10 reasons to buy new hardware now - during a recession
TechRepublic guest post: It may seem like the last thing you want to do in the midst of tough economic times is invest in new hardware.
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20.1.2009 10 reasons not to get Vista
It's all too easy to get caught up in the million dollar marketing engine as we approach the consumer release of Windows Vista, so lets not forget that it isn't the second coming, and by all counts is an upgrade you can do without.
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22.1.2007 10 reasons you should get Vista
My colleague Ashton Mills published
the top 10 reasons you shouldn't get Vista few days ago. I see his point on some fronts -- admittedly, Microsoft's official publicity material hasn't done a great job of explaining the basic benefits of Vista.
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24.1.2007 Eight Reasons to Think Before Buying an iPhone
Apple made a big splash when it announced the iPhone last month. But with its hefty price tag, restriction to a single carrier and departure from many traditional smart-phone features, buying the iPhone requires careful forethought.
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8.2.2007 Six reasons OSX will not go mainstream
Apple has a great consumer OS on its hands. Its sleek, it's easy to use and it will not ever make it to mainstream America.
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13.11.2008 Google to buy Opera?
"Take that, IE 7"
Google may soon announce its acquisition of browser firm Opera, if rumour is to be believed.
Pierre Chappaz, founder of Kelkoo and ex-Yahoo! Europe president, has revealed in his personal blog, Kelblog, that a "usually well informed source" has told him the buy is on the cards.
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17.12.2005 Why Would Microsoft Buy Opera?
Reports are propagating that Microsoft has bought browser maker Opera Software. According to at least one publication, however, Opera representatives say the rumors are untrue, just as the rumors about Google buying Opera that supposedly circulated last week were also unfounded.
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25.12.2005 If You Were Bill Gates, What Would You Buy Next?
If Microsoft chairman Bill Gates gave you a blank check and asked you to spend it in ways that would improve Microsoft's bottom line, what would you do with it? We're not talking planes, trains and automobiles here; we're talking tech investments. We know Microsoft technical evangelist
Robert Scoble would go Web 2.0-crazy with his mad money. But what about you?
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4.2.2006 Microsoft To Buy Logitech?
There's loud whispers in the business community that Logitech, makers of (among other things) fine console and PC gaming peripherals, are about to be bought out by Microsoft.
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10.1.2008 Should Microsoft Buy Yahoo Now?
Absolutely. Microsoft should yell "Yahoo!" one more time.
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11.10.2008 The 5 Reasons Why Blu-Ray Will Win
This week Stephen Speicher and his engadget column The Clicker discusses the five reasons why he believes Blu-Ray will win the battle against HD-DVD. Some of the major points made are format security, computer manufacturer support, and overall capacity.
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Three reasons why CES is a waste of time
For those of you who have made it to CES at least once in your life, you probably know all about the amount walking and waiting in line and shoving that goes in to any good trip to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show.
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9.1.2008 Google Chrome - reasons to avoid
As we reported, Google has released the first beta of their new web browser, Google Chrome. Within a day of its release, there are already a couple of points that users should be cautioned of before using this new browser.
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5.9.2008 Microsoft in talks to buy Softricity
Microsoft is in talks to buy application virtualisation software vendor Softricity of Boston, CRN has learned.
"It's coming down to the final stretches," said one source close to Microsoft who is familiar with the discussions. "It's not a done deal yet but it's just last minute haggling kind of stuff."
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19.5.2006 Microsoft to buy aQuantive for $6 billion
Microsoft plans to acquire aQuantive, a digital marketing services agency, for around $6 billion in order to grow its Internet advertising business, it announced Friday.
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19.5.2007 Oracle to buy Sun for $7.4 billion
Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corporation announced today they have entered into an agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun.
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20.4.2009 10 Reasons Why You Won't Ever Want to Go Back to XP from Vista
Released for businesses in November 2006, and for the general public in January 2007, Windows Vista is but a couple of days away from passing the first six months of availability milestone.
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28.7.2007 50 Reasons to switch from Windows to OS X?
Or, a lost sheep’s ongoing struggle to stay relevant in this internet age.
In a post last week, on St. Valentine’s Day no less, Pirillo states his 50 reasons to switch from Windows (any version?) to OS X.
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19.2.2008 Top 6 Vista Application Incompatibility Reasons
Application incompatibility is one of the aspects that have managed to deliver extensive damage to the adoption rate of Windows Vista.
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24.5.2008 Top 10 reasons why you should upgrade to Windows 7
With the Windows 7 Release Candidate already leaked to the public, and the the official bits coming May 5, there's been a lot of hype surrounding Windows 7, with generally positive reviews from the community. Windows 7 is everything Vista wasn't... and some of what it should of been.
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28.4.2009 Microsoft in pole position to buy AOL
Search giant Yahoo's decision not to buy AOL has left Microsoft as the most likely candidate to buy the troubled outfit.
Vole wants AOL to sink Google and is widely seen as the main candidate to buy the outfit. Google wants AOL to give it a portal to increase its advertising potential. At the moment, it makes more than 10 per cent of its revenues out of AOL.
