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Misguided Tablet Strategy
Aug 2nd
Microsoft’s misguided tablet strategy is the apotheosis of the company | Tech Sanity Check | TechRepublic.com via kwout
Jason Hiner the Editor in Chief of TechRepublic makes the argument that Microsoft’s misguided tablet is the apothesis of the company. Balmer’s notion that Windows 7 will run on Slate PC’s in 2010 has not and will not realized because a tablet PC are much more than just another form factor for Windows. All one has to do is look at the success of the iPad and the forthcoming Android tablets to see that these devices are much more like smartphones than they are like PC.
HP and ASUS have both dropped their intentions to create a Windows 7 tablet due to the excessive power consumption of Windows 7. Hiner goes onto blame the lack of leadership or poor leadership for Microsoft’s current plight. Perhaps this is just the latest example of the impact of disruptive innovation. The iPhone and now the iPad have radically changed the tech industry in the past 2-3 years so perhaps we are starting to see the beginning of the end of Microsoft’s dominance.
Poll: Will BlackBerry 6 catch up to iPhone and Android?
Jul 29th
Poll: Will BlackBerry 6 catch up to iPhone and Android? | Tech Sanity Check | TechRepublic.com via kwout
In the Tech Sanity Check article/poll Jason Hiner askes if Blackberry OS6 will keep up with iPhone and Android. When I took the poll the nays have it by a significant share. Hiner points out that many Blackberry users are dumping their phones in 2010 for either an iPhone or Android. Those who want the voice capability migrate toward the Android and those who want to much more move toward the iPhone. I dumped my Blackberry for an iPhone over two years ago so you can guess how I voted. I suspect that we are seeing the impact of the disruptive innovation of the iPhone and now Android movement. Time will tell if Blackberry makes it.
Take the poll and read the full article…
Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology
Jul 28th
This has enormous potential and could also prove to be one of the next most significant disruptive technologies.
U.S. Copyright Office – Anticircumvention Rulemaking
Jul 27th
The Librarian of Congress has announced the following six classes of works subject to the exemption from the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. Perhaps the most important change for academia is that access controls on movies on DVD can be circumvented in the following instances:
- Educational uses by college and university professors and by college and university film and media studies students;
- Documentary filmmaking;
- Noncommercial videos.
The 5 remaining points also provide greater flexibility in accessing digital content on computers and in programs.
Read the full statement on the US Copyright Office site…
