Category Archives: Technology

HP: Once more into the smartphone breach?

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Meg Whitman’s interview with Fox Business News where the CEO of HP revealed “My view is we have to ultimately offer a smartphone because in many countries of the world, that is your first computing device” is a little surprising … Continue reading →

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The ALL-IN-1 Mail Filter: Forerunner of modern email rules processing

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Email systems had a different ebb and flow twenty-five years ago. An average mailbox received perhaps 10-15 messages daily and the messages were simpler with fewer attachments and properties. Most messages were in the order of one printed page or … Continue reading →

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Sanity slowing coming into focus in patent wars

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Patents have been a lucrative source of highly profitable income for the technology companies that have accumulated sizable portfolios over the years. Companies earn income by licensing their patents to other companies or by prosecuting others who are felt to … Continue reading →

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Adieu Minitel

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Tony Redmond

France turned off its Minitel service on June 30, thirty years after the little beige boxes first appeared in French homes. Apparently almost 800,000 devices were still in use when the time came to flip the switch from the maximum … Continue reading →

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Bad week for Microsoft partners

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Tony Redmond

This week has been some week for Microsoft partners. First, all of the OEMs who have faithfully followed Microsoft’s weaving way through operating systems towards the Promised Land of Windows 8 had their collective noses rubbed into the dirt when … Continue reading →

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Microsoft scores own goal with their sad attitude to Windows Phone upgrades

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Microsoft passed a really positive message to the people, like me, who invested in Windows Phone 7.5 when they announced that Windows Phone 8 won’t run on older devices on June 20 at the Windows Phone Summit in San Francisco. … Continue reading →

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The ethics of cut and paste blogging

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Blogging is good fun. After all, if it wasn’t, we wouldn’t do it – right? But there are some blogging habits that are unacceptable. Abusing someone for instance would seem to be in pretty poor taste. So, at least in … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 upgrade smooth, but Skype’s a CPU hog

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Microsoft took the IT world a little by surprise when it made the Windows 8 Release Preview code available last Thursday (May 30). Ever prepared to take a run at the future, I promptly downloaded the code and upgraded my … Continue reading →

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Ten years on: The HP-Compaq merger

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Tony Redmond

On May 3, 2002 HP announced that it had completed the acquisition of Compaq. The new HPQ stock began trading on May 6 as the new company launched into action around the world. For those of us involved in the … Continue reading →

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On the road again… to San Diego

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Tony Redmond

This week I traveled from Dublin to San Diego to attend “The Experts Conference” (TEC). The conference organizers took care of tickets and I was routed via JFK on Delta rather than my normal choice (probably Aer Lingus to Chicago and onwards … Continue reading →

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