The oft-delayed Microsoft Windows Vista next-gen operating system is the subject of some soul-searching over at MSDN Blogs. Philip Su who is, or was a Microsoft Windows development manager, postulates that the reasons for the delays in bringing Vista to market relate to the product being uncontrolled or perhaps uncontrollable or maybe even both.
With 50M [...]

In the end of an era, Bill Gates announced today that he will transition out of day-to-day responsibilities at Microsoft over the next 2 years. Bill will devote most of his time to charity work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, but remain as chairman of Microsoft and be a senior technical advisor. Ray [...]

In a spot of good news for those who are in harm’s way, Pretec announces it’s new i-Disk BulletProof USB flash drive, which is not only bulletproof, but also waterproof and fireproof. Capacities are up to 2 gigabytes, and a souped-up version can achieve data transfer speeds of up to 40MB/s, which the company says [...]

The recently announced iRiver Clix MP3 Player seems to be standing the test of time, with respect to getting very positive reviews. Dapreview had a look at it and they gave it a rating of 86 out of 100, which makes the Clix their 2nd favorite flash-based music player after the Zen Vision:M.
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The Korea Times is reporting that Samsung might pull a Dell, and switch to AMD chips from Intel in order to help bring down the price of their Q1 Ultra-Mobile PC. Estimates are that a 42% price reduction may be in the offing - down to $742, from the current $1272 price.
That’s good news, [...]

Samsung SDI just showed a newish 4.3 inch Active Matrix-Organic Light Emitting Diode display operating at a resolution of 480×272 pixels.
AMOLED displays, as they acronymize-to, are much thinner and lighter than comparable glass LCD screens - typically 1/10th of the thickness and about 1/4 of the weight. This means that AMOLED is an/the ideal display [...]

CNet has just reviewed the Toshiba gigabeat S Series model MES30VW media player - they gave it a rating of 8.7, which falls into the Excellent tier, and on par with the iRiver Clix.
CNet especially liked the intuitive user interface as afforded by the S series’ use of the Microsoft Portable Media Center operating system. [...]

CNet addresses computer maker Dell Inc. and it’s current problems in a recent article entitled What ails Dell? CNet seems to put much of the blame for Dell’s recent lacklustre stock and market share performance on, of all things, it’s hiring of management consultants from Bain & Company and from McKinsey & Company. The [...]

Well, the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2006 have just been announced, and the big winners for 2006 seem to be the Nintendo Wii game console, and Spore, a personal computer game.
Wii won the Best of Show award. The critics made note of the enthusiasm and even frenzy engendered by Wii, calling it exciting [...]

In a bit of old news, the Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder has been proclaimed the World’s Most Beautiful Car for 2005, in the sports car category. The Spyder beat out the Aston Martin V8 Vantage by a mere 2 points…should’ve been more.
The L’automobile più bella del mondo award, as it’s called in Italian, is organized [...]