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AttentionTrust recorder to prove time = money

In July I wrote about the debut of AttentionTrust.org, a non-profit promoting the basic rights of attention owners. Attention is this case is related to what you do online. On Tuesday the organization will launch the AttentionTrust Recorder, a royalty-free, open sourced downloadable piece of code that keeps track of...

Tags: Seth Goldstein, Attentiontrust.org

Blog posts 2005-10-02

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Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)?

At well over 300 talkbacks and counting, plenty of folks took my challenge (and my reader's challenge) to sort out just what it would take to switch from Windows to desktop Linux. Obviously, there was plenty of the standard Windows vs. Linux bickering, but there were also a lot...

Tags: Desktop, Americans With Disabilities Act, Desktop Linux, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Remote Access, Software, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Hi Def Voice: Cool Sounding, But Do You Care?

Who doesn't hate a bad phone connection, but just how bad does a connection have to be before you're willing to pay for a really good one? That's the question telephony vendors are wondering, as they deliver hi-def...

Tags: Phone, Voice, Codec, Voice Channel, Telecom & Utilities, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-12-01

The most slacking-est time of the year

Is this what your office looks like from November to January?Statistically speaking, you're not doing any work today -- or so poll after poll out this time of year about "lost productivity hours" and "distracted workers" claims. You probably won't work for the rest of the week,...

Tags: Workplace, Hour, Aisle, Recruitment & Selection, Marketing Research, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Deb Perelman

Blog posts 2008-12-01

IBM dominates latest green supercomputer list

Must be the season for lists. Aside from the Greenpeace one I pointed to earlier today, you've also got the latest Supercomputing Green 500 ranking to consider, published by the Green500.org. This is the list that reinterprets the organization's Top 500 high-performance ranking by focusing on...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Supercomputer, List, IBM Corp., Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-25

The case for Scala

Programming languages are like screwdrivers for developers. One size does not fit all, so good programmers keep several in their tool belt. The problem is, new languages are coming out all the time and you've only got so much room on your belt and in your schedule to learn them....

Tags: Function, Method, Functional Programming, Language, Scala, Seq, List, Scala System, HQ9+, env:Env, David J. Biesack, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Android netbooks? Wouldn't it be loverly?

Once again, fellow blogger, Jason Perlow, has hit on a concept entirely useful to business users, but perhaps even more useful in education. The idea of an Android-based netbook isn't entirely new, Jason hits the nail on the head in his post: What we really should...

Tags: Education, Developer, Google Inc., Novell OpenSuse, Jason Perlow, Android, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-24

iPhone jailbreakers: Problems with QuickPwn?

On Friday, the word came out from iPhone jailbreaker community to avoid update to the iPhone 2.2 firmware. The next day, the team at blog.iphone-dev.org warned that use of QuickPwn could bring problems with Apple's iPhone Firmware 2.2 update released on Friday. by David Morgenstern

Tags: Apple iPhone, Firmware, Apple iTunes, QuickPwn, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-11-23

Why Apple and Google need to get into the Netbook business

This crappy photo-edit of a fairly standard netbook design illustrates the power of Apple branding. ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan recently picked up a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Ubuntu Netbook and pinged me for tech support questions regarding his new toy --...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Apple iPod, Operating System, Apple Inc., Wireless, Android, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-22

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 5

Today is the last day of a 5-day course on iPhone programming class led by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. During the course I've been taking notes on how development for the iPhone compares to development for Android. By the way, BNR also offers Android courses if you're interested....

Tags: Program, Apple iPhone, Web Service, Android, iPhone API, Settings App, Android Preference, Cloud Computing, Web Services, XML, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Sex, Rock and Roll, and Open Source Reporting Frameworks

Actuate 10 and the Eclipse-based Open Source BIRT framework allows you to build rich reporting applications for your enterprise. Click on the photo to watch a video of the software in action. The title got your attention, didn't it? ...

Tags: Reporting Tool, Actuate Corp., Open Source BIRT, Business Intelligence, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-20

More OLPC Give One Considerations

It's the second day of sales for the OLPC Give One Get One program on Amazon; the site is still up and still claiming next day delivery is available (anyone who gets theirs in a day, please talk back below). I posted several musings yesterday on this latest effort...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Consumer Watchdog overreacts about Gmail

ConsumerWatchdog.org isn't too impressed with the way Gmail works -- they are convinced that Google isn't respecting the privacy of their users. Click here to watch the video Some things mentioned in the video may be concerning to some people, but everything mentioned can...

Tags: Message, Google Inc., Google Gmail, Consumer Watchdog, ConsumerWatchdog, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Security, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-11-17

New carbon monitoring resources available via the Web

If one of your near-year-end resolutions is to build out the carbon and greenhouse gas emissions reporting for your company, there are a couple of new resources that have been released in the past week. First off, Sun Microsystems has updated the tools that are available on...

Tags: Web, Monitoring, Greenhouse Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emission, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Sun plugs holes in StarOffice

Two weeks after the OpenOffice.org team shipped patches for code execution flaws in office suite, Sun Micrososystems has followed up with a high-priority update for StarOffice, which is based on the open-source code. Sun's patch, available for Windows, Linux and Solaris, address highly-critical vulnerabilities that could expose...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenOffice.org, Arbitrary Code Execution, StarOffice, OpenOffice, Patches, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Apple fixes 12 Safari security flaws

Apple has release Safari 3.2 to fix at least a dozen security flaws, some very serious. The update, available for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard, address vulnerabilities that could be exploited to take full control of a compromised machine. ...

Tags: Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Arbitrary Code Execution, Buffer-overflow, TIFF, Application Termination, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Challenging Silicon Valley to put poverty into a museum . . .

I'm not washing my right hand for a while because I used it to shake the hand of Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and a person that I've held in the highest regard for many years. Mr Yunus gave the keynote speech at the Tech Museum's Tech...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Poverty, Bangladesh, Mr., Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank, Grameen Loan, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Silicon Valley's top awards

Silicon Valley's 2008 Tech Awards: Technology Benefiting Humanity will be presented at a gala dinner this evening. The keynote speech will be delivered by Mohammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner. I'm looking forward to meeting Mr Yunus as I've been an admirer of his...

Tags: Humanity, Applied Materials Inc., Benefits, Human Resources, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Vudu takes HD lead; enough to stay alive?

Vudu, the product and service that brings downloadable movies to TV sets, is chugging full-speed-ahead when it comes to adding HD titles to its on-demand video service. This week, there were reports that Vudu's catalog now has more than 1,100 HD titles, leading a pack that includes AppleTV and Xbox....

Tags: Set-top Box, Set-top, TiVo Inc., Vudu, Tv & Home Theater, DVR, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Debrief and Defend: Replacing Microsoft Office With Google Docs

This Debrief & Defend presentation can be used as-is to explore the benefits of replacing many Microsoft Office installments with Google Docs. The presentation is designed to help department heads, staff, clients, board members, business owners, coworkers and others understand how Google's Web-based office suite can simplify document creation (including...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Docs, Microsoft Corp., Presentation, Corporate Governance, OpenOffice, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Office Suites, Software

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