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Back to the future with internet appliances

Back to the future with internet appliances

The Evilla holds several distinctions among internet appliances. It was one of few shipping... Read more

8 July, 2010 by Ina Fried

Sony postpones Net appliance release

Sony has delayed the launch for its eVilla Internet appliance, originally due this month, until May. The $500 device for... Read more

2 April, 2001 by Ian Fried

It's Sony's turn to offer a Web appliance

With the debut of eVilla, Sony has become the latest company to market a Web-browsing appliance... Read more

8 January, 2001 by Ian Fried

Consumer Electronics Show Roundup

...a Web applianceMon, 08 Jan 2001 Say hello to the the $500 eVilla -- the latest attempt to convert non-Net users. CES gets curiouser and... Read more

5 January, 2001 by ZDNet UK

Sony abandons eVilla

It was rubbish, admits Sony... Sony has decided to stop selling its eVilla internet appliance, which was launched in July, because the product failed to... Read more

31 August, 2001 by Justin Madubuko

Microsoft settles Be lawsuit for $23m

...of successes in recent years was being included in the short-lived eVilla Internet appliance from Sony. The company was never profitable. Before its initial... Read more

8 September, 2003 by Ina Fried

Sony TV will stream video from the Net

...placed bad bets in the past. It built an Internet appliance called eVilla in 2001 to capitalise on the Web craze, but pulled the $499... Read more

4 April, 2003 by Evan Hansen, Richard Shim and Stefanie Olsen

Red Hat ready to tackle Microsoft's desktop dominance

Although its primary business is in server software, Linux company Red Hat is looking at the desktop market Read more

24 June, 2002 by Stephen Shankland

Be buy will help Palm target Microsoft

Palm's planned acquisition of operating system maker Be will help it take on Microsoft in communications and multimedia technologies on mobile devices Read more

17 August, 2001 by Ian Fried and Sandeep Junnarkar

Palm to buy software maker Be

...only notable win of late was a deal to power Sony's eVilla Web-surfing appliance. Last month, Palm said it planned to create by... Read more

16 August, 2001 by Sandeep Junnarkar

National Semi revamps Net appliance chip

...Compaq's iPaq appliance, Emachines' MSN Companion and Sony's just-released eVilla. But National Semi is betting that Audrey is a martyr to a... Read more

15 June, 2001 by John G.Spooner

Be slashes staff and faces hard times

Being Be just isn't as easy it used to be Read more

4 April, 2001 by Joe Wilcox

Sony plans to ride out economic slump

...downloading and subscription services. Also on the road map are the delayed eVilla, which is a Web-surfing appliance for the home, and the Airboard... Read more

4 April, 2001 by Michael Kanellos

Gateway turning off Net appliances?

...Audrey in October, and Sony has announced its own Net appliance, the eVilla, which is due out in April. Gateway was one of the first... Read more

6 March, 2001 by Ian Fried

"Fastest browser on earth" now free for Linux, Mac

...wares, Hvistendahl said. The Opera browser will be embedded in the Sony eVilla Web-surfing appliance, he said. And the company is close to finalizing... Read more

1 February, 2001 by Mary Jo Foley

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

12 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

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Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

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That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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