Looks like it is another bad day for Comcast PR. After I caught the latest installment in Comcast’s 27-part series “How Not To Satisfy Your Customers In 35 Easy Steps” I realized that I never posted my follow-up to the Comcast debacle I wrote about a few months back. SPOILER ALERT: If you like happy endings, don’t read any further.

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I recently came across an article by The Economist where they mentioned how “embarrassing” it is for Microsoft that Intel will “continue to use Windows XP on the tens of thousands of PCs it has scattered around its offices, rather than upgrade them to Vista” and that “Vista is never going to be a blockbuster like XP”. (emphasis added)

This isn’t the first time I’ve heard mostly false statements like this, but I expected more from The Economist. This isn’t going to be a post about why you should or should not upgrade to Vista though, it is about the truth surrounding XP’s adoption. The facts after the jump. Read more

One of the interesting aspects of the recently announced “New Xbox Experience” is that gamers will now be able to install/copy their games onto the hard drive. This will be a welcome feature for many people, and I really commend Microsoft on making installs optional (as they should be), however they just missed the mark on making it perfect. The lowdown on it all and how they can make it better after the jump.

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With the E3 Media and Business Summit in full swing this week, I thought I’d throw my $.02 in on the announcements by the big three gaming companies: Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony. One of them was making some noise, the others, not so much. Read more

After watching Nintendo’s success as of late I came to a realization; Nintendo is becoming the new Apple. Ten reasons why I think so after the jump.

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