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  • Microsoft Dying? I Don't Think So [View article]
    "Not even close to reality."

    You just said the same thing RS did with a one year difference. The 4.8 came from the split from 2.4 in 1999. There is also not much difference between 9.76 and 10.2 in the grand scheme of billions share count. So, summarizing:

    1998 or 1999: count went from 2.4 to 4.8 billion
    2003: count went from 4.8 to 9.6 billion
    2005: count was 10.2 billion
    today: count is 8.4 billion
    Apr 10 03:04 AM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • BlackBerry 10 Feature May Run Into Big Snag [View article]
    "Appl computers are just as unsecure as the rest. Apps have nothing to do with it. Plus, apps are on the way out anyway."

    I thought you might be fun to spar with. I said nothing about Apple. I said APP computer. I find it hard to believe you are a specialist in mobile development if you don't know what an app is and say they are on their way out.

    " Software encryption doesn't come close to this level. Pretty simple concept."

    Not sure I need to go on but your "pretty simple concept" is technospeak for don't have a clue about encryption and delivery of restricted data over the internet so that's why I pay for Blackberry service. I am well aware of the BB private network. Just like the rest of its 20th century high cost single failure point technology, there is no need for that kind of overkill in this age. Using short lived tokens, rolling keys, or some other method over a high bit encrypted protocol transmitted over public networks has been effectively used for decades. Data security is all about obfuscation. Proper cryptographic challenge layering provides that.
    Apr 10 02:52 AM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • The Sacred Cows Of Seeking Alpha [View article]
    I love it when talk is about buying dead money 20th century tech companies. You left out $MSFT.

    As to $GE and other best of class big industrials with peripheral finance exposure as well as banks, the time to buy was in spring of 2009 not now when the markets are hitting nosebleed highs.
    Apr 10 02:05 AM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Should Intel Sell Its Own Phones? [View article]
    "Please familiarize yourself with the latest products from all of the players in this space before making claims that Intel can't compete on perf/watt."

    You are the one who brought performance and power into this. What i said was that Intel processors have a history of running hot. The fact is they are not winning many mobile contracts (and you can look at the processors in all the devices currently available to verify this) or Intel's own Atom customer list. They ruled the PC business because they worked with Microsoft to monopolize the industry. The OEMs were under the thumb of both parts of WinTel. No more. There are no monopoly operating systems and must-have proprietary hardware specs in the 21st century social consumer driven electronics world. Manufacturers choose hardware specs and OS to their liking. What is clear is there is little love for Intel reference designs. You would think listening to you that with its history, manufacturers should be lining up for these. NOT!
    Apr 8 09:30 PM | 3 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • BlackBerry 10 Feature May Run Into Big Snag [View article]
    "you sound really upset"

    Why would I be upset. All I did was provide my opinion just like you. You must be making the mistake that emotional hoping is the same as investing. And no I'm not short. I am a trader and currently have no position in BBRY, long or short. This may be a little over your market knowledge head but the only time I have any interest in "your" stock BBRY is when I take a volatility position in it via some sort of bull, bear, or neutral strategy. Recently, people like most commenting here make these pop up with regularity.
    Apr 8 09:10 PM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • BlackBerry 10 Feature May Run Into Big Snag [View article]
    " this works FOR BBRY, proving them to be still orders of magnitude more secure than anyone else"

    This is the problem. Blackberry users don't understand that modern smartphones are no longer just email/SMS communicators. They are app computers. All that has to be done is the communications protocols and storage need to be encrypted just like they are now on PCs. The days of having a company provide this service are quickly waning. It is much cheaper to do it yourself. Basically, when viewing online classified data, there will be an app running a secure protocol running over the IP network. When doing personal things, the regular apps are used. Pretty simple. Starting last century, this was done over HTTPS. Now with app computers, it is much simpler to build secure apps for each situation using a variety of methods.
    Apr 8 08:56 PM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Should Intel Sell Its Own Phones? [View article]
    "Spoken like someone with absolutely zero knowledge. You do understand that higher performance requires more power consumption,"

    Getting a little bold after gaining a following, are we? Oops, you WAY over stepped your competency level here. My background is physics, computer technology, and programming. I understand thermodynamics, how to build chips, computers, and trace program instructions down to the bit passing through the chips. The reason I comment on tech articles is because I know tech. How about you?

