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I’ve always thought that companies should give users more choice in their work computers. Have a yearly allowance the employee can choose to either save or spend their budget on an acceptable list of approved computers. In this way companies could introduce market forces into their IT departments and begin to measure happiness and productivity while [...]

Obviously, the cell phone needs to become more than just a cell phone. But I was hoping for it to become a really good remote control before some other things. We have the people at TiVo to thank for that not happening. Why is it that nobody at TiVo seems to have any good ideas. I [...]

CNET News used to kind of fun nerdy tech news site. Now they are the lowest common denominator tech gossip site. One of the ways they express this is by amplifying any Apple controversy they can, real or imagined. I first saw this story a couple of days ago. I ignored it because it came from [...]

Don’t get in on this deal. I’m almost certain that the reason this is happening now is because of Apple’s recent introduction of Facetime video calling. Skype realized that the big boys are getting involved and they better get their money now or never. Think about it, Apple has the devices and the ability to create [...]

This chart is interesting and shows the clear and obvious trend toward students choosing Macs instead of PCs. The charts on this page are really interesting and easy to read at a glance. Also of note, 100% of first year students now own computers. I don’t know which way the University of Virginia skews, but I [...]

Beatles, iTunes deal still at impasse — Yoko Ono I have come to have a certain respect for Yoko Ono over the years. So she may be thinking about something meaningful here with resect to people’s media rights. However, it seems to me that with all their resources they could find some way to sell the [...]