Daily Archives: April 8, 2011

The Battle for the Last Desktop

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Robert Pogson

Yesterday, as my wife was rushing out for an appointment, she called to me and demanded I “fix her PC”. Readers may remember that I had liberated her machine from XP after it had ground to a halt for the … Continue reading →

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That Other OS Re-re-reboots, Again

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Robert Pogson

Patch Tuesday has plenty of overtime and re-re-reboots in order. Every version of that other OS and Office needs work and there are plenty of critical vulnerabilities to go around. “Upcoming features will include a critical SMB Browser bug that … Continue reading →

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M$ Also Ran

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Robert Pogson

When a horse ends up after third place, it’s called an “also ran”. That’s what Gartner predicts for smart phones. Android/Linux is expected to become a monopoly by 2012 with that other OS reaching perhaps 20% by 2015. This includes … Continue reading →

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ARM: Good and Getting Better

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Robert Pogson

We have all seen demonstrations of the Tegra 2 ARM CPU from Nvidia. If there was any doubt about the performance of these chips, read on: “In the fourth quarter of 2011, Nvidia is set to launch its 40nm Tegra … Continue reading →

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Acer’s Chairman Speaks

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Robert Pogson

After disappointing results, Acer’s chairman and CEO JT Wang spoke about the outlook and strategy: profit margin currently is less than 2%, plans to spend more and to hire for R&D, “a revolution is already in progress in the IT … Continue reading →

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