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Web 3.0 offers new customer insights
News Web 3.0 will convey customer opinions more accurately, but companies must adapt new ways to collect this data, says former Amazon.com chief scientist.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Web 3.0, Chief Scientist, Gesture, Survey, tagging, social networking, printing, data-processing
Is Adobe replaying Sun's Java tape?
Insight commentary Adobe's attempt to bring its AIR platform to all handhelds smells strongly of Sun Microsystems' attempt to dominate the smartphone market with Java. Will the software giant's efforts suffer the same fate?
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Protocols and platforms, Adobe Systems Inc., Phone, mobile, Mobile applications, AIR 2.0, Smart Phone, Stock
Apple patent filings hint at iPhone evolution
News MacRumors uncovers two new patent applications from Apple that detail some new features that could be added to its marquee smartphone.
Tags: Patents, Development/design, Next-generation technology/networks, Apple Inc., Mobile, Video Conferencing, Mobile Device, Video, Apple iPhone, blog
Soon TVs and PCs may work like the Wii
News Real-world devices with gesture-reading abilities are set to debut next year.
Tags: Home entertainment, Product development and design, Hitachi Ltd., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corp., TV, Electronics, Gesture, computer, Touch Screen
Mundie: The desktop of the future is a room
News While mobile devices will be important, the desktop isn't going away. Eventually your whole office will be a desktop PC, says Microsoft's top strategy officer Craig Mundie.
Tags: Business applications, Desktops, Hologram, computer, Microsoft Xbox 360, digital photograph, financial analyst, killer application, Microsoft Xbox, desktop
Windows 8: The 'dying gasps' of desktop OS or next big thing?
News Even before Windows 7 is in shops, the Windows 8 speculation has begun. Newer version could be an improved OS with gesture recognition or offer a more unified experience, say analysts.
Tags: Windows 7, Steve Ballmer, Operating System, Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7, Quocirca, Microsoft Windows 7, voice recognition, Desktop OS
Gates: Natal to bring gesture recognition to Windows too
News In an interview with CNET News, Bill Gates notes that Microsoft has broad ambitions for using gesture-sensing cameras in the home and office.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Bill Gates, Video, 3D, Windows PC, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Xbox, camera, PC, game
Motorola: Windows Mobile 7 will arrive in 2010
News Motorola's chief executive lets it slip during his company's earnings call. Microsoft says it has "nothing to announce".
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Storage, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Microsoft Corp., Mobile, Motorola Inc., operating system, Microsoft Windows Mobile
Microsoft sees business tough all year
News Company will have to step up its game even further, although it may have seen the worst, CFO Christopher Liddell told analysts Thursday.
Tags: Servers, Earning reports/forecasts, Quarter, Sales, Server, Microsoft Windows, consumer PC, revenue, analyst, PC
Microsoft invests in ads, multitouch
News The software maker on Monday announced a new ad campaign aimed at wresting spending from cash-strapped companies as well as the company's own investment into a start-up focused on multitouch.
Tags: Internet advertising, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows 7, Advertisement, N-trig, Israel, Coca-Cola Co., software
Apple MacBook Air (1.8GHz)
Reviews The design is revolutionary, but Apple's MacBook Air will appeal to a smaller, more specialised audience than the standard MacBook, thanks to a stripped-down set of connections and features.
Tags: Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Air, Mobile Broadband, Mobile, CPU, Apple MacBook, USB, Notebook, Display, optical drive
Asus Eee PC 1000
Reviews The Eee PC 1000 is a fabulous machine. It precariously straddles the line between netbook and ultraportable, but it's well equipped, well designed and great for anyone requiring a highly portable notebook.
Tags: Battery, Storage, Touchpad, Eee PC 1000, ASUS, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Windows XP, USB port, Microsoft Windows, multi-touch
Microsoft aiming to recover lost ground in mobile
News Company's head of Windows Mobile efforts admits the software giant has made mistakes in mobile and hints at plans to deal with them.
Tags: Handhelds, Mobile processors, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mobile, operating system, Microsoft Windows Mobile, phone, Microsoft Windows
Snow Leopard features hint at Apple tablet
News Some of the upgrades to Mac OS X show that Apple could be headed toward software that would translate well to a larger touchscreen device.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Apple iPhone, Laptop Computer, touch screen, tablet, video, window, operating system, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc.
Asus Eee PC 900
Reviews The Asus Eee PC 900 is an excellent update to the Eee PC 701. The keyboard is still difficult to use, but the addition of a larger, higher-resolution screen, a multi-touch touchpad and more storage gives it the edge over its mini-notebook rivals.
Tags: Screen, CPU, Storage, Notebook, Touchpad, ASUS Eee PC 900, Eee PC 900, Eee 900, ASUS, movie