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Want In on the Live Messenger Beta? Buy It On eBay
If you just can't wait for a private invite into the Windows Live Messenger beta, you now have another alternative:
Buy an invite on eBay. We, ourselves, have seen lots of folks offering all over the Web free invites for Microsoft's next-generation consumer instant-messaging client. Maybe we'll even get one in our Christmas stockings….
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22.12.2005 Google 'looking to buy' Microsoft Office clone
Google is hoping to launch an office software suite that mimics Microsoft Office, according to the developer of the software.
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13.12.2006 Microsoft to Buy Yahoo for $44.6 Billion
In its race to become the runner-up on the search engine and online advertising markets, Microsoft is about to give Google a little something to chew on.
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1.2.2008 Six reasons Microsoft will continue to lose market share
Microsoft has positioned itself at the top, a top that is targeted by hundreds if not thousands of companies.
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21.11.2008 Reasons to skip Microsoft’s Windows 7 Beta download
As many of you know, I’m a hardcore Mac guy - but I wasn’t always this way. My experiences with Windows Vista sent me over the edge, prompting me to add the “hardcore” next to my “Mac guy” title.
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11.1.2009 5 Reasons Windows 7 Is A Better Deal For Students Than Snow Leopard
Microsoft took on rival Apple head on this week in the education market with a special offer for students to purchase Windows 7 for $30, about the same price as Apple's competing Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
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19.9.2009 AMD Gains Antitrust Approval to Buy ATI
Advanced Micro Devices said yesterday it has gained approval from key U.S., Canadian, and German antitrust regulators for its $5.4 billion plan to buy Canadian chip set developer ATI Technologies.
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7.9.2006 Why buy a genuine Windows Vista when pirated is easier and better?
Recently Microsoft had a 50% price cut for Home Basic and Home Premium Editions of Windows Vista. The price cut is mainly targeted at China which has the 2nd highest software piracy rate in the world after Vietnam. Thanks to thepodest for this post on the blog.
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8.8.2007 Buy Windows 7 RTM for Just £30 Come October 1, 2009
Microsoft is rolling out a new special offering with its latest iteration of the Windows client at the core. Dubbed the Windows 7 UK Student Offer, the special offering allows students in the United Kingdom to purchase Windows 7 for as little as £30.
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17.9.2009The economy's loss appears to be HP's gain
Typically a "recession" is defined by two successive periods of negative growth. But wherever that recession may be taking place must be
another planet, from HP's perspective, as it has yet to see even one such period in the Mark Hurd era...
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20.08.2008CNBC: Apple beating the recession, is 'untouchable'
Recently, a panel on CNBC's Fast Money turned to the topic of Apple, and how they are faring in the recession. The man who was brought in to talk
about it, J.P. Mark from Farmhouse Equity Research seemed very confident that Apple are beating the recession, and a headline on the show read
'Apple is untouchable'. Mark stated that you can go into any Apple Store and the excitement at the retail level is still very high, which he
believes is a rare thing when you have so many companies competing against one-another. He implies that because Apple continues to have something on
the horizon that fans are antipating, the Cupertino-based company will continue to be successful.
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12.04.2009Microsoft Offers Recession Break on Support Pricing
Microsoft says it will keep its legacy support pricing at 2008 levels in 2009 to help customers control costs during the recession. Microsoft
typically raises its support pricing each year, with the pricing established three years in advance...
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18.02.2009Bill Gates Sees Tech Helping U.S. Recession
Technology can pull the United States out of recession and help the world's ailing financial markets work better, Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates
told a high-level business summit at the company he co-founded.
"The drug companies will get back in high productivity mode. The
software, IT revolution -- we're just at the start of that," said Gates at Microsoft's annual CEO Summit at the company's campus near Seattle.
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22.05.2009Well, at least Apple is doing well...
It is of little refutation that economists would describe the world's financial state (in general) as a 'worldwide recession' as a result
companies are going bust here, there and everywhere as the credit crunch tests companies to their absolute limits, in essence sorting the wheat from
the chaff. Perhaps some of the most noticeable changes during a recession can be noticed on the 'High St'. I speak for the UK alone when I say
that our High Streets have experienced some difficult losses in the recent past.
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04.06.2009Are ISP Subsidies Coming Back?
During the recession eight years ago, major retailers offered PCs anywhere from free to a few hundred dollars with typically three-year ISP
commitments. Major ISPs like AOL, Prodigy or MSN subsidized the discounts, which helped keep PCs selling at least during the recession's early
days. Another recession is upon us, with a new category of low-cost PC and another kind of ISP. Netbooks are cheap, light, tiny and increasingly
popular. Some newer models are wired up for wireless broadband via 3G services from carriers like AT&T. Netbooks are computers crying out to be
wired—ah, unwired—by 3G. Typical screen size ranges from 8.9-to-10.3 inches for a PC typically weighing 2-to-3 pounds. They're truly
ultraportable.
