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News to know: Ubuntu; Microhoo; IT scapegoats; XP; Google: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft: Pondering the alternatives to Yahoo Microsoft should walk away from Yahoo WSJ: Ballmer's big choice Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04 Gallery: A peek at Ubuntu 8.4 Jason Perlow: Ubuntu: I'm...; Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Information Technology, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Phishing, Help Desk, Podcasts, Web Services, Microsoft Windows XP, Middleware, Call Centers, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Security, Spam And Phishing, It Operations, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Meshing the desktop into the cloud: I'm often harsh on Microsoft, but I'm going to lighten up now that it's introduced Live Mesh (great coverage at Liveside, a useful ten points from Mary Jo, more at Techmeme). One of the misconceptions people often have about the Web is that exists 'out there', as...; Tags: Web, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Mesh, Zintel, Mesh Account Service, Channel Management, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Comscore: The Google fallout: Google's first quarter earnings call didn't have much in the way of theatrics, but a serious brush back pitch was delivered to Comscore. What should we make of Google CEO Eric Schmidt essentially throwing Comscore under the bus? Following Google's strong first quarter report (Techmeme) which looked...; Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, ComScore Networks Inc., Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-18
News to know: Google; AMD; Desktop Linux; Green IT; Psystar: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Google delivers; Maybe paid clicks weren't such a big deal Charles Cooper: Google settles a score with ComScore Techmeme AMD posts loss; sees seasonally down quarter ahead Sixth straight quarterly loss for AMD...; Tags: Desktop, Google Inc., Red Hat Inc., Green IT, SOA, Amazon.com Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Desktop Linux, Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Open Source, Web Services, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-18
News to know: IBM; Microsoft; Googlehoo; Safari; Enterprise 2.0: Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Is Hyper-V ready for the Windows desktop? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft looks to make product planning more science than art. Gallery (right). Better the Windows Vista devil you know than the Windows 7...; Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Enterprise 2.0, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software; Blog posts 2008-04-17

A lawyer inside your PC - British software can flag corporate nefariousness: . . . No more corporate scandals? Autonomy [AUTN], the second largest European software company Monday launched Autonomy Information Governance (AIG), software that can understand in real-time the meaning of email, blogs, and other documents. It can flag illegal communications and also find documents related to a...; Tags: Software, Autonomy Corp. Plc, PC, Autonomy Information Governance Software, Documents, E-mail, Tools & Techniques, Corporate Governance, Online Communications, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-04-14
Chertoff promises cybersecurity Manhattan Project: Seven and a half years after 9/11, the Bush Administration is ready to take cybersecurty seriously. So says Michael Chertoff, head of the Department of Homeland Security. Speaking at the RSA Conference, Chertoff said the government's newfound interest in cybersecurity is massive – "almost like a Manhattan Project," Cox News...; Tags: U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity, Security, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-04-09
Signs point to Benioff to succeed Ellison at Oracle: The more I look at it the more I'm convinced that Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, will replace Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle when he retires. Of course, that would mean Oracle acquiring Salesforce, but Apple got back Steve Jobs when it acquired his Next corp....; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, Oracle Corp., Oracle Profit Margin, Sales Force Management, Sales, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-03-24
Benioff: Platform as a service needs a decade to cook: Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff reckons that its platform as a service initiatives will take about a decade to truly bake. Benioff made those comments in an interview with News.com's Dan Farber and Charles Cooper. The interview is worth a read given that Benioff and Dan usually have...; Tags: Marc Benioff, Platform, Service, Application Servers, Sales Force Management, Software As A Service (SaaS), Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-17
