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Is Palm still an attractive acquisition target?

So, maybe they were waiting for the quarterly report and earnings call before prognosticating, but members of the tech journalism establishment now are--formally at least--predicting what many have been saying for months: it's game over for Palm....

Published Wed, Mar 03 2010 4:32 AM by Brad Moczik

Filed under: Palm, WebOS

Should Microsoft save Palm?

For the record, I don't think Microsoft needs to buy anyone to be successful in the smartphone market space. I don't buy into the notion that Windows Mobile is dead or that Windows Mobile 7 will arrive too late to matter. Sure, it...

Published Sat, Jan 01 2010 9:57 PM by Brad Moczik

Filed under: Microsoft, Windows Mobile, Palm, smartphone, WebOS

What Microsoft can learn from Moblin

Living in a material world, and I am a material girl. Those infamous words from Madonna's Material Girl can be slightly tweaked to sum up my operating system perspective: living in a Windows world and I am a Windows guy. But I'm writing this post...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2010 8:24 PM by Brad Moczik

Filed under: Microsoft, windows 7, Linux, netbook, moblin

sigh Gizmodo rains on the Touch HD2 parade

It would've been great if I could have read through at least part of Gizmodo writer John Herrman's HTC Touch HD2 review before encountering the usual Windows Mobile bashing. But unfortunately, the bashing started right in the title: HTC Touch...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2009 7:26 AM by Brad Moczik

Filed under: Microsoft, Google, Windows Mobile, Touch HD2, Android, HTC

Was Palm wrong to drop Windows Mobile?

No one really was surprised when Palm announced it was dropping support for Windows Mobile. Palm had embraced Windows Mobile for its business-oriented devices, including its popular Treo line, after its own PalmOS stagnated and was no longer competitive...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2009 3:02 AM by Brad Moczik

Filed under: phones, Window Mobile, Treo, Pre, Palm

The Rise & Fall of Wii Sales

Thom Holwerda at OSnews proposed an interesting theory about why Nintendo saw a 52% profit drop in the first half of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008. Basically, he claims that with the Wii, Nintendo abandoned hardcore fans in order to capture...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2009 2:30 AM by Brad Moczik

Filed under: Sony, Nintendo, video games, Wii, Sega, consoles

IBM swings and misses with latest jab at Microsoft

A German newspaper reported that IBM is mandating employees to cease using Microsoft Office and to switch to its in-house Lotus Symphony suite within 10 days. Word has it that some 330,000 of about 360,000 employees already have made the switch. Though...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2009 8:39 AM by Brad Moczik

Filed under: Microsoft, Google, IBM, Office

Google’s Chrome OS: An Old Dog with New Tricks

When I read Google’s Chrome OS announcement via its corporate blog, I couldn’t help but chuckle throughout it. I think my favorite line is, “The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2009 12:03 AM by Brad Moczik

Filed under: Apple, Microsoft, Google, iPhone, Azure, Gazelle, Chrome, OS, operating system

Xen vs. KVM: Ending the Debate

Based on the reader comments, I apparently pushed some hot buttons in my last post . Basically, I stated that by encouraging Linux developers to focus on KVM, the Linux Foundation is taking a somewhat small-minded view of virtualization. Of...

Published Tue, May 05 2009 8:53 AM by Brad Moczik

Filed under: Virtualization, Linux, Xen, Hyper-V, KVM

Xen vs. KVM: The Linux Foundation’s Small-Minded View of Virtualization

At the Linux Foundation’s Collaboration Summit in San Francisco last week, executive director Jim Zemlin encouraged vendors and developers to standardize their virtualization activities around KVM—not Xen. This whole Xen vs. KVM debate is getting...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2009 12:48 AM by Brad Moczik

Filed under: Virtualization, Linux, Xen, Hyper-V, KVM

Are touch screen phones a unanimous step forward in technology?

In a previous article , I questioned whether the iPhone—or more accurately, its wild popularity—is stunting mobile phone research and development. Why? Because Apple became a major cell phone player overnight and its relative growth vastly...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2009 8:58 AM by Brad Moczik

Filed under: touch screen, Windows Mobile, iPhone, HTC Touch Diamond

Is the iPhone stunting mobile phone R & D?

A few weeks ago, a colleague and I were talking about the iPhone and postulating about the catalyst to its touch-based approach. For starters, I think the company was considering adding phone functionality to to the iPod. With that in...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2009 8:09 AM by Brad Moczik

Filed under: Apple, touch screen, Windows Mobile, iPhone

Windows Virtualized On Mainframes

The terms “Windows” and “mainframe” aren’t typically found together in the same sentence. But if Mantissa Corporation has its way , that could change. This year, the Birmingham, AL-based company is hoping to release its z/VOS application,...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2009 11:15 AM by Brad Moczik

Filed under: Windows, Virtualization, mainframe

Are Netbooks a “Trojan Horse” to Windows?

“Cranky Geek” John C. Dvorak recently wrote an article claiming that Microsoft’s business model for pricing it’s products—particularly Windows and Office—is “done.” Basically, he tries to point out that as netbook prices keep dropping, consumers...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2009 11:48 AM by Brad Moczik

Filed under: Microsoft, windows 7, Linux, netbook, Windows XPe, Window XP

XenServer and Hyper-V Have “Proven Their Mettle”

As a follow-up to Aubrey’s post about Citrix now offering XenServer for free , you may want to check out Virtualization Review’s hypervisor performance test . The study compares hypervisor performance between the Big 3: VMware ESX, Citrix XenServer...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2009 1:15 AM by Brad Moczik

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