In a high tech homage to Bobby Flay, Leslie Sobon challenges the iPad and HP Pavilion dm1z to a Fashionista Throwdown. Which one of these different–yet equally sleek–devices will win?
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PCs vs. Guacamole
In an unlikely face-off between PCs and guacamole, Leslie Sobon explores how VISION simplifies the PC purchasing experience and why she loves being a marketer in the fast-paced, ever-changing world of high-tech. Continue reading
Internet Explorer 9: An Online Video User’s New Best Friend
Internet Explorer 9: An Online Video User’s New Best Friend A lot has happened online since Microsoft delivered their third platform preview of Internet Explorer 9, on June 23, 2010: As many as 84 billion videos were viewed on YouTube … Continue reading
POSTED IN: Digital Lifestyle
TAGS: hardware acceleration, HTML5, Internet Explorer 9, microsoft, YouTube
Missing Half Your Brain?
Right- or Left-Brained – Whichever you are, you need both! Just the other day I was asked to present AMD products and technologies to a group of lifestyle bloggers. Surprisingly, talking to an audience where hearing about overclocking a CPU … Continue reading
POSTED IN: VISION
Choosing the Right Graphics Card for Your Digital Life
The amount of free online media content continues to grow, but that doesn’t mean people are cutting the cord on their digital cable. A recent Nielsen report shows that the majority – 66.3 percent – of Americans are choosing to have … Continue reading
POSTED IN: Digital Lifestyle, Home Theater
TAGS: ATI Eyefinity, ATI Radeon, HTPC, Media, Online Video
The Future Personal Music Cloud
While many can easily see the need in the future for a Personal Video Cloud, there is a lot more uncertainty about a personal cloud for music. There seem to be three schools of thought for everything and this applies … Continue reading
POSTED IN: Digital Lifestyle
TAGS: DECE, DRM, music, Pandora, personal cloud, Slacker, Zune
The HTC EVO 4G Smartphone Signals Our Tech Future
The old days of annual phone announcements are gone forever. I say good riddance, because it was boring. A week doesn’t go by without another smartphone announcement, and this is exciting not just for the consumer, but also for the … Continue reading
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TAGS: 3G, 4G, Cloud Computing, data density, Fring, HTC EVO 4G, iPhone 4, Kodak Zi6, LTE, palmcorder, Qik, Sprint, videophone, WiMax
A Richer Internet Experience
The Platform Preview version of Microsoft’s next-generation browser, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), has already racked up more than a million downloads. And it’s still in pre-beta! There is clearly a lot of excitement out there. Why the excitement? Well first, … Continue reading
POSTED IN: Digital Lifestyle, VISION
TAGS: API, Beta, Direct2D, DirectWrite, GPU acceleration, HTML, IE9, Internet, internet explorer, Windows 7
AMD and Adobe – A Shared VISION for Better Videos
Today our friends at Adobe are bringing to market an important update that impacts how millions of people enjoy rich content such as video and animation on their computers everyday: Adobe Flash Player 10.1. Back in November, AMD’s CMO Nigel … Continue reading
POSTED IN: Digital Lifestyle, Home Theater
TAGS: Adobe, Adobe Flash Player, ATI FirePro, ATI Radeon, GPU accleration






