7 posts and columns on thin client

iCloud: The Mother of All Halos

in Mobile on June 8, 2011 at 4:40 am PT

If, as Steve Jobs says, software is the soul of Apple’s products, hardware their brains and sinew, then iCloud is their memory–and soon perhaps one of their biggest selling points as well.
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2011: The Year of the Tablet–Apple’s Tablet (And Analyst Notes About It)

in Mobile on December 31, 2010 at 10:39 am PT

Much as they were in 2010, tablet sales will be a high point of 2011–but even more so. According to Caris & Co. analyst Robert Cihra, tablet sales will more than triple, rising 226 percent to 54 million units. And of those, Cihra believes Apple will claim 67 percent.

“We Have Big Expectations for Tablets, Just Not RIM’s”

in News on June 18, 2010 at 2:31 pm PT

Research In Motion is said to be developing a BlackBerry tablet to compete with Apple’s iPad and similar devices running Google’s Android operating system. But should it even bother? Caris and Co. analyst Robert Cihra says it should not.

As Silicon Valley Infighting Gets Ever Nastier, Let's Be Careful Out There

in News on May 7, 2010 at 8:50 am PT

Last week, BoomTown was in Washington, D.C., my old stomping grounds for 15 years. I miss a lot of things about living there, but most definitely not the poisonous political partisanship that you get sucked into from the minute you arrive. But it’s almost a relief to be there rather than in Silicon Valley, given how increasingly hostile the atmosphere is getting as a range of companies wrestles over a range of issues, both key and trivial.

As Silicon Valley Infighting Gets Ever Nastier, Let’s Be Careful Out There

in D8 on May 7, 2010 at 8:50 am PT

Last week, BoomTown was in Washington, D.C., my old stomping grounds for 15 years. I miss a lot of things about living there, but most definitely not the poisonous political partisanship that you get sucked into from the minute you arrive. But it’s almost a relief to be there rather than in Silicon Valley, given how increasingly hostile the atmosphere is getting as a range of companies wrestles over a range of issues, both key and trivial.

Java and Larry Ellison's Thin-Client Flashback [Updated]

in News on June 2, 2009 at 2:33 pm PT

Java has a new evangelist: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. In his first public comments since announcing Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems in April, Ellison told attendees of Sun’s annual JavaOne conference that he plans to continue promoting it.
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Java and Larry Ellison’s Thin-Client Flashback [Updated]

in News on June 2, 2009 at 2:33 pm PT

Java has a new evangelist: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. In his first public comments since announcing Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems in April, Ellison told attendees of Sun’s annual JavaOne conference that he plans to continue promoting it.
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