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- (How to do more with Last.fm)
- AmbivalenceI both like and hate the idea of a computer that knows what I like this well. My fear is that advertisers will get a hold of that and harass me...forever. Then again, being presented with ads for music that you actually like, instead of say, tampon commercials...
- Tags: Last.fm
- Discussion threads 2009-08-21
- What does browser control get you?
- What does browser control get you?Finally, some sanity!Browsers are pretty pathetic applications, really. As platforms they absolutely suck, no matter which browser you're talking about.The original purpose of the browser to read hypertext has been forgotten as people tried to shoehorn applications into a paradigm never intended for apps.Time to...
- Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Thankie, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-20
- SanDisk reports loss; stock takes beating after-hours
- SanDisk reports loss; stock takes beating after-hoursYawn...Well you almost managed to finish a blog without somehow mentioning iPhone, but you couldn't quite manage it. Sure the iPhone must be responsible for the downturn in memory card sales, heck they sold a million of them. Who cares if Nokia sold almost...
- Tags: Flash memory, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, S3 Inc., SanDisk Corp., Apple iPhone, virus, stock
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- News to know: Office 2007 SP1; Microsoft security; KVM vs. Xen; AMD
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Mark your calendars: Microsoft to push Office 2007 SP1 on June 16 EIC podcast: SAP; JavaOne; AMD, Microhoo Larry Dignan: Microsoft previews three critical bulletins; two for Office Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft shares...
- Tags: Security, Microsoft Office 2007, Xen, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Samba 3.2 reflects open source project's ambivalence toward Microsoft
- Samba’s forthcoming version 3.2 release capitalizes on Microsoft’s interoperability commitments while also guarding against patent covenants that threaten the GPL. Samba 3.2, which is expected to be released in roughly one month’s time, offers improved integration with the Active Directory in Windows Server 2003 and recently released...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Jeremy Allison, Samba, Microsoft Corp., Samba 3.2, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Open Source, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Report: Office 2007 demand 'healthier than thought'
- There is quite a bit of difference of opinion as to when and whether business users should upgrade to Windows Vista, but Office 2007 isn't suffering from the same fate. According to Forrester Research which has really been cranking out the studies in the past few days,...
- Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-02
- News to know: Microsoft vs. Amazon; Cracking wireless LANs; iPhone; AMD
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Sources: Microsoft readying sphere-shaped Surface Microsoft launches its alternative to Amazon's SimpleDB George Ou: New tool cracks most enterprise wireless LANs Forbes: Gates no longer the richest man John Morris:...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, WLAN, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Web 2.0, LANs, Wireless LANs, Sales Strategy, Corporate Communications, Web Browsers, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Internet, Networking, Sales, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- PWC On Tech Sector Going Green: Efficiency, Ambivalence and Pretty Pictures
- PwC is to be congratulated at the very least for the aesthetics of their latest report: Going Green: Sustainable Growth Strategies. This is a truly handsome report with pretty brown coloured text interspersed with striking images of wind turbines, sail boats, happy children, adults playing in autumn foliage and even...
- Tags: James Farrar, Management, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Strategy, Sustainability, Technology Sector
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Tempering the EC's antitrust enthusiasm
- In response to Microsoft's interoperability announcements last week, the EC, a force that has been pushing Microsoft down the "open" road for quite some time, had the following to say in response: The European Commission takes note of today's announcement by Microsoft of its intention to commit to a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Media Player, Mozilla Firefox, Commission, Antitrust, Regulation, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., EC, Corporate Law, Microsoft Windows, Security, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- EU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source move
- EU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source moveEU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source moveOh jeez, is there anything that will please the EU? Despite Microsoft even going as far as offering source code these regulators still can't accept it. Money laundering is what its really turning out to be....
- Tags: Regulations, Money Laundering, Todd Bishop, ECIS, open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft open-source, Microsoft open-source move, regulator, interoperability
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- Report: AT&T considers bid for EchoStar or DirecTV
- Report: AT&T considers bid for EchoStar or DirecTVThe new AT&TWell on it's way back to abusive monopoly.Are they going to start tracking what we are watching and share that info with the NSA as well? Understand this folks.... The Corporate-government complex is the enemy of freedom.The Corporate-government complexWe, the people...
- Tags: Corporate-government, AT&T Corp., EchoStar Communications Corp., DirecTV
- Discussion threads 2007-10-24
- Sun becomes a patron of the Free Software Foundation
- Sun becomes a patron of the Free Software FoundationEndorsement"I suppose an endorsement was OK then because Sun was not a patron at that point."Heh, I think that means the patronage shouldn't be considered a general endorsement. The FSF will endorse specific actions regardless.Richard Stallman is on record as approving...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Java development tools, Java, UNIX, patron, Sun Microsystems Inc., Free Software Foundation, GPL, Eclipse, kernel
- Discussion threads 2007-02-27
- Quick Take: The CIO and the CEO
- In the past, chief information officers CIO and chief executive officers CEO have tried to live together. In the 1980s and for most of the 1990s, their paths rarely crossed — the CEO didn't think much about technology and the CIO rarely interacted with executives beyond his boss — the...
- Tags: CEO, Internet, E-mail, Productivity, Online Communications
- Research reports 2007-02-27
- Google future: GOOG @ $600 or $300?
- Google is a phenomenon, and so is GOOG.GOOG launched in 2004 with an Initial Public Offering share price of $85. On November 21, 2006, Google’s shares topped the symbolic $500 share hurdle.I asked ZDNet readers at the time: GOOG @ $510: Do you buy or sell? A spilt decision was...
- Tags: Google, Enterprise, Venture Capital, VC, ecommerce, Google Software Applications, GOOG, Google Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-01-18
- Profs warn students against Wikipedia
- Profs warn students against WikipediaWell...Other than the fact that my district blocked access to Wikipedia for some random reason I think professors who "ban" the use of an information source are doing their students a disservice. Considering the relative error rates (2.9 vs 3.9 per article it is surprising these...
- Tags: Wikipedia, Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, Wiki
- Discussion threads 2006-09-16
- See Ya Later Doug: Burgum Leaves Microsoft Much the Wiser
- When I saw Doug Burgum at the Microsoft World Partners Conference last summer, there was an air of the short-timer about him. Not the kind who mails it in every morning with his feet on his desk, but more the short-timer who's done all he can and is waiting to...
- Tags: Doug Burgum, Dynamics AX, Dynamics GP, Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-09-12
- Google.cn: more 'Google Speak'
- Google Speak (see my “Google Speak for Google Investors”) is in full throttle regarding Google.cn. Over the past week, both Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt have spoken to the press and analyst communities about Google and the Chinese market.At last week’s investor conference call, Schmidt was vague in responding to...
- Tags: Google Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-06-08
- Podcast glass is 26% full of the right stuff
- Some fresh and interesting insights into blog readership and habits from a Blogads survey. I don't know much about the survey, how it was sponsored, or how valid it should be considered. They said they had contact with 36,000 blog readers.What jumped out at me, however, was the implications for...
- Tags: blog reader, blog, podcasting
- Blog posts 2006-04-27
- Court docs show Yahoo's partcipation in conviction
- Court docs show Yahoo's partcipation in convictionMorality vs Bottom LineWe are looking at a difficult topic for corporations to address. A company is in business to make money. Sometimes it is caught in a position where it has to decide whether to cave in to horribly repressive governments or to...
- Tags: Government, Greenpeace, Even Worse, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-02-27
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