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- Why The Big Fuss Over Microblogs?
- I microblog.Why? The truth is, I learn by doing and by speaking with others who do. So I dabble with Twitter, Plurk, Pownce, Spoink, Rakawa, Tumblr, Utterli, Yammer, FriendFeed, 12seconds, and probably a few others that I signed up for and forgot to use. I have found a nice collection...
- Tags: Mobile, Fuss, Tool, Productivity, Web 2.0, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Gil Yehuda
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- News to know: Cloud wars; Apple; Google; China is watching you
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Amazon launches pre-emptive strike against Microsoft's planned cloud platform. Techmeme A new mystery: What's Microsoft got up its Office Live sleeve? Zack Whittaker:...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., IPO, Robots, Linux, E-mail, Digital Media, Financial Services, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Stallman vs. the cloud computing tidal wave
- Stallman vs. the cloud computing tidal waveStallman sounds panicIf FOSS folks believe they can compete with proprietary software, why not build their own FOSS cloud and then take the battle right to the other proprietary cloud platforms?Ever been in a restaurant kitchen ?How old is the food ? Where have...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Cable, OPEN SOURCE, Stallman, cloud computing, tidal wave, TV
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Stallman vs. the cloud computing tidal wave
- Stallman's recent statements regarding his dislike of "cloud computing" didn't surprise me in the least, given what IÂ understand about his software preferences. In fact, I think this is less about Stallman's worry about the security implications of cloud computing, and more about his desire for a software ecosystems that adheres...
- Tags: Software, GPL, Cloud Computing, Stallman, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- First reviews of Toshiba Qosmio with SpursEngine
- More than three months after Toshiba launched its first desktop replacement that makes use of the Cell processor in Japan, the Toshiba Qosmio G55-Q802 has reached U.S. shores and received its first hands-on reviews from PCMag.com and ComputerShopper.com. The Qosmio G55 series is part of a new...
- Tags: Toshiba Qosmio, Desktop, Quad-core, Desktop Replacement, Video, Toshiba Corp., PCMag.com, ComputerShopper.com, Qosmio G55, Qosmio G55 Series, Quad-Core HD Processor, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Processors, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- 2009 Mazda MAZDA5 Grand Touring
- Photo gallery:2009 Mazda5 Grand TouringIt seemed like everyone who we spoke to about Mazda's Mazda5 said the same thing: "It's a mini-minivan." As cheesy as that sounds, there isn't really a better way to describe what Mazda has created with the Mazda5. As fuel prices soar and its full-size MPV...
- Tags: GPS, Mazda5 Grand Touring, Mazda Motor Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-09-29
- Was RIM's Wall Street beating unjustified?
- Shares of Research In Motion got hammered to the tune of more than 27 percent to close the week - this despite a quarterly earnings report yesterday that included a 72 percent jump in profit from a year ago. That just goes to show that, especially in the quick-growth, suddenly-crowded...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Mobile, Smart Phone, RIM BlackBerry, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- The productivity dilemma
- Jennifer Leggio asked the question 'Did Oracle burst the enterprise 2.0 startup bubble?' in her post here on ZDNet this week. I think Jennifer is absolutely right that inevitably many of the 'enterprise 2.0' experiments will burn off as they attempt to enter the real world business...
- Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Tool, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- RIM's second quarter falls short; Forecast light; Margins to fall
- Updated: Research in Motion's second quarter results fell short of estimates and the third quarter outlook was weaker than expected too. RIM said Thursday statement that it reported net income of $495.5 million, or 86 cents a share, compared to $287.7 million, 50 cents a share, a...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Margin, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Smart Phones, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- Should engineers fix climate change?
- Should engineers fix climate change?Democracy and the Long ViewThey are, of course, famously incompatible.That said, there is an argument in favor of self-interested First World countries moving as rapidly as possible towards a lower carbon footprint. On the one hand, they're the ones with the most to lose from...
- Tags: global warming, ice, climate change, Joe
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
- Seeing the light: Dell makes major commitment to LED displays
- Within the next 12 months, Dell plans to adopt displays that use light emitting diodes as a standard feature across its entire notebook product line. The first milestone in this transition will come on Dec. 15 of this year, when the company estimates that about two-thirds...
- Tags: Notebook, Dell Computer Corp., Light-emitting Diode, Engineering, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- Tech Speech (zip)
- If you are looking for a text to speech program. This is by far the best. With Tech Speech you can read hours of text just by pressing a button. Text to speech, voice recognition voice commands. With a simple press of a button, look up works of the Internet,...
- Tags: Voice Recognition, Shipping Address, Telephony, Telecommunications, Networking
- Software downloads 2008-09-25
- Drill, baby, drill: cheap gasoline, oil a-plenty! Whoopee!
- Drill, baby, drill: cheap gasoline, oil a-plenty! Whoopee!Nice spin, as usual.2025? The CEO of Transocean (the world leader in deep-sea drilling) was questioned about timeframes for drilling sites to come online. He said in no case could he see it taking longer than 5 or 6 years,...
- Tags: cheap gasoline, Whoopee, gasoline
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Microsoft confirms PDC attendees to get pre-beta Windows 7 build
- Microsoft confirms PDC attendees to get pre-beta Windows 7 buildWindows live messenger betaThey completely tanked on the design of messenger beta. It now looks like a stoneage app compared to nice shinny design of the last release.Explorer and WMP12 have no icons because their UI is not yet completedCurrent...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft confirms PDC attendee, Microsoft confirms PDC, Microsoft Confirms, Microsoft Corp., pre-Beta, beta
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Microsoft: Windows and Linux offer same TCO in emerging markets
- Microsoft: Windows and Linux offer same TCO in emerging marketsThis line says it all ...[i]That’s the conclusion of a recent [b]Microsoft-sponsored study[/b] from Vital Wave Consulting, which Microsoft is touting in new posting on the company’s Unlimited Potential UP blog.[/i]Why am I not surprised of the results of this "study"?...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, ROI/TCO, OPEN SOURCE, emerging market, Linux, same TCO, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., TCO
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Tams11 Ur (exe)
- Online version of the ancient game called the Royal game of UR. Each players receives 7 chips. The object of the game is to move all 7 of yours chips from start to home. Landing on your opponent's chip will move him back to home. It is very similar to...
- Tags: Chip, Tams11 Software, Games, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Hardware, Networking
- Software downloads 2008-09-24
- Chilling data from the Arctic
- Chilling data from the ArcticSo much hyperbole, so little factPolar bear populations are on the rise. It's stupid to think that the polar bear is so unadaptable that it can't handle a decrease in ice floes. They'll just hunt from shore. Life adapts.BTW, the sea ice is the SECOND lowest...
- Tags: Polar Bear population, Arctic, bear, lake, ice
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- Microsoft vs. Apple: the multi-touch war
- Because the Evil Queen of Numbers has kept the Windows branch so quiet about Windows 7, we've been relying entirely on speculation, the blogosphere, leaks and occasionally "that dreaded New Yorker" as Sinofsky would probably say. Multi-touch is the latest craze it seems. Once the technology was...
- Tags: Multi-touch, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Voice Technology, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- You cannot beat open source
- You cannot beat open sourceBig Money MattI call Matt Asay "Big Money Matt" because he works for an open source company and makes a good income from it. He's just here for giggles.Next course at the Harvard Music School...How to Stamp Out Amateur Music. Learn the threat that community...
- Tags: open source
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
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