In what appears to be “News of the Weird,” HTC today licensed Microsoft patents for its Android products. It isn’t unusual for a hardware manufacturer to license code from Microsoft or to use Andro... More >
Research in Motion (RIM) launched new phones today and my initial impression was, "So what?" The market typically only cares about two platforms, rarely three and almost never more than that... More >
Saying Apple uses inferior parts is likely flame bait, but I started thinking about this topic after forwarding a tweet on an Inquirer article by Clive Akass on the talk by leading patent lawyer Andr... More >
With the completion of the 3Com merger, HP has taken over the lead in China for some types of networking gear and positions itself against Cisco as the only competitor with similar, though not yet ... More >
In the '60s, NASA rose to prominence as the space race fueled by the Cold War showcased the United States' competitive spirit in the race to the moon. But once that goal was met, it was clear the US... More >
Last week I took my annual tour of HP labs. This year rather than offering a series of centralized presentations, the company filled the day with one-on-ones with the folks that were leading individu... More >
Mark Cuban has a new post up but I think he has the title wrong. His title is “ Why You Should NEVER Listen to Your Customers ”. If you do that, you’ll quickly be without customers. However, t... More >
In the midst of what has been a bracketed Apple week, first with the release of the iPad and then with the announcement of the new (and very compelling) iPhone OS, Dell launched a broad refresh of... More >
The iPad launch went rather well this past weekend. There are some mixed reviews and a few initial problems ( overheating and connectivity, ) but this was generally a good launch. This brings in ... More >
This week the core wars got started with AMD launching a new Opteron part with a whopping 12 cores that, amazingly enough, fit into the same thermal envelope (meaning it's as cool as) its prior fou... More >

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