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Spybot - Search & Destroy for Smartphones (cab)

While viruses for Symbian and Windows Mobile currently seem more like proof-of-concept studies, the Windows Mobile platform offers malware writers who already know Windows a very similar environment. Some may call it a hype, but that's what people said about spyware 5 years ago as well, and our opinion is...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, SpyBot, Smartphone, Patrick M. Kolla, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-08-21

Spybot - Search & Destroy for Pocket PCs (cab)

While viruses for Symbian and Windows Mobile currently seem more like proof-of-concept studies, the Windows Mobile platform offers malware writers who already know Windows a very similar environment. Some may call it a hype, but that's what people said about spyware 5 years ago as well, and our opinion is...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, PC, SpyBot, Pocket PC, Patrick M. Kolla, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-08-21

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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

Encyclopedia: Offline Wikipedia viewer for iPhone

If you're a fan of Wikipedia and own an iPhone or iPod touch check out Patrick Collison's Encyclopedia (US$7.99, iTunes Link). After launching the app you can download a complete copy of Wikipedia to your iPhone for offline viewing. It's great for people that fly a lot or otherwise would...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Wi-Fi Connection, Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Software as a service: It should be the best of times, but it isn't

It's a big week for the software as a service industry: Salesforce.com is establishing itself as a leading cloud computing provider, NetSuite is planning to take on SAP head on and Success Factors is upping its outlook. But underneath the surface there are more than a few questions marks lurking....

Tags: Software, Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, SuccessFactors Inc., NetSuite Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales Force Management, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-05

Gathering clouds brew up a storm

With all kinds of cloud announcements promised at Microsoft PDC next week, rival vendors Amazon and Rackspace have tried to steal a little early thunder with some announcements of their own. This is the beginning of a titanic struggle to establish the top cloud providers, and this week's announcements have...

Tags: Rackspace, Web Hosting, It Services, Servers, Internet, Hardware, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-10-25

Google to introduce warnings for potentially hackable sites

Last week, Google's Patrick Chapman and Matt Cutts announced that they're experimenting with a new security feature aiming to alert webmasters on the potential for having their sites hacked due to the outdated version of their web applications, starting with Wordpress only : "Recently we've seen more websites get...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Webmaster, Web Application, Wordpress, Cloud Computing, Productivity, Blogging, Channel Management, Security, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-22

JetBlue's high-tech terminal

At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Fla., Joseph Eng, JetBlue's executive vice president of systems and technology, explained how IT is going to be integrated into the company's new high-tech terminal, set to open October 22 in JFK. Wi-Fi and more self-service kiosks, he says, aren't just ways for JetBlue...

Tags: JetBlue Airways Corp., Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Strategy, Management, JetBlue, IT, Gartner, Joseph Eng, airport, wifi, terminal, customers, travel

Videos 2008-10-16

JetBlue unveils high-tech terminal Oct. 22; IT as customer service tool

Joseph Eng, executive vice president of JetBlue's systems and technology, said the company will unveil its high-tech terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York Oct. 22. The terminal when it launches will be the culmination of one big technology project. JetBlue's terminal at JFK,...

Tags: Customer Service, Information Technology, JetBlue Airways Corp., Tool, Projects, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Operational Accounting, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-15

Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)

Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)Great blog! One remark: support for Ubuntu Server LTS is 5 yearsExcellent article, well documented! This should be very helpful for decision making, particularly in companies.One remark though: the server edition of Ubuntu is longer supported than you have written. Plus not...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Servers, Ubuntu, server edition, Debian, Ubuntu Server, server, Free Enterprise OSes, Ubuntu LTS, Linux, recession

Discussion threads 2008-10-15

More on wikipedia abuse

More on wikipedia abuseThanks!That's an interesting report - if the research stands up, the method used could form the basis for a more general approach. Thanks for pointing it out.RE: More on wikipedia abuseReaders might be interested in seeing a study on vandalism of US senator's WP articles here :...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia

Discussion threads 2008-10-04

Dell All-in-One Wireless Printer V305w - multifunction ( color )

The Dell V305W is an inexpensive all-in-one AIO printer that also connects wirelessly to your home network. The $129 multifunctional solution does triple duty as a 1,200x2,400 dpi scanner and full range copier. Dell manages to keep the cost of the V305W low by omitting an autodocument feeder and fax...

