Announcing… Almost everybody in the industry knows what announcements are going to be made before they are actually made. They may not know in exact detail all the time but we generally have a pretty good idea due to the various discussions held over drinks, lunches, e-mails, hallways, and conferences. A word here, a word there, an innuendo, a nod, … Read more
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/biztech/09/18/iphone.europe.ap/index.html
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9590_22-6210524.html
TIBURON, CA—October 29, 2007—Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s leading research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, today announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the third calendar quarter of 2007. Traditionally, the third quarter has good growth for the computer industry as retailers and OEMs prepare for the holiday season; this year had the biggest jump … Read more
That’s the prayer of the Internet dependent as we all enjoy another growth period. And then comes the news that Microsoft has outbid all comers for the “privilege” of investing $240 million bucks in Facebook, the latest thing in social networking … probably. Microsoft’s investment legitimizes a valuation of $15 billion for Facebook. I know I’m not the first to … Read more
Having spent several days amounting to weeks in various conferences in September around the world, and then reading about them on the web I realize that the bloggers and “news” sites are all frustrated wannabe spies and code breakers. I come to this conclusion because I read things about events I attended, and sometimes even know a little about, and … Read more
I was at dinner with some very interesting and urbane executive types in Boston recently. The subject of what’s next/what’s the latest trend/where’s the money came up as it inevitably does. We were talking about Web 2.0 and how interesting it all was that MySpace had become so last 20 minutes ago in the space of uh, 30 minutes. Now … Read more
The computer industry may seem to change at the speed of light but that’s not true of the CAD industry. After back to back meetings with Autodesk and Dassault I am struck once again by the slow pace of change. I’ve decided to see this in a positive light. After all, it’s really just hard on those of us who … Read more
Jon wasn’t the only one to play with time-sharing computers; Bill Gates cut his teeth on them, too. When I was a pup first playing with computers, the machines we had to play with were big things with vacuum tubes and a single console, and you loaded programs using 3 x 7 punched cards. The next phases were transistors and … Read more
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/09/25/BUBUSD6DM.DTL&type=tech
At IBC this year, we learned what is in store for TV in the coming years. What great surprises await us in TV consumer land? Check this out: • Digital cinema: It may actually happen, or … will be a great market someday. Will it be forever? • IPTV: The broadcast industry discovers the Internet—who knew? • 3DTV: See it … Read more
TIBURON, Calif—September 10, 2007—If you think the workstation is some last-century relic whose fortunes in the market have long since faded, think again. As Jon Peddie Research again finds with its Q2’07 tabulations, the workstation market is more than simply surviving, it’s prospering. Setting another high (by JPR records), Q2’07 saw a total of 718,000 branded workstations shipped, representing robust … Read more
