Touchless Computing as in Minority Report?
As can be seen in the demo video from SoftKinetic, 3D motion-sensing software is becoming quite powerful. Similar to EyeToy in PS2, I would not be surprised if Sony soon brings this technology to PS3...
View ArticleCoolness Vs. Openness
Mac, coolness: the choice of the artist and the MBA. Style, simplicity, less features but works flawlessly, usability on the top, identify with brand, price premium. The right brain decides. Ubuntu,...
View ArticleYouTube is Inventor’s Best Friend
If Internet is a great tool for entrepreneurs to test business ideas, YouTube is becoming the natural place to disclose inventions and test their relevance. Leslie Berlin, a Silicon Valley historian,...
View ArticleModular Data Centers: Containers for Clouds
Mike Manos, Microsoft Data Center Chief, has unveiled in his blog the design of future “Generation 4″ Microsoft data centers. With the mission to provide massive easy-to-scale computing infrastructure...
View ArticleWho Wouldn’t Back Android?
Android announced this week that 14 new companies are joining the Open Handset Alliance. The new members are: AKM Semiconductor, ARM, ASUSTek Computer, Atheros Communications, Borqs, Ericsson, Garmin...
View ArticleInterview to Bill Gates
Charlie Rose interviews Bill Gates a few weeks ago in Seattle. They talk about the remarkable life of a man who changed the World by putting a computer on everyone’s desk. And about someone who we all...
View ArticleBlue-ray Won the Battle but Lost the War
It is already one year since Sony signed with the four big movie studios and knocked out Toshiba in the war for the high-definition video format. Seagate’s CEO said then “Blue-ray won the battle but...
View Article[Chart] Apple Gets Close to Microsoft on Market Cap
Via Silicon Alley Insider. The great turnaround of Apple illustrated in a chart. Since the iPhone launch in 2007 Apple has been getting closer to Microsoft faster and faster. The iPad “effect” is...
View Article[Read] NYT: Apple Passes Microsoft as No. 1 in Tech
The moment came when Apple surpassed Microsoft in Market Cap [*]. A few numbers: Market Cap: Microsoft at $219 billion – Apple at $222 billion (yesterday) Revenue: Microsoft at $58.4 billion – Apple...
View ArticleThe iPad’s Disruption Of The Windows PC Market
Chart via Horace Dediu Now we can actually confirm that the day the iPad was introduced, Personal Computing changed forever. Two years earlier, 2008 was the year of the netbook. Analysts would doubt...
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