September 1, 2010 2:31 PM PDT
by Ina Fried
Amazon is selling an array of TV shows from Fox and ABC for 99 cents, the same price Apple plans to charge for TV show rentals.
(Credit:
CNET)
As an eagle-eyed CNET reader noted, Amazon is selling some TV shows for the same price that Apple plans [...]
September 1, 2010 2:31 PM PDT
by Ina Fried
Amazon is selling an array of TV shows from Fox and ABC for 99 cents, the same price Apple plans to charge for TV show rentals.
(Credit:
CNET)
As an eagle-eyed CNET reader noted, Amazon is selling some TV shows for the same price that Apple plans [...]
August 18, 2010 10:00 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
Microsoft said Wednesday the next version of Office for
Mac will get two key features that were part of the latest Windows version: photo editing and mini charts in Excel, known as Sparklines.
In a video posted on its Office for Mac Web site, the company [...]
August 13, 2010 4:26 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Elpida supplies the 512MB DRAM memory module, twice that of the original Droid. That Qualcomm chip is the CDMA processor.
(Credit:
iFixit)
Under the hood, the Motorola-Verizon Droid 2 is really a hopped-up version of the original Droid.
While practically a clone of the original Droid on [...]
August 11, 2010 3:58 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
While Wall Street analysts have turned bearish on PC and chip demand, they’re still bullish on forecasts for
Apple’s iPad. Does this tell us something about the future of the PC industry?
An Apple store on first day of iPad sales: iPad shipment forecasts continue [...]
August 9, 2010 5:00 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, speaking to CNET reporter Ina Fried after his talk at the Techonomy conference last week.
(Credit:
Ina Fried/CNET)
NEAR LAKE TAHOE, Calif.–Bill Gates says that it is gratifying to see the computer industry that he helped start turn some of its attention to [...]
August 8, 2010 10:25 AM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
The media pad market is brand new. And it’s not going to be stuck at a 9.7-inch diagonal.
Does the iPod come in one size? Or the MacBook? No, and neither will the iPad.
So, no one should be surprised by rumors
about Apple bringing out [...]
August 6, 2010 4:13 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Dell has published a back-to-school chart comparing its Studio laptops with Apple MacBooks–all very favorable to Dell, mind you. So, what’s accurate, and what’s missing?
First, the chart in all of its stark Dell-Apple price gap glory, which Dell shows as $1,249 per model: [...]
August 4, 2010 11:02 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Intel plans to offer a broad selection of silicon technologies for smartphones, as it seeks to grab a part of German chipmaker Infineon.
Can Intel build silicon to rival–or surpass–future iPhones? That's the plan.
Intel is on a mission: the world’s largest chipmaker is virtually [...]
August 2, 2010 9:20 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
The unstoppable sales juggernaut that is the
iPad has pushed Apple past Dell, Lenovo, and Toshiba into the No. 3 slot for laptop shipments, according to a Deutsche Bank analyst.
iPad sales juggernaut makes Apple No. 3 in laptop sales, analyst says.
(Credit:
Brooke Crothers)
So, how did [...]