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The Next Generation…
Intel’s announcement of their next-generation of nano-processors is (potentially) a good sign on three fronts: one) they reportedly perform 20% better; two) they also supposedly use 20% less energy, and; three) with how fierce the competition has become for them … Continue reading
A $15.00 Website!?
In an era when / where high-tech is showing (almost) no boundaries this reality is clearly evident by North Korea’s purchase and use of a template (for their official governmental homepage) created by a Southern California Web Designer… (Source) LA … Continue reading
The Downward Spiral.
Hubris; slow response times; massive network outages; bad PR; a lack of innovation; missing market opportunities; being the early leader within the Corporate space… all of the aforementioned (and some not mentioned, etc.) Long story short: if the reports are … Continue reading
Haunted By e-Waste!?
Another ‘discovery‘ has been made at the world’s largest e-Waste landfill aka China’s Electronic Waste Village. However, the culprits this time around might not be the West per se as much as Africa; Asia and the PRC itself (regarding what … Continue reading
Making Their Debut…
The first Intel-powered Smartphones are set to launch in India (with Lava: a local manufacturer / one of the fastest growing homegrown companies) next week. Given Intel’s laggard status (within this space); Motorola’s long-slide and Google’s desire to take-on Apple this … Continue reading
Oracle’s Smartphone Failure
Google’s assertion: Oracle failed in smartphones… begs the question: how does the firm really feel? Clearly, the gloves are off as this battle looks to continue to heat-up period (and given all of the patent litigation that’s been going on … Continue reading
That’s Gotta Hurt!
Do’h! With four major European Telecommunications Operators quote – unmoved by recent Nokia Smartphones – unquote perhaps no more thorough of a rebuke could be stated than this (as to why so many observers both inside and outside of the … Continue reading
Tomahawk.
The latest and (disputably) the ‘greatest’ way to organize your music (and interconnect all of the divergent mediums for accessing a myriad of digital music services) is one that most end-users have in all probability never heard of… (Source) Tomahawk: … Continue reading
Windows + iPad = ?
A seemingly inevitable question that it was only a matter of time before it’d be asked is / was: How can any given end-user run Windows on an iPad? Said question begs the (perhaps obvious) answer: why would anyone want … Continue reading