Google still needs to fix it's update model. Software updates is older hardware is a mess. My S5 comes up with this random "phone has stopped working" error message. The only way to get rid of the message is to reboot the phone. It's ridiculous for a phone that is only 2 years old.
It's largely irrelevant. Android and windows operating systems are for different uses. It's like the laptop vs tablet debate. Many people still have both, but the replacement cycles are longer as a result. Perhaps if Android & Chrome merge it will be more relevant. But that does not appear to be the case in the near future.
This acquisition is a win win for consumers and AT&T. Fiber to the premises (fiber to the home) is expanded by 12.5 million. This also gives AT&T the ability to free up bandwidth over twisted pair where it is needed. AT&T is required to maintain net neutrality as well. There will also be more competition for high speed internet as well. This also gives AT&T the ability to compete in foreign markets for satellite TV.
It's shortsighted to think that the Thinkpad evolve. If Lenovo wants to develop and high end rugged laptop to compete with Apple it can be done.
The Mac Book Pro is considered to be one of the most rugged cases because it is milled from a single piece of aluminum There are other options such as carbon fiber which Lenovo has already. They can also produce a reliable chassis by extruding a piece of aluminum and heat treat for extra strength. The can always well the case together. Or use a very high strength aluminum such a dural or a 9000 series aluminum.
From a R&D perspective this laser weapon is not great of achievement since they are using 2 lasers. But this laser weapon is innovative. It will be very useful for defensive purposes however. This weapon would make a good phalanx missile defense replacement. The US is a bit behind because they are focused on perfecting 100kw solid state laser. The great thing is that this seems close to production ready.
Large generic trade shows/conferences are fading away. Comdex is gone then Network World died and now CES is slowly fading away. There is just not enough ROI for many exhibitors and attendees. These days the more focused conferences are surviving. Conferences have gotten to expensive. Your average conference is pushing $2000 and that is a lot when you factor hotel and travel. MS set a new record of $3000 for it's World wide developers conference a few years back.
Metro is problematic from the start. Microosoft's stated reason for Metro is that they believe that touch computing is the future and that enterprise will demand it. The other reason for Metro is that they want a consistent interface across all windows platforms. The problem is that there is not many touch laptops out there and they cost much more. The updating tiles make sense, but you cannot filter information that is being displayed. The big issue is no start menu. Sure you can type in the name of the app, but what if you cannot remember all the programs you have. You can install Smart Menu, but why should we have to....? Why are the Metro apps all full screen only. Multitasking just became a big headache...! Business and especially mid to large business are going to be very reluctant to implement win8 and be forced to spend lots of money to retrain their users on a unintuitive GUI. Most businesses are sticking with Win7 or are probably using the Win7 downgrade for new machines. Does touch make sense, possibly. Perhaps some users will use the touch only sometimes. In the end I think we are going to see either a Win8 SP2 reloaded or they will rush out a version of Win9.
Google states that Chrome OS will run only web apps and is designed primarily for Netbooks. So this means that wireless access must be available for free or at little cost everywhere. Now consider that Google is coming with it's own phone soon. So since Google owns a lot of dark fiber, perhaps they will trade network access with the cell phone companies.
This just typical MS standard operating procedure. The really insidious thing is how Silverlight was introduced first as a video streaming platform. Then earlier this year MS now says that it is a web platform.
So MS was unable to to completely extend and embrace users with IE. So now they are locking people in with Silverlight. You can use other browsers so long as you use Windows...:(. So in a sense this a stalling maneuver to give MS more time to capture more cloud computing users before Google Chrome & Linux has time to win a big share of the windows market.
Chrome and Linux will take a big chunk of Microsoft's marketshare, but MS will still remain a big player in the OS market. But it will be interesting to see what happens when Microsoft starts getting desperate. Will Microsoft dramatically raise the price on their IP Linux agreements they have signed with Novell/Suse and others..? Or would they possibly refuse to renew them. The other thing to remember is that the core Windows and Office suites comprise the majority of Microsoft's profits.
It's hard to recall a more hypocritical statement MS has made. Microsoft has done everything in it's power to subvert the web to it's own proprietary protocols. Let's remember it was Bill Gates in his famous internet memo, we need to extend & embrace users with IE so they are forced to use our own protocols. As for Ozzie it's hard to imagine he invented notes after reading this...!!
I like this idea, but I am more enamored by the idea of a Wimax enabled phone. HTC will be offering a Wimax Android phone soon I believe. This is cool, because the it's carriers can't lock down the phone since it's OSS. A even cooler solution would be deploy your own Wimax router at home and have free Internet/Voip service miles from home. When you are out of range you could use a prepaid phone..
I do think laptop Wimax Voip solution would be good especially for outgoing calls.
About 4 years ago the enterprise version of Visio used to have a network detect feature that would allow you do map out your network automatically. MS discontinued the enterprise Visio and was contemplating including the feature in another product.
There is also another 3rd party product called Lanysurveyor that automatically generates maps in Visio.
AT&T Uverse has 30mbps download with a 1.5 mbps upload. It's too bad that Uverse only has a 1.5 mbps upload speed.
Both AT&T as well as the the cable companies will eventually be forced upgrade their networks if they want ot carry HDTV on all their channels.
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Google still needs to fix it's update model. Software updates is older hardware is a mess. My S5 comes up with this random "phone has stopped working" error message. The only way to get rid of the message is to reboot the phone. It's ridiculous for a phone that is only 2 years old.
It's largely irrelevant. Android and windows operating systems are for different uses. It's like the laptop vs tablet debate. Many people still have both, but the replacement cycles are longer as a result. Perhaps if Android & Chrome merge it will be more relevant. But that does not appear to be the case in the near future.
