Google Glass: bring on apps

A couple of thousand developers are now working on this ...
Google has just distributed two thousand Google Glass headsets to get independent app developers to use their imagination and expertise to create 'killer' for this new wearable computer. I am not the first to have realised that Google apps must be 'Glassware'!


Google Glass: who's bringing the apps? - Mobile Phone Accessories:

Asus to launch Chromebook

Chromebooks are really starting to take a hold ...
Asus will join Samsung, Acer and Hewlett-Packard who have already launched Chromebooks. Chromebooks are expected to sell in Australia for $250+.

Asus to launch Chromebook in second half of 2013 - Computerworld:

Bill Gates: iPad users frustrated

Microsoft brings out Gates to rally support for the Surface ...

Great photo of Bill Gates! Looks like Microsoft is really trying to justify the Surface and the whole Windows 8 development. Microsoft's determination to compete in the tablet market is what led to the early development of the Windows 7 successor. 



Bill Gates: iPad users frustrated that 'post-PC' device is not PC enough | News | TechRadar:

Hotmail-Outlook Transition

Hotmail out - Outlook.com in ...
Launched in 1996, an historic milestone as the Hotmail name disappears forever. In comparison, Google's Gmail came out beta of testing in 2009 and now has over 450 million active users.

Microsoft Completes Hotmail-Outlook Transition:

Decline in PC sales

The crossroads between desktop/laptop and mobile ...
The introduction of the laptop (and then the netbook) had nothing like the effect that tablets and smartphones are having on desktop PC sales. Add to that, the move from desktop to cloud plus Microsoft's clumsy attempt to merge their desktop and mobile Operating Systems into Windows 8, definitely gives "food for thought" that we are about to make a significant change in direction.

Does the decline in PC sales indicate tablet dominance? | TechRepublic:

Big Blue Action!

Now this is just showing off ...
Amazing what years of Research can achieve. Got to have deep pockets ...

Action! Big Blue enters film biz with atomic movie - Computerworld:

Windows XP: If it ain't broke

Many people must be thinking the same thing ...
An interesting perspective on Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8. I totally agree with Patrick's conclusion.

Windows XP: If it ain't broke... | TechRepublic:

Retina reviewed

Apple's Retina display well and truly surpassed now ...
Apple's Retina display on the iPhone 5 at 326 pixels per inch has been well and truly left way behind by HTC One's 468 pixels per inch! This is an interesting article with some clever display comparison techniques.


Retina reviewed: which smartphone screen rates best - Gadget Guy Australia:

Leo Laporte - TWiT.TV

Leo Laporte's TWiT TV entertaining & informative ...

If you haven't come across the TWiT.TV website run by Leo Laporte you have been missing something!. This guy is really good value and has some great podcasts (audio and video). Leo is both informative and entertaining. Of the 30 shows his company puts together, I like:
- This Week in Google
- All About Android
- The Tech Guy
- Know How

XP just won't go

Windows XP is still on nearly 42% of PCs ...
At the current rate of decline there will still be over 30% when the April 2014 deadline comes around. It will be interesting to see if Microsoft extends the Windows XP support for another year. Meanwhile Windows 8 cannot even match the uptake of Windows Vista!

Windows 8 grows slow, XP just won't go - Computerworld: