Microsoft to Cut Xbox 360 Price This Weekend
Published on July 11, 2008 to Video Game Related TopicsChicago (IL) - Rumors about Microsoft planning to cut the price of its Xbox 360 game console, but now there appears to be sufficient evidence that such a move is imminent: Flyers and internal memos... Read more
This Year Scored Record Data Breaches
Published on December 31, 2007 to SecurityBoston (MA) - The loss or theft of personal data such as credit card and Social Security numbers soared to unprecedented levels in 2007. Read more
AMD Expected To Cut 510-850 Jobs This Thursday
Published on April 16, 2008 to Business & LawAustin (TX) - AMD is set to send out a first round of pink slips to, as we hear, 510 to 850 people, or 3 to 5% of its workforce this Thursday. Read more
Open Office XML Expected To Be Announced ISO Standard This Week
Published on March 31, 2008 to Business & LawChicago (IL) - Rumors about a possibly "shocking" announcement by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) scheduled for this week began spreading across the Internet on Monday:... Read more
3GMS: HTC Pharos With GPS Available At the End of This Month
Published on February 12, 2008 to SmartphonesThe new P3470 HTC Smartphone, known as Pharos, will be available at the end of the month. Read more
Who Designed This Ipod Crap? The Cartoon That Says It All
Published on June 9, 2006 to Home TheaterCartoonist Jen Sorensen has captured the absurd essence of Ipod mania. Barry Gerber responds to Aaron McKenna's "scathing" attack on his Ipod column by waving her cartoon for all to see. Read more
Who Designed This Crap? Product Packaging, Where's My Chainsaw?
Published on August 9, 2006 to Desktop ComputersMobile computers and accessories are cool. However the way they're packaged is a real horror show, almost literally. With impenetrable shipping boxes and envelopes, as well as plastic blister packs sealed tighter than most tombs, it seems like vendors really don't want you to get to their products. Read more
Who Designed This Crap? The Great Ipod Scam
Published on April 3, 2006 to Home TheaterMany can no longer live without Apple's Ipods and Itunes? Some need a daily Itunes fix. Others lust after the money to be made by getting on the "I" bandwagon. Not Barry Gerber. He's fed up with Ipods and Itunes and argues the world might be a better place if they never saw the light of day. Revised 04/05/06. Read more
Who Designed This Crap? Smart Phones Stink, PDA Phones Rule
Published on May 16, 2006 to SmartphonesSmart phones are all the rage these days. Barry Gerber looks at two popular smart phones and a PDA with a built-in phone. His conclusions will surprise you and the telecoms that are making a killing every which way but straight up on smart phones. Read more
Who Designed This Crap? The Case of the 11 Pound Pencil
Published on March 5, 2006 to Notebooks and LaptopsWhen novices try to design a computer system the result is almost always both sad and laughable. Join us as we look at one of the most Loony Tunes IT implementations ever. See how a committee of the uninitiated turned a bunch of pencil and paper tasks into a cyber-nightmare of truly grand proportions. Read more




