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Google rejects GPL in new gPhone alliance

Google rejects GPL in new gPhone allianceNot reallyUnlike the typical MS-license, the Apache license allows developers to do pretty much whatever they want with the source code, to include releasing derivatives under the GPL the two licenses are compatible.Sounds just like Microsoft "open source".;-)Their code, their licenseSounds fair enough to...

Tags: Mindshare, Google Inc., alliance member, GPL, gPhone alliance, new gPhone alliance, alliance, open source

Discussion threads 2007-11-06

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Start-up looks to extend battery life

Intel-backed ZPower's silver-zinc battery is set to make its debut with a large laptop manufacturer next year, promising batteries that are 95 percent recyclable and 40 percent longer life. Intel-backed start-up ZPower may be the first to introduce an alternative to the ubiquitous lithium-ion laptop...

Tags: Battery, Intel-backed ZPower, Mercury, Battery Life, Engineering, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, batteries, laptops, ZPower, silver-zinc battery

News items 2008-10-09

plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook business

plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook businessi tend to agree with your wifeThis is very poor english, but does express a meaning that make sense. You may disagree with what it says, but it is coherent. I wouldn't call the extracts you chose as plagiarism. Author used one transformed sentence...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, OOA/OOD/OOP, C/C++, Operating systems, plagiarism, textbook business, IEEE

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Palin the reformer? In fact, a pattern of stonewalling and hiding

Palin the reformer? In fact, a pattern of stonewalling and hidingPalin Yes - Obama NoIt amazes me the the Left's knee-jerk reaction to Sarah Palin, when you have Barry Obama with his association with unrepentant terrorist William Ayers and anti-American bigot Jeremiah Wright. And never mind the fact Obama...

Tags: Obama, Sarah Palin, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Does this make me a member of the mile-high club?

Does this make me a member of the mile-high club?Uh.. No... It doesn't... n/tn/tHaHa....and Josh opens himself for a giant left hook. :-)

Tags: mile-high, N/T

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Kernell indicted in break-in to Palin's Yahoo email

The Department of Justice has indicted David C. Kernell, the 20-year-old son of a Democratic Tennessee state representative, for "intentionally accessing without authorization" Gov. Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account, the Justice Department announced today. Kernell turned himself in for arrest and will be arraigned today. According to the...

Tags: Password, e-Mail Account, Yahoo! Inc., Governor, Family Member, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-08

News to know: Clickjacking redux; SAP pricing; BlackBerry Storm; Windows 7

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Webcam hijack demo highlights clickjacking threat Dancho Danchev: Atrivo/Intercage's disconnection briefly disrupts spam levels Adobe posts workaround for clickjacking flaw, NoScript releases ClearClick ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, SAP AG, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Windows, Semantic Web, Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Internet

Blog posts 2008-10-08

CentreDesk Artizan (zip)

CentreDesk Artizan is a multi-user call centre application, that is affordable and easy to use. Member of the CentreDesk group of Help Desk applications. Fast, easy call logging, easy call tracking, with the full history of all actions taken. Easily assign logs to artisans Time tracking, (calculates holidays and working...

Tags: Call Centre, Merging Technologies, CentreDesk Artizan, Help Desk, It Operations

Software downloads 2008-10-08

Does this make me a member of the mile-high club?

Now I can say I blogged from 35,000 feet. I knew American Airlines was testing GOGO's WiFi service on select flights between New York and San Francisco, but was still pleasantly surprised this morning to find out that my 7am flight out of Kennedy this morning was...

Tags: Flight, Wireless LANs, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Wi-Fi, Wireless, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Josh Taylor

Blog posts 2008-10-07

AMD finally announces "asset-smart" plan; new Foundry Company created

AMD and a technology investment company backed by the government of Abu Dhabi have established a new semiconductor company that will manufacture AMD's advanced processors. The new company--currently known as "The Foundry Company"--will take over all of AMD's existing manufacturing facilities, including the two leading-edge fabs in Dresden, Germany, and...

Tags: Asset, Foundry Networks Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Manufacturing, Semiconductors, Government, Hardware, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Asset smart? AMD moves manufacturing off its balance sheet; Bolsters capital

AMD said Tuesday that it will split off its manufacturing operations in a deal with the Advanced Technology Investment Company of Abu Dhabi. AMD will also receive a capital infusion from Mubadala Development Company, which will wind up owning more than 19 percent of Intel's smaller rival. ...

Tags: Asset, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATIC, Manufacturing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Know what to do when Check Disks malfunctions in Vista

The Check Disk application in Microsoft Windows Vista can sometimes malfunction, causing problems during the boot process. In answer to several TechRepublic member questions, Greg Shultz explores the problems in this issue of the Windows Vista Report, and describes how to permanently fix them.

Tags: Disk, Malfunction, Microsoft Windows Vista, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Download resources 2008-10-07

The color that shall not be named. AMD's Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments

I realize Advanced Micro Devices has some news in the offing this week that likely will supersede the urgency of this blog's content, but I wanted to recount some high points from a conversation I had about two weeks ago with Larry Vertal, the company's senior strategist when it comes...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Larry Vertal, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-06

And the calculator saga continues

I spent the afternoon at a local orchard with my wife and my youngest son. The other kids were buried in homework and/or video games, but it's apple season here in New England, so off the three of us went on a beautiful fall day. The orchard was...

Tags: Ice Cream, Games, Taxes, Corporate Communications, Free Trade, Construction, Personal Technology, Financial Planning, Finance, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-05

Enterprise 2.0 and business collaboration

Update: I hit "publish" before the article was completely finished, so I've added some images and updated some links. I can't pull the post without it leaving a trail behind it, so I may as well just own up now and say, "whoops, sorry". GroupSwim Collaboration, in...

Tags: Security, Microsoft SharePoint, Enterprise 2.0, Wiki, Collaboration, Groupware, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-03

HP to jump into smartphones. Why?

Hewlett Packard is jumping deeper into the crowded smartphone market, announcing plans for an iPaq smartphone that will be marketed toward consumers to be released first in Europe before the end of the year and later worldwide, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. In...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Smart Phone, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Apple wins royalty rate showdown

Guess Apple won't have to shut down iTunes after all. Apple had warned that if the royalty rate for music downloads increased, iTunes would become unprofitable and they might pull the plug. But the Copyright Royalty Board handed Steve Jobs, as well as...

Tags: Board, Apple Inc., Royalty, Apple iTunes, Corporate Governance, Digital Music, Digital Media, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Obama campaign unleashes iPhone app

Obama campaign unleashes iPhone appLMAO ntntYou know...the more you post here......the more apparent it becomes that you are a complete imbecile .Let me guess your age.From the sounds of your ramblings on ZDNet, I'll bet you're no more than 14. Which, by the way, is probably fairly close to your...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Obama, iPhone App

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Nintendo takes a shot at Apple and Sony with the DSi

Nintendo takes a shot at Apple and Sony with the DSiSomething to think about.Had gaming by some strange chance always been performed by touch screen and games had always been developed in this paradigm, would the same things be said about the interface if suddenly buttons were added to the...

Tags: Games, Keyboards, Nintendo Co. Ltd., DSi, Apple Inc., game, Apple iPhone, Sony Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

The 'Social Media' Conundrum

I'm fascinated by '30's depression era attempts to foster business innovation, not least because of the financial challenges that seem likely to dominate our coming years. Surprisingly I've found The Rotary International Club is in many ways a precursor to the looser social media movement which has been a feature...

Tags: Marketing, Social Media, Brian, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-10-01