    My point is there have always been companies that have built processors which have to be high performance but use less power. You probably never heard of them because they don't generally make consumer products. Consumer device and PCs are only a small part of the processor world. Mission critical equipment has to be reliable to the nth spec. One example: Imagine a soldier in a quiet hostile street pulls up a HuD and the "fans" in the unit kick into high speed as the data and graphics began to flow.

    Processors in smartphones are high performance and low power. Notice, the POWER is reduced while the PERFORMANCE goes up. Why did Apple develop their own mobile processors instead of using Intel's Atom? There is a reason Qualcomm and Nvidia own the non-Apple mobile SoC solutions.

    "This is why most investors need to stay far, far away from tech."

    Can't agree with you more. Take your own advice. You might want to read someone's profile and comments before going on the direct attack next time. As mine says, I am a trader and only invest in high yield paying instruments. I do not invest in tech. It is much easier to trade since people like you keep the volatility high.
    Apr 8 07:25 PM | 5 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Microsoft Dying? I Don't Think So [View article]
    Nobody in their right mind would say $MSFT is going to die right away. But the stock is and has been dead money since last century AND the company becomes less relevant with each passing day. Example, the US DoD has an initiative to enable BYOD. If they are doing it, then any company or government agency can. The days of "no one ever gets fired for buying Microsoft" are going the same as for IBM when the mainframe was king. This excerpt from a Feb 26, 2013 Reuters article titled "Pentagon unveils plan to tap potential of mobile devices" shows the mindset change:

    http://reut.rs/Y6Esyx

    "The plan is a step toward implementing the "mobility strategy" the Pentagon released last June. The strategy aims to use smartphone, tablet and other mobile technologies to improve information sharing and collaboration across the department.

    The plan aims to "align the various mobile devices, pilots and initiatives across the department under common objectives to ensure the war fighter benefits from these activities," Teri Takai, the Pentagon's chief information officer, said in a statement.

    "This is not simply about embracing the newest technology - it is about keeping the department's workforce relevant in an era when information accessibility and cybersecurity play a critical role in missions," she said."

    Sooner or later you hangers-on of the 20th century tech are going to have to realize there is a paradigm shift happening where IT has to embrace 21st century consumer driven BYOD. There are so many examples if you only open your eyes.
    Apr 8 06:11 PM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • BlackBerry 10 Feature May Run Into Big Snag [View article]
    "This is no different than the GPS locater on iPhone for instance. It is 'off' by default"

    The problem is the Z10 uses the setting phrase:

    "Show What I'm Listening to"

    Big difference between this and what I am watching. It is hard to catch people's lifestyles by music preferences. Video is another thing. This issue is posted all over the internet and is very relevant as this is the social consumer century. All you hopers should listen to how desperate you are to make excuses for this company rather than see the reality of the article.
    Apr 7 01:58 PM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • BlackBerry 10 Feature May Run Into Big Snag [View article]
    Here's another one from Feb 26, 2013 Reuters about Pentagon "device agnostic" plans:

    http://reut.rs/Y6Esyx

    "The plan is a step toward implementing the "mobility strategy" the Pentagon released last June. The strategy aims to use smartphone, tablet and other mobile technologies to improve information sharing and collaboration across the department.

    The plan aims to "align the various mobile devices, pilots and initiatives across the department under common objectives to ensure the war fighter benefits from these activities," Teri Takai, the Pentagon's chief information officer, said in a statement.

    "This is not simply about embracing the newest technology - it is about keeping the department's workforce relevant in an era when information accessibility and cybersecurity play a critical role in missions," she said.

    As part of the implementation plan, the department has asked companies to submit proposals for creating a mobile device management platform and an applications store where users can get the programs they need for their devices.

    The mobile device management platform would need a number of security features, such detecting malware and enabling officials to remotely delete data from the device, according to documents outlining the plan."
    Apr 7 01:46 PM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
  • BlackBerry 10 Feature May Run Into Big Snag [View article]
    Here's a link to to an April 3 2013 WSJ's CIO Journal about the whole thing. It's real and note this specific sentence:

    "The Air Force’s device roll-out is part of the Pentagon’s push to broaden its mobile device choices beyond BlackBerry smartphones to include iOS and Android smartphones and tablets."

    http://on.wsj.com/Zb0H6N

    "Automatic federal budget cuts have slowed the United States Air Force’s purchase of 10,000 iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. The Air Force hopes to improve military operations by digitizing flight manuals and other paper documents, and making them available on the mobile devices.

