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California's Green Guru Speaks Out: The clean-tech industry of today is in its early stages, about where Microsoft was in 1980, says Terry Tamminen, an adviser at Pegasus Capital Advisors and the former director of California's Environmental Protection Agency. Now a main force behind the state's rise to the top as a climate change policy...; Tags: California, News, Green, climate change, microsoft, environment, Terry Tamminen; Videos 2008-04-16

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Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack: Microsoft won't be delivering database backup as one of the new features promised for the first "PowerPack" update for Windows Home Server when it ships later this year. The independent "We Got Served" Home Server blog acknowledged the feature cut in a May 9 entry. According to...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Home Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Backups, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Don't insulate, Nansulate, says Florida cleantech company: Don't insulate, Nansulate, says Florida cleantech companywhat about other uses e.g. Space Shuttle, airplanes, etc?If this stuff is so good NASA should be buying it by the bucket to insulate their flight vehicles including the Back To The Moon Lander.What about Boeing using it for airplanes instead of whatever they...; Tags: Nansulate, R-Value, cleantech company, clean technology; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
UFO News (gadget): Direct links to George Noory of Coast to Coast Am reaching 20 million listeners each night, Jeff Rense his radio show reaches 15 million listeners each night and 78 of the top UFO, Alien abduction, Cattle mutilation and Crop circle researchers on this planet starting with Mar Allin, Colin Andrews,...; Tags: Horn, Sidebar Gadgets, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-04-16
Not scared about Cross-Site Request Forgery? You should be... you're scared of jail aren't you?: Not scared about Cross-Site Request Forgery? You should be... you're scared of jail aren't you?You are right.I see it updating a few times per month so there are more and more problems found. I will never tell anyone they are absolutely secure (ok, not networked, you are...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, NoScript, Cross-Site Request Forgery, CSRF; Discussion threads 2008-03-20

The Gmail password hijacking incident: When so-called helpful apps hurt: An application dubbed G-Archiver backs up your Gmail account to a hard drive with a not-so-nice twist: It swipes your user name and password. Jeff Atwood at Coding Horror outlines a chilling tale as told by Dustin Brooks, one of his readers. I was looking for...; Tags: Google Gmail, Password, E-mail, Business Ethics, Online Communications, Leadership, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-10
Lucid Touch (Photos: Lucid Touch and the see-through screen): Lucid Touch (Photos: Lucid Touch and the see-through screen)See-through ...Sorry, but that is not a "see-through screen". It is just an optical illusion.Just take a closer look at the pictures and you will see that the there is nothing "see-through" about an color LCD monitor with the image of...; Tags: Lucid Touch, photograph; Discussion threads 2008-03-07
MobiTV is trying to shut down Howard Forums for revealing unsecured URLs: MobiTV is trying to shut down Howard Forums for revealing unsecured URLsIf there really is an issueThey should be going after the user posting them. Be if the URLs are unprotected, then its not his problem.However, i do believe, in this country, posting links to copyrighted material, is illegal.For...; Tags: Howard Forums, MobiTV; Discussion threads 2008-03-07
The great man isn't any more: The great man isn't any moreYou have noticed...... that Microsoft is attempting to buy Yahoo!, and not the reverse. Somehow the company Mr. Ballmer leads so enthusiastically is more successful than the company once led by two enablers.And you have also noticed, I expect, that Google continues to profit...; Tags: Leadership, Contribution, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates, leader, great man, Google Inc., open source; Discussion threads 2008-02-22
Microhoo update: Culture clash, Alibaba and board room politics: With the tech world on holiday in the U.S. for President's Day, the fate of Yahoo still hangs in the balance. That's doesn't mean the blogosphere has been taking a vacation from the topic. In the NYT, John Markoff and Matt Richtel write about the culture clash...; Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Article, Microsoft Corp., Battleground, Alibaba Group, Corporate Governance, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Software, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-02-18
