Whip Me, Whip Me, Yelps Satya Nadella

Say, is Telugu bidda Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s new CEO, a closet masochist? Why? Because the buzz is that Microsoft’s top honcho will launch Surface Mini, a smaller version of the disastrous Surface tablet, on May 20, 2014 at an event in New York City. Microsoft has flushed over a billion dollars on its large screen […]

Surface Tablets – Still Unloved, Still Unwanted

Surface Pro 2 – Starts at $899 (without keyboard) If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times. Not until hell freezes over will Microsoft see some traction on sales of its Surface tablets. The sucker has been a disaster from Day One. And nothing has changed in the last 19-months except that […]

Qplay Internet Video – Utter Nonsense

Somebody ought to get their head examined! And I mean right now, kiddo! There’s a new $49 device out there called Qplay TV adapter for playing Internet video on your TV. But here’s the catch – Before you can get the $49 Qplay adapter to play Ram Leela songs or any other Internet video on […]

Samsung Loads New Tablets with Crapware

Samsung launched a new line of Android tablets today including two 12.2-inch devices but couldn’t resist loading them up with a ton of crapware. By bulking up the new Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO 12.1-inch tablets with crapware, Samsung is following in the unsavory tradition initiated by PC vendors like HP, Dell, Acer, E-Machines etc several […]