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"The Chromebook is a twist on the thin-client model, except everything goes to Google," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told TechNewsWorld "It would be a good idea if there's unlimited bandwidth and everything's in the cloud, but we don't have unlimited b...

The future of news is the billion-dollar publishing question, according to Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat. "They may get to it from multiple paths," McGregor told the E-Commerce Times, "and as the Pew report highlights, enabling as many paths as possible...

Harvesting energy from sound could be combined with other solutions such as kinetic energy harvesting and solar panels, suggested Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat "That might be enough to recharge a handset or power a plethora of other low-power devices," M...

"Security is something our industry always has to think about, but consumers never want to," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told the E-Commerce Times Now that consumers are on high alert, Sony will have to rethink everything from a security standpoint, h...

"Well, it's taken 15 years longer than anyone expected, but it's clear that solid state storage is finally having an impact on HDDs," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told the E-Commerce Times. "Part of that is also due to the explosive growth of mobile devices. HDDs no longer satisfy every segment of the computing and CE market. The TAM is slowly shifting to the servers from the PCs."

That sharing of information will be good for companies with mega-data centers such as Facebook, Google and Yahoo, said Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat "In a lot of cases, people with very large data centers, like Yahoo, Facebook and Google, have to get cus...

"Once again, AMD's late," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told TechNewsWorld AMD views its positioning differently....

Aside from the fact that it's Microsoft complaining to the EU, this action is not unusual for the tech industry, observed Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist for In-Stat "After a regulatory body starts investigating a company, its competitors jump on the bandwagon," he t...

The development of Nocera's artificial leaf is a step in the right direction, Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told TechNewsWorld "This may lead us to larger solutions that let us use thermal, solar and hydrogen solutions all at one time, and that will be ...

"I'd put this in the class of the Motorola Atrix," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told TechNewsWorld. "It's seeking to bridge the gap between a mobile device and a computing device." Asus did not respond to requests for comment by press time....

"They have always been one of the leaders in the Linux space," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told LinuxInsider. "The number of competitors has dwindled to a select few in-house and third-party solutions over the past decade," he pointed out. "Being an ...

"All these guys are trying to get into each other's market space," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told the E-Commerce Times Oracle's move may be an indication of what's in store for the future, he suggested....

"That's peculiar," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat mused. "Microsoft's strength does lie in the PC, but I don't see any reason for them to require the update be downloaded over the PC unless there's a particular technical requirement in the code to do that."

"The term cloud computing is a rather vague term that describes any use of remote resources," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist, In-Stat, told the E-Commerce Times. "From a server and IP infrastructure perspective, HP already has a good understanding and participation...

"PCM is one of those interesting technologies -- you basically apply a voltage and chemical changes result," Jim McGregor, chief technology analyst at In-Stat, told TechNewsWorld." IBM's been working on phase-change memory since at least 2006. Its Zurich labs offer this somewh...

"This is a huge play for Android," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told LinuxInsider. The embedded device market is "jumping all over Android with good reason," McGregor continued. "They looked at Linux a few years ago and it wasn't free, and it became m...

"In general, online retailing has a bright future, but it needs time and education," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told the E-Commerce Times. "Most people don't know that you can buy just about anything -- and I do -- from Amazon, including car parts, office supplies, food and household items. This is the educational part."

"In gaming, you have to stay new and fresh, and every product has a shelf life," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told the E-Commerce Times. "It's great to take a product as long and far as you can," he said, "but every company must eventually decide when...

"It's really just a move to expand Google's presence in Internet commerce, something that is ruled by other Internet giants like Amazon and Wal-Mart," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist for In-Stat, told the E-Commerce Times. "Combined with Google's other offerings, a daily deal program might also be a valuable tool to help Google expand in the area of social networking."

"I think Sony will have a challenge overcoming a consumer's right to use the device in whatever way they see fit as long as they are not reselling the modified product for a profit," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told the E-Commerce Times Stakes for Son...