More Tech Industry Opinion

  • 13 April 2010

  • Opinion: Plummeting Palm in search of a buyer

    Palm has fought the good fight, but disappointing smartphone sales and even more disappointing stock prices are forcing it on to the auction block. The sale of Palm has moved beyond the rumour and speculation stage with Palm actively seeking a buyer this week.

  • 29 March 2010

  • Opinion: Google in China: the plot thickens

    It's been just five days since I last wrote about the Google-China soap opera, but so much has happened that it feels like weeks. Here are some of the developments.

  • 09 March 2010

  • Opinion: Smartphone focus: Waking up to mobile

    If you didn't get the message when the iPhone was released, and you still didn't realise what was happening when Android arrived, Windows Phone 7 has to be your wake-up call. Mobile is no longer just the future. Its time is now.

  • 08 March 2010

  • Opinion: Art Editor/Designer wanted for PC Advisor

    PC Advisor, the UK's most popular print and online computer magazine, is looking for an Art Editor/Designer to run its busy Art desk in central London.

  • 26 November 2009

  • Opinion: Top tech turkeys of 2009

    Before settling down to his Thanksgiving feast, Robert X Cringely gives a stateside view of the individuals who acted most like turkeys over the past 11 months.

  • 13 October 2009

  • Opinion: Danger! Untrustworthy computing

    It may have the monopoly on computer operating systems, but some people try their best to avoid Microsoft like the plague. And reasons to steer clear of the Redmond software giant are manifold.

  • 25 September 2009

  • Opinion: Paris: les pommes et les fenêtres (Apple and Windows)

    The French capital has become the latest battle ground for Apple and Microsoft, with both companies opening stores.

  • 10 September 2009

  • Opinion: IFA: Digital Humanism, and other themes

    The dust has settled on the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. The stands have been folded away, the crowds have dispersed, and the exciting new products have been packed up (see our New Products blog for the lowdown on the most exciting launches).

  • 24 August 2009

  • Opinion: Regulators 'violating Intel's human rights'

    Intel chief executive Paul Otellini: human rights victim. The Intel boss is probably languishing in a dank prison in Egypt right now, with electrodes attached to his fingers. That is, going by his company's defence against European antitrust punishments.

  • 16 July 2009

  • Opinion: Microsoft winning against Apple and Google

    A week is a long time in the world of technology. After looking for some time like it's on the precipice of disaster, Microsoft is on a bit of a roll at the moment.

  • 10 July 2009

  • Opinion: Google = Microsoft

    Google is often seen as the anti-Microsoft. But with Google's Chrome OS announcement it's clear that the company cultures are a lot more alike than they are different. Microsoft's competitive DNA is embedded in Google's core.

  • 04 June 2009

  • Opinion: Is Microsoft the next GM?

    It's always shocking when a stalwart of any industry topples. It makes people pause and lay blame in a variety of directions. Now that General Motors is undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, many will wonder what the next victim of the economic climate will be. Could it even be Microsoft?

  • 28 April 2009

  • Opinion: Obama headhunts Google, Microsoft execs

    President Barack Obama has appointed Google boss Eric Schmidt and Microsoft's Craig Mundie to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, an advisory group of scientists and engineers.

  • 03 April 2009

  • Opinion: Google Twitter: much tweeting about nothing?

    Rumours have resurfaced on the web about search giant Google being in the late stages of negotiation to buy micro-blogging platform Twitter.

  • 04 March 2009

  • Opinion: CeBIT: sunny, empty, strange

    Guten Morgen from CeBIT. At least I think it's CeBIT.

  • 26 February 2009

  • Opinion: For recession cure: just add Windows 7

    One technologist believes that the launch of Windows 7 could kick start the global economy. But Windows XP's enduring strength suggests otherwise.

  • 09 February 2009

  • Opinion: Wozniak to star in 'Dancing with the Stars'

    ABC today announced that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will star in the forthcoming season of 'Dancing with the Stars' (that's US 'Strictly Come Dancing' to you and me).

  • 14 January 2009

  • Opinion: What's your tech product of 2008?

    According to PC Advisor readers, the best product of 2008 was... Windows XP Service Pack 3.

  • 11 November 2008

  • Opinion: Why netbooks could save Windows XP

    Less than a year ago, cheap, Atom-powered mini-laptops were a novelty. Now netbooks are shaking up the regular laptop industry - and the operating system world, too.

  • Opinion: Why being Obama's IT guy is a beast of a job

    CIO.co.uk's Martin Veitch argues that being Barack Obama's CTO is a poisoned chalice...

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