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Semantics add value to new travel site as UpTake emerges from private beta: Palo Alto-based travel meta-search site UpTake formerly Kango entered a new phase this morning, emerging from a private beta programme that began in December to give a clear indication of how they've been spending the $4million secured from Shasta Ventures last year. For...; Tags: Hotel, San Diego, Site, UpTake, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Toshiba drops HD DVD: So, Toshiba has finally given up on HD DVD, leaving the field open to Blu-ray. For customers yet to hop onto the HDÂ express, this is good news because there's no longer two competing standards to choose from.Â For customers who chose Blu-ray over HD DVD, then they...; Tags: HD-DVD, Blu-ray, Toshiba Corp., HD, Uptake, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-02-19

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Microsoft turns to users for new wave of Xbox games: Microsoft turns to users for new wave of Xbox gamesI was once excited about this.......but never got around to trying it out. It doesn't seem like it has received much buzz or attention. It really strengthens my belief that MS will always have a hard time getting the hobbyist/independent to...; Tags: Game players, Games, Microsoft Xbox, Xbox Games, Microsoft Corp., developer, game; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Apple chaos theory: I got a fairly lukewarm response to my excitement over Oracle putting applications on the iPhone. That should be no surprise to readers of Fortune which also poured cold water on the idea that iPhone's are going to be the next big thing in corporate gadgets: Companies in highly...; Tags: Apple iPhone, CIO, Theory, Information Technology, Apple Inc., Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Sony's amazing crapware-free PC: Sony's amazing crapware-free PCWhat's really sad.......is that you didn't bother to read the part where it says Sony quickly changed its mind about charging for crap-free PCs before running your yap.WrongAs John E notes, no customer has ever been charged for this option and the decision to charge was canceled...; Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Sony Corp., PC; Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Open-source Castle Project founder joins Microsoft: Open-source Castle Project founder joins MicrosoftI've always been curious about the uptake of Iron*Its a strategy that seems to follow the same mistake MS is making on the web...."If we offer OUR version they will come". It seems to me that ASP.Net attracts a certain type of person just like...; Tags: .NET, Middleware, Application servers, Scripting languages, open source, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft ASP.NET, Microsoft Corp., PHP; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
Best Buy to sell Ubuntu for $19.99: Best Buy to sell Ubuntu for $19.99stop the madness"the learning curve is steeper for those wanting to do more with the any OS"Dre`, once you realize that you are a 'Windows power user' and NOT a computer expert, you would not fail so often.I tend to agreethat 60 days would...; Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, WINDOWS USERS, Ubuntu, Best Buy Co. Inc., Microsoft Windows, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-11
I'll have the #3 Value Meal, Super Size, with an order of Linux: I'll have the #3 Value Meal, Super Size, with an order of LinuxPlagiarism, Jason? :-)Exactly my thoughts, in a Talkback some time ago:http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10535-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=46338&messageID=858549&start=0Greeting, Pjotr.Planet DietsYou forgot to mean the lean but mean Mars Ubuntu, and of course the sweet Venus Ubuntu versions just to get back to the basic...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Super-Size, Ubuntu; Discussion threads 2008-07-10
The view from the trenches...: Taking a pragmatic approach on collaboration 2.0 strategy and tactics, here's an example of some realities from a client side perspective. This post is about what it's like inside a large enterprise running a collaboration system. I've been on both sides of the fence during my career:...; Tags: Software, Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Silo, E-mail, Tools & Techniques, Online Communications, Management, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-06-24
Do we need two open source office suites?: Do we need two open source office suites?That Made Me Scratch My Head, TooMethinks Dana needs to go back and double-check his sources. And, by the way, StarOffice's roots actually go back much further than that: Star Division's StarWriter was first developed back in the mid-80's for CP/M. ...; Tags: OpenOffice, Linux, Word processors, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, open-source office suite, Symphony, StarOffice, Novell Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-06-05
Email is the enemy: I'll always remember as a child a very old gentleman in Manchester, Northern England telling me about the Dickensian office he worked in during his youth - everyone sat in rows at desks equipped with ink wells and quills, writing and copying documents. The boss sat with a bullhorn on...; Tags: E-mail, Online Communications, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-06-02
Siebel 2.0 â€“ A Year Later: A year ago I predicted that, right about this time, Salesforce.com would start to look a little shabby, a whole lot shabbier than it indeed looks at this time. It was part of a polemic I started when I called Salesforce.com the next Siebel, and I didn't necessarily mean in...; Tags: Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2008-05-23
Did Congressional Budget Office call health IT savings bunk?: The headline is the Congressional Budget Office says a claim by RAND Corp. the nation will save $77 billion through heavy use of IT in health care is bunk. But that's not the whole story. The CBO, a bipartisan body which helps Congress formulate...; Tags: Information Technology, Congressional Budget Office, Blog, Health Care, Automation, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-21
You are being talked about onlineâ€¦: Regardless of security restrictions inside your enterprise, you and the projects you are working on are probably being talked about online. There's always been dialog between colleagues and friends â€“ after work in the pub, on the phone, through personal emails. What's new is the emergence...; Tags: Facebook, Employee, Network, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-05-20
Microsoft's $300 million makeover: Microsoft's $300 million makeoverI'm For GatesIt works for Apple. why not turn Apple's lovable, but inept buisiness type into Bill and fight fire with fire?sell the company...there's no way, that M$ is getting a better name because of this "stunt"..They can take classes about ethics, morality etc.. all they like,...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., advertisement, operating system, ad campaign, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2008-05-20
Developers snub Vista in favor of XP: Developers snub Vista in favor of XPSlight misinformationIts very standard to target previous versions of OSs. In fact, 2000 was the last time I saw the majority of programmers target a recent OS, and that was just because 2k was so good.Dumb!To believe that Vista won't be accepted by...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Corporate America, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, developer; Discussion threads 2008-05-19
Topography, roadmaps and directions: Very few of us are fortunate enough to start with a clean slate when planning 2.0 business collaboration projects; depending on the size and age of your enterprise you are likely to be dealing with powerful existing and legacy systems and their associated processes and departments. Navigating...; Tags: Collaboration, Environment, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-05-19
Who decides which OS makes it onto an OLPC?: Who decides which OS makes it onto an OLPC?My replyAh, so you admit that Sugar is limiting because it's essentially for children. Perhaps third world countries want exactly what first world countries have and that is to be adults."Only on a limited basis because our district has invested a...; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Office, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Sugar UI, Sugar, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child project; Discussion threads 2008-05-18
Collaboration 2.0...: For the last couple of years I've been in the trenches managing a sizeable collaboration space across three continents for a large multinational enterprise. The diplomacy, strategy, tactics and sheer hard work of managing, building and running this type of space can be all consuming, particularly with...; Tags: Strategy, Web, Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0, Groupware, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-05-15
News to know: Comcast-Plaxo; Icahn-Yahoo; Linux; Microsoft: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly? Dennis Howlett: Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move Dan Farber: Comcast goes social with Plaxo acquisition Techmeme EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS Adrian...; Tags: Plaxo Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Comcast Corp., Workday, Microsoft Corp., Zoho, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Rootkits, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Hardware, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware; Blog posts 2008-05-15