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5 tips to prevent IT extinction: Here are 5 tips to help IT avoid extinction. I pose this question to IT departments everywhere: "Is your department evolving upwards or fading away on a seemingly-inevitable tide of outsourcing?" If the latter, I suggest you study these points carefully. ...; Tags: Information Technology, Blogger Kate Carruthers, Commenter, Blogger Kelly Shaw, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-03-26

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Firefox 3 RC1 code complete, due in late May: Mozilla now expects Firefox 3 RC1 will be ready to go in late May. RC1 was originally plannedÂ to be releasedÂ last month but several bugs have arisen during theÂ final phase of development that needed to be addressed, including problems with the new Places bookmarking feature, themes UI and...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox Team, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-11
The Obama Party and the Googlization of politics: Barack Obama is the Google of modern American politics. MyBarackObama and Google share strengths and, perhaps, weaknesses. I just described Google's problem with the ASP loophole. By supporting the loophole Google maintains its proprietary advantage but risks losing friends in the open source community....; Tags: Movement, Google Inc., Barack Obama, Stoller, Open Source, Blogging, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Minimizing XP SP3 woes - UPDATED: I'm getting sporadic reports of Windows XP users having problems installing XP SP3 on some systems. Here are some tips to help make the install process a little smoother. Disable AV software It seems that some antivirus (AV) software causes the SP3 install to hang, while...; Tags: Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., AV, Service Pack 3 Setup, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-09
YouCMSAndBlog WYSIWYG IDE (zip): A WYSIWYG IDE for your CMS (Joomla, Mambo, Drupal, php-Nuke) and Blog Templates (Blogger, Wordpress) with code colouring, highlight words and easily extendable to any other CMS or Blog systems through XML config files. You can easily extend and create new support for other open source CMS and blog authoring...; Tags: Blog, Plug-in, Content Management System, Sunento Wu, Content Management, Blogging, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet; Software downloads 2008-05-09

Here we go again ...: Here we go again ...Pure marketing hype.I agree with you, show me SOMETHING.It's time for ZDNet to hold Intel to the same standardsAMD has to update partners on roadmaps. The roadmaps leak, and ZDNet bloggers like Adrian and the former blogger George Ou delight in ripping AMD up for how...; Tags: Processors, Blogging, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-05-08
KVM and Xen cofounders engage in war of words: Xen cofounder and project lead Ian Pratt said predictions about his virtualization hypervisor's demise to the newer kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) technology are unfounded, a by-product of his competitors' imaginations. "There's no evidence for it. The Xen community is alive and well. Xen is a true...; Tags: Linux, Hypervisor, Linux Kernel, Xen, KVM, Xen Community, Virtualization, Hardware, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Facebook reaches safety plan with states: Facebook has joined MySpace and inked a deal with 49 state attorneys general on a safety plan. Texas was the lone holdout. News.com's Caroline McCarthy reports: "We've agreed with 49 states and the District of Columbia to set up principles around Internet safety," Facebook...; Tags: Facebook, Agreement, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Harassment, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Samba 3.2 reflects open source project's ambivalence toward Microsoft: Samba's forthcoming version 3.2 release capitalizes on Microsoft's interoperability commitments while also guarding against patent covenants that threaten the GPL. Samba 3.2, which is expected to be released in roughly one month's time, offers improved integration with the Active Directory in Windows Server 2003 and recently released...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Jeremy Allison, Samba, Microsoft Corp., Samba 3.2, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Open Source, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-08
House of Hackers social community opens up: PDP, the leader of the Gnucitizen White Hat Hacker outfit announced the opening of theÂ House of Hackers social community yesterday.Â The House of Hackers is intended to enable its members to exchange ideas with each other, communicate, form groups, elite circles and tiger/red teams, conglomerate around projects, and participate in...; Tags: Community, Network, Member, Hacker, Gnucitizen White Hat Hacker, House, Hacking, Social Networking, Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-06
