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Beware the allure of Fool's Cloud

Private cloud, like fool's gold, isn't the real thing. It omits some of the most crucial elements of cloud computing and will disappoint and deceive most enteprises that fall for its allure. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Allure, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2009-10-19

The allure of the text

The allure of the textThe Allure of Peace and Quiet...No, I don't mean cutting back on the phone calls, although that's always nice...But IM/chat is RUDE! It basically demands your immediate attention. Yes, let's do go back to the ugly era of carrying pagers - not.Email you can read and...

Tags: Instant messaging, allure

Discussion threads 2009-02-11

OMG! texting is so expensive

OMG! texting is so expensiveSeems ReasonableI don't understand the allure of texting, but that's beside the point. The price increase seems perfectly reasonable to me, if texting is too expensive folks can stop texting.RE: OMG! texting is so expensiveIn America people just buy liabilities. Without them I wouldn't be...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Government, Big Business, phone, allure, Object Management Group

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Additional Resources

News to know: Apple; Alex; Microhoo; Droid; FCC

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales Jason D. O'Grady: Apple announces most profitable...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Federal Government, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Government, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Beware the allure of Fool's Cloud

no securityNo one in their right mind would send theircritical apps off to the cloud.Another pie in the sky to dream up getting ridof expenses only to make more expenses.Still no Security or...Public clouds are not secure. They are just like the regular Internet. Only put on the public cloud...

Tags: Strategy, cloud provider, Clear, public cloud, security

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Toyota FT-86 concept (2009 Tokyo Motor Show preview)

An exciting concept from the world's most boring automaker attempts to recapture the allure of the Corolla GT-S. by CNET News.com

Tags: Concept, Toyota Motor Corp., Manufacturing, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-10-06

Opera 10: Worth deploying in schools?

I've always been a Firefox sort of guy...One of my techs swears by the latest Safari, but that's never held any allure for me and I've had better luck with Firefox handling the widest variety of content encountered by all of my users. Opera, on the other hand, has...

Tags: Opera Software, Mozilla Firefox, Web Browsers, Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-09-01

Garmin Nuvi 260

Editors' note: The following review is of the Garmin Nuvi 200 Series. As part of the 200 Series, the 260 has the same form factor, functions, and features as the unit reviewed below, but adds a text-to-speech function that reads street and POI names aloud. As a result, the Nuvi...

Tags: Keyboards, Handhelds, Garmin Nuvi 200 Series, display, Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Ltd., Nuvi 200, Garmin Nuvi 200

Product reviews 2009-07-29

The history and future of Chrome OS

The history and future of Chrome OSGoogle - MicrosoftMicrosoft MS like all monopolies has grown fat and sloppy - just look at Vista. What a piece of crap that was and is and MS made millions off this nightmare. They more than control all desk top software, they...

Tags: Operating systems, INTERNET, Network Boot, Chrome, Chrome OS, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-07-11

FCC reacts, starts looking into carrier-exclusive deal

FCC reacts, starts looking into carrier-exclusive dealConsider thisAt face value it would appear that the devices would be much more expensive if we did away with exclusive carrier / device relationships. 2 Things come to mind though. If a device maker is not in an exclusive deal with just one...

Tags: Smart phones, Federal government, Cellular phones, phone system, carrier, phone, FCC, smart phone

Discussion threads 2009-06-19

China demands new PCs carry spyware

There comes a time when despite the allure of the market, Western industry should band together and turn its back on China. A time when the computer and Internet industry realizes that the censorship-and-repression tax the government is intent on levying is too high a price...

Tags: Software, China, PC, Spyware, Computer, Tools & Techniques, Government, Internet, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Achieving Compliance with PCI DSS v1.2 with Lumension® Solutions

PCI DSS applies to those organizations that store, transmit or process cardholder information payments; encompassing service providers, merchant acquirers, third party processors and even data storage entities. Processors represent organizations of significant transaction volume making them tantalizing targets for attack. The breaches in late 2008 and early 2009 of RBS...

Tags: Compliance, Lumension Security Inc., PCI DSS, PCI DSS Foundation, PCI, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2009-06-01

Trivial Pursuit for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

Play with text and picture questions, colorfully illustrated in a striking visual style. Innovative, easy-to-use touch controls add to the novelty and allure of the game. Shake to roll the dice and swipe the screen to page through question categories. Tap to select answers and watch yourself progress around the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Electronic Arts Inc., Games, Piracy, Wireless LANs, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Wireless And Mobility

Software downloads 2009-05-14

Samsung Propel Pro (AT&T)

The hot trend at CTIA 2009 was messaging phones, and one of the models to debut at the show was the Samsung Propel Pro for AT&T. It looks similar to Samsung Propel, with a slider form factor and full QWERTY keyboard, but the Pro is designed more for business...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Keyboards, Monitors & displays, AT&T Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-04-09

Microsoft scores another hit against Apple

Microsoft scores another hit against Applesmall edit required...[i]The underlying message in both of these commercials is that Macs are for people with more sense than money and value style over function...[/i]shouldn't that be...[i]The underlying message in both of these commercials is that Macs are for people with more [b]money than...

Tags: Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-04-06

The elusive $99 iPhone may lose 3G, GPS

MSNBC is jumping on the $99 iPhone bandwagon based on a report based on RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky, who believes that the entry-level iPhone will arrive in June or July, presumably at WWDC 2009. Dates for the conference have not yet been announced. The interesting...

Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, GPS, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-02-11

The allure of the text

It took me a long time to figure out why kids relied so heavily on text messages and instant messaging for communication. I certainly understood the desire for privacy: it's pretty hard to track down just what they might be texting each other. However, it always seemed like...

Tags: Conversation, IM, E-mail, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Instant Messaging, Telephony, Online Communications, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Networking, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-02-10

Who wants multi-touch? I think I just might.

Fellow blogger, Mary-Jo Foley, asked an interesting question the other day about the multi-touch capabilities of Windows 7: Is it a technology looking for a solution and does anyone actually want it? Overall, I'm with Mary-Jo. Touching my screen is something that holds no allure for...

Tags: Multi-touch, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-05

Who's buying the iPhone and why

Who's buying the iPhone and whyIt's fashionable.It has nothing to do with being conservative.I was going to waitFigured next year there will be an iSight camera built in as well as iChat. That and more memory for the same price led to a decision to wait.Then my mobile bit...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-10-30

'I'm a PC. A $999 MacBook still doesn't tempt me' (or does it?)

'I'm a PC. A $999 MacBook still doesn't tempt me' (or does it?)MS will have nothing exciting on the OS front for Christmas this year.If you want to do something exciting, you will have to buy a Mac. And, it only gets worse for MS on the MID/NetBook front. That...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Laptop sale, Desktop sale, PC, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, laptop computer, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-10-14