Notes from Ballmer’s CES 2011 Keynote
Art Lindsey, John Casaretto and myself sat down with a few adult beverages and watched Ballmer’s speech tonight, prepared for a repeat of last year’s snoozer event. We were pleasantly surprised with a powerful…
Comcast Frees Cable to the iPad, Just Not Very Far
Comcast, the US cable operator, announced today the enhancements made to its iPad application. The update will give users using wireless internet the possibility to watch most live shows on television streamed by Comcast,…
Bring a little of the Metro UI goodness to your Windows 7 machine
An interesting little addition for your desktop or laptop showed up in a post via WPCentral and if you are a big fan of the Metro UI like I am – this might be…
Microsoft Windows on ARM rumors persist
By George Ou
Ina Fried follows up on last month’s rumors about Microsoft Windows (not the smartphone version already running on ARM) running on the ARM CPU Architecture which powers nearly all the smartphones of the world…
LG Launches New Smart TV Apps Platform
LG Electronics today introduced its new Smart TV platform at the CES which carries apps, games and movies for the manufacturer’s latest TVs. Available through LG’s app store, TV apps from Hulu, Netflix and…
AT&T Data Woes
By Jay Livens
I started a new job back in November and it has been a whirlwind. As part of the transition, I have changed cell phones and added an aircard. In a future piece, I will…
Citrix: 2010 in Review
By Kyt Dotson
It’s been an entire year of Citrix developments and the writers over at their blog want to celebrate the new year by rolling over their achievements. It’s been a huge year for them, with…
VC Interview: Bob Ackerman Warns On Secondary Market Excess
By Tom Foremski
I spoke with Bob Ackerman, managing director of Allegis Capital and a veteran Silicon Valley venture capitalist about some of the trends and issues in VC. He spoke about his concerns about the secondary…
Every comment counts
Every tweet, Facebook update and comment posted online is a form of communication. Whether that comment is on a blog post, news article, YouTube video or Flickr photo, it counts. So my question is…
Becoming the Controller, Understanding How Kinect Understands You
By Kyt Dotson
Right before New Years, I stumbled on a post on the Xbox blog about the Kinect and how it does what it does. The brilliant magic camera that sits atop the television and changes…