Ashlee Vance over at The New York Times is going Medieval on Dell’s head this week over some faulty computers that Dell sold between 5 and 10 years ago. Vance and I go back a bit on Dell -- he o... More >
This week I’m at the Dell financial analyst meeting in lovely and hot Austin, Texas. Dell is feeling pretty good at this meeting and for the first time in a long time is actually doing a forecast. It... More >
I’ve been talking to a number of people in Silicon Valley lately, and it is clear that not everything is rosy in the world of smartphones. Apple continues to attract more new customers and the altern... More >
I just got to drive my first avatar, and while it wasn’t the James Cameron experience I’d hoped for, it may represent one of the futures for telepresence. This was at a local Silicon Valley company... More >
Therese Poletti over at MarketWatch was asking whether Larry Ellison should eat crow after announcing a massive layoff at Sun last week. The reason for the question was that back in January, Larr... More >
One of the of the most important aspects of Steve Jobs isn’t his marketing or presentation skills, it is that he performs the role of virtual customer in Apple and assures the acceptance of most prod... More >
I was at TechEd this week, where IT folks learn how to deploy and use Microsoft products. While Apple was focused on phones and MP3 players and Google on search and all the stuff that makes up the ... More >
Earlier this week, I wrote about Google's apparently false statement that it was going to eliminate Windows internally for security reasons. I perceived that the reason had more to do with the fact... More >
Some days it is almost painful to watch Google. It's successful financially, having become the expert at exchanging consumer information for “free” products and getting advertisers to pay the bill. I... More >

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