July 9, 2009
Why Google’s Chrome OS Bomb Has Minimal Fallout On Apple
TechCrunch
MG Siegler explains why Google’s Chrome OS will have little impact on Apple.
“Chrome OS will directly appeal to those users who want out of the Windows environment but don’t want to pay the Apple premium. That is to say, it will appeal to the lower end of the market, which again, Apple doesn’t participate in.”
Asus F70SL
Register Hardware
Will Stapley provides details about the F70SL 17.3-inch notebook from Asus.
“Touted as the world’s first notebook with a 17.3-inch display, this bulky, 4kg desktop replacement, offers a 16:9 aspect ratio screen at a resolution of 1600 x 900.”
Cisco lost market share in network security appliances and software in 1Q09
Network World
Brad Reese provides network security analyst from Infonetics Research, Jeff Wilson’s thoughts on why Cisco lost market share in the network security market during this year’s first quarter.
“Cisco is the revenue-leading vendor overall with 38 per cent of total network security appliances and software in 1Q09 (down 2.8 points from 4Q08); Cisco has held this share position since CY02; they’ve been a strong leader in this market for a long time now, and the main reason for their strength (their ability to sell the total solution and attach security sales to network infrastructure sales) is also the main reason for the huge decrease in their revenue (a 20 per cent drop) in 1Q09.”