At the core of this is one simple axiom: People really don’t like change. What most vendors seem not to grasp is that change sucks. Getting someone to move from a tool they are familiar with to a new tool is very difficult. People need the equivalent of a cattle prod to move to something [...]

The New York Times’ David Pogue on the first Chromebook to go on sale, the Samsung Series 5: The first assumption is that you’re online everywhere you go. That’s rather critical, because when it’s not online, a Chromebook can’t do much of anything. You can’t peruse your e-mail, read documents or books or listen to music. With very [...]

Note: This article was written prior to Apple’s WWDC event. Microsoft have announced Windows 8 and to be honest, I’m impressed. I’m impressed because I didn’t think Microsoft had it in them. I didn’t think they would be able to throw caution to the wind and really come up with something different. I’m impressed, but [...]

These two different approaches are microcosms of Apple and Microsoft’s very different approaches generally. Apple envisions what they want the future to be for their company (based both on what’s optimal for them and what they see as the best solution for users), and figures out how they’re going to get there from where they [...]

“…in the tablet world we’re going to become better than number one. We call it number one plus.” – Eric Cador Yadda, yadda, yadda… Addressing rivalries among hardware manufacturers such as Apple, Google and BlackBerry Mr Cador also said that “only one company plays in both the consumer and business and world…” So only one [...]

From Intel’s press release: The 22nm 3-D Tri-Gate transistors provide up to 37% performance increase at low voltage versus Intel’s 32nm planar transistors. This incredible gain means that they are ideal for use in small handheld devices, which operate using less energy to “switch” back and forth. Alternatively, the new transistors consume less than half [...]

“Apple is great if you’ve got a lot of money and live on an island. It’s not so great if you have to exist in a diverse, open, connected enterprise; simple things become quite complex.” – Andy Lark He fails to mention the iPad is cheaper than the Motorola XOOM and comparable in price to [...]

The New York Times Paywall: Yes, It Works – Mashable The article then goes on to list several ways you can avoid the paywall. Which bit works exactly?

Warner Bros. Digital Distribution (WBDD), a market leader in video-on-demand and electronic sell-through, announced it will expand its test offering of movies for rental through Warner Bros. Entertainment’s Facebook Movie Pages. – The Wrap Not sure they can call themselves a “market leader” just yet, but Warner Bros. are offering another 5 movies for rent [...]

RIM is going to support as many different application frameworks as it can in order to maximize software availability. Of course, the problem with that strategy is that applications from other platforms won’t integrate well with the PlayBook environment. RIM also runs the risk of undermining incentives for developers to create dedicated PlayBook applications by [...]