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Chairman Bill says let a hundred projects bloom

Chairman Bill says let a hundred projects bloomAll anyone with a working brain can say is, *OUTSTANDING*Rant away bashers, make yourself look as stupid as you are.they are all stillborn...unless they use Linux and OSSRE: Chairman Bill says let a hundred projects bloomThat is great news. Excellent effort from...

Tags: Linux, BILL SAYS, angel money

Discussion threads 2008-10-23

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CrunchPad illusion after all

Mike Arrington has announced his CrunchPad web tablet, covered here, is "dead", blaming his manufacturing partner for cutting him out of the deal. In the frothy market that is media tablets, just as in other frothy markets Arrington has stirred up, this is a story suspiciously full of holes that...

Tags: Project, Manufacturer, CrunchPad, Mike Arrington, Tablets, Keyboards, Manufacturing, Venture Capital, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Peripherals, Finance, Financing Startups, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-11-30

Works of P. G. Wodehouse. Huge collection. FREE Author's biography & article in the trial 10.2 (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference, Autobiographical NovelPiccadilly JimThe PothuntersA Prefect

Software downloads 2009-09-03

bizSessions 1.0, FTW or WTF funding models for startups

Hosted by Wildcog, and the creators of geekSessions, tonight was the first bizSessions. Jonathan Abrams, founder of Friendster and now Socializr, was the first to speak. The Lean Startup Low burn rate, the use things that are cheap...

Tags: Start-up, Money, Data Centers, Social Networking, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-07-14

The "Me Too" Kindle 2 Review

The "Me Too" Kindle 2 ReviewBuyer bewarehttp://blogs.sun.com/joehartley/entry/caveat_emptor_don_t_buyCiao!I have One - A Good E-ReaderI at first balked at the pricy Kindle 2, but ended up buying one anyway. (Gotta do my part for the economy :)) I am happy with my decision and use the Kindle all the time....

Tags: E-mail, Web browsers, Digital media, Kindle 2

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

Spotlight on Austin: BuzzStream's Paul May

Even though South by Southwest Interactive SXSWi ended yesterday, I have one more installment of my Spotlight on Austin series. Next up is Paul May, CEO and co-founder of BuzzStream, a company that makes tracking and managing and promoting links a lot easier for Internet marketers. BuzzStream, the youngest company...

Tags: Austin, Social Media, Tool, BuzzStream, Public Relations, Productivity, Marketing Research, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-03-18

Micro-Kindlenomics: My cost benefit analysis

Micro-Kindlenomics: My cost benefit analysisI Just Bought a Kindle 2Should get it today. I agree it is pricy, 420.00 with the leather case and tax, but I am doing my part to help the economy :) and its benefits will provide a ROI in no time. RE: Micro-Kindlenomics: My...

Tags: Benefits, E-books, Kindle 1, Kindle 2, Micro-Kindlenomics, benefit analysis, benefit

Discussion threads 2009-03-02

Andreessen's Charlie Rose interview (video)

As you may have seen over the weekend and late last week, Marc Andreessen is starting a venture fund with longtime partner Ben Horowitz. The fund will be focused on angel investing and really formalizes what Horowitz and Andreessen were doing with their money anyway. Andreessen also...

Tags: Marc Andreessen, Charlie Rose, Video, Andreessen, Corporate Communications, Financing Startups, Venture Capital, Investment, Marketing, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-23

CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Part Tree, er...Three

To Recap We're heading into the homestretch.  Which is why the Giants need to beat the Panthers....last night.  Oh, snap. This isn't my NFL blog. I don't have one. This is the final episode in that hilarious sitcom, Greenberg's Fools Gold.  For those of you who missed the previous...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, CRM, Greenberg, Connectbeam Management, Zuora, LucidEra, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-22

CES gets the carbon treatment

Could the mammoth trade show that is the Consumer Electronics Show be in for the green treatment? I mean, after all, most of the vendors there will be preaching green goodness and yet the very act of traveling to a trade show is increasingly in for scrutiny. ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Trade Show, Greenhouse Gas, Supply Chain, Transportation, Research & Development, Business Operations, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-12

BriefingsDirect Insights Analysts identify IT winners and losers in global economic downturn

I think this is a great time to do a startup. Number one, VCs be damned at this point. You don't need their money at all, just some angel investors to invest in some very minute infrastructure. With cloud computing out there and the number of things you can do...

