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Why Google TV failed
(0)Google Now may have just won Popular Science’s “Innovation of the Year” award, but it is receiving no accolades for Google TV. With Logitech leaving the party licking its wounds with more Revue boxes being returned from retailers than are being sold and Google refusing to unveil sales figures in the face of Apple’s 500,000… Read More ›
Windows 8 – Does it matter anymore?
Steve Ballmer, CEO Microsoft, announced availability of Windows 8 yesterday “shattering perceptions of what a PC is” and “kicking off a new era” for the company. Having completely missed the smartphone and tablet movements (along with Intel), it certainly needed a good kick as it attempts to make its comeback with an operating system that… Read More ›
Cloud storage – look before you leap
I always thought that one of the benefits of storing data in the Cloud was to delegate the safety of my precious family photos and archives to a trusted third party. By keeping data safe, I basically mean backup and privacy. Wikipedia appears to agree with me. Storing data in the Cloud is supposed to… Read More ›
Virtualization – AC of the 3rd Millennium
I read with interest today Steve Wozniak’s skepticism towards “All Things Cloud”. He worries about security and a lack of user data control. Even though he raises important points, they seem a little strange coming from the Chief Scientist of Fusion.io – a company suppling servers to the Cloud. Where’s the vision? Some History Wozniak’s… Read More ›
Google’s Project Glass in Free Fall
In the race to trump Apple’s run-away success, Google jumped out of a blimp, mountain biked across the roof of the Moscone Center, ran down the side of its walls, right into Sergey Brin’s keynote speech, all to showcase Project Glass yesterday at its 2012 I/O developers conference. Project Glass is a prototype input and… Read More ›
HTML5 – Future Universal Client or Pure Marketing Hype?
I’ve heard some people dismiss HTML5 as pure marketing hype. For me this is just nonsense! Developers of business applications working to one or two year release cycles need to be thinking about HTML5 now! Of course it is going to take time to transition, but plan now. Some people are also moaning about the… Read More ›
The Fourth Column 