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Opinion : Why iPhone might not do well in Canada

Michael Kwan, Sep 11th 2007 Discuss [17]

Even before the iPhone hit the marketplace, even before Steve Jobs confirmed its existence, the Internet was abuzz with the possibility of toying around with an Apple-branded cell phone. The fateful day came on June 29th of this year, treating Americans across the nation to a device that would marry their cell phone with their iPod. It's a portable Internet device, a multimedia player, and a slick little puppy that has every fashionista clamoring for new cases and mods. Read The Full Story

AMD Barcelona arrives, the processor war heats up

Michael Kwan, Sep 10th 2007 Discuss [1]

This moment was a long time coming. We've heard about the Barcelona line of processors from AMD for some time now, but the release date kept getting pushed further and further back due to unnamed "complications." In a world where dual core has become the norm, AMD is pushing the envelope by providing us with four cores of processing. The new quad-core Barcelona Opteron processors are supposed to be faster, more efficient, and more powerful than anything that AMD has offered in a consumer-level desktop. Read The Full Story

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Opinion – What Microsoft must do now to compete against Apple’s new iPods

Michael Kwan, Sep 7th 2007 Discuss [17]

Realistically, Apple didn’t really need to do what it did on Wednesday to maintain its stronghold on the MP3 player market. After all, the iPod (in all of its variations) has something like a 75% market share. Other big names have attempted to challenge the iPod, but most simply could not compete against the marketing juggernaut headed by Steve Jobs.

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