Archive for June, 2009

China Hates Garfield the Cat

Author: John Dvorak
June 30, 2009

Firefox 3.5 rolls out. Get it now. China is filtering out Garfield the Cat. Pirate Bay sale worries some. Dell going into the Android too? Where is the picture of Steve Jobs who is supposedly back at work. Confusion over Comcast 4G, WiMax. Forrester says tech biz bottoms in Q3. Palm Pre beating sales expectations says PR company. NYT sez few oldsters see themselves as old. Did someone pay money for this survey? Anti-Google stories surfacing. Yahoo shuts down another company I never heard of. Will this ever end? Maine making sure all kids get a computer. Flash headed to Android phone. Robot navigates like a person. Toshiba last man standing regarding the 1.8-inch HD. Look for a sale on Netbooks.

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Palm Screws Sideloaders

Author: John Dvorak
June 29, 2009

Standardized mobile phone charger now a worldwide phenomenon. Nokia leads the way. Palm kills homemade apps. Why? Sony thinking about PSP phone. Sounds like nGage to me. MSFT fiddling around with Win 7 marketing. Will they ever learn? Kid humiliated by Walkman. Germans not interested in the Kindle. Google voice getting a lot of ink Adam Savage gets free phone service. Intel working seriously on SSD. HD-DVD still beating Blu-ray according to e the NYT. Wikipedia in on blackout of certain news.

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Palm Sparks Rally

Author: John Dvorak
June 26, 2009

Apple pulls plug on selling porn or girlie pics off of the app store. Palm shares rally and takes tech sector with it? Geez. Biggest problem facing Bing? Google. Duh. Long awaited PC cycle upgrade coming say the experts. DiskShred will grind up your hard disks. Dyson develops world’s faster motor. Sponsor: Squarespace.com code word:

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What is a Plug Computer?

Author: John Dvorak
June 25, 2009

Tear down says new iPhone costs $179 to build. MSFT Hohm in the news. Seems silly to me. Palm says Pre is selling well. Stock goes up. Windows 7 on sale. Red Hat profits are up. Linux now has an anti-virus product. Weird UK stories. Xmos $4.50 CPU? Also the plug computer is headed your way. Look for phase-change memory to flop along with the flying saucer car. Show sponsored by Squarespace.com, code word TECH. Check it out.

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June 24, 2009

Palm Pre hits one million app downloads. HTC Hero has new slick interface. You are too late to get MSFT security software. Company also wants everyone to switch off of Windows 7 Beta and get RC1. Metro PCS says $5 a month for International calls. Sharp TV busted. Boxee now has Windows version. Also they do a deal with MLB. Microsoft sees mobile advertising increasing. Meanwhile Ballmer says ALL old media will be dead in 10 years. HP brags about 5101 Netbook. Larry Ellison looking good. IBM getting involved with food safety? Why?

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The Nerd Bird Flies at Night

Author: John Dvorak
June 23, 2009

Intel in bed with Nokia. Why now? Steve Jobs seen on Apple Campus. Stock pickers are liking Motorola because of Android. Bogus HP PR. The company goes gah-gah over social networking too. Bing could ruin Microsoft. IBM in the battery business? Since when? Microsoft caps downloads for its security software. 3DV bought by Microsoft. Paul Allen offers a MSFT patch himself! The Nerd Bird flies again! Five reasons Blu-ray is hurting. Show sponsored by Squarespace.com codeword Tech.

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FTC to Attack Bloggers

Author: John Dvorak
June 22, 2009

Apple promoting it’s current executive over Steve Jobs. This is fishy. HP’s new printer does not need a PC. Why? FTC going after the bloggers and Twitterers. Microsoft poaching people left and right. Never works out. The Buick is being re-positioned. It is ridiculous. Apple bans Commodore 64 from iPhone. Why? Who cares? Microsoft will put 10-percent of its income into search. Why? Kodachrome is officially dead. Sony Blu-ray a dud!

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No New Xbox360 Anytime Soon

Author: John Dvorak
June 19, 2009

Google trying to filter porn for the Chinese. Poor woman nailed by RIAA for $2 million. Bozeman wants workers to fork over their Facebook passwords. No Xbox360 anytime soon. Natal controller seems to be dead in the water. Win7 wallpaper on Netbooks may not be changeable. Why? Zune using new nVidia chip. New Sony laptops to have Blu-ray inside. Canada giving up on warrants when it comes to the Internet. This show brought to you by Squarespace.com code word TECH.

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Lakeside Resorts on Mars

Author: John Dvorak
June 18, 2009

.People complaining today. First about the XM radio app for the iPhone and Intel’s new chip naming scheme. Microsoft to roll anti-virus next week. Senators going after iPhone’s sweet deal. Home broadband Internet use is on the rise. New images show evidence of lake on Mars. I have found a story that proves cloning dogs is a good idea. I discuss the fairness doctrine. Palm Pre not saving Sprint. Microsoft complaining that Google is cheating. Aww. Show brought to you by Squarespace.com use the code word TECH for a big discount.

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Sales for Video Games Plummet

Author: John Dvorak
June 11, 2009

Sales of vid games down big time. Microsoft all over the news. The company will not ship a browser with Win7 in Europe. Bing has boosted ads for MSFT 8-percent in one week. Meanwhile, the company will release anti-virus software for free. US Look for the teardown trend to worsen. Tesla founders suing each other. Microsoft settles with Mississippi. This weeks show brought to you by Squarespace.com code word TECH. Try it.

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