 BeerFiles is an in-your-face and sometimes irreverent blog concerning all things to do with IT, technology, people and the media from the point of view of a hard boiled technology journalist and commentator. Stan has been in the IT game for about a quarter of a century. In that time, he has seen and written about the rise and fall of more than a few IT players and made many friends, some of whom he has even crossed swords with on occasions. Everything in this blog is purely Stan’s opinion so if you agree, wish to expand upon, correct a post or tell Stan he’s a clueless know nothing, please feel free to do so.
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Friday, 26 October 2007 |
With both MySpace and YouTube off the market, the hottest property on the Web right now is social networking site Facebook, said to be valued at a massive US$15 billion by suitors such as Microsoft and Google. The latest liaison for the site with 50 million fresh faces on its books is with RIM, purveyor of the Blackberry, the smartphone of choice for business professionals.
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Thursday, 25 October 2007 |
Security software vendor McAfee has shipped its new Total Protection 2008 PC security package, claiming a number of industry firsts, including proactive security for mobile phones, instant messaging and deferrment of resource intensive security tasks when users are watching videos, playing games or giving presentations. As far as mobile protection is concerned, however, there is a drawback.
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Wednesday, 24 October 2007 |
I have absolutely no idea whether the story over on Smarthouse about the development of a new Xbox incorporating an HD DVD drive is true or just wistful musing on the part of a Singaporean Toshiba executive. However, if HD DVD is to have any chance of winning the format war, then the idea is a project whose time is long overdue.
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Wednesday, 24 October 2007 |
The keynote address of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday at the CTIA Wireless conference in San Francisco in which he outlined a grand vision of emulating Windows' desktop computer dominance in the mobile devices space sounded nice in theory. Does the vision bear any relation to reality or is it merely a delusional fantasy?
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Tuesday, 23 October 2007 |
While some may make light of a bevvy of strange looking shiny vehicles worming their way down a 3,000 km highway through central Australia, there is nothing wacky about the 20th World Solar Challenge taking place this week from Darwin to Adelaide. With each passing year, the cars have become better, faster and more energy efficient to the point where observer bemusement has been replaced by thoughtful contemplation.
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Tuesday, 23 October 2007 |
The HD DVD camp has claimed a victory in the high definition video wars citing record sales for the first week of release of the kids action flick Transformers in the format. But do the sales figures tell the entire story?
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Monday, 22 October 2007 |
Since Microsoft released Windows 95, the company's biggest money spinner has been going downhill faster than a granny strapped to roller blades on the slopes of Sydney or San Francisco. The software giant has now promised than in 2010 we will see a much leaner Windows. Does that mean in 2015 we can expect to see the first Winix OS?
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Sunday, 21 October 2007 |
October 2007 is a very special month for the team here at iTWire because it marks our second anniversary.
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Sunday, 21 October 2007 |
Listening to the anti-Google and YouTube rhetoric spewing out of the mouth of Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman one has to wonder why he bothered to show up to the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco last week. Like the management of many traditional content providers, Mr Dauman obviously does not understand the mindset or the wants and needs of today's Web users and for the company that could be dangerous.
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Friday, 19 October 2007 |
As usual, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took his best shot at making observers wince with embarrassment during his keynote address at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco yesterday. Being an event focussing on the Internet of course, the target of his characteristic buffoonery was naturally Web kingpin Google.
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Wednesday, 17 October 2007 |
The world's number one social network MySpace has joined forces with the world's number one Internet telephony provider Skype to provide a seamless free instant messaging and voice call service for MySpace users. We know the benefits for MySpace - its members get an excellent IM chat and free voice calling service, But what's in it for Skype?
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