What's getting stuffed into Microsoft's software and loaded onto the desktops might require pause. In the past, as software got fatter; the desktops were replaced with faster-better processors, more memory and gadgetry to keep users up and running. Form factors for the desktops have been unimpressive.
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Archive for February, 2010
Change The Desktop Dummy
I’m Not Mobile, I’m Desk-Challenged
Sixty years ago, a lot of people were on party lines that shared a phone connection with a half-dozen others. You dialed four-digit numbers and if you wanted to call out of area you had to get an operator to literally patch you through. I flew once with a woman whose grandmother had been...
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When The Chips Are At Stake
The New York Times today digs into the high stakes world of chips, and I'm not talking Las Vegas when it comes to SmartPhones. San Diego's Qualcomm has been at the front of this line for years, and their tie up with Motorola, INQ and others shows that. Now Intel and Nokia are playing...
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Om Speculates On Skype-Verizon Deal
Om is speculating and talking to his sources about just what aspect of the recently announced Skype & Verizon Wireless tie up is "exclusive." My take is that it's the special software that Skype built for Verizon that mimic what we've seen in the UK with 3. I don't believe for a second that...
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Skype in my pocket? Mobile VoIP Crosses The Chasm, Part 1.
In the USA, we are a spoiled bunch when it comes to communications. We were the first to eliminate the notion of a long distance call, and probably the first to force unlimited plans from our wireless companies. So while growth in Mobile VoIP has thriv...
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