BMW wants an open-source in-vehicle platform
October 24, 2008
Toyota has already a car operating system in place and now BMW is trying develop an open source in-vehicle platform as well and is asking other automakers to join in its effort.
The company has stated that it plans on having an open source system in a vehicle that sells 200,000 or more units in the next five to seven years, but it seems that Ford was a bit faster and through its partnership with Microsoft, already has 280,000 vehicles Read more
New ‘Get a Mac’ ads on air
October 20, 2008
Apple launched 2 other ads for the ‘Get a Mac’ campaign and if you don’t know what his campaign is all about, shortly, Smack Microsoft with a baseball bat. Clearing that up, let’s review the 2 new ads.
The first ad is about the ‘PC’ sitting at a desk and splitting money in 2 piles: a large pile for advertising and 1 small pile for fixing Vista problems. When MAC asks PC why he allocated a small amount for fixing Vista, PC makes up his mind and put everything in the advertising pile. Read more
How humans will interact with the computer in the near future ?
October 19, 2008
If you can add a touch screen interface to a small device such as the iPod Touch (or many other devices out there), adding the interface to a desktop or laptop would make things far more interesting.
If I remember correctly it was Microsoft in 2007, that showed off Read more
Sony VAIO JS Series out now
October 16, 2008
If you’re a laptop hater and a PC lover you should check this latest offering from Sony VAIO.
Sony VAIO code name VGC-JS110J/S 20.1-inch all-in-one desktop PC is currently available just in one base model and if we crack it open we can see a 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo processor, Read more
Firefox 3.1 beta now with 3D tabs
October 15, 2008
I was just getting used with my Google Chrome and I’ve just heard that Mozilla releases Firefox 3.1 beta, featuring faster JavaScript performance, 3D tabbed browsing and full location-awareness. Read more
Windows 7 will be named… Windows 7
October 14, 2008
Reading the Windows Vista blog, we find out that the next name of the next Microsoft operating system will be… Windows 7.
Yep, that’s right Microsoft decided to keep the codename of the next operating system instead of going with a fancy name like they did with Windows Vista. Read more
Windows XP is alive and kicking’
October 4, 2008
A leaked email sent to an OEM revealed that Microsoft extended the option allowing OEMs to sell PCs with systems that are “downgraded” from Windows Vista to XP for six more months to January 31, 2009. Read more
Rumor: Bungie’s next game, Halo 4?
September 24, 2008
Rumor has it that the Bungie team,( the Halo developers ) has started a teaser campaign for their next game, and also this mysterious game could be revealed as soon as this week.
The developer has also confirmed that the new game, Read more
The “I’m a PC” Microsoft ad launched
September 19, 2008
After dumping Bill and Seinfeld ads, the Microsoft “Phase 2″ campaign was launched. This time, the new Microsoft ad tries to go after Apple a little more directly, while pointing out that millions of people are having PC’s at home. Read more
Windows 7 released on June 3rd, 2009 ?
September 15, 2008
After the Vista “failure”, almost all Windows users are waiting for a better OS, one that maybe doesn’t need Seinfeld and Bill Gates to advertise for. The rumors are heating up with claims that the successor to Windows Vista—currently dubbed Windows 7 Read more
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