Why is the EU lawsuit getting press again suddenly?

So once again we got a big media group talking about the EU lawsuit by Opera. The real question is why does this keep getting released? Or even better what standing does this have? In the past it has been ok for Microsoft to have their browser installed by default and somehow with this HORRIBLE [...]

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Will the Kindle DX change the way we look at books?

Amazon pulls out a really interesting release with the Kindle DX. While there were rumors of a larger Kindle I don’t ever remember reading about native PDF support. This is the big killer for it. On a 9.7-inch screen with native PDF support that means you no longer need a printer to view your PDF [...]

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EU wants ICANN completely private

The EU is calling for ICANN to become a completely private entity. This is brought up since at the end of September the current operating agreement that ICANN works under in the U.S. will run out. Now I can understand part of why the EU wants some control but their proposal is confusing. What they [...]

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HP making major mistake

Last year there was a major issue with Nvidias laptop GPUs. Basically some very bad solder was used and so the laptops were prone to many problems. The only way to really solve the problem was to replace the motherboard. Of course like the rest of the laptop industry HP responded by extending warranties and [...]

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Is Time Warner a child?

Time Warner is acting like a small child now that it has failed to force people into a tier system on their network. Somehow Time Warner is claiming that its rollout of “wideband” (DOCSIS 3.0) was closely tied to its network tiering. Basically Time Warner has turned into a kid saying “Well if I don’t [...]

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The Cable Industry just wont give up

Time Warner today attacked Free Press over the request for a congressional investigation into Time Warner’s plans for their new rates. The main reason for this is that the numbers just are not matching up. Of course Time Warner is claiming that this is not the time to be discussing this. Time Warner doesn’t seem [...]

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Time Warner has gone crazy

So everyone seems to be talking about Time Warner’s horrendous caps (I even talked about it a bit yesterday) but the greatest thing was a wonderful find I saw on Tom’s Hardware today.  Time Warner is claiming that they have to raise prices because maintenance is to expensive. Well Tom’s Hardware found that according to [...]

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Microsoft Spreading more FUD

So as I pointed out with the netbook article Microsoft’s Brian LeBlanc has been recently been working more as a part of Microsoft’s PR then I remember. This time Brian makes up a fake tax return to compare a Apple Computer purchase to a Mac. Now I personally would not get a Mac but this [...]

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The government doesn’t get computers: Texas Editon!

A rider in the Texas budget decides to single out Windows Vista as something the government wont use on its computers. Of course what great judgement is used to come to this? Well according to Sen. Juan Hinojosa it is because  ”of the many reports of problems with Vista.” Really? Are you serous senator? I mean I [...]

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Murdoch proving mainstream media still has no clue

Murdoch is once again proving that mainstream media has no clue how to adapt to the rise in Internet media. He discusses things like how the Wall Street Journal has been able to get 1.1 million subscribers online. Well the thing is who online that is looking for general news goes to the Wall Street [...]

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