Archive for January, 2007

Apple’s iPhone margins may be closer to 20 percent than the estimated 50

So we heard that Apple would be making 50 percent per iPhone, but leading anaylists are now taking a second look. Apple’s cost, including integration, is well above $300 for the 4 GB model. After the costs associated with building, shipping, marketing and selling the iPhone are included, it looks like just a 20 percent profit for the iPhone.

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Windows Vista’s new spin on licensing

WE’VE HEARD ALL MANNER of tinfoil hattery about Windows Vista’s schemes for copy protection, which have prompted the usual round of threats from the usual quarters about how Vista will usher in an OS apocalypse and techies will migrate en masse to Linux.

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Vista upgrade invalidates your XP key

If you choose to purchase an upgrade version of Windows Vista to upgrade XP, you will no longer be able to use that version of XP. Either on another system, or as a dual-boot option. The key will be invalidated, preventing activation.

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Cleaning up a Ubuntu GNU/Linux system

If you want to clean your ubuntu machine you need to follow these simple steps to remove all unnecessary junk files.

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High-quality images of Apple’s first orange iPod (shuffle)

See the newer iPod shuffle in extreme close-up detail in its new orange hue. The second-gen model also ships with Apple’s updated earbuds from the iPod nano and 5.5G video iPod.

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Microsoft’s Vista Had Major Mac Envy, Company E-Mails Reveal

Microsoft executives in 2004 were awed by Apple’s just-added desktop search and acknowledged that what they did in Windows Vista would be directly compared with Mac OS X.

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Microsoft announces new Xbox Live Arcade titles

Word just came through the Intertubes and into our inbox on 10 new titles that Microsoft plans on rolling out starting in February for its Xbox Live Arcade service on the Xbox 360 — no specific dates, or Wednesdays, have been announced. Virtual Console, eat your heart out?

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Buying OEM versions of Windows Vista: the facts

Thinking about saving a few bucks and buying an OEM copy of Vista? Here’s what you need to know but were afraid to ask.

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RUMOR - Punch-Out!! in the works for Wii?

It seems that Nintendo may have something in mind for the Punch-Out!! series when it comes to the Wii.

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China launches 4G before 3G off the ground

While we’re worried about the new iPhone not running 3G, China is moving at lightspeed to rollout a 4G network. The system will allow data transmission at up to 100 megabutes per second, and it look like it will see the light of day by 2010.

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Holland Considers Banning DRM, Legalizing Filesharing

Today, Dutch politicians suggested that it might be a good idea to tax Internet traffic, and use this money to compensate the music industry. This, under the condition that DRM is abandoned, and people can

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