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As y ou probably know, the mission of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organization is to provide their $200 XO laptop computers to children in the developing world. Back in December, I participated in OLPC’s “Give One Get One” promotion. The deal was that I donate one XO laptop and get to buy one…

Endpoint Technology Associates analyst Roger Kay thinks that Microsoft now has to sort out complex financial issues, and that dropping its unsolicited Yahoo buyout offer may be one of the companyis options. He noted that CEO Steve Ballmer may be “getting heat from inside.” He added that buying Yahoo would force Microsoft into debt, and…

On Thursday, Parallels announced that its Parallels Desktop application for Macs has sold more than one million copies to date. The software was the first product that allows users of Intel Macs to run Windows, Linux, Solaris, and other operating systems simultaneously with Mac OS X. “Parallels Desktop not only broke down the barrier between…

Appleis FY08 Q2 earnings report on Wednesday showed that deferred revenue, the so-called subscription accounting, for Apple TV and iPhone is rising dramatically. In September, 2007 Apple reported US$1.391B in deferred revenue, current, for the Apple TV and iPhone. For the current Q2, that has risen to US$2.416B, a 74 percent increase. In September, 2007…

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Microsoft filed its request with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals after a U.S. District Court Judge ruled in February that the lawsuit qualified for class-action status. The appeals court upheld the lower courtis ruling on April 21. The lawsuit against Microsoft claimed that the software company deceived customers with its “Vista Capable” program that…

TheStreet.com, which Mr. Cramer cofounded, reported that Mr. Cramer said the market is grudgingly accepting that the iPhone is here to stay and will continue to be a successful product. He added that the iPhone is "huge, and when we get the next iteration … itis going to be game, set, match." Mr. Cramer also…

The legacy mantra of many IT managers of “no Macs” in their organization is no longer a defensible IT strategy, according to Galen Gruman, executive Editor of InfoWorld on Monday. The change is happening for many reasons, in addition to the fact that employees are demanding them. Primarily, the confluence of some important computing trends…

Navoty has announced the immediate availability of LockedEnvelope in beta. The system allows users of any e-mail application with any e-mail service on any OS to send an encrypted message to anyone with a simple pass phrase. Creating encrypted e-mail is not extremely difficult. However, when it comes to making everything work with all your…

According to MacWireless, the Powerline is ideal for: Sharing broadband internet access around the home or office. Connecting networks together. Sharing printers, scanners and other peripherals. Transferring and sharing files between computers. Playing network games – you can even connect your game consoles. “Powerline Networking devices convert data from your computer into a signal that…

Both Apple and Avid bailed on NAB this year, leaving a bitter taste in some people’s mouths, and leaving others wondering if the film and video expo has finally outlived its usefulness. With over 105,000 attendees at the expo it seems there are still plenty of people interested in what goes on at the Vegas…

Avid pulled out of this yearis NAB event late last year, and Apple followed suit in February. Apple claimed that it bowed out because there are more effective ways to spend its advertising dollars. Appleis senior PR manager commented “Often there are better ways to reach our customers. The increasing popularity of our retail stores…

The company is still pitching Open Computer directly at potential Mac OS X users who want to buy their hardware at a lower price than Apple charges. Psystar extensively compares its product, which starts at US$399, to Appleis Mac mini, which starts at $599, those said comparisons never mention issues such as size. Open Computer,…

Tom Yager has been a strong proponent for and expert reporter on Apple products and technologies for Infoworld. Recently, he took a self-imposed break from Apple hardware to gain some new perspective. Now, heis back and reported on Tuesday that there are some compelling technologies outside the Apple sphere, but heis also found a new…

Apple will come in at slightly higher than consensus revenues at US$6.99B, according to Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi who provided his estimates on Friday. In addition, Mr. Sacconaghi put his estimated earnings per share (EPS) at US$1.12, gross margins at 35 percent, higher than Appleis previous guidance of 32 percent thanks to favorable NAND…

Rumors are floating around that Microsoft is considering retail stores, like Appleis, to showcase its products. The problem is, thereis nothing to showcase, and while Apple understands the retail store paradigm and has products to back it up, Microsoft does not. This week, BusinessWeek in addition to analysts from Gartner have pointed out that the…

One of the cool little tricks iChat has up its sleeve harkens back to the days when IRC clients ruled the land. If you start a message with “/me” iChat will transmit the message with your name first followed by your text, and it will all land in the chat outside of a chat bubble.…