about 1 year ago - 2 comments
Christmas gifts at protocol 80 were all about TV boxes in 2010. My brother received a Logitech Revue from my family, which is powered by Google TV, and I received an Apple TV which is powered by iOS. It kind of makes sense in a way, if there's an Apple "fanboy" at the company that'd
about 2 years ago - No comments
This is a very interesting development given very recent conflicts between Google and Apple/AT&T. Â Sure, Steve Jobs has stated that Eric's resignation was a mutual decision made by both companies because Google's encroachment on familiar territory is becoming a conflict of interest. Â Still, Android has been out for some time, so why now? One of
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Microsoft is doing a very smart thing. Â One of the biggest complaints against the company's flagship product, the Windows OS, is that it has become a victim to malicious software including viruses and trojans. Â To help solve this problem Microsoft has turned in-house to create their own security tool/anti-virus program called "Microsoft Security Essentials" (previously
about 2 years ago - No comments
It's that time again. Â This year's return to the E3 of yesteryear should produce some exciting news. Â This post is really just a roundup of some of the rumors I've heard and what I'm looking forward to most. Â We'll start with Microsoft and the Xbox 360. Not much is known about what Microsoft is going
about 2 years ago - No comments
I actually tweeted about this not too long ago, and at the time I mentioned I could only find the song on the artist's MySpace page. Â Unfortunate, because I like to meter my time on that website as much as possible. Â Anyways, I was jonesing to hear it again today but was both sad and
about 2 years ago - No comments
about 2 years ago - No comments
This is interesting. Everyone knows that Windows Mobile has been looking a little long in the tooth as phone manufacturers race to compete with the iPhone's touch interface. I'm happy to say that with 6.5 Windows Mobile will also enter the manual touch market. The new homescreen does a horizontal scroll to move through the
about 2 years ago - No comments
The main argument I've heard against maintaining one single version of Windows 7 is that Microsoft has a ton of customers, nearly 1 billion, and they all have different needs. That much makes perfect sense to me. Unlike Apple all of these people are running various hardware, they're using their machines for various reasons, I
about 3 years ago - No comments
about 3 years ago - No comments
I was watching Leo Laporte's live stream this past weekend, and he mentioned something that is very important when it comes to the release of Microsoft's new Windows 7. Pricing and bundling. There was a lot of hubbub made about Windows Vista's many different skews, whether Home Basic, Premium, Business, or Ultimate (am I missing