Microsoft Hates Windows?
Microsoft giving up on Windows. Looks like they are taking Midori seriously — Windows in the Cloud. Gates looks like he is still working to me! Worldwide Internet speeds leaves USA in the dust. We’re number 15 — woot! AMD pumping the 4870 X2. Two chips for the price of two chips. Gmail outage makes a black mark on cloud computing. Lenovo launches quad-core. Dell does an eePC.
Click to listen: [audio:http://m.podshow.com/media/12115/episodes/122078/tech5-122078-08-12-2008.mp3]
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AMD to go Fab-less?
IBM says it shares a vision of Linux in 2018? Red Hat says Linux will all be in the cloud. AMD may go fab-less? Gartner warns of widespread slowdown in semiconductor sector. Google may be a big content provider? The computer beats a professional player for the game of GO. I find another 2012 story end of the world that year according to the nutters. Best Buy to have stores in the airport. Motorola leading US handset business. Microsoft wants Hollywood to save the Zune.
Click to listen: [audio:http://m.podshow.com/media/12115/episodes/121988/tech5-121988-08-11-2008.mp3]
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Leaked Apple Memo Seems Fake
Google kills Blogger sites for no good reason. Someone blames Obama. 3/4 of UK searches done on Google. Microsoft getting attacked left and right. Needs to do something. Microsoft doing huge stock buyback. Cisco not buying EMC. Russian gangs hijacking PC’s (no kidding!). The Russians are trouble. Dell getting cheap ink for going green. AOL killing Time-Warner. Where is Steve Case when you need him. Steve Job memo gets leaked to the press mysteriously. CLEAR laptop lost then found. DEFCON underway. Visit if you can. Everyone agreeing to shutting their mouths while in China for the Olympics. Cripes.
Click to listen: [audio:http://m.podshow.com/media/12115/episodes/121058/tech5-121058-08-06-2008.mp3]
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Microsoft-Free Desktop Planned
40 Million credit cards stolen. Crooks busted, finally. Worldwide-scheme. IBM pushing the "Microsoft-free" desktop. Nobody is biting. Delta to offer Wi-Fi across entire US fleet. Sony grabs Rocketboom for exclusive distribution rights. PayPal co-founders investing in Space-X venture. AT&T now into Cloud Computing. Lenovo growing too slow. AMD versus Intel with new code words. Be careful if you are asked to upgrade your flash player. Hackers lurk.
Click to listen: [audio:http://m.podshow.com/media/12115/episodes/120969/tech5-120969-08-05-2008.mp3]
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Intel Developing a GPU
Intel decides to get back in to the graphics chip business. I have the backstory. Apple updating the new iPhone already? Looks like the run rate for the thing is 800,000 a week. Meanwhile AT&T keeps the exclusive. Microsoft getting grief over Vista. Company proves that everyone is indeed within 6-degrees of Kevin Bacon. Google may lose suit over AdSense. Thailand bans GTA IV. New initiative to make $12 computer as an SOC. Motorola has a new co-CEO. SanDisk is 20 years old.
Click to listen: [audio:http://m.podshow.com/media/12115/episodes/120861/tech5-120861-08-04-2008.mp3]
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