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CA AG confirms HP-ordered breach of News.com reporter's personal phone records: The California attorney general's office has confirmed that the personal phone records of News.com reporter Dawn Kawamoto were subject to unauthorized access by a contractor that was hired by HP in an effort to track down the source of the company's confidential plans that made their way into a Jan...; Tags: telephone, Dawn Kawamoto; Blog posts 2006-09-07

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Collaboration 2.0...: For the last couple of years I've been in the trenches managing a sizeable collaboration space across three continents for a large multinational enterprise. The diplomacy, strategy, tactics and sheer hard work of managing, building and running this type of space can be all consuming, particularly with...; Tags: Strategy, Web, Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0, Groupware, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Microsoft Interactive Media Manager (Images: Dawn of Silverlight ): Microsoft Interactive Media Manager (Images: Dawn of Silverlight )SilverlightSilverlight downloaded itself on me - without telling me what the hey it even is or does!NOW - what do I do with it?!???Why is MS so secretive?JVB; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Interactive Media Manager, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-28
Yahoo investor doubles down: Is that double dumb?: Capital World Investors disclosed Thursday that now holds more than 10 percent of Yahoo shares, or 135,542,600 shares, up from 69,647,000 on Dec. 31. Roughly speaking Capital World Investors doubled down, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. News.com's Dawn Kawamoto speculates that...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Investor, Construction, Financial Services, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-10
Microsoft-Yahoo: Radio silence phase is over; The two are talking: Yahoo is reportedly holding informal merger discussions with Microsoft in a move that indicates a thaw between the two parties. Citing a source familiar with the talks, News.com's Dawn Kawamoto reported that the Yahoo and Microsoft are holding informal merger talks. Here's what the end of the...; Tags: Merger, Yahoo! Inc., Radio, Microsoft Corp., News Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-13

Failed Carbonite upgrade lets customers down: Failed Carbonite upgrade lets customers downCarbonite Online Backup - OutageI do not believe that Carnonite's response on this matter has been genuine.It was claimed that an upgrade was the reason for these difficulties and that the problem only affected customers who had installed version 3.5.89. This appears to be untrue.I...; Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Carbonite; Discussion threads 2008-03-11
Small business backup for Windows: Small business backup for WindowsMicrosoft has it's own time machineI'm shocked that you obviously did not research on this issue. Windows Vista and Server 2003 (yes, that means also "since 2003") has VSS, where any data on Drive C: (that's the default) is backed up automatically via shadow copies. Vista...; Tags: Backups, Windows Server Backup, backup, Small Business backup, small business, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2008-03-05
Patent court rules in Microsoft patent spat: Patent court rules in Microsoft patent spatRare winStill leads me to be that MS support for software patents is misguided, though, even in terms of MS' own interests.Patenting software seems strange...Software patents seem strange because a developer can come up with hundreds of ways under the hood to make a...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, PATENT Process, Patenting software, patent, software, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-02-26
If you don't like it, fork it: One of the big concerns arising from the pending Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo, and of proprietary open source in general, is the fear that a project's owner will abuse its power, even kill a worthwhile project. Well, fork that. (Picture from a YoLinux tutorial on the fork...; Tags: Project, Fork, Eclipse, Foundation, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-02-01
Microsoft makes last-gasp OOXML push: Microsoft makes last-gasp OOXML pushHmmmmInteresting load of bunk.Funny, they could not even give one example of something in a legacydocument that cannot be translated to ODF. Nor could they give even one example of something required for MS Office that can not be supported by ODF.Statements like this show they...; Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Corp., OOXML, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Office; Discussion threads 2008-01-29
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm demo (zip): Dawn of War - Soulstorm is the third expansion to the real-time strategy franchise Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War. The game is a standalone expansion and does not require previous ownership of any Warhammer games. Some of the new features include two new races--the Dark Eldar and the Sisters of...; Tags: THQ Inc., Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-01-24
Taking the 'complex' out of complex event processing: Complex event processing CEP has been getting a lot of attention as of late, and is seen as the next stage of evolution for SOA projects. Now it has the big vendors -- including IBM -- promoting it. How big will business event processing get? ...; Tags: IBM WebSphere, IBM Corp., BEP, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-01-23
eBay CEO Whitman steps down; execs shuffled amid weak outlook: eBay CEO Whitman steps down; execs shuffled amid weak outlookAmid weak outlook?We've been hearing for a year now how the "core auction business is slowing"..."weak outlook'...blah, blah, blah. And yet: "eBay’s earnings were 45 cents a share, well ahead of Wall Street estimates calling for earnings of 41...; Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, eBay Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-01-23
U.K. teachers: Web plagiarism a serious problem: U.K. teachers: Web plagiarism a serious problemPlagiarism is good ..."I think the majority of students who engage in plagiarism do it more out of ignorance than the desire to cheat. They really want to succeed on their own merit."Here's the issue: you go through school being told that plagiarism is...; Tags: Channel management, Strategy, Plagiarism, plagiarism, Web; Discussion threads 2008-01-19
Writer's Block - Goodbye for Adults (exe): Overwhelmed by the staggering wealth of written work that has accumulated since the dawn of recorded knowledge through to the present day, there are many that lament, Nothing original remains to be done. Every song has been sung, every story been told, every concept conceived RUBBISH Writer's of scripts, screenplays,...; Tags: Song, Writer, Business Structures, Strategy, Finance, Management; Software downloads 2008-01-18
You know what? Software's not sexy. Get used to it.: I see Robert Scoble has kicked up a storm over the weekend by wondering why the vast majority of people are more interested in Web widgets than enterprise software (see Techmeme discussion and Michael Krigsman's post with a list of responses from fellow Enterprise Irregulars). The scale of the storm...; Tags: Software, Web, Middleware, Fact, Geek, Tools & Techniques, Channel Management, Management, Marketing, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2007-12-10
Winter Dawning Screensaver (zip): The Winter Dawning Screensaver displays lovely eagles flying free that guard a fairy castle in the wintery dawn. When the winter dawn breaks, there is always something so magical waiting, just out of sight, but nevertheless there for those with eyes to see. This version is the first release on...; Tags: Winter, Screensaver; Software downloads 2007-12-05
Ashore Screensaver (zip): The Ashore Screensaver will displays a pale dawn light that steals softly over the sleeping city, raindrops fall into the water. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Screensaver, Water; Software downloads 2007-12-05
Amazon 'Kindled' thoughts: Should Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 be renamed to Fahrenheit 1981?: Amazon 'Kindled' thoughts: Should Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 be renamed to Fahrenheit 1981?DRM the real problemDRM and endless copyright are the real problem. The books at Project Gutenberg will never go out of print. They have already bee dublicated on hundreds of web sites and thousands, if not millions of devices.Only...; Tags: Digital media, environmentalism, Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury, Amazon.com Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-12-03
Alpine CDA-9885: The trickle of HD Radio-capable aftermarket car stereos is starting to turn into a stream. Following the launch of JVC's KD-HDR1and Sony's CDX-GT520,Alpine brings us the CDA-9885, a single-DIN sized in-dash CD player with the ability to act as an HD Radio tuner. Like the Sony HD stereos we've seen...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Alpine CDA-9885, HD radio, radio, Alpine; Product reviews 2007-11-30