Archive For

October 2012

Windows Phone 8 – Thirsty horse?

          Microsoft officially launched Windows Phone 8 at its event in San Francisco yesterday with the main question remaining: is anyone...

Windows 8– A sedate frenzy

          It has not been a mad rush nor a scrum down but there has been more interest in Windows 8...

Windows RT – Confusion abound

          Windows 8 launches tomorrow, doubtless to much fanfare, but will the users be interested? No one has any confidence in...

Storage – Obsolete? Me?

          Those predicting the demise of the HDD need to think again. The idea has long been that the superior performance...

Technology Sector– Bottoms up?

          The technology sector had a horrible week last week with bad results from all of the bellwethers and benchmark indices...

Google – Engineering disease

          Many have derided Google for its mishap in releasing its Q3 results early but it seems to me that real...

$100 Tablet – lose lose

          The notion of a tablet that costs $100 may sound exciting but those that rush out to purchase the device...

Q3 Results – Rotten start

          Q3 reporting got underway last night with both bellwethers IBM and Intel reporting Q3 results. Both sets of results were...

Android – Critical weakness

          Without a shadow of doubt, Android dominates the unit volume statistics but in order to have real long-term value to...

Apple and TSMC – Forgotten reality

          It is no secret that Apple is thinking of moving its chip manufacturing from Samsung to TSMC, but while everyone...