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Thursday, 14 June 2007 |
PCs and servers are incredibly wasteful, energy hungry devices. So the world's biggest purveyors of and facilitators of these devices, led by Google and Intel, have launched an initiative to make computers more green and help save the planet by 2010.
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Monday, 11 June 2007 |
In what could turn into a major embarrassment for the US Government, the New York Times has reported that the US Justice Department's top antitrust official last month sent a memo to state prosecutors urging them to reject a confidential Google antitrust complaint against Vista. The report also noted that the official who issued the memo used to be a top antitrust partner at a law firm that has represented Microsoft in antitrust disputes.
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Sunday, 10 June 2007 |
As the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference approaches once again, there has been speculation over whether the focus will be on Leopard or iPhone. For developers, there is one overriding issue; for consumers there are at least another three.
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Saturday, 09 June 2007 |
Microsoft could slash the price of its Xbox 360 by $100 or more to US$199 for its basic console and possibly bundle in a free game if a recent report is anything to go by. According to a Bloomberg report, a Microsoft Xbox executive has admitted that US$199 is the trigger point for mass consumer sales and also pointed to Nintendo's success with bundling a game with the Wii console for US$250.
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
Substitute teacher Julie Amero, erroneusly convicted of exposing her seventh grade class to porn on her Windows computer, can breathe a sigh of relief that saner heads prevailed in her case. However, this case is not just about teachers and children being exposed to popup spyware porn. It's about Windows itself and its inherent security or lack thereof.
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Thursday, 07 June 2007 |
There is a report from Japanese daily the Yomiuri Shimbun that Sony president Ryoji Chubachi has publicly said the company is not "ruling out the possibility" of lowering the price of the PS3. One wonders if those running Sony haven't taken leave of their senses and are trying to further sabotage the already dismal sales of the PS3.
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Tuesday, 05 June 2007 |
For the first time Sony's Blu-ray players are cheaper than its PlayStation 3 console, after the company announced a US$100 cut off the price of the BDP-S300 player to US$499. The move begs the question: can Sony now afford not to also slash the price of PS3?
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Monday, 04 June 2007 |
When I first read a blog pointed to by nerd news aggregator Slashdot that two of the world's leading science journals are rejecting document submissions in Word 2007, I was mildly intrigued. When I discovered that not even Word 2007 documents saved in earlier version Microsoft Word formats would accepted, my interest level shot through the roof.
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Saturday, 02 June 2007 |
Google Earth is entertaining; Google Maps is useful; Google Street View is an outrageous and frightening invasion of your privacy. It's that simple.
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Friday, 01 June 2007 |
There are just too many minuses associated with the recently unveiled Palm Foleo "smartphone companion" to make this product a success. However, there are just enough pluses to have some analysts scratching their heads and wondering "is there something just a little bit innovative here that may point to the future of mobile computing?"
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Saturday, 26 May 2007 |
The EU's data privacy watchdog has launched an investigation into the personal data retention policies of Google, querying whether the search leader is breaking privacy laws. In its defence, Google has fired back a salvo defending its policies and asking whether the other main search players Yahoo and Microsoft are being similarly scrutinized.
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Friday, 25 May 2007 |
At a time when much of the world is salivating with excitement over the release of Dell's new Ubuntu Linux computers in the US, it's ironic that the market in which Ubuntu originated, Europe, still has not received word on when the new Dell boxes will be available.
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Thursday, 24 May 2007 |
The day Linux advocates have been waiting for has arrived . Dell has announced three different systems with Ubuntu 7.04 installed: the XPS 410n and Dimension E520n desktops and the Inspiron E1505n notebook. However, those expecting lower prices for their Linux boxes may be disappointed because there is little or no price differential between the Linux and Windows models. In fact, the entry level E520 Windows desktop is significantly cheaper.
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