I’m ex-law enforcement and I spent a considerable amount of time as an auditor. In both practices there is supposed to be some rigor to how conclusions are reached before a criminal or an executive behaving badly is brought up […]
Qualcomm Vs. The FTC Closing Arguments: Should Apple Be Charged with Abuse of Power? Read More »
This month must be “Get Serious Month” for BlackBerry, Cisco, and Microsoft, because two of these firms’ CEOs came out personally very strongly on privacy and the third—Cisco—released a powerful study that points dramatically to the need for privacy protection
BlackBerry, Cisco, and Microsoft Move Aggressively to Protect Trust and Privacy Read More »
Though it slipped beneath some radars during CES 2019, the full implications of a Microsoft announcement reemerged a week later at the National Retail Federation (NRF2019) conference in New York. In the original press release, Microsoft and Kroger announced Retail
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I’ve been spending the last several days reviewing testimony and precedents in the FTC case against Qualcomm that appears to have been caused by an Apple complaint. These kinds of actions are very dangerous because the FTC, like any government
Qualcomm vs. Apple and Lessons in Contracting Read More »
Dell does a really nice job picking moderators for their CES events and this year they did their launches in a large auditorium as opposed to a restaurant—better fitting their size and status. This year’s moderator was Aisha Tyler who
CES 2019: Exciting News from the Dell Launch Event Read More »
The IT industry absolutely loves new products and technical achievements but like any obsession, it occasionally turns pathological. A good example is the assumed superiority of emerging technologies over well-established products and services. As a result, leading vendors, like IBM,
Intel Architecture Day Highlights Manufacturing, IP and Integration Innovations Read More »
Earlier this month, NVIDIA showcased a technology out of their labs that could massively both speed up and lower the cost of games and rendered movies. They did this by using AI to do the heavy lifting and generate scenes
NVIDIA Research Revolutionizes Game and Movie Creation Read More »
One of the most common questions, or statements really, back in the 1990s was on whether Microsoft was evil. You could see how folks got there because—at the time—Microsoft was heavy handed, Netscape was claiming (accurately) that Microsoft was misacting
Is Apple Evil? You Betcha! Read More »
All but the youngest among us realize how much ecommerce has changed how the world works. In just ten years or so, internet and mobile technology have transformed the shopping experience, and in so doing, turned consumer behavior and expectations
Shop Smart this Holiday Season: You’ve Got Time to Save Read More »
There are numerous ways to screw-up classic or iconic products but two come immediately to mind. First, a vendor can treat the device like a holy relic, scrupulously avoiding changes so the thing loses its allure and drifts in irrelevance.
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