    William E. Marion II, CTO of Air Force Space Command, said that the agency has only issued 500 devices as part of a phased deployment that began last month. He said the Air Force will likely only hand out 100 to 200 devices a week because the sequestration cuts have crimped spending. “It’s a general funding issue,” Mr. Marion said. “Sequestration is certainly having an effect of the number of devices people are transitioning to.” He declined to say how fast he expected the roll-out would typically take.

    Enacted by the Budget Control Act of 2011, the $85.4 billion in total reduction of the federal budget is cutting $42.67 billion from military spending over the next seven months. Forrester Research Inc. analyst Andrew Bartels said it is customary for organizations to cut IT spending by delaying hardware purchases, such as computers and servers. Mr. Bartels has reduced his U.S. tech market growth estimates for 2013 to 6.5% from 7.5% as a result of the cuts.

    The Air Force’s device roll-out is part of the Pentagon’s push to broaden its mobile device choices beyond BlackBerry smartphones to include iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. Mr. Marion said that Air Force personnel will use the devices to access flight manuals, maintenance books and other official documents from their aircrafts. He said replacing paper documents could significantly decrease cargo weight on Air Force flights, reducing fuel consumption and lowering costs. And it should help users more quickly find information they need to complete their missions. “I’ve got to be more agile and push info farther and farther to the edge to make decisions,” Mr. Marion said. “Paper docs don’t do that.”

    Mr. Marion said iOS and Android devices will use a security feature that segregates the device into personal and work-related zones to better protect military data.

    Airmen may access email, calendars, contacts and documents from the secured part of the phone, which they may access by entering a password in addition to the one they use to unlock their phone. From the personal container, users may access a Web browser, as well as Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and other social media applications. Users may not move Web data to the official container, which has a unique interface."

    Kinda blows up the whole BB is more secure with its work/home separation features when the DoD is able to compartmentalize on other mobile OSes.
    Apr 7 01:39 PM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Should Intel Sell Its Own Phones? [View article]
    "Facebook just forked Android"

    That's always been the problem on the horizon for Android. Who is going to support all the forked versions running on their hardware. Brings back the PC maker vs Microsoft finger pointing when a problem arises.
    Apr 7 04:11 AM | 2 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Should Intel Sell Its Own Phones? [View article]
    "Intel spent a decade developing a brand with consumer recognition with the "Intel inside" logo becoming synonymous with processing power and industrial strength durability"

    And HEAT! Don't forget the huge heatsinks and fans that were required "inside". That is why they have made little headway in the mobile world. Microsoft and Intel complemented each other: bloated software running on bloated hardware. As long time Mac laptop users can attest, the Motorola and PowerPC systems always ran a lot cooler than the Intel ones. I never needed a cooling pad until they became "Intel Inside".
    Apr 7 03:40 AM | 3 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Google Can Sink Amazon With Same-Day Shipping [View article]
    As a long time web shopper and Amazon customer AND Google Docs and Checkout user, there is one constant:

    Amazon wants my business as both a buyer and seller
    Google wants my data, all my data

    I can trust Bezo's company as I know they work really hard trying to find me the best products at the best prices. I cannot trust Google despite their "do no harm" motto. They are becoming more and more like last century's Microsoft. I go to web pages now and there are mouseover popups "upgrade to Chrome", "upgrade to Google+", etc…Very annoying and intrusive. Installed Chrome and while surfing on Apple Safari I get an application popping up to upgrade some Google multimedia browser plugin. And in the tradition of Microsoft, there was no cancel choice. I had to kill the process to make it go away.

    I have never shopped on any of the iterations of Google Shopper and won't be starting anytime soon. I can see third party spam seeping through from Google store owners but have never gotten more than an occasional email from Amazon. Never from an external provider. Lastly, Amazon's marketplace distribution system keeps the goods on the shelves. I can't see Google (or Walmart) ever coming close to fulfillment at the Amazon level. Many sellers are just regular people taking advantage of the easy and low cost fulfillment system Speaking of Walmart, I bought a Black Friday TV deal online and had to go all the way to the back of the store and wade through all the layaway customers to pick it up same day. They really don't understand online customers.
    Apr 7 03:28 AM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • BlackBerry 10 Sales Estimates Are A Joke [View article]
    "Maybe so, but the article is still crap."

    And you are entitled to that opinion though you might want to change your profile:

    "Individual investor with long term investment outlook"

    More like speculator with an eye for trying to hit the jackpot before crapping out. And most long term investors don't trade daily.
    Apr 6 02:05 AM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
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