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- Garmin Project Bobcat beta software hits version 2.0.0.8
- I'm pretty partial to my nüvi GPS receiver from Garmin because I've always preferred the nüvi's maps and user interface design to that of their competition. One thing that's a boon for Mac owners is Garmin's beta Project Bobcat software for Mac OS X that was announced in January and...
- Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Garmin Ltd., GPS Receiver, Project Bobcat, GPS, Desktops, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
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- WebAlive: A Virtual World that Means Business
- The campus with its tapered lawns, water fountains, and post-modern styled buildings, were typical of any professional campus. Only this wasn't just any campus. It was Nortel's virtual online campus in WebAlive, its new virtual world service. I was just given...
- Tags: Virtual World, Nortel Networks Corp., WebAlive, Altadyn, LDAP Integration, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Information Agenda: A strategy shift from applications to information
- Stuck between business challenges on the one hand, and information management systems on the other hand which simply limit your ability to respond. IBM's Tom Inman wants an easy way to spread your information across the board. Commentary--As the CIO of a flourishing business, you are happy to report...
- Tags: Information Management, Business, Information, Information Agenda, IL&P, Competency Center, Strategy, Management, customer relations, IBM, application agenda, IT, Tom Inman IBM, Special to ZDNet, Tom Inman IBM Information Management division, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2008-12-04
- The emerging case for open business methods
- The Internet has been the genesis of countless useful business innovations over the last several decades. These include a globally unified e-mail network, the advent of search engines, the rise of rich user experiences and SaaS, and most recently cloud computing to name but a few. But perhaps...
- Tags: Network, Industry, Business, Business Strategy, Business Method, Reasons Organization, Dave Bort, Internet, Strategy, Open Source, Management, Dion Hinchcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- First cell towers, now solar panels? Expect squawking over "appropriate" sites
- Last year, there was a major fight in my modest-sized north New Jersey town over whether or not there should be a cellular tower built up at the high school. Are we destined to start hearing the same sort of flack about solar panels? Over the past...
- Tags: Solar Panel, Southern California Edison, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Python update makes break with past
- Python 3.0 is a major change from the Python 2 series, and the first release that is intentionally backwards-incompatible. Python developers on Wednesday released the final version of Python 3.0, a major reworking of the programming language that is incompatible with the Python 2 series. Python...
- Tags: Python, Python 3.0, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, YouTube, develpers, Guido van Rossum, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk
- News items 2008-12-04
- The weirdest computing disasters of 2008
- Roasted laptops, panthers savaging memory sticks and angry fishermen throwing computers overboard top the list of the year's weirdest computing disasters. Roasted laptops, panthers savaging memory sticks and angry fishermen throwing computers overboard top the list of the year's weirdest computing disasters. The top 10...
- Tags: Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, disaster recovery, laptops, Nick Heath silicon.com
- News items 2008-12-04
- JavaFX Q&A
- To learn more about the technical aspects of today's launch of JavaFX including its support in NetBeans and Eclipse I spoke in depth with Eric Klein, VP of Java Marketing at Sun, and Octavian Tanase, Senior Director of the Java Platform Group. For a more business oriented perspective see the...
- Tags: Developer, Application, Mobile, Ed, Eric, FX, JavaFX Script, Q., FX Common, Flex, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Sun launches JavaFX 1.0
- On Thursday Sun released the production version of JavaFX, a new platform for building rich internet applications. Version 1.0 targets web browsers and desktops, but subsequent releases will be available on mobile devices, TVs, and other consumer electronics devices. A mobile emulator is included for developers to preview building mobile...
- Tags: Asset, Developer, Web, Mobile, Sun Microsystems Inc., Web Browser, Plug-in, Graphics, Mobile Emulator, JavaFX Development Environment, JavaFX Desktop, Asset Management, Advertising & Promotion, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Marketing, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Slicing up Sun
- Being employed by a large technology company and being a freelance technology writer has its pitfalls -- one of which is from a disclosure perspective, I'm not allowed to talk about strategy and forward-looking statements regarding the company I work for, because it could influence the...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage, Open Source, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Microsoft's OOXML viewers, translators, SDK to help interop with Firefox, OpenOffice?
