. Clearwire hooking to iPhone. [...]





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