Archives for: April 2010
ISP Uptime vs Speed
dualwan

So, what do you do when your local isp’s don’t cut it due to speed or uptime?  Be like NASA: 2 is 1, 1 is none!  When you work from home, downtime kills you which is why I have a commercial ISP account for better uptime right? Well, doesn’t always work out like that.  Our AT&T DSL is more stable, [...]

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Dilemma: Silicondust vs Ceton
SHDC

The dilemma on the horizon is the Silicondust HDHomeRun (dual tuner) vs the Ceton QuadCable Card tuner!  If you only have one Media Center PC (with extenders) the Ceton seems the probable choice.  However, if you have multiple Media Center PC’s in the house, the Silicondust seems to be the play so that all the PC’s can pull from the [...]

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KIN Prediction: Epic Fail!

I must say, with all the gaps in the current Windows Phone initiative (where are the apps?), I don’t understand the creation of a proprietary device/OS targeted at a strange demographic versus using those resources to propel Windows Phone.  It seems like a massive duplication of effort and division of resources.  I predict the market won’t buy in and this [...]

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'The Road Ahead' vs MS 2019

The vision Bill Gates had in his book ‘The Road Ahead’ was interesting, but nothing compared to where we are now with the MS Vision for 2019!

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Bill Gates' 'The Road Ahead', How Close are We?

You may not remember this, but Bill Gates 1995 book The Road Ahead included a CD with several videos about the future of computing intergrating into our daly lives.  How close are we to that video becoming reality?  Mesh that with the latest MS video of where they think we will be. The Road Ahead @ Business    The Road [...]

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