Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Internet Explorer has had a good run, all things considered.  They were the choice of consumers and professionals everywhere in the 90s, in large part because Microsoft engaged in anti-competitive practices that promoted its product at the expense of the industry.  Now, businesses are catching up to technology, but they ...

Predicting the Future of Cell Phone Technology and Design Over the years, the Blackberry has set the standard for business cell phones and now the iPhone has set the standard for media enriched cell phones for higher class consumers.  The question that remains to be answered is, "Will these ambitious super-gadgets ...

If any other company had released a similar concept, I think it would have been laughed off of the gaming stage.  Nintendo Wii, however, it seems nothing can go wrong if it has the Wii trademark associated with it.   First came the Wii Zapper, it basically turns your remote censor ...

By now, you're probably aware that Pakistan's government banned youtube because of depictions that were being spread on Mohammad,  a taboo in the Muslim world. ArsTechnica had the lowdown on some of the odd packet routing issues that resulted on Sunday, here's  an excerpt: On Sunday, YouTube became unreachable from most, if ...

Maybe I'm getting too old for this stuff, but I have a hard time understanding the youth fascination with this video game. Super Smash Brothers, Brawl - Trailer of upcoming  release [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=HXsh7kjNHEQ[/youtube] I own the Game Cube version and would be interested to see how this might play out on the Wii, based ...

HD-DVD's are going on sale, get 'em while they're hot! Now that Blu-ray has won the battle of the next-generation video media, HD-DVDs are going on sale.  Engadget reported it initially and it appears others are blogging about it so I thought I'd share the link. Here's one for Amazon: HD-DVD's 50% ...

With many people already mulling over what a Microsoft buyout of Yahoo! would mean for consumers, it may be easy to forget that the deal hasn't yet been signed in ink. In fact, Yahoo! has yet to decide how it's going to respond to Microsoft's offer and is apparently ...

Microsoft has been out of the loop when it comes to windows live marketing and their strategy for cracking into the search market.  Google is obviously the Goliath of search and a lot of the opportunities that might have been had by Microsoft were lost due to the new kid ...

You can thank the lack of ‘real’ news for the onslaught of articles that seem to be laser focused on the mysterious case of the missing iPhones.  Add this article to the list. This is the basic problem:  Apple announced at Macworld they they’ve sold 4 million iphones while AT&T announced ...

  A funny thing happened the last time Apple released its earnings.  Looking forward to Q1 2008, Apple, which is notoriously conservative when it comes to earnings guidance, projected an aggressive EPS of $1.42 a share.  With Apple’s conference call set for tomorrow, analysts are expecting an EPS of $1.60.   And ...

Microsoft is making a move Industry sources are indicating that Microsoft plans to release Windows 7 (the follow up to Visa) in 2009, one year earlier than anticipated. Microsoft might be anxious to roll out a new update to its OS after the lukewarm reception had by Vista. Microsoft, however, would ...

Today Apple unveiled the MacBook Air, a portable laptop thinner than an anorexic on a hunger strike. Thank you, thank you. Right off the bat, it's obviously clear that this is one sexy machine. But once you move past its impressive form factor and look at the ...

Recently, there have been reports that Sony relaxed its position regarding its opposition to having porn on Blu-ray discs. These reports, however, are misguided as Sony has never banned adult content on Blu-ray, they simply weren't going to go out of their way to facilitate it. Nevertheless, many media journalists ...

Why Macworld '08 won't shock the world With Macworld approaching, the pundits are out in full force with their predictions; A 3G iPhone, an ultra slim Macbook, a tablet with touch technology, iTunes movie rentals. And at the same time, analysts are putting in their 2 cents, expressing concerns that ...

Blu-ray wins this battle, but has it won the war? According to the experts, there's a clear-cut winner in the prolonged and drawn out battle between Blu-ray and HD-DVD. Earlier this week, Warner Brothers dealt what many consider to be the death knell to HD-DVD by announcing that beginning in May '08, ...

Welcome to itola.com. I seem to have picked up a number of regular readers over the last few months and I must apologize for holding out on the daily updates recently. I'm going to get this site hot and ready to roll again now that the near year ...