Archive for the 'Computer News, Tips, Tricks & Trends' Category

Apple Ends Partnership with IBM, Switches to Intel Chips

Monday, June 6th, 2005

The rumor has been flying around for a bit, but not many actually gave it a serious thought. Well, it’s happening today: all major publications say Jobs will announce the new partnership with Intel at the Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco. Such a fitting place for the announcement, since […]

Xbox 360 Specs, Pictures & News Delight Gamers

Wednesday, May 11th, 2005

Pics and specifications of the new Xbox 360 are leaking out of MSFT. The xbox 360 looks a lot like a computer. Perhaps convergence is the name of the game. Video games are already played on consoles and computers, and multi-player games are of course played through the Internet.

Adobe Systems, Macromedia, Together a Powerhouse

Monday, April 18th, 2005

Adobe is buying Macromedia for $3.4 billion. That will create powerhouse in digital media creation and manipulation. However, since Photoshop and FireWorks are competing programs, particularly with the release of ImageReady, which integrates well with Photoshop, will the two products merge or will both survive? The big question really is Flash and […]

HPQ, The HP Question, What Comes Next

Friday, February 11th, 2005

What do you do when a company becomes a conglomerateas HP (HPQ) has? It is hard to shine when positive market share changes on one business unit or the other are difficult to come by due to a highly competitive environment. Give me a company in a robust sector where the company can […]