Tags: Technology Company, Information Technology, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dana Gardner, Data Warehouse, Financial, SOA, Government, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Vertical Industries, Business Intelligence, Strategy, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management

Blog posts 2008-10-17

Wall Street fallout likely to chill innovation

Usually Silicon Valley floats along inside its own world. You can call it a cocoon or a bubble but its economy is usually separated from the wider world. Obviously, the dotcom dotbomb had a massive effect on Silicon Valley and it took the best part of...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Innovation, Financial Services Sector, IPO, Venture Capital, Sales Strategy, Real Estate, Investment, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, Financing Startups, Sales, Business Operations, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-09-17

TechCrunch50: Day 1

When Michael Arrington and Jason Calacanis team up on a project, the webs are bound to be shaken up. Last year, their conference TechCrunch40 was an enormous showcase for startups to present their idea to venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and the press. This year,...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Advertisement, Marissa Mayer, Entrepreneur, Video, MySpace, Qik, Meghan, Arrington, Vitamin Water, Calcanis, Mahalo, Blueprint Multicore, OpenTrace, E-mail, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Communications, Online Communications, Management, Marketing, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-09-08

The Waltham Pact: Where are the tangibles?

The Waltham Pact: Where are the tangibles?I don't see it.I don't see where this is helping anyone. It seems like any help MS is giving to Novell is being tied up at Novell. For instance Novell's version of Open Office. I don't really see any of that coming down or...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Novell Inc., Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Day 1: iPhone Dev Camp 2

iPhone development has been strong for over a year now. Ever since the device debuted in June of 2007, people have been hacking away at the platform. Now, in the summer of 2008, we have an SDK. We are now allowed to build and submit apps that...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc., App, iPhone Development, iPhone App, Device, Tapulous, August Joki, 3G, Corporate Communications, XML, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-02

Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic'

Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic'What is the fascination with bringing up Vista in......just about every blog forum? This blog had nothing to do with Vista yet here you are whining about it. Why?It has to do with eyeballs and marketing.In the search market, Yahoo is number 2...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Icahn

Discussion threads 2008-07-13

China's cyber-militia behind U.S. blackouts?

China's cyber-militia behind U.S. blackouts?FUD?While Chinese owned companies (and being Communist, the government owns those companies) has been responsible for some things, no doubts there as the pet food and tooth paste can confirm, shouldn't a proper distinction be confirmed before empty blaming?How do we know the guilty hackers aren't...

Tags: Hacking, INTERNET, blackout

Discussion threads 2008-05-30

The Folks at NTR say it's a small, but crucial, step from software to landscape

I spoke with two execs at NTR recently, and they were talking software, of course. But they were really talking about the planet, energy conservation and taking some action. Now. Not waiting. Not expecting a magic fix. NTR, based in Barcelona, is a...

Tags: Software, NTR Global, Tree, Harsch, Tools & Techniques, Telecommuting, Strategy, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Psystar: We're sorry but the store is down (again)

Psystar: We're sorry but the store is down againPush on!This is one story I would like to see develop. I believe that Psystar is a small startup company. Though they are trying to maintain a presence, it sometimes can be difficult under fire.I have been where they are...

Tags: Desktops, Psystar, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-04-18

Better the Windows Vista devil you know than the Windows 7 one you don't?

Better the Windows Vista devil you know than the Windows 7 one you don't?you're rightThe cutoff means nothing to an enterprise that will be "rolling out" a new OS. It only matters to SMB. I've even got a few sub-100 user clients considering volume licensing business.That is a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-16