Fanboi excuses aplenty
By Rik Myslewski, 4th May 2009
RIM's BlackBerry Curve outsold Apple's iPhone in the first quarter of this year, according to a US survey conducted by the wireless-market research firm NPD Group. To help the BlackBerry pass the iPhone, however, Verizon had to give RIM's phones away. From February 6th through March 31st, Verizon ran a "Buy One, Get One" promotion for the BlackBerry line, a giveaway that NPD's director of industry analysis, Ross Rubin, understandably identified as "aggressive marketing." Also contributing to RIM's success was the fact that the BlackBerry Curve costs about half that of the iPhone - and that world+dog is waiting for the next-generation iPhones, which are widely rumored to appear this summer.
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Monday, May 4, 2009
AMD regains some marketshare from Intel
by Thomas De Maesschalck May 04 2009
A new Mercury Research report on the processor market indicates AMD has regained some marketshare, the company had 20.9 percent of PC processor sales in Q1 2009, up from 17 percent in Q4 2008. Meanwhile, Intel's share of the market dropped from 82.1 percent to 78.2 percent. However, Mercury Research analysts add that the quarter was defined by inventory adjustments, so the marketshare figures do not necessarily reflect the actual state of the market or market share. The research firm says processor makers have sold off most of their excess inventory, and expects the market is ready for positive growth.
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A new Mercury Research report on the processor market indicates AMD has regained some marketshare, the company had 20.9 percent of PC processor sales in Q1 2009, up from 17 percent in Q4 2008. Meanwhile, Intel's share of the market dropped from 82.1 percent to 78.2 percent. However, Mercury Research analysts add that the quarter was defined by inventory adjustments, so the marketshare figures do not necessarily reflect the actual state of the market or market share. The research firm says processor makers have sold off most of their excess inventory, and expects the market is ready for positive growth.
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An invention that could change the internet for ever
By Danny Sullivan May 3,2009
The biggest internet revolution for a generation will be unveiled this month with the launch of software that will understand questions and give specific, tailored answers in a way that the web has never managed before. The new system, Wolfram Alpha, showcased at Harvard University in the US last week, takes the first step towards what many consider to be the internet's Holy Grail – a global store of information that understands and responds to ordinary language in the same way a person does. Although the system is still new, it has already produced massive interest and excitement among technology pundits and internet watchers. Computer experts believe the new search engine will be an evolutionary leap in the development of the internet. Nova Spivack, an internet and computer expert, said that Wolfram Alpha could prove just as important as Google. "It is really impressive and significant," he wrote. "In fact it may be as important for the web (and the world) as Google, but for a different purpose.
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The biggest internet revolution for a generation will be unveiled this month with the launch of software that will understand questions and give specific, tailored answers in a way that the web has never managed before. The new system, Wolfram Alpha, showcased at Harvard University in the US last week, takes the first step towards what many consider to be the internet's Holy Grail – a global store of information that understands and responds to ordinary language in the same way a person does. Although the system is still new, it has already produced massive interest and excitement among technology pundits and internet watchers. Computer experts believe the new search engine will be an evolutionary leap in the development of the internet. Nova Spivack, an internet and computer expert, said that Wolfram Alpha could prove just as important as Google. "It is really impressive and significant," he wrote. "In fact it may be as important for the web (and the world) as Google, but for a different purpose.
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Large Screen E-Readers Could Save Newspaper Industry
Larger screen Kindle may be coming this week
By Shane McGlaun - May 4, 2009
The print publishing industry is currently being hit with two very serious problems. The costs for printing and distributing print publications are soaring and at the same time, advertising revenue and subscriber rates are dropping. Some newspapers and print magazines simply won’t be able to survive in the current economy. One of the things being watched closely and hoped to be able to save the print publishing industry are large screen e-readers such as the Amazon Kindle 2 and others that are specifically designed to allow for reading digital versions of the print publications from newspaper and magazine publishers. Current e-readers like the Kindle 2 have screens that are too small to effectively display large magazine and newspaper pages with the same ads and format as a print version. That will reportedly change soon. As early as this week, the New York Times reports that Amazon is said to be launching a new larger screen Kindle device specifically for newspapers and magazines.
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By Shane McGlaun - May 4, 2009
The print publishing industry is currently being hit with two very serious problems. The costs for printing and distributing print publications are soaring and at the same time, advertising revenue and subscriber rates are dropping. Some newspapers and print magazines simply won’t be able to survive in the current economy. One of the things being watched closely and hoped to be able to save the print publishing industry are large screen e-readers such as the Amazon Kindle 2 and others that are specifically designed to allow for reading digital versions of the print publications from newspaper and magazine publishers. Current e-readers like the Kindle 2 have screens that are too small to effectively display large magazine and newspaper pages with the same ads and format as a print version. That will reportedly change soon. As early as this week, the New York Times reports that Amazon is said to be launching a new larger screen Kindle device specifically for newspapers and magazines.
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