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Supernova: The Future of the Desktop

Panelists: Lili Cheng Microsoft, Tom Ngo NextPage, Gary Benitt Goowy, Chris Thomas Intel, Kevin Lynch Adobe Panel intro by Kevin Werbach from program: "Windows and Mac OS, the dominant computer interfaces of our time, are two decades old. And the standard office productivity software suite is not much younger. Have...

Tags: Lili, Tom, desktop, decentralization

Blog posts 2006-06-23

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Harden Facebook? Sure, but where to start?

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Paul F. Roberts You may have heard the news that everybody's favorite social network, Facebook, won a big legal settlement on Monday against spammers who were using the 100 million strong network to distribute what the...

Tags: Facebook, Application, Network, Attack, Social Networking, Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Martin free wireless plan brings muni WiFi disaster back from the dead

OK, public spectrum, take 2. Or is it 3? After the infamous D-block auction meltdown, the FCC is set with a new plan to have the private sector deliver free Internet over the airwaves, Reuters reports. And FCC chair Kevin Martin's plan includes another long-held fantasy of policymakers: a...

Tags: FCC, Municipal Wi-Fi, Broadband, Spectrum, Wireless, Martin, Internet, Federal Government, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Government, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Oh, and BTW: 'Intellectually Bankrupt' FCC Chief To Be Around Until Mid-2009

There's little love lost between the nation's largest cable operator, Comcast, and the country's top industry watchdog, Kevin Martin, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin During his tenure, Martin has pushed repeatedly to usher in...

Tags: FCC, Comcast Corp., Chairman, Federal Government, Government, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Vista SP2: What's inside?

Over on the jkOnTheRun blog, Kevin Tofel posted the most complete list I've seen of what's in Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) -- which sounds like it is on track to RTM in April of 2009. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-12-02

CIOs vote on Vista for '09

Silicon.com's CIO jury ruled unanimously on the question of whether to implement Microsoft Windows Vista in 2009. The latest silicon.com CIO Jury has unanimously voted that they are not ready to invest in Microsoft's latest OS Vista. When asked if they had any plans to implement Vista,...

Tags: CIO, CIO jury, IT management, Windows Vista, implementation, Julian Goldsmith, silicon.com, Julian Goldsmith, silicon.com

News items 2008-12-02

MobileTechRoundup show #155, Nokia Legends, Lotus Notes on S60, & BlackBerry Storm

James had a chance to try the BlackBerry Storm and started off MobileTechRoundup show #155 with a few thoughts. Kevin is still enjoying his iPhone and told us about a new application he is using via WiFi on his device. I had a chance to chat with Ross Lamont, from...

Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Nokia Corp., IBM Lotus Notes, RIM BlackBerry, IBM Corp., Kevin, Podcasts, Internet, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-30

Will email and text messages get shorter with the BlackBerry Storm?

I am admittedly a very big fan of physical keyboards on my mobile phones and have what fellow MobileTechRoundup podcast co-hosts James and Kevin call "magic thumbs". I am able to pick up devices like the Palm Treo Pro, HTC Fuze, T-Mobile G1 or BlackBerry Bold and quickly type emails...

Tags: Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, E-mail, BlackBerry Device, Storm, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-21

A live, more interactive Rev3

Television and the Internet are on a collision course that will revolutionize entertainment, but Revision3 is always one step ahead of the game. Today, they launched a new live video player that allows the user to be the director. That's right, you...

Tags: Episode, Media Players, Internet, Corporate Communications, Instant Messaging, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Online Communications, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-11-21

From Peter Chernin to Mark Cuban: Picking Jerry Yang's Replacement

So, Peter Chernin's name keeps coming up as a potential replacement for Jerry Yang as CEO of Yahoo. Chernin's the always-cool president of News Corp. Under Rupert Murdoch and Chernin, the old-line publisher and broadcaster has shown serious savvy about new media. People...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Mark Cuban, Peter Chernin, Corporate Communications, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Marketing, Management, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Who will lead Obama-era FCC?

Monday morning may continue the speculation that Hillary Clinton will be named Secretary of State, but in more technical climes the wagers are on what will happen with the Federal Communications Commission. Ars Technica talked to telecom attorney Andrew Lipman, who expects Obama to move fast. Why? The issues the...

Tags: FCC, Job, Broadband, Federal Government, Telecommunications, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-16

Nokia 5800 S60 touch screen evals start appearing

Last month Nokia announced the 5800 XpressMusic device that is the first S60 touch screen device rolling out from Nokia. I haven't had a chance to play with the device yet so I cannot personally comment on the touch screen or optimization Nokia made to S60 in regards to touch,...

Tags: Touch Screen, Nokia Corp., Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Dell CTO Kettler retiring

Kevin Kettler, Dell's Chief Technology Officer and an active member of the Austin, TX community, reportedly will retire, sources told CNET. His departure is not part of Dell's reorganization activities Apparently, word of his retirement has been expected for some time and he recently announced it to...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Financial Accounting, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-13

MobileTechRoundup show #154, A Bold step was taken on the way to the Shotgun wedding

Kevin, James, and I were all together last weekend before recording MobileTechRoundup show #154 to celebrate the wedding of Kevin and Barbara. Congratulations again to the both of them. In this show we talked a bit about the device I bought on the drive up to the wedding and the...

Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Battery, Engineering, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Will running start for health IT reform be a good thing?

Will running start for health IT reform be a good thing?Hi Dana,I e-mailed you for some elaboration.ThanksKevinRE: Will running start for health IT reform be a good thing?Did you know that there are no dentists on the board? Wal-mart has their representative in place though.I expect that whatever loosely-wrapped...

Tags: Corporate governance, dentist, health-IT, board, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

AMD: Does the resurrection start with 'Shanghai'?

AMD on Thursday launched its Shanghai processor family--the successor to the much maligned Barcelona. The goal: Close the gap on server chips with Intel. The challenge: Convincing customers, shareholders and others in the peanut gallery that a turnaround at AMD is underway. Later today, AMD will try...

Tags: Shanghai, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Meyer, Asset Management, Manufacturing, Balance Sheets, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-13

AMD unveils 'Shanghai'; Aims to better compete with Intel

AMD on Thursday will launch its "Shanghai" platform, its latest batch of Opteron server chips. With Shanghai, AMD gets a do-over from its ill-fated Barcelona launch. At a high-level, Shanghai gives a 400 MHz speed gain in the same thermal band as Barcelona. Shanghai also triples the...

Tags: Barcelona, Shanghai, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Stevens, Performance Management, Semiconductors, Processors, Network Technology, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Components, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-12

News to know: Windows 7; Google; iPhone; Storm; iLife patch

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 - The "Blue Badge" experience. Gallery right Michael Krigsman: Sixteen IT failures to remember Garett Rogers: Google makes the blogosphere...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Apple iLife, Jason O'Grady, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-11

Kevin Kelly points to the Semantic Web at Web 2.0 Summit

Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco last week, Wired founding editor Kevin Kelly painted a compelling picture of the opportunities created as we increasingly open our data up for linking. Reprising and building upon an earlier presentation that has been discussed here previously, Kelly...

Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-10

FCC opens up wireless 'white spaces;' Assessing winners, losers and wild-cards

The Federal Communications Commission has opened up so-called wireless white spaces--unused spectrum between broadcast channels--in a move the agency hopes paves the way for 'Wi-Fi on Steroids'. In a statement following the FCC's 5-0 approval Techmeme, Chairman Kevin Martin said: Opening the white spaces will allow...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., WiMAX, Broadband, Spectrum, Federal Government, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Telecommunications, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-05