News still hasn't seen the money from open source: The Pew Charitable Trusts, founded by a mid-century Republican oilman, issued its second annual report on the medium since taking over Columbia's Project for Excellence in Journalism in 2006. The best word to describe the report is poverty. Few outlets have made money online, and the few which...; Tags: Google Inc., Problem, Industry, Money, Strategy, Open Source, Management, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-03-17
Does Adobe really need the iPhone? Not really: Apple CEO Steve Jobs dissed Adobe's Flash and you'd think it was the biggest story on the planet from the Techmeme drumbeat. But here's a news flash: Adobe will be fine with or without the iPhone, which is expected to hit 10 million units this year. The...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Handset, Apple Inc., Flash Lite, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-05
Microsoft-Yahoo the mother of all clusterbombs: Microsoft-Yahoo the mother of all clusterbombsMicrosoft-Yahoo the mother of all clusterbombsI can see the buy out having a lot of good value. Yahoo Answers and Yahoo Finance have been very strong for the company. Everyone knows the Yahoo name. Microsoft has Live services. Microsoft has a...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Backups, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., clusterbomb; Discussion threads 2008-02-01
Followup from Intel on the OLPC debacle: Followup from Intel on the OLPC debacleHow can anyone support Classmate?The Classmate reference design is such a worthless piece of kit, Intel obvioulsy rushed it out the door 6 months after the first prototypes of the OLPC were released over a year and a half ago. Since then the Classmate...; Tags: Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child project, Classmate, Nicholas Negroponte; Discussion threads 2008-01-07
A Manhattan Project to bust up OPEC: A Manhattan Project to bust up OPECHow do you get to work and shopping?Walk? Ride the bus or subway? Writers always seem to think that raising the gas tax will solve all our problems. First, no matter what the government would say about a new tax on gas,...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, nuclear energy, OPEC, Manhattan Project, tax; Discussion threads 2007-11-30
Software morality: Charles Cooper recently interviewed Grady Booch, one of the developers of the Unified Modeling Language (UML), on the subject of software morality. Mr. Booch, in short, defended the application of moral principles to software development as a means by which to curtail the more negative uses of software (among other...; Tags: Software, Economics, Tools & Techniques, Management, John Carroll; Blog posts 2007-10-16
News to know: Spam standards; Oracle Fusion re-org; YouTube filters: Notable headlines: David Berlind: Does payback on email alone make Google Apps' $50/yr. worth it? (Docs, etc? That's icing). Note to all anti-spam vendors: Why your solutions stink and standards are needed instead. Dennis Howlett: Oracle re-org confirmed, Fusion leader ousted. ...; Tags: Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., YouTube Inc., Airbus, Standards, AJAX, Web 2.0, Microsoft Windows, Wireless LANs, Corporate Communications, Java Development Tools, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless, Marketing, Development Tools, Software Development; Blog posts 2007-10-16
Why the MLB is really after Slingbox: Major League Baseball has given Slingbox a brushback pitch amid fears that time shifting devices could hamper its online television cash cow.As News.com's Erica Ogg reports MLB contends that Slingbox is misusing its content. In fact, MLB may even try to sue Slingbox. Charles Cooper argues that MLB would annoy...; Tags: Web Technology, Legal, IT Management, Hollywood on Demand, General, Enterprise 2.0; Blog posts 2007-06-01
Web 100: Webware seeks the best: Vote for cool Web apps that really workWebware.com editor Rafe Needleman talks with CNET News.com's Charles Cooper about Webware's competition to pick the best Web apps. Drawing on the wisdom and expertise of Webware readers, the Web 100 contest will find the best apps in 10 categories.; Tags: Webware, Web, Web Apps; Videos 2007-04-16
Video: A wacky year the IT industry: Some of the more bizarre events in the computer business in recent memory happened this past year. Join Charles Cooper, Jim Kerstetter, Ina Fried and Michael Kanellos as their Reporters Roundtable reviews the goofiest technology moves of 2006. View the video...; Tags: video; Blog posts 2006-12-18
Reporters' Roundtable: Goofiest tech moves of 2006: This year featured wacky decision-making in the IT industrySomebody must have been hitting the egg nog early this year. How else to explain some of the more bizarre happenings in the computer business in recent memory? Join Charles Cooper, Jim Kerstetter, Ina Fried and Michael Kanellos for the final edition...; Tags: Roundtable; Videos 2006-12-16