Type of Article: MacTech Blog

3D Blu-ray disc popularity to explode

Posted by | Apr 25, 2011 | , |

It’s been a while since I took the time to lament the lack of Blu-ray (which Steve Jobs has called a “bag of hurt”) on the Mac. So it’s time for another lamentation with good news of sales on the Blu-ray front.

But IHS Screen Digest says 3D technology is about to find a real foothold among fans of Blu-ray discs. Some 3.2 million homes this year will have the equipment needed to watch Blu-ray discs in 3D. That a 305% increase over last year.

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Greg’s bite: Apple iNSECURE for business use

Greg’s bite: Apple iNSECURE for business use

Posted by | Apr 22, 2011 | , |

By Greg Mills

This is important news, Apple Mac, iPhone and iPad are not suitable for business use.

While Apple has been pushing for respect from the business community due to increased security features found on Mac computers, iPhone and iPad, it seems they were at the same time secretly gathering location data from unsuspecting users. Apple intentionally created a permanent cache on iPhones and iPad that records its users locations with date stamps.  

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Dell and Intel are right: the computer is far from ‘dead’

Posted by | Apr 22, 2011 | , |

Here are some words you probably won’t hear often from me: I agree with Dell. Let me explain.

In February 2011, Dell and Intel commissioned Forrester Consulting to leverage its Forrsights Workforce Employee survey along with supplemental customer survey analysis to determine IT decision-makers’ adoption plans for tablets in the enterprise. Forrester discovered that notebooks, desktops and smartphones were found to be “must-have” devices, while tablets, slates, and netbooks were “nice-to-have” technologies.

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