Tags: Printers, Dell V305W, printer, Dell Computer Corp., cartridge

Product reviews 2008-09-30

Firmware 2.1 arrives for iPod touch

iPod touch users got first crack at the highly-anticipated 2.1 firmware update yesterday despite Steve Jobs' comment that it wouldn't be available until Friday. Touch users noticed the update appearing in the update panel of iTunes late yesterday and Patrick McCarron grabbed a screen showing the new features. ...

Tags: Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, Firmware, Apple iTunes, Firmware 2.1, E-mail, Digital Music, Digital Media, Backups, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-09-10

The Once and Future McGovern: IDG's New Web-Centric Numbers

It was the day after April Fool's Day, last year. InfoWorld published its last print edition. Sturm and drang ensued at Patrick McGovern's International Data Group. This was an 180,000-circulation publication. IDG couldn't possibly replace its profit and revenue, by operating it solely online. But this McGovern...

Tags: Revenue, Web, InfoWorld, International Data Group, Operational Accounting, Channel Management, Finance, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-09-09

TechCrunch50: Day 2

Yesterday's presentations were a lot of fun to cover. I'm getting right back into the grind today. 6:30 a.m. Here is a list of today's presentations: Alfabetic Presented by Oded Broshi and Arik Kopelman DropBox (Presented by Drew Houston...

Tags: Facebook, Phone, Tim O'Reilly, Mark Cuban, Mytopia, Swype, Mixtt Redefining, iMindi World, Popego Cut, exchangeP, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Food & Beverage, Channel Management, Manufacturing, Marketing, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-09-09

Learning the programmer's craft

Learning the programmer's craftPerfectionThe best programmers are perfectionists. The more of a perfectionist you are the better your code is. The rest simply follows, reading books, research, bouncing ideas, all that. And as you said, products like Linux are the diligent effort of many great programmers. ...

Tags: Development tools, programmer, craft, Learning

Discussion threads 2008-09-08

Intel, Yahoo team up on interactive TV platform

At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel's Eric Kim and Yahoo's Patrick Barry demo a new TV platform designed to bring rich Internet applications featuring sports, weather, and financial information to the living room. Consumer electronics that use Intel's architecture will offer the Yahoo Widget Engine, an applications...

Tags: Interactive TV, Team, Yahoo! Inc., Intel Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Financial Accounting, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Finance, Widget, Intel, Yahoo

Videos 2008-08-20

Power management through Intel's Nehalem

At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Patrick Gelsinger, senior VP of the company's digital enterprise group, speaks about advances the Nehalem processor would bring to power management. And Rajesh Kumar, an Intel fellow, explains "turbo mode" and why the simple idea of getting machines to have zero energy...

Tags: Power Management, Intel Corp., Intel, IDF, Gelsinger, Nehalem, turbo mode, power, management, zero, energy

Videos 2008-08-20

Want to know what key political players are reading?

This is an interesting idea -- Google's now sharing with the world what is catching attention from presidential candidates and political commentators. Political news isn't hard to find online -- it's basically everywhere. Popular news featured on Google News is often political in nature, and there is certainly...

Tags: Google Inc., News, Blogging, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-08-18

The Science Fiction Bonk List

The Science Fiction Bonk ListAnd what relevancy does this have....This story has zero relevance to ZDNet as a whole or even quasi-appropriate. I understand this is a blog, however its crap like this that this "blogger" turns out - which is why he should be removed. He offers very little...

Tags: Blogging, Science Fiction Bonk List, blog

Discussion threads 2008-08-11