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10.12.2008Best Buy and Fry's drop 80GB PS3 from online stores
What began as an allegedly leaked internal memo from Best Buy, announcing that the 80GB PlayStation 3 was to be removed from store shelves on January
28, appears to be coming true without official word from either Best Buy or Sony...
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26.01.2008OLPC Foundation hit by recession
The OLPC foundation(part of Media Lab of MIT earlier) introduced the "Give One, Get One" program during Christmas and New Year holiday period of
2007/2008 to promote the sale of the $100 OLPC computers. During the launch the marketing was poor because of low marketing budget and the
customers had to wait for many months before the product was actually delivered to them.But in 2008 various companies offered a helping hand and
donated $15 millions worth of free advertising and Amazon took care of the OLPC's distribution processes resulting in the selling of 185,000
laptops and $37million revenue.
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13.01.2009The storm hits AT&T, with a five-digit headcount reduction
This morning, the newly-demoted second-largest US phone carrier announced it's getting smaller still, shedding four percent of its workforce in
another cost-saving operation for the economic recession...
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04.12.2008HP charges ahead with phenomenal fiscal Q4
If there's a recession on the horizon, someone forgot to tell HP. It had an extraordinary quarter and shows every sign of reinvesting its wealth into
success for 2008...
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21.11.2007Top 10 reasons why you should upgrade to Windows 7
With the Windows 7 Release Candidate already leaked to the public, and the the official bits coming May 5, there's been a lot of hype surrounding
Windows 7, with generally positive reviews from the community. Windows 7 is everything Vista wasn't... and some of what it should of been. If
you're using XP or Vista, there's no excuse not to upgrade to Windows 7. In no particular order, here are my top 10 reasons why: Virtual XP
Mode: Many users and businesses have been reluctant to upgrade past Windows XP, and who can blame them? Microsoft had to keep extending support for
Windows XP for this reason.
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28.04.2009Microsoft prepares for a mild recession, nothing worse
In another indication that the American information technology industry is better suited to riding out the economic storm than other sectors,
Microsoft's forecast for the rest of this year is for slightly slower growth...
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24.10.2008Analysts: Dell reclaims market share, but HP is gaining faster
Somebody needed to tell the world's PC manufacturers there was a recession scheduled for the first quarter of 2008. Anyway, they didn't seem to pay
much attention to those warnings, and iSuppli thinks the industry looks pretty healthy...
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28.06.2008Windows 7 seen boosting DRAM sales in 2010
Microsoft's newest operating system for PCs will launch in late October, but it won't boost PC sales enough to help the global DRAM memory chip
market until the second quarter of next year, executives in Taiwan said Thursday.
More DRAM goes into computers than any other
kind of chip, making the DRAM industry largely dependant on PC sales. The trouble is the global recession hit PC sales when DRAM makers were already
wrestling with a chip glut that had sent DRAM prices into a tailspin. Most DRAM makers had posted consecutive losses for nearly two years due to the
chip glut, but the recession added to the pain, sending Qimonda AG into bankruptcy while leaving others teetering on the edge.
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06.08.2009The great crimeware boom of 2008, plus happy blowback
Looking for a recession-proof business that's booming? No one's recommending that you actually go into the malware line of work, of course, but the
numbers for 2008 are perversely upbeat. There's even some genuinely good news for you ...
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11.12.2008Best Buy-owned Napster ponders location-based music services
Newly bought out by Best Buy, Web-based music maven Napster is now looking into delivering location-based services such as notifying Best Buy
customers on their cell phones about local concerts, said Napster's CEO, speaking at CES last night...
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12.01.2009IDC: Recession or no, Internet ad sales will boom
Times might be tough on the whole, but spending on Internet advertising is growing by leaps and bounds anyway, with total revenues up 23.9 percent in
the first quarter of 2008, said an IDC analyst...
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10.06.2008Rumor: Apple to buy Twitter?
It looks like the rumor mill is heating up again, because according to Tech Crunch, Apple may be looking into buying Twitter. One source says,
"Apple is in late stage negotiations to buy Twitter and is hoping to announce it at WWDC in June." However, we've heard nothing else so far.
There were rumors that Google was also in talks to buy Twitter, however, the founders say they do not want to sell. With Apple's WWDC coming up,
it's possible we could hear something, but given that Twitter doesn't want to sell, it's more than likely the same outcome will happen
with Google trying to buy Twitter. Personally I have to agree with Michael Arrington of Tech Crunch.
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05.05.2009EA game sales weak, company adjusts outlook
Recession spending continues to take its toll on Electronic Arts. The software company yesterday announced its guidance for fiscal 2009 would be
adjusted downward as a result of weaker-than-expected sales...
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10.12.2008Best Buy eyes Apple, Microsoft with Napster purchase
Rumors have been circulating for some time that Napster, which has been losing money for years, had placed itself on the market in the hope of
attracting a buyer. Today, electronics retailer Best Buy announced that it would buy Napster for a total of $121 million, a significant premium over
the company's value based on either stock price or assets. Napster had hoped to trade on its brand recognition in any sale and it appears to have
succeeded: Best Buy put a $54 million value on the name.
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