As seen at Computex
Technology is supposed to be sexy… And sometimes, it’s not just the hardware. At this year’s Computex Taipei, there seems to be more eye candy than ever. Here’s a sampling:
Gab at your own risk!
Some people will do ANYTHING to make a statement. The folks at Phonebashing (www.phonebashing.com) are obviously very good at this. True, what they are doing is probably illegal (and definitely obnoxious), but for mobile phone bullies who have prevailed in the past, this is pay back time! If you are ever at the receiving end… Read More »
Can Dell continue to deliver?
Two years ago, when Dell revealed its enterprise strategy, I mentioned that the company will drive industry standards even if such standards happen to be proprietary, presumably because of its customer focus. Hell, I was wrong. Dell’s recent announcement that it will start shipping AMD-based servers was not about putting customers first. If the company… Read More »
Let’s hope Manny Pacquiao is not one of their customers
From The Economist:Two Shanghainese entrepreneurs are offering themselves as verbal and physical punch-bags to frustrated office workers. Fed up with your boss? Underpaid? The founders of Wantong Ltd certainly hope so. Chen Jun and Zhang Li are offering Shanghainese a novel service: for 100 yuan they will lend a listening ear; for another 20 yuan… Read More »
Liar, liar
The mystery of the vanishing header…
Charles Xavier is dead. Or is he?
X-Men: The Last Stand is possibly the best of the three X-Men films so far. Why? Because it’s no long a simple good versus evil, mutant against homosapiens, “if you’re not with us, you’re with the enemy” kind of flick. But is this the final installment of the Marvel comics trilogy? If you’d stayed on… Read More »