Feb 1, 2008 | business, Microsoft
Microsoft has made an unsolicited bid to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion. Yahoo has been struggling to find a place in a world dominated by Google; it just spent a year analyzing its position and coming up without any particularly strong ideas to turn things around. In...
Jan 28, 2008 | Amazon, Apple, audio, business, software
There have been a lot of changes in digital music recently, many of them favorable for consumers. People are recognizing the value of the MP3 format, free of any licensing restrictions. If you are ripping your CDs, make sure you use the MP3 format at a high enough bit...
Jan 22, 2008 | business, computers, Dell
Dell made an unwelcome phone call to one of my clients about the order for his new home computer. I’d hate to think Dell is going to make a habit of it. I’ve been involved in ordering hundreds of computers from Dell over the years. Orders placed online...
Jan 21, 2008 | business, computers, hardware, printers, shopping, software
Sonoma County has a serious shortage of places to buy technology. It was a little upsetting when CompUSA announced it was closing, since it had a better inventory of network equipment than anywhere else nearby for those days when things have to be bought on short...
Jan 18, 2008 | business, hardware, Microsoft, network, SBS
Next month Microsoft will release Windows Server 2008, a dramatically improved product over its predecessor, Windows Server 2003. It is one of the more important releases in Microsoft’s history; Microsoft and many other vendors will use it as a platform to...
Jan 15, 2008 | business, computers, Dell
Dell has partnered with Best Buy to sell some of its desktop and laptop computers in stores and through the Best Buy web site, following deals with Wal-Mart and Staples as well as other retailers around the world. Dell claims its products are now in more than 10,000...
