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Microsoft TechNet Registration Servers Down for 5 Days?

Microsoft's registration servers for its TechNet IT subscription service may have been down for five full days.

Jan 28, 2010

Apple iPad Skips Web Flash -- Call It Deja Vu [UPDATE]

The Apple iPad won't support Internet Flash, just like the iPhone and iPod Touch before it, making the iPad have crippled web surfing and limiting video gaming options. As addressed on TechCrunch, Apple is hyping its Packager for iPhone product that allows developers to create Flash-powered apps. I...

Jan 27, 2010

Apple iPad Price, Features Say "ARM" All Over

Here's what you need to know about the iPad: it's a 9.7-inch touchscreen pad that's half an inch thick, sports WiFi and 3G, and runs apps, reads e-books and lasts 10 hours on a charge. And it's one of the best things to happen to Intel (INTC) rival ARM Holdings (ARMH). Looks cool, right? You mig...

Jan 27, 2010

Apple iPad: the Next Tech Zombie Cannibal, with Windows Laptops on the Menu

Apple's iPad is poised to steal lots of market share from netbooks and Windows laptops.

Jan 27, 2010

Apple's iPad May Look Cool -- But It Shafts Gamers [UPDATE]

Apple's new iPad has design flaws that will prevent it from being the gaming platform that the iPhone wasn't -- and from getting the respect given to the Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii.

Jan 27, 2010

Yahoo Earnings: Competition Is Print, Not TV, And That's The Problem

Yahoo's earning report showed just how retro the company actually is. Improvement is going to take more than putting some fresh paint on an old establishment.

Jan 27, 2010

Google Hacked by the Chinese ... with Help from US Government

US national security measures that insist on back door entry into commercial systems gave Chinese hackers the way into Google's Gmail system.

Jan 26, 2010

Apple's iTablet -- Wait, You'll Have to Call It Something Else [UPDATE]

The one thing we don't know about Apple's device is the name, but it probably won't be called "iTablet" unless Apple is willing to get into a copyright fight a la Cisco and the iPhone. The Taiwanese company AMteK is already marketing a product called iTablet. AMteK featured the Windows 7-run touchs...

Jan 26, 2010

Google Breaks Apple Grip on iPhone Apps

Google uses the web to walk around Apple and AT&T to offer Google Voice directly to iPhone users.

Jan 26, 2010

Apple Continues Strengthening Unit Pricing

Apple adjusts average per unit pricing on Macs and iPods upward as it seeks optimize price levels and looks to maximize total profit.

Jan 26, 2010

Apple's Obsessive Control Over the iPhone Is Doomed

There's a delicious irony to the reports Apple (AAPL) may drop Google (GOOG) in favor of its old enemy Microsoft. The news broke last week that Jobs and Co. are considering switching to Bing as the default search engine on the iPhone. Two arch rivals from the era of closed computing are circling the...

Jan 26, 2010

Apple's Revenue per iPhone Revealed, and It's $650 [UPDATED]

Calculations on Apple's latest 10-Q suggest that total net revenue per iPhone tops $650.

Jan 26, 2010

Apple: Great Sales, Disappointing iPhone & iPod Units

As usual, Apple managed analyst expectation so as to beat them financially, but iPhone and iPod movement were a disappointment.

Jan 25, 2010

comScore Money-for-Real-Ranking Controversy Misses the Big Problem

The charge that comScore is essentially selling better web traffic ratings is just the latest note showing that reporters, analysts, and business executives are too often in complete thrall over wanting a good story and regularly ignore facts.