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Leopard, Apple’s new operating system, broadens Macs’ reach

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2007/10/16/financial/f100105D99.DTL&type=tech

iPhone owner sues Apple for $1 million

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/10/02/apple.iphone.lawsuit.ap/index.html

Jon Peddie Research: big swings continue in the market for graphics add-in boards (AIBs)

TIBURON, CA—November 26, 2007 —What a difference a couple of quarters can make in the dynamic market for graphics add-in boards (AIBs). Q1’07 was downright ugly, not so much with respect to units but very ...

Microsoft has new Zune music players to take on iPods

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/03/BUQJSIKLF.DTL

iPhone to launch outside U.S.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/biztech/09/18/iphone.europe.ap/index.html

Windows XP won’t bow out so soon

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9590_22-6210524.html

Overall GPU market was up an astounding 20% – desktop displaced mobile

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, ...

Oh god, please don’t let us screw it up

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, ...

Web 2.0 or deja vu all over again?

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 ...

The future of CAD

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 ...

China’s engineers are more likely to join a start-up than Americans

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/09/25/BUBUSD6DM.DTL&type=tech

Dell rebounding in the workstation market, but HP remains tight on its heels

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 ...