Yahoo says no to Microsoft: what's next?: News of this has just come down, less than 1/2 hour ago: that the Yahoo! Board of Directors (that's CEO Jerry Yang) has voted to reject Microsoft's $31 a share bid as inadequate. Seems as though they would take nothing under $40. The...; Tags: Jerry Yang, Terry Semel, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Corporate Governance, Internet, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-02-09
Microsoft's bid for Yahoo--it's a Tom Cruise story: Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk puts Microsoft's bid to acquire Yahoo in layperson terms. I once went to dinner with a very well-known TV actress. When she flew to New York to do Regis and Kelly, she stayed at the Ritz-Carlton in New York. The...; Tags: Google Inc., Brand, Tom Cruise, Yahoo! Inc., Legend, Story, Microsoft Corp., Branding, Gender And Diversity, Marketing, Human Resources, Chris Matyszczyk; Blog posts 2008-02-06
Yahoo chair Semel's departure, Microsoft bid just hours apart. H-m-m: Terry Semel left the CEO position at Yahoo! back in June, 2007. But he was still non-executive Yahoo! board chairman until yesterday. Therein lies the tale. At the time of the departure, it was widely surmised that Semel's exit was hastened by...; Tags: Terry Semel, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-02-01
No more talk of proprietary innovation please: Yahoo! (Picture from Yodel Anecdotal.) One of the most popular claims here by open source opponents is that proprietary companies do all the innovating. Those days are done. Spending your stock, your cash, and the change under your seat cushions for an operating competitor...; Tags: Innovation, Fact, Microsoft Corp., Wall Street, Leadership, Open Source, Strategy, Management, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-02-01
Microsoft preps for hostile takeover of Yahoo!: Microsoft preps for hostile takeover of Yahoo!Microsoft would do fine without thisMS is going to be printing money for the foreseeable future with Office and Vista so I'm not sure why they need to make such a big gamble.Desperation is expensive, it seemsDesperation is expensive is seems. No other commentNot...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, desperation, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., hostile takeover; Discussion threads 2008-02-01
Pharmaceutical Distributor Improves Point-of-Sale Health With New Windows Server Platform: Symbion Health Ltd is a leading provider of healthcare services based in Melbourne, Australia. Its Symbion Pharmacy Services division distributes pharmaceutical and over-the-counter products to 1,300 pharmacies and hospitals. The division also supplies services to Symbion Pharmacy Services' retail pharmacy chains Terry White Chemists and Chemmart. In 2007, the organization...; Tags: Point-of-sale, Microsoft Windows Server, Pharmacy, Symbion Pharmacy Services, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Case studies 2008-02-01
Firefox 3 beta 3 code freeze tomorrow: Firefox 3 beta 3 code freeze tomorrowGreat!3.0b2 has been superb!who cares about a beta?who cares about a beta?RE: Firefox 3 beta 3 code freeze tomorrowI wish my extensions all worked, but some do and I have never had a crash.RE: Firefox 3 beta 3 code freeze tomorrowI hope they fix...; Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox 2.0, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3, Firefox 3 beta 3, Firefox 3 Beta; Discussion threads 2008-01-28
Update: Philadelphia's water project actually finished: Philadelphia has finally finished it's ill-fated water utility billing system, called Project Ocean. Following a series of high-profile failures, with costs that approaching $47 million, the final phase was complete on-time and under-budget. To complete the project, Philadelphia dumped most of its planned Oracle applications, and went...; Tags: Philadelphia, Oracle Corp., Corporate Governance, Sales Channel, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Leadership, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-01-20
Giant gas field found in the Appalachia: It's well known that the Marcellus black shale in northern Appalachia, which covers hundreds of square miles in five states (New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and West Virginia), contains natural gas. But now, two U.S. researchers have discovered that the reserves are much bigger than previously thought. They estimate that...; Tags: U.S., Joint, Pennsylvania, Fracture, Natural Gas, Marcellus, J1, Telecom & Utilities, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-01-20
CES: Big thinkers and disruptive technologies: The Consumer Electronics Show about the size of 36 football fields and exhausting, and so are the names of some of the conference sessions. I attended "Big Thinkers and Disruptive Technologies: Today's Thought Leaders and Tomorrow's Technologies," with panelists Dave Habiger, CEO of Sonic Solutions; Levy Gerzberg, CEO of Zoran;...; Tags: Facebook, Specification, Photograph, Sonic Solutions, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Open Source, Security, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-01-09