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RIM CEOs step down

Engadget: RIM’s Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are out, new CEO Thorsten Heins may license BlackBerry 10 Well, it’s about time. Although, I have a bit of a problem with this quote by RIM’s new CEO: BlackBerry 7 has been well received. We are very excited about PlayBook 2.0 and BlackBerry 10. The reception of our […]

comScore December 2011 browser marketshare

Bing overtakes Yahoo as number 2 search engine

In just about two and a half years in existence, Bing has overtaken Yahoo as the second-most popular browser, after the almighty Google of course. It’s important to note that Bing started with around 8.4-percent marketshare after absorbing other Microsoft search engines and services. While that may not be as impressive as starting out fresh, […]

‘I want a glass screen’

New York Times: How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work In 2007, a little over a month before the iPhone was scheduled to appear in stores, Mr. Jobs beckoned a handful of lieutenants into an office. For weeks, he had been carrying a prototype of the device in his pocket. Mr. Jobs angrily held up […]

CES: before and after

CES: before and after

A very interesting thing happened this year at CES: a few big companies have decided to round off their product lines according to the “three screens” mantra Microsoft made so famous. Vizio, for example, was previously only a television manufacturer. However, after CES they can add desktops and laptops to their resume. Before:   After: […]

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A visual history of gaming hardware sales

Who doesn’t love a good set of sales figures? Every month they provide fanboys with ammunition to defend their brand as well as a number-crunching session for those with analytical minds. Whatever your reason for enjoying sales figures, you can’t doubt their ability to engross. We all know the usual stuff that can be pulled […]

Hello

You may have seen my work at The Daily Get Up, Uberoid, sometimes at my personal blog, and I bet you’re wondering what it is that I’m doing here. In short, this is my latest venture. The Spiral Source is where I’ll be putting down my thoughts and observations on the latest happenings in technology with links, in blurb […]