Woodward to write Obama book We remember the fine work he did with the last Bush (snark).  ¶ 5/31/2009 08:38:00 AM 0 comments

  Win7 a winner Improved HDD and SSD performance are other indicators of why the buzz around Microsoft's new OS is genuine. We do think that with the perspective of time it will be acknowledged how Vista put down the foundation for the success of Windows 7.

We're using Windows 7 RC quite happily and are telling everyone that will listen that a perfect storm is developing for computer buying. In the current economic climate, computer manufacturers will be eager to sell. Intel's new eight core processors will start selling in a few months putting downward price pressure on other very capable multi core processors (And this Slashdot item should be noted as to why most buyers can pass on the eight core choice at this time). In the next quarter some PC vendors will start offering Vista machines with certificates for free upgrades to Windows 7 when it is available. In all likelihood some of these same vendors will also be offering the WinXP downgrade at the same time. In one inexpensive swoop, a buyer can get a legally licensed machine capable of running the last three operating systems out of Redmond.  ¶ 5/29/2009 07:14:00 AM 0 comments

  GigaOm goes "pro" There will be "long-form analysis" available on GigaOm Pro .

We like Om Malik so we'll follow this attempt at adding to revenues in the context of free and walled premium content.  ¶ 5/28/2009 09:57:00 AM 0 comments

  Warrantless Wiretapping Win From Walker?   ¶ 5/26/2009 06:16:00 AM 0 comments

  Shadetree tech didn't work Wanted to upgrade the RAM in an Acer Travelmate notebook. The 1GB stick was compatible in all respects except it was too long for the SODIMM. It was a first for us.

Update: RAM was mislabeled: "AOTND" is PNY's cryptic part number for PC-3200 and not the DDR2 we needed. PNY support was nice enough to help with this problem.  ¶ 5/20/2009 07:09:00 AM 0 comments

  via Romenesko: "Shouldn't journalists just find out what people want and give it to them?" This piece comes on the heels of the Tribune market research tempest and these first two comments at the Romenesko site illustrate the extremes of the argument: Each one has merit.

Ideally, editors and publishers will engage their readers, exciting them about the world around them and the prospects of self-governance. A pretty fair gage of their success in this endeavor would be the history of low voter turn-outs in this country.

But not to worry, it won't be long before Murdoch gives the Wall Street Journal a Page 3 .  ¶ 5/12/2009 03:00:00 PM 0 comments

  Hulu: Kingdom We like what we've seen of this series from British television.  ¶ 5/10/2009 01:55:00 AM 0 comments

  Great week for Bloggingheads.tv Corn and Pinkerton as well as Wright and Achenbach in one week is a rare treat.  ¶ 5/10/2009 12:10:00 AM 0 comments

  " If this is socialism, call me comrade!" Though somewhat better targeted, we can't forget the also ostensibly well intentioned legislation of a few years ago that had folks buying Hummers.  ¶ 5/09/2009 06:35:00 PM 0 comments

  Cyberwar law But can we torture them?

A Republican responds: Yes, but we can only motherboard them.  ¶ 5/09/2009 11:39:00 AM 0 comments

  Newspaper ties to this "Big Kindle"? Greater penetration in the textbook using demographic would be nice but this is not where newspapers should be hanging their future.

We would like to see an alliance with Google (they happen to also be in the information business and want access to the content) for a communication module with a wireless connection to a flexible screen (The module could provide further connectivity for the screen as well as input capabilities). The partnership would be good for both: Google needs to bolster their position since WolframAlpha appears to be a game-changer and newspapers are just good things to have around.

Full disclosure demands that we mention that this lonely outpost of the internet is hosted by Google.  ¶ 5/05/2009 07:10:00 AM 0 comments

  Kindle news reader: Worst newspaper idea since the CueCat We still have a CueCat lying around. We were on board with that and learned our lesson.

A device with extremely limited capabilities is not the desperate, last-chance bet the industry needs to make.  ¶ 5/04/2009 12:48:00 PM 0 comments

  May Day, it ain't what it should be And the struggle continues.  ¶ 5/01/2009 07:55:00 PM 0 comments