- Now they tell us that Light Peak will replace the USB port. Some suspect Apple is behind it.
- Apple moves 2 billion apps and Google moves 10B videos in one month.
- Online Microsoft apps to fail says expert.
- UK to have two vendors for iPhone.
- Lenovo using optimization for faster boot times.
- Plasma displays at the end of the end.
- Ulanoff’s list of reasons why pad computers will sell more.
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Microsoft is kind of weird of versioning in general. They have an odd model for TFS which causes no end of problems for developers. In a nutshell they try to centralize control of documents (or code) on the server and generally just “make it too smart”. You also see it in SharePoint. It’s all over-engineered.
On another front: Geek lust.
So what if google put a rating system on the new sidebar, similar to the one that apple uses on itunes, to increase the relevancy of search results?
“Apple moves 2 billion apps and Google moves 10B videos in one month.”
Wow, that’s alot of fart machine apps and monkey peeing in his face videos…
Maxi-pad?
I have about 12 of those apps; my favorites are the fake glass-o-beer and the fake Zippo.
There’s nothing revolutionary or moronic about it. It’s a phone/iPod that does tricks. Lighten up!
This Lightpeak chip looks very interesting. Sounds like it has a much broader potential use than USB – Intel’s marketing blurb says you will be able to run multiple protocols on it.
Just thinking about networking applications, if it’s easy to have Ethernet and Fiber-Channel running over it, it could be used for switch interconnects and attaching servers or disk-arrays to the network. Distance seems a bit limited (to 30m?) so you will probably still have copper to your desk but it would be perfect within a datacenter.
This is not really new technology, but is Intel the first manufacturer to produce a gigabit transceiver like this integrated onto single chip? Currently, a 10Gb transceiver module from Cisco will cost you over $1000. If this chip costs less than $100, I can see it selling like hot-cakes.
Pedro, please! Still you are just jealous because of all the Microsoft missteps. Even the HTC you raved about turned out to be a POS.
I don’t know anyone else but I’m hoping pad computing takes off. I am hoping I will still be alive when pad computing is on a flexible sheet of silicon, which is already out. I also think it will be a hit if done correctly.
I will observe that Windows and office with fonts loads stuff into memory that ought to stay on the hard drive unless you actually try to use it. Not sure why because the software could “learn” if you use something or not after a few uses and figure out which items need to left on the drive just in case but not wasting time or ram until you do need them if ever.
Careless I guess.
Light Peak should replace the IEEE port, not the USB port. USB provides power to devices. Any optical port probably wouldn’t. The IEEE port is the faster one, which would likely be connected so something requiring high throughput speeds. But gets its power from a separate supply, not the PC’s. An optical port for external storage, or video devices, would be great. And overkill for things like a PC Mouse. So I don’t see them replacing the USB port anytime soon. Especially with various USB wireless and security ID devices being made. How would iPods get their music without USB?
So the Plasma screens died. Or rather they lost the consumer war. Cause you can only have two major player in a war. And the emerging LED Tvs took over for Plasma. Essentially they’re the same technology. Just a different emitting device of light colors. Whereas the LCD Tvs block or mask a neutral backlight, with color filters. So now it’s LCD vs LED. The latter will cost more, but is brighter and faster. While LCDs are relatively slower on screen action. And use less power. Will probably remain the cheaper option of the two. So laptop makers will always prefer the LCD.