New Zune incoming?: Blogger Long Zheng has been digging through the latest Zune software package 2.5 to be released a few hours ago and found an image in the resource files which suggests that a new Zune might be incoming. Embedded in the resource files is an interesting image of a new...; Tags: Microsoft Zune, Blogger Long Zheng, Tools & Techniques, Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-06
'In 2008, Vista will make mobile internet fun.': 'In 2008, Vista will make mobile internet fun.'Just saying something is true...doesn't make it so!RE: 'In 2008, Vista will make mobile internet fun.'I'm really excited! Not since Windows ME have I had such a great OS, then I got the great Windows Vista and everything is awesome. It's got a...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, mobile, Microsoft Corp., mobile Internet; Discussion threads 2008-05-06
Catching up: MySpace adds Karaoke; Friends Reunited drops paid access; Facebook apps create privacy scare: The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the last weekâ€¦ MySpace adds Karaoke. Nearly two years after Fox Interactive purchased the karaoke site kSolo.com, its feature-set has finally been integrated into MySpace. "The combination of...; Tags: Facebook, Privacy, MySpace, MySpace Karaoke, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Corporate Communications, Marketing Research, Desktops, Databases, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Hardware, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-05-05
12 social networking sites for niche lovers: This is a guest post by Aseem Kishore, a technology enthusiast and lead blogger for Online-Tech-Tips. The huge popularity of sites like MySpace and FaceBook has spawned an array of niche social networking sites catered to those who want to reduce their exposure and connect with smaller,...; Tags: Talent, Network, Social Networking Site, Fuzzster, NurseLinkUp, Yub, MOG, Flixster, TravellersPoint, TalTopia, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-05-05
WSJ cleverly coins 'Motorborg', creates jealous blogger: The Wall Street Journal reported recently on Inrix, Inc., a Kirkland, Washington-based Microsoft spinoff that tracks speeds on 100,000 miles of US highway using data from GPS-enabled fleet vehicles, toll booths, road sensors...and citizens' mobile devices. The data is sold to a variety of companies (including MapQuest, Dash, and...; Tags: Wall Street Journal, Sensor, Blogger, Dash, GPS, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Ed Gottsman; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Mac online backup that works: Windows users have many online backup choices: Carbonite, Mozy and more. Windows small and medium business users have even more, like Amerivault. Mac users - not so much. Until now. A long and winding road I started working with Mozy's Mac client a year ago, blogged...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, EMC Corp., Mozy, Data Preservation, Security Mozy, Backups, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Mac OS 10.5.2 = Apple Vista?: Mac OS 10.5.2 = Apple Vista?Wow!Jason who also publishes the Power Page blog is an avid Mac user. That Apple koolaid must stunt mental growth.i think you need to look again most of the blogers on zdnet arei think you need to look again most of the bloggers’ on...; Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, osx, Mac OS 10.5.2, Apple Vista, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS; Discussion threads 2008-05-05
Morse Code Rickroll 0-day... no, seriously, I mean it: Morse Code Rickroll 0-day... no, seriously, I mean itYou wouldn't be "re-missed"You'd be remiss. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/remissSigned,Grammar Moses ;-)Congrats!As Solomon wrote: He who findeth a wife findeth a good thing.Cheers!Congratulations Nate!ntRE: Morse Code Rickroll 0-day... no, seriously, I mean it[humor]Sooo, how drunk was she when you proposed? :) [/humor]]:)RE: Congrats!Thanks...; Tags: Blogging, Morse Code Rickroll 0-day, Morse Code, Morse Plc.; Discussion threads 2008-05-05
NYT: Yahoo, Microsoft in talks; Media pawns abound: NYT: Yahoo, Microsoft in talks; Media pawns aboundGluteus maximus I suspect you mean ;-)Unless America has its own stupid version of that too.RE: NYT: Yahoo, Microsoft in talks; Media pawns aboundEmjoyed the English (and correct spelling ;)) of the glutus maximus area.Boo WhooI should feel bad the media is being...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Yahoo! Inc., media, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-05-02
The cloud era and open source: My co-blogger Paula has a great piece over at Dan Kuznetsky's shop this morning, concerning an open source cloud computing platform called Enomaly. Everybody has a cloud these days. Google has a cloud. Microsoft has a cloud. Sun has a cloud. Now, you can have a cloud...; Tags: Cloud Computing, Cloud, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-02