Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins
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Skype to Release Group Video Chat
Skype is about to make life a lot better for its users, and enable a new world of possibilities for indie content producers. Internet calling service Skype plans a public "beta" test of a group video chat function that lets up to five people participate in a video call simultaneously. When the feature launches next ...
It’s Not About Unifying Storage [#StorageAngle]
There are rumors swirling that EMC will shortly announce a so-called “Unified Storage” platform. The Register’s Chris Mellor broke a story in March about a converged platform from EMC where he said: “EMC is about to converge its CLARiiON and Celerra arrays into a new V-CX product, according to a pair of sources with knowledge ...
Tone-Deaf Twitter Misses the Boat on Curation
One of the most disappointing things about Twitter declaring war on their developer community means that we’ll see an extreme slow-down in the innovation cycle on cool new apps. It also means that we’ll need to rely on Twitter themselves to come out with all the cool tools. This will be, as you can guess, ...
Facebook, Regulation, and the Mandate from the Mainstream
I’ve been floundering to find my angle on the “Please Don’t Regulate Facebook” angle that Robert Scoble started early this weekend. It’s not that that I don’t have an opinion on it, I just can’t think of another way to say what I’ve said so many other times before: regulating technology is generally bad, because ...
Why Did Microsoft and HP Cancel Their Tablet Releases? Hint: It Has Nothing to Do With Apple.
I’ve been pondering the meaning of the recent rash of cancellations of upcoming padlike devices, trying to put them in context with one another. The easy conclusion to try to reach for is that they’re all somehow running scared from the iPad, but even the most loyal adherant of the Church of Apple would recognize ...
Breaking News: HP Just Bought Palm
HP just released information that they’ve “entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase Palm.” The pricetag is $5.70 a share, putting the total cost at around $1.2 billion. “We’re thrilled by HP’s vote of confidence in Palm’s technological leadership, which delivered Palm webOS and iconic products such as the Palm Pre. HP’s ...
Siri Gets Acquired by Apple (and Why I’m Disappointed)
I’ve long been a fan of the ideas behind Siri and their artificial intelligence powered personal assistant. Obviously, as a non-iPhone owner, I’ve had to watch from the sidelines on this one, and follow their growth and development somewhat vicariously. I’ve spoken with the developers and those involved with the project at many points along ...
Microsoft Windows 7’s Warm Release an Advent to the Shared Computing Space
Windows is doing well, it would seem: Just six months after its release, Windows 7 is now installed on one in 10 of the world’s PCs, Microsoft has confirmed. The operating system was launched on 22 October 2009 and has gone on to sell more than 100 million licences – making it the fastest-selling Windows ...
Netbook Sales Slow, But Not By Much
There’s a lot of armchair analysis around the story today that netbook sales have slowed. Most are attributing the “sharp reversal in the trend” to the growth of the iPad. The problem with this position and analysis is two-fold. First of all, and most importantly, the sales data was collected from before the release of ...
Breaking News: Berkeley Police Bash Down Gawker Media Bloggers Door, Seize Computers
Twitter is abuzz at the moment – as you may have heard, Gawker Media has been in possession of an unreleased fourth generation iPhone, and blogged to great fanfare the details of what the new device would look like. Friday night, “California’s Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team entered editor Jason Chen’s home without him present, ...
