The fact that Sony is strong in both content and hardware made Grouper more interesting than other video startups, though company President Josh Felser told me that several studios were interested in an acquisition.
That year he said: "Americans are strong at hardware and systems, but on information and software, all of our brains are just as good…Yahoo's stock will fall and eBay's stock will rise.
In some ways, it makes sense: unify everyone under the same strong brand, hardware and message.
IT sales (both software and hardware) were always strong, because of the kind of people who were online to start with.
Microsoft's debut of the Xbox One today touted features including live TV, Skype group video chat, split-screen multi-tasking, voice command, social recommendations, a more sensitive Kinect, and stronger hardware for next-generation graphics.
Engineering and hardware are among the strongest academic focuses available in the city, so it should come as no surprise that students are the driving force behind its tech scene.
The Kin project is a notable, failed attempt to boost Microsoft's numbers, while the Zune project manages to maintain the irony of eventually shipping both strong hardware, and software, but dying regardless.
It was a rather large laptop as laptops go, with a big, roomy heart filled with all kinds of good things, an impressive collection of ports, and big, strong hardware that could stand the test of any situation into which its owner might put it.
Competition in the low-cost tablet space has been heating up for a while now thanks to strong new hardware from the likes of Asus, Google, and Barnes & Noble, but it seems the time has come for the Kindle Fire hucksters at Amazon to go on the offensive against a very prominent rival: Apple's iPad mini.
"HP has a great opportunity to build on our strong hardware, software, and services franchises with leading market positions, customer relationships, and intellectual property," said Meg Whitman, HP president and chief executive officer.
