Daily English Show #11 – Wellington To Blenheim (Video)
December 25, 2011 – 7:13 am | 29 Comments

The Daily English Show, an occasional video series, has hit the road traveling through New Zealand in a United Campervan. Today they travel to the beehive (Parliament), Lyall Bay (check out Maranui Cafe review) then …

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Microsoft To Do About Face With Mobile
March 12, 2008 – 9:21 am | No Comment

In the midst of the Yahoo Microsoft battle, the acquisition of Danger by Microsoft has taken a back seat. However this particular purchase is the new face of Microsoft even more so than Yahoo that …

Zune Market Share A Rounding Error
March 12, 2008 – 9:06 am | No Comment

 According to Forrester Research [via CNET] the Zune Market Share (read awareness) is smaller than a rounding error for the poll:
When researchers asked MP3 player owners which one they bought most recently, the Zune was …

Microsoft and the Liberal Media
March 12, 2008 – 8:43 am | No Comment

Something just struck me reading Microsoft, The Jekyll And Hyde Of Companies from Techcrunch. Duncan Riley reports from the floor of the Mix conference in Las Vegas.
As part of the press package was an 8GB …

Does Anyone Remember Microsoft Money?
March 9, 2008 – 9:30 pm | No Comment

Intuit was founded in 1983 by Scott Cook and Tom Proulx in Mountain View, California. It made it’s mark in the software industry with it’s friendly personal accounting tools such as Quicken and TurboTax and …

Technology Relevance and the Yahoo MSN Mashup
February 10, 2008 – 12:02 pm | 2 Comments

In our ongoing series on technology that has gone the way of the dinosaur, this week Polaroid announced the demise of the instant camera with the closure of the manufacturing:
Yesterday, the company behind the iconic …

Personal Computing Gets Interesting in 2008
January 3, 2008 – 5:06 pm | No Comment

The big numbers story this January is that General Motors has held on to it’s spot as number one car manufacturer in the US over Toyota who has beaten Ford for the first time:
Toyota sold …

Kia Spectra to Support Zune 2.0 Player
November 29, 2007 – 10:43 am | 13 Comments

Kia have announced the 2008 Kia Spectra. It includes AM/FM CD player, 15″ steel wheels, 4 wheel disc brakes and auxiliary audio input jack for your zune…

If you like the Kia Spectra, you will love …

Microsoft Surface Computer
October 21, 2007 – 7:20 am | 2 Comments

Many true words said in jest…..

Microsoft OPhone
October 16, 2007 – 6:17 pm | One Comment

 Microsoft OPhone, the next wave in mobile phones..

Irrelevant Zune Player
September 10, 2007 – 12:06 pm | No Comment

Not being one to bash the steady stream of mediocre late-to-market poorly executed products but the really the Zune characterizes the poor state of Microsoft product management. It is a good example of how when …

Fake Zune Monkey Dance Ad
August 1, 2007 – 11:01 pm | No Comment
X Marks The Box
July 15, 2007 – 8:52 am | 2 Comments

Microsoft’s XBox woes continue this week with further allegations that the failure rate for XBoxes are significantly higher than the competition. While Microsoft is claiming that the industry average is 3-5%, but:
The billion-dollar figure also …

Microsoft Launches MSCoffeeTables
May 30, 2007 – 7:34 pm | One Comment

With the failure of the Windows Media Center to make a dent in the next battle ground for home entertainment, the living room, Microsoft has released MS Coffee Table 1.0 or MS Surface.
Microsoft Surface, which …

Microsoft Bollification of Vista Sales
March 27, 2007 – 4:14 pm | No Comment

Microsoft was quick to announce that they had sold 20 Million units of Vista but according to Seattle PI:
Given that the personal-computer market has nearly doubled since Windows XP launched, Windows Vista sales “probably should …