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Ballmer on Google, Windows 7 and the economy
Insight Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks about Windows, taking software to the Web, and competing with the search king. But there's no escaping the bad economy.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Software engineering/development, Search, Personal Computers, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Server
Technology is a 'double-edged sword'
Insight newsmaker Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil weighs in on human vs machine intelligence, and the dangers of advanced technologies.
Tags: Supercomputing, Personal Computers, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Intelligence, Gene, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Computer, RNA, emotional intelligence, voice recognition software
iRobot taps into its Warrior spirit
Insight CEO Colin Angle talks about how robots are weathering the recession, what to expect from PackBot's big brother, and why iRobot isn't building a humanoid.
Tags: Personal Computers, Servers, Robotics, API, Apple iPod, robot, America, Personal Computers, Servers
Intel-Dell dealings under fire
News Pressure on Dell, as outlined in Cuomo's lawsuit, provides fresh insight into the marketing payments that regulators say left PC makers beholden to Intel.
Tags: Processors, Personal Computers, Complaint, Intel Corp., Cuomo, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Computer, CEO, Personal Computers, PC Company
Apple, Psystar agree to dispute resolution process
News The two companies have agreed to pursue a mediated settlement process before resorting to a trial, which could keep the eventual outcome of the case under seal.
Tags: Mac OS, Personal Computers, Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, operating system, Computer, antitrust
Learning to embrace Net without fear
Blogs Like some others out there, I was terrified of the dark and avoided watching horror flicks growing up. But, as I mat...
Report: HP mulls merging printer, PC units
News Tech giant is reportedly considering reuniting the units, which were combined and then separated in 2005 under two different chief executives.
Tags: Personal Computers, Peripherals, Printer, Computer, Mark Hurd, CEO, Personal Computers, Peripherals, Hewlett-Packard Co., Wall Street Journal
Schmidt plans talks with Apple over board role
News Following Google's announcement of its Chrome OS project, CEO Eric Schmidt and Apple might have to consider his board service in a new light.
Tags: Operating systems, Personal Computers, Apple Inc., Conference, Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, operating system, Eric Schmidt, Apple iPhone
Why Chrome OS? Google says, why not?
News Google says it is building Chrome OS because it wants to improve the experience of using a computer. Of course, getting more people to spend their lives online and searching can't hurt.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Notebooks and tablets, Linux server OS, Personal Computers, Web services, Web browsers, Palm Inc., Android, Google Inc., Web Browser
Woz urges engineers to follow their hearts
News Steve Wozniak, Apple's co-founder, recalls his early days of fulfilling his engineering dream by working for Hewlett-Packard while designing Apple computers.
Tags: Personal Computers, Processors, Steve Wozniak, Passion, Broadband, Computer, Moira Gunn, San Francisco, Apple II, co-founder
Give workers a say in corporate IT
Insight perspective Don't fear employees' involvement in workplace tech, according to an analyst. Just learn to manage it appropriately.
Tags: IT Management, Handhelds, Personal Computers, Security, Mobile Device, Dale Vile, research director, workplace, online application, Web
Services with a 'green'
Insight Though slowed by the economic downturn, NEC Asia is focused on greening its IT and growing its services business, gunning for big contracts such as Singapore's SOE, says CEO Kiyofumi Kusaka.
Tags: Outsourcing, Infrastructure/architecture management, Business applications, Leadership, Personal Computers, Servers, NEC Corp., Security, Mobile, India
Windows' new saleswoman talks '7'
Insight newsmaker Microsoft Vice President Tami Reller discusses the new operating system, the growing role of netbooks and the intense war of words with Apple.
Tags: Windows 7, Personal Computers, Kylie, Computer, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Customer, Microsoft Windows XP
Green Dam enforcement watered down
News China's Web filtering efforts face more hurdles as school administrations and Internet cafes are without, or have uninstalled content sifting software.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Business applications, Government, Personal Computers, Computer, software, Business applications, Web sites, Web 2.0
JavaFX: Sun tries to win developers--and cash
News Sun has to do all this heavy lifting on its own, hoping to attract a new class of developers while opening a whole new revenue source.
Tags: Java, Handhelds, Personal Computers, Web browsers, Mobile, Web Browser, Cell Phone, Jonathan Schwartz, Developer, Sun Microsystems Inc.
