Don’t get me wrong. I think the new iPad sounds wonderful. The retina screen, which Ray Soneria predicted, looks great. Even if its A5X processor isn’t as fast as Apple claims, it’s still amazing fast. And, while I really doubt that the iPad’s battery will really last as long as they claim it will, even [...]
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The new iPad’s great but what’s wrong with a good, inexpensive Android tablet?
March 7th, 2012 · Comments Off
Tags: Apple · Business · Google · Infrastructure · Linux · Mac OS X · Operating System · Tablet
Windows 8′s five biggest enemies
February 15th, 2012 · Comments Off
We’re finding out more and more about Windows 8 as its beta release approaches. And, you know what? The more I find out, the more I feel secure about saying Windows 8 will be a flop. I’ve already explained in general terms I think Windows 8 will follow in Vista’s footprints as a strategic failure. [...]
Tags: Business · Desktop · Development · Infrastructure · Linux · Mac OS X · Microsoft · Operating System · Windows
Google Zeitgeist 2011: It’s Apple’s World
December 15th, 2011 · Comments Off
Every year Google takes a look at what we’ve been searching for on the Internet in 2011 in its Google Zeitgeist list. A lot of it shows that we love our dumb stuff. For example, Rebecca Black, whose fame rests entirely on one awful song and video, Friday, was the number one search. Looking deeper [...]
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Operating systems don’t matter much anymore
December 5th, 2011 · Comments Off
For decades now, we’ve been fussing about operating systems. “Mac OS X is better than Windows!” “Why upgrade to Windows 7 when XP works just fine?” “You’re all wrong. Linux rules.” Such arguments are about to become history. Thanks to advances in virtualization, cloud technology and the Web, it matters less and less to users [...]
Tags: Cloud Computing · Desktop · Infrastructure · Internet · Linux · Mac OS X · Network · Network Services · Operating System · SmartPhone · Tablet · Virtualization · Web browser · Web Services · Windows
Google’s Android beats Apple in mobile app downloads
October 25th, 2011 · Comments Off
We love our Apple devices. We love the iPad in business. We love iPhones to the tune of 17-million phones sold in Apple’s last quarter. But, there are far more Android phones sold than there are iPhones, and with nicely priced Android tablets such as the ViewSonic 7e and Amazon Kindle Fire, the iPad is [...]
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