- I must admit I'm more than a bit skeptical when any company, Microsoft in particular, goes out of its way to make rivals' software work better with its own, especially if it's a cash cow product. But here we are, nine months after Microsoft announced its document...
- Tags: Interoperability, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Office, SDK, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, OpenXML Document Viewer, OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenOffice, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Microsoft disparages open-source TCO with year-old case study
- Microsoft disparages open-source TCO with year-old case study1.48 Million?!Does the study actually list where this kind of money was saved? Because I honestly do not see it. There would have to be a HUGE difference in IT cost to account for that.RE: Microsoft disparages open-source TCO with year-old case studySounds...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, Microsoft Corp., TCO, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- 5 steps to cut IT budgets wisely
- 5 steps to cut IT budgets wiselyRisk intolerant environmentI'd be interested in hearing, if you're so inclined, an exploration of how to navigate risk-intolerant environments.Risk floorInteresting issue.Every environment is risk-intolerant; the difference lies in degrees. Therefore, I think several considerations are important:1. Gauging the degree of intolerance so you know...
- Tags: information technology, risk floor, environment, IT budget
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- Google adds millions of newspaper pages to their archive
- In September, Google announced plans to scan and index the content of historical newspapers -- that project just got a huge boost with the acquisition of Paper of Record's archives. Paper of Record started off by being the first to index the entire history of the Toronto...
- Tags: Google Inc., Newspaper, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Soshiku=a reason for cell phones in school
- Soshiku=a reason for cell phones in schoolExcellent!Mailing this one out to those people I know that need it, and those people I know that should code like it.RE: Soshiku=a reason for cell phones in schoolI like the idea for students reminding themselves. However, now add a parent as a...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, PRODUCTIVITY, Learning, cell phone, phone, tool
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
- Microsoft boosts OOXML compatibility
- Documents created using the Office Open XML document format can now be viewed through a simple Firefox plug-in, while OOXML's compatibility with ODF and Apache has also been enhanced. Microsoft on Wednesday announced several incremental enhancements to the compatibility of its Office Open XML document...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, OOXML, standards, ISO, OpenDocument, Standard, OpenOffice, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk
- News items 2008-12-03
- Doh! HP has some "green" data center news, too
- Sometimes, I SWEAR that companies put out green IT-ish press releases on the same day just to divert attention from their rivals. So, here's the thing, after writing about Dell's latest data center proclamations and new optimization services this morning, I would be remiss not to point to some of...
- Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Fortune 500 series: How Newell Rubbermaid uses social media
- Fortune 500 series: How Newell Rubbermaid uses social mediaSharpie LoveGreat interview, thanks. This resonated a lot with me as on our site, Experience Project, a fairly large sharpie-lover community arose organically (http://www.experienceproject.com/groups/Love-Sharpies/20106) something that goes to further the point about how people love the brand and will talk about it...
- Tags: Branding, social media, Newell Rubbermaid, brand
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- 'IT has no inherent value'
- 'IT has no inherent value'Finally!After all these years the "pointy haired boss" gets outed.RE: 'IT has no inherent value'Wow, the title to this article is very misleading. Some IT projects do have inherent value and if the project pushers and the project benefit receivers both agree on an IT project...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology, inherent value, IT HAS
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- Gulf of execution
- Gulf of executionAnd FUD would bethe Gulf of Tonkin? ;)Gulf of duh Nile ?;)Did Mr. Krigsman fill in for you, Murph?This statement summarizes failure analyses:The biggest, deepest, and deadliest, gulf is, of course, the development delusion where “Yes, I can” is usually punished by months of misery as all the...
- Tags: gulf, Murph
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
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