This acquisition is a win win for consumers and AT&T. Fiber to the premises (fiber to the home) is expanded by 12.5 million. This also gives AT&T the ability to free up bandwidth over twisted pair where it is needed. AT&T is required to maintain net neutrality as well. There will also be more competition for high speed internet as well. This also gives AT&T the ability to compete in foreign markets for satellite TV.
I think most laptops transmit roughly the same amount of shock. Case breaking is a common problem.
It's shortsighted to think that the Thinkpad evolve. If Lenovo wants to develop and high end rugged laptop to compete with Apple it can be done. The Mac Book Pro is considered to be one of the most rugged cases because it is milled from a single piece of aluminum There are other options such as carbon fiber which Lenovo has already. They can also produce a reliable chassis by extruding a piece of aluminum and heat treat for extra strength. The can always well the case together. Or use a very high strength aluminum such a dural or a 9000 series aluminum.
From a R&D perspective this laser weapon is not great of achievement since they are using 2 lasers. But this laser weapon is innovative. It will be very useful for defensive purposes however. This weapon would make a good phalanx missile defense replacement. The US is a bit behind because they are focused on perfecting 100kw solid state laser. The great thing is that this seems close to production ready.
Large generic trade shows/conferences are fading away. Comdex is gone then Network World died and now CES is slowly fading away. There is just not enough ROI for many exhibitors and attendees. These days the more focused conferences are surviving. Conferences have gotten to expensive. Your average conference is pushing $2000 and that is a lot when you factor hotel and travel. MS set a new record of $3000 for it's World wide developers conference a few years back.
Then you lay the device flat and use it like the orignal Surface 3d devices. :)
Metro is problematic from the start. Microosoft's stated reason for Metro is that they believe that touch computing is the future and that enterprise will demand it. The other reason for Metro is that they want a consistent interface across all windows platforms. The problem is that there is not many touch laptops out there and they cost much more. The updating tiles make sense, but you cannot filter information that is being displayed. The big issue is no start menu. Sure you can type in the name of the app, but what if you cannot remember all the programs you have. You can install Smart Menu, but why should we have to ....? Why are the Metro apps all full screen only. Multitasking just became a big headache...! Business and especially mid to large business are going to be very reluctant to implement win8 and be forced to spend lots of money to retrain their users on a unintuitive GUI. Most businesses are sticking with Win7 or are probably using the Win7 downgrade for new machines. Does touch make sense, possibly. Perhaps some users will use the touch only sometimes. In the end I think we are going to see either a Win8 SP2 reloaded or they will rush out a version of Win9.
How about or putting the civilian youth corps to help deploy fiber. We could train them and they can learn a skill.
Perhaps Asus or MSI. I personally think that whoever buys HP should license the name for a extended period of time or permanently.
I am interested to see who acquires HP's PC business. It will most likely be a Asian company.
I would be cool if someone were to host Google Wave for now. I never understood why Google did not let Wave continue.
Google states that Chrome OS will run only web apps and is designed primarily for Netbooks. So this means that wireless access must be available for free or at little cost everywhere. Now consider that Google is coming with it's own phone soon. So since Google owns a lot of dark fiber, perhaps they will trade network access with the cell phone companies.
This just typical MS standard operating procedure. The really insidious thing is how Silverlight was introduced first as a video streaming platform. Then earlier this year MS now says that it is a web platform. So MS was unable to to completely extend and embrace users with IE. So now they are locking people in with Silverlight. You can use other browsers so long as you use Windows...:(. So in a sense this a stalling maneuver to give MS more time to capture more cloud computing users before Google Chrome & Linux has time to win a big share of the windows market.
Chrome and Linux will take a big chunk of Microsoft's marketshare, but MS will still remain a big player in the OS market. But it will be interesting to see what happens when Microsoft starts getting desperate. Will Microsoft dramatically raise the price on their IP Linux agreements they have signed with Novell/Suse and others..? Or would they possibly refuse to renew them. The other thing to remember is that the core Windows and Office suites comprise the majority of Microsoft's profits.
It's hard to recall a more hypocritical statement MS has made. Microsoft has done everything in it's power to subvert the web to it's own proprietary protocols. Let's remember it was Bill Gates in his famous internet memo, we need to extend & embrace users with IE so they are forced to use our own protocols. As for Ozzie it's hard to imagine he invented notes after reading this...!!
It's ridiculous that Clearwire charges extra to allow VOIP.
Let's remember that Wimax deployments are fairly new.
Some of the Wimax routers go for around $600. As Wimax router chips become more plentiful the price will drop.
I like this idea, but I am more enamored by the idea of a Wimax enabled phone. HTC will be offering a Wimax Android phone soon I believe. This is cool, because the it's carriers can't lock down the phone since it's OSS. A even cooler solution would be deploy your own Wimax router at home and have free Internet/Voip service miles from home. When you are out of range you could use a prepaid phone.. I do think laptop Wimax Voip solution would be good especially for outgoing calls.
If VOIP is being offered a as service then the voice provider is required to implement 911.
Lansurveyor goes for $495
About 4 years ago the enterprise version of Visio used to have a network detect feature that would allow you do map out your network automatically. MS discontinued the enterprise Visio and was contemplating including the feature in another product. There is also another 3rd party product called Lanysurveyor that automatically generates maps in Visio.
AT&T Uverse has 30mbps download with a 1.5 mbps upload. It's too bad that Uverse only has a 1.5 mbps upload speed. Both AT&T as well as the the cable companies will eventually be forced upgrade their networks if they want ot carry HDTV on all their channels.