Three Subjects to Ponder

I’m off on a mission to set up a new PC for my sister – meanwhile, here are three topics to noodle over.

Popular File Management Tool on Download.com – Four and a Half Stars in CNET Editors Rating

Love freeware and this one looks like a heavy-duty app worth taking a look – a partition manager.

Whose 5 stars? Online ‘user’ reviews get scrutiny

One of my favorite beefs – scam reviewers. You’d be surprised (or maybe not) at the number of sites that have been writing “sweetheart reviews” for years. Ah – the power of the purse.

Analysis: Globalfoundries needs to grow

TSMC Chairman Predicts Tough Victory Over GlobalFoundries

AMD’s spinoff seeks non-AMD customers – no surprise here, although I think the deep-pockets fueled by oil money will keep Global Foundries going when others might fold. The more GF wins new business, the less AMD will get preferential treatment – could GF ultimately bite the hand that feeds it?