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Mitch Kapor: Software tales from Lotus 1-2-3 to 'Second Life'

In this Super Techies interview, software veteran Mitch Kapor talks with ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber about his career as a tech entrepreneur. Kapor discusses his early work at Lotus Development, creating the most ubiquitous business tool of its time; sparring with tech titans Bill Gates and Steve Jobs;...

Tags: Mitch Kapor, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Professional Development, Productivity, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Career, Super Techies, Personal Technology

Videos 2008-02-11

Brendan Eich: From Netscape Navigator to Firefox

In a Super Techies interview, Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich talks to ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber about his career as a programmer in Silicon Valley. Eich discusses his early work at Netscape creating the JavaScript programming language, battling Microsoft in the browser wars, and his current role at Mozilla,...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Programming Language, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Programming Languages, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Browser, Personal Technology, Super Techies

Videos 2008-01-18

Paul Saffo: Hear from the seer of Silicon Valley

In a Super Techies interview, technology forecaster Paul Saffo talks to ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber about his philosophy on predicting future technology trends. Saffo discusses how he got started in the forecasting game and his biggest hits and misses. Also, find out which technology he believes will be...

Tags: Forecasting, Saffo, Sales Force Management, Sales, Emerging Technologies, Super Techies, Robots

Videos 2007-12-12

Kim Polese: From Sun to SpikeSource

In a Super Techies interview, Kim Polese, CEO of SpikeSource talks to ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber about her career in Silicon Valley. Polese discusses her early work at Sun Microsystems as the original Java product manager, her success at systems management company Marimba, and her current role overseeing...

Tags: Professional Development, Open Source, Career, Software, Super Techies

Videos 2007-12-05

Larry Tesler: From Xerox PARC to Yahoo

In a Super Techies interview, ZDNet Editor-in-chief Dan Farber talks with Larry Tesler, Yahoo's vice president of user experience and design, about the history of human/computer interaction. Tesler also discusses his early work at Xerox PARC and Apple and his current role: redesigning the interface for the Yahoo front door.

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., PRODUCTIVITY, Super Techies

Videos 2007-07-13

Additional Resources

Olympus announces new E-520 midrange DSLR update

Olympus has finally announced the previously leaked E-520, an update to its well-regarded E-510. Like the entry-level E-420, the E-510 is really a minor update to its predecessor. Not surprisingly, updates include most of the new features the E-420 added over the E-410, such as a bigger and better...

Tags: Olympus Corp., Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2008-05-12

McAfee's HackerSafe: When all else fails, rebrand it!

Not to beat a dead horse, that's already been beaten to death time and time again, but... Update 05/12/08: Russ McRee has actually just posted a story about "Why PCI DSS is Doomed". Came across this page on McAfee's site about their "McAfee Secure", "McAfee...

Tags: Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-12

All USB ports aren't created equal

All USB ports aren't created equalPretty much convincedGood grief. What has happened to journalism today? Never mind. I already know.Point is, you don't need to be pretty much convinced. There's this radical concept that's been floating around for about 400 years called the scientific method. It's key element is experiment....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), USB port, Microsoft Windows Vista, hardware

Discussion threads 2008-05-10

Nyko Kama Wireless Nunchuk (Wii)

Even though the Nintendo Wii makes use of wireless technology, you still need a wire to attach the nunchuk accessory to the Wii remote for selected games that require it. While many gamers agree the cord length is ample, there are a few situations where you may feel constrained. ...

Tags: Games, Nintendo Wii, Kama Wireless Nunchuk, nunchuk, Nyko, Wii Remote, wireless

Product reviews 2008-05-09

Top five (last-minute) digital camera accessories

Don't worry--you still have a couple of days to get it together for Mother's Day. If your favorite mom already has a digital camera, getting her one of these cool camera accoutrements is sure to put a smile on her face. Pandigital PanTouch Photo Frame ...

Tags: Accessory, Digital Camera, Camera, LensPen, Millipod/Wrap-up Combo, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2008-05-08

Super Mario With Shotgun (zip)

Whoaaa! Have you ever imagined how Mario will looks like with real arns - equipped with two barrel shotgun? Who says that Mario is armless against evil goombas, koopa troopas, hamer bros, lakitus and other slaves of king Bowser. Version 1.001 updated download link.

Tags: Shotgun, Super Mario, Banesoft

Software downloads 2008-05-08

In February 2008 Brit used broadband for 19 hours 40 minutes

52% of Britons online are on a connection speed between 512Kb and 2Mb. 33% are on a connection speed between 2Mb and 8Mb, according to Nielsen. The faster the connection speed, the more time people spend online - those on the fastest speed (over 8Mb) averaged 22% more time online...

Tags: Hour, Minute, Broadband, Connection Speed, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, NB

Blog posts 2008-05-07

Free software great and small

They envision a world with Linux running on the smallest embedded devices to the largest supercomputer clusters, and all possible devices in between. It's only a matter of time before even desktop Linux becomes the mass market. [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those...

Tags: Samba, Conference, Jeremy, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Jeremy Allison, free software, open source

News items 2008-05-07

Competing with your own channel

Matt Asay has a truly fine piece out today about open source vendors competing with their own channels. What he's talking about are companies that sell support for "community" versions of your product. (I have no idea if John Wingert's sales techniques work, but his picture encapsulates the...

Tags: Matt Asay, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Open Source, Sales, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-07

HDTVs: How black is black?

An announcement comes today by way of Pioneer, maker of the ever-popular Kuro HDTV line, saying that its new Kuro sets are five times blacker than the Kuro line on the market today (which we reviewed as the TV with the deepest blacks out there). So wait...

Tags: HDTV, Image, Ratio, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-05-07

Marvel Super Heroes (rar)

The Marvel Super Heroes remake by SpiDoL is a decent effort developed with the MUGEN game engine.This remake is as good as it gets, It makes the player feels like it is playing in a arcade machine. Most of the standard and special moves from the arcade version have been...

Tags: Team, Character, SpiDoL Games, Team Management, Management

Software downloads 2008-05-07

Everyone loves the Eee

Everyone loves the EeeI'm thinking about getting one soonJust yesterday I seen one at an electronics store and I was really tempted to buy it. I'm currently running a super-small Linux distro(http://www.slitaz.org/en/) on my desktop PC, but I want to use the Eee for that and free up my desktop...

Tags: Linux, Desktops, Eee, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-05-06

HTC announces the Diamond with 3D TouchFLO

It seems to be tough for Windows Mobile OEMs to keep the lid on new products and HTC has as much trouble as everyone else since all the details on the HTC Diamond were revealed online last week. That didn't stop HTC from holding a special event in London to...

Tags: 3D, High Tech Computer Corp., Diamond, Today Screen, Opera Mobile 9.5, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-06

Top Five Digital Cameras to Get for Mom

Still scrambling to figure out what to get your favorite mom for Sunday? A little help: Here are my top picks for the perfect Mother's Day gift (hint, hint). Best Budget Camera: Canon PowerShotA470 This 7.1-megapixel camera is a steal, especially if you snap it up...

Tags: Mom, Olympus Corp., Digital Camera, Camera, Image Stabilization, Flip, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2008-05-06

Comic Characters Screensaver 2 (zip)

Long-form comic books, generally with hardcover or trade-paper binding came to be known as graphic novels, but the term's definition is vague. Have these wonderful super heroes on your desktop and bask in their reflected glory. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Screensaver, Hardcover, Wallpaper Screensavers, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-05-06