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We'll post topical Technology News that may forecast a trend or preview newly released or soon to be released products that will be of interest to our clients or that we find interesting and in need of spotlighting.
Our Take on Recent News Items
July 2010
- iPhone4 and Android Summer - The smartphone market continues to burgeon with new products dropping from Apple and Google-bred Android phones from HTC, Motorola, Samsung, and others -- and updates from business fav Blackberry are in the wings! While legions of Apple fanboys stand in line to acquire the latest iPhone 4, rumors are swirling of a critical antenna flaw in Jobs' latest incarnation causing dropped calls if you hold it wrong (antenna is in the frame). With Apply controlling all aspects of the device and the developer market vs. the relative open nature (and wide variety of vendor tweaked phones on Android) this may be shaping up like the PC vs Mac battles of the early days of computing.
June 2010
- Dell knowingly sold faulty PC's - Apparently unsealed court documents reveal that Dell knowingly sold 11.8 million OptiPlex computers between May 2003 and July 2005 that had motherboards with a high risk of faulty components and failures. Won't say "we told you so" to those customers who have purchased Dell, but......
April 2010
- IPad and SmartPhone Battle - The tablet and smartphone battles continue to be blazing hot with Apple's new IPad beginning to ship this month it is sure to heat up the small-form-factor, netbook, and table computing market. I'm sure it will do well and likely is part of Apple's long-term strategy to gain desktop share by bringing on consumers with these slick mobile devices. At the same time, Google's Android-based smartphones have recently captured the top spot away from IPhone as the most desired mobile phone. I think this shows that most consumers just have a desire to switch the latest and greatest and brand loyalty is not as great in this part of the market.
January 2010
- CES 2010 Las Vegas - We attended the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year. Several hot trends are emerging for 2010 -- 3D Televisions were everywhere, an explosion of Netbooks and Smart Phones were visible, including many Google Android Smart Phone variants (to give iPhone and Blackberry serious competition), plus Intel launched their new Core i3 and i5 processors into the mainstream desktop and mobile market. The other technology to watch for is 4G wireless, notably WiMax technology from Sprint, Clear, and others. It's been talked about for years but is starting to slowly take a foot-hold and will be a real viable alternative to limited 3G probably in another year or two.
September 2009
- Signs the cyber-criminals might be starting to target Mac's - Although it has long been falsely believed that Apple Mac's were immune to malware attacks, this has never been true. In recent hacking contests, the Mac's O/S and particularly the web browser were shown to be as vulnerable if not more so than a current, patched Windows system. In the past, however, Mac had so little market share it wasn't worth the effort. As Mac's have picked up their share of the market (particularly home users) a recent trend is that more malware is being developed. In fact, a new malware affiliate program has been discovered that is offering 43 cents for every Mac system infected. With popularity comes a big red bullseye!