Fifteen Random Thoughts About the New iPods

Posted on January 1st, 1970 in Latest Info by harry_mccracken@pcworld.com
Whenever I attend an Apple product launch, I know the drill: By the end of the day, I'll have a head full of random thoughts and questions regarding the stuff that was unveiled. As usual, I'll document 'em here for...

Tuesday Apple Event: Live Chat

Posted on January 1st, 1970 in Latest Info by harry_mccracken@pcworld.com
I'm here at Moscone Center in San Francisco at Apple's product launch, and will be reporting in the chat room below on what we learn, as we learn it. (The room is hovering at max capacity; if you can't get...

Palm’s Foleo is DBA (Dead Before Arrival)

Posted on January 1st, 1970 in Latest Info by harry_mccracken@pcworld.com
Breaking news from Palm: It's decided to kill Foleo, the not-quite-a-notebook, not-quite-a-handheld device that Palm founder Jeff Hawkins unveiled back at the Wall Street Journal's D conference in May. Palm CEO Ed Colligan just blogged the news, saying that the...

Hey, Amazon Thinks I Read Spanish!

Posted on January 1st, 1970 in Latest Info by harry_mccracken@pcworld.com
I don't think I've ever bought anything based on the e-mails that Amazon.com sends along suggesting stuff based on my purchase activities. (Sometimes their recommendations are of no interest whatsover; other times, they're so dead-on I've already bought the item...

Hallelujah, My TV Just Died!

Posted on January 1st, 1970 in Latest Info by harry_mccracken@pcworld.com
It's been a pretty busy news day-we know for sure that Apple will announce new iPods next Wednesday, and rumors about a Googlephone are reaching fever pitch. I may get around to blogging about this stuff. But right this very...

Seven Ways to Fix Windows Genuine Advantage

Posted on January 1st, 1970 in Latest Info by harry_mccracken@pcworld.com
Microsoft's Alex Kochis has blogged an explanation of the glitch behind last weekend's Windows Genuine Advantage screwup that left users being told their copies of Windows were pirated, and Vista users having features like Aero and ReadyBoost disabled. In short,...

Acer + Gateway + eMachines + Packard Bell = ?

Posted on January 1st, 1970 in Latest Info by harry_mccracken@pcworld.com
I'm usually not much of a fan of mergers in the technology industry. More players means more competition, and that usually means better products at lower prices. And in the PC market in particular, there are so few major companies...

Would You Buy a $25,000 Mouse?

Posted on January 1st, 1970 in Latest Info by harry_mccracken@pcworld.com
...or a $2200 keyboard, or a million dollar laptop? If so, have I got the story for you......

Uh-Oh: Major Windows Genuine Advantage Outage

Posted on January 1st, 1970 in Latest Info by harry_mccracken@pcworld.com
Ars Technica is reporting that Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage "feature" is having server problems that are resulting in PCs around the world flunking the validation test that's often required to download stuff from Microsoft. And yup, the official WGA forum...

Windows Genuine Advantage: The Jig is Up

Posted on January 1st, 1970 in Latest Info by harry_mccracken@pcworld.com
Word from Microsoft as of 1:27 this afternoon is that the Windows Genuine Advantage glitch that was treating users as if they had stolen copies of the software has been fixed. The immediate problem may hav been solved; we still...

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