Thursday, September 4, 2008
Just Say It Google: Chrome Is a Modern OS
A couple of observations on Chrome: It’s good, it’s an OS, and where the hell is Intel. Multiprocess? Hello, multicore on the desktop. Hello, Intel? Wake up.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Should You Pay Twice as Much for a Mac?
I recently got to wondering about Mac versus Windows PC pricing after seeing two HP notebooks on sale at the local Target. One of them, a 14-inch model, the HP DV2946NR, sold for $699.99 and packed 4GB of memory and a 320GB hard drive. Capacity for both features is twice that of the $1,299 MacBook—and shared graphics is 356MB compared with a meager 144MB for the MacBook. I wondered: If Vista notebooks are selling for so little and packing so much, how does this compare with Mac desktops and notebooks?
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Viral Vista: The “Mojave Experiment”
It’s the seventh inning, and Microsoft finally hits a marketing home run. Is it a gamer winner? If the competition were Apple, which surged to 8.5 percent U.S. PC market share in the second quarter, the answer would be yes. But Microsoft faces its toughest competitor ever: Itself. I spent some time this morning reviewing [...]
Friday, June 27, 2008
Don’t Expect to See Many PC Games at Upcoming E3 Game Show
As the video game industry gears up for its annual E3 conference in July, the reality is setting in that the one-time entertainment extravaganza has become narrowly focused on console games, with very little room for PC games.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Windows Usability Systematic Degradation Flame, Jan. 15, 2003
I am quite disappointed at how Windows Usability has been going backwards and the program management groups don’t drive usability issues. Let me give you my experience from yesterday…
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Closing the Door to Microsoft Vista
General Motors may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer operating system from Microsoft. The automaker has encountered so many speed bumps getting Vista to work on its machines that it may just wait for the next version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011. “We’re considering bypassing Vista and going straight to Windows 7,” says GM’s Chief Systems & Technology Officer Fred Killeen.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Windows Becomes the Web
Live Mesh is so messy to explain, I can’t cover everything in this post. But simply: Microsoft is launching a synchronization platform that the company claims is technology-agnostic. That absolutely is not true. Live Mesh is Microsoft’s attempt to turn operating-system and proprietary-services platforms into hubs that replace the Web. It’s the most anti-Web 2.0 technology yet released by any company. Microsoft is building a services-based operating system that transcends and extends Windows and also the function of Web browsers. It’s bold, brilliant and downright scary.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Windows: A Monopoly Shakes
Windows’ enterprise adoption declined in 2007, with the gains going to Linux and Mac OS. Vista is a bust.
Monday, March 24, 2008
At Launch, Mytopia Shows Social Networks How to Play Nicely Together
There is a new casual gaming network in town that’s got some serious cross-platform chops. Don’t be fooled by the cutesy graphics. Today, Mytopia is simultaneously launching across Facebook, Bebo, MySpace (currently pending approval) and its own Web site with eight games (chess, backgammon, sudoku, dominoes, bingo, spades, hearts and video poker). On Monday, it will release the same games across the major Web and desktop widgets: iGoogle Gadgets, Apple Dashboard Widgets, Yahoo Widgets and Windows Vista Toolbar Widgets.
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