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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

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IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download

Mozilla's new Ubiquity add-in for Firefox doesn't really seem to go beyond what Microsoft is doing with the version of its browser due to ship in November. That's my take, but you can form your own opinion. Starting today, August 27, at 3 p.m. EST, Internet Explorer IE 8 Beta...

Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2

Microsoft's August 2008 beta release of Internet Explorer 8 is packed with new features that have an impact on just about every aspect of your browsing experience. This screenshot gallery provides the details you need to know by Ed Bott

Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Beta, Web Browsers, Internet, Ed Bott, ERROR: Missing a field.

Image galleries 2008-08-27

Malware detected at the International Space Station

Malware detected at the International Space StationBetter use Linux next timeI'm amazed that anything M$ is allowed into space. It's totally insane. What next - avionics powered by Windows? That's one flight I won't be going on :DRE: Malware detected at the International Space StationNorton Anti-virus updates on a daily...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Linux, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows, malware, International Space Station, ISS, NASA, worm

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Patent suit alert: This time, Google and Verizon on the hot seat

Inventor Judah Klausner has settled with the best of them: AT&T, Apple, Comcast and eBay. Now, he's taking Google, Verizon, Cox and LG to court for infringing on his patents for visual voicemail technology. A Reuters story highlights some of his past legal battles, including a June...

Tags: Google Inc., Patent, Verizon Communications Inc., Inventor Judah Klausner, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Magna Charta: Welcome Back, Ross Perot

So, EDS is gone again, subsumed by HP. But, lo and behold, H. Ross Perot is back, just in time for the presidential elections. Now, you can view his slides about the dangers of the federal deficit and debt online, any time you want. Or, hear him posit...

Tags: Ross Perot, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Amazon acquires book community Shelfari

Amazon has added another tuck-in acquisition: Shelfari, an online community for book worms. Shelfari is likely to be integrated into Amazon's services and continue to exist as a separate destination. Amazon, which helped fund the social networking startup, now owns Shelfari and a stake in its primary...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Shelfari, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Networking, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Amazon Price Range (US) (xpi)

This add-on for Firefox will incorporate minimum and maximum price fields next to the search bar on Amazon.com. Prices correlate to both new and used items. "It's about time someone did this" - phil17402, August 7th, 2008. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Brian Harrison, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2008-08-26

Microsoft to roll out more granular 'porn mode' with IE 8

On August 25, Microsoft officials confirmed that the company will, indeed, provide private browsing, a k a "porn mode," as of Internet Explorer IE 8 Beta 2. IE 8 Beta 2 is expected to go to testers later this week. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Privacy, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., IE 8 Beta 2, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Get those ToS sorted

Get those ToS sortedNing can delete everything at their whim?Really? Their business model is "no responsibility". They expect anyone with data to use them?Or do they send out an email amending the terms?Kind of like my credit card company constantly sending term amendments every time they want to increase...

Tags: E-mail, Strategy, Ning, WidgetLaboratory

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Get those ToS sorted

The spat between WidgetLaboratory and Ning highlights one of the running sores in the current rush to all things 2.0: no-one and I mean no-one has given enough thought to how Terms of Service ToS are going to operate in the real world once cloud based services start to scale...

Tags: Terms Of Service, Ning, E-mail, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Salesforce quarter on target

Salesforce quarter on targetIs Salesforce.com the new ADP ... or the next Datapoint?This headline recently appeared in several places across the Web:"Salesforce.com Passes $1 Billion Annual Revenue Mark"THIS IS NOT TRUE. I don't know whether this material misstatement arose from media manipulation or an honest mistake, but it's genesis...

Tags: Sales force management, payroll solutions, Salesforce.com Inc., Datapoint, Automatic Data Processing Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-24

Some serious research into gasoline-free transport

There's an institute in Davis, California, dedicated to studying what works and what doesn't work when it comes to people moving around. Headed by Dr. Dan Sperling the faculty and research staff have delved into all manner of transit modes, energy sources, etc. They don't have Washington lobbyists...

Tags: Vehicle, Plug-in, PHEV, Telecommuting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-08-22

Back to school special: Big thanks to our green tech kids

I have no children so I really can't appreciate the end of August, when the parents I know count down the hours until their offspring heads back to the classroom. But I do remember mourning the bittersweet end of summer in the northeast, when crickets chirp of a summer evening...

Tags: Green Technology, Canon Inc., Corporate Communications, Team Management, Marketing, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Microsoft reorgs its search group

Microsoft is creating a new group within its Search unit to focus on commercial search, according to a note to UK-based journalists on August 21. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Image Search, General Manager, Microsoft Corp., Kelisky, Search, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-08-21

More security holes appear in Microsoft Office

In addition to this long list of missing Microsoft patches, there are at least three serious unpatched vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Office productivity suite. On August 12, the same day Microsoft released a slew of Office patches, TippingPoint's DV Labs published a bare-bones advisory warning about a...

Tags: User Interaction, Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Security, Office Suites, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Traffic to Olympics-related Web sites, August 8-11, 2008

Name August 8 August 9 August 10 August 11 Yahoo Olympics 1,477 3,324 2,839 5,253 NBC Olympics 2,664 4,008 3,264 4,560 AOL Olympics 395 1,010 1,205 1,192 Beijing2008.cn 429 780 581 607 New York Times Olympics 341 466 301 482...

Tags: Web, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, NB

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Novell-Microsoft interop pact may look sweeter to IT shops these days

Novell took a lot of heat from open source backers for executing an interoperability pact with Microsoft in late 2006 but the partnership -- strengthened with a new $100 million investment from Microsoft today -- is probably looking sweeter to mixed IT shops these days. Why? Because of recent...

Tags: Novell Inc., Interoperability, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, ISO, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Virtualization, OpenOffice, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Office Suites, Software, Storage, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Intel backs Microsoft's concurrent-computing play

On August 20, Intel rolled out new parallel-processing tools that support Microsoft's concurrent runtime environment that is expected to become a central component of Redmond's next-generation computing model. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Concurrency Runtime, CCR, .Net, Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-08-20

IE 8 looking like a November release

According to one well-placed tipster, who requested anonymity, the current plan is for Microsoft to make IE 8 Beta 2 available for download from its Web site on Thursday, August 28. And it sounds like the final release of IE 8 is slated for November. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-08-20