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A Swoopo VC responds: At least, I think one did. I got an email from someone identifying himself as Howard, a Swoopo board member, taking issue with yesterday's post. His note, in full: Hi Robin, It appears you didn't finish your research on...; Tags: Journalist, Capitalism, Capitalist, Board, Wall Street, Swoopo VC, Board Member, Chump, August Capital, Corporate Governance, Venture Capital, Investment, Leadership, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Financing Startups, Management, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2009-11-30
Dark Internet Fundamentals: We all think we know the internet - the service that has magically transmitted these words from my keyboard to your eyeballs - but how much do you know of the fundamentals? As I wrote about last year, the plumbing of the internet...; Tags: Network, Attack, Internet, Security, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2009-11-29
Apple Store fails the Nordstrom test: Yet another Apple horror storyOnce again, an Apple horror story, trouble straight out of the box (forget "it just works").Most of the Apple afficionados I know have such horror stories. There's a massive one right now with the new iMacs. On the other hand, I know very little such stories...; Tags: Desktops, UNIX, Apple Inc., Apple Store, Nordstrom Inc.; Discussion threads 2009-11-27
For The First Time in Ages, I Agree With Apple: Is this how you work? Then don't get angry at your OEM when they invalidate your warranty when you send your PC in for service. Yesterday our own Apple Core blogger Jason O'Grady reported that Apple has now adopted a policy of voiding...; Tags: OEM, Apple Inc., Insurance, Financial Planning, Vertical Industries, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2009-11-24
Admob: Droid and Android army make big browsing splash: I don't see how....Palm is going to survive in this market. The iPhone vs Android will be interesting to watch however.Android is still milles away from the iPhoneAfter looking at the few Android phones in the market, I can tell you that without a doubt, the Android is competition for...; Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, Droid, phone; Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Sony Reader Daily Edition now available for pre-order: Back in August Sony announced the Reader Daily Edition with WiFi and 3G wireless support, along with a touch interface. Today, Sony announced that the Sony Reader Daily Edition can be pre-ordered over on the Sony Style store for $399.99 with shipping scheduled for December through January. by Matthew Miller; Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Reader, 3G, Wireless LANs, Wireless And Mobility, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2009-11-18
Intel to use EC slip-up in antitrust defense: Intel plans to use a finding of the European Ombudsman in its appeal against a European Commission antitrust fine. Intel told ZDNet UK on Wednesday that it is likely to use the Ombudsman's finding that the Commission failed to adequately record meetings as part of its defence against the...; Tags: Commission, Intel Corp., Corporate Law, Sales Force Management, Business Operations, Sales, Intel, antitrust, EU, Tom Espiner ZDNet UK; News items 2009-11-18
What's next for Microsoft's Azure cloud platform?: So MS is going cloud...Well, well, isn't this interesting. Does MS concede that the era of packaged client software is over? Again, MS is the follower and not the leader, and again, MS is following Google to the clouds. My prediction is that this will be a field day...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Corp., Azure, server; Discussion threads 2009-11-18
Real appeals injunction against RealDVD; says judge erred: Real has filed an appeal in its legal battle with the Motion Picture Association of America, arguing that a judge erred when she agreed to a preliminary injunction to halt sales of a DVD-copying program called RealDVD. In legal documents filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals...; Tags: Software, Preliminary Injunction, CD, Apple iTunes, RealDVD, Piracy, Digital Music, Sales Strategy, Digital Media, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2009-11-11
Dell Studio XPS 8000: Dell's Studio XPS 8000 offers an attractive chassis and mostly up-to-date features. Its configurations start as low as $699, but our $1,329 review unit is a solid upper-midrange performance desktop that will play games and handle more demanding digital media tasks with little difficulty. For the very price-performance conscious, both...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Studio XPS 8000, Intel P55, Dell Studio XPS 8000, motherboard; Product reviews 2009-11-10
Major online ad site hacked, serving up exploit cocktail: One more reason to use FirefoxUse Firefox with AdBlock Plus and a simple filter of *media-servers.net* and the problem is solved.I am not sure that they are "major" as I did not have a filter for them.AgreedYet, I bet the web hosts will STILL complain about it. RE: Major online...; Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Confession, online advertising, Microsoft Windows, Ryan; Discussion threads 2009-11-10
Why I'm letting someone else run my Exchange 2010 server: Why ironic?Given that exchange is the de facto standard in business email/cal having their products working as perfectly as possible with exchange is a must. Not only that, they advertise this functionality. Did you expect it to fail miserably? Your expectations must have been low. Heh.It took yearsNative Exchange support...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, E-mail servers, Groupware, Exchage, download page, Apple iTunes, IBM Corp., server; Discussion threads 2009-11-09
February 2013 - The date when Firefox could pass Internet Explorer: RE: February 2013 - The date when Firefox could pass Internet ExplorerThat does assume that everything remains constant, which it won't. If someone creates a new browser that could disrupt it, or when either company releases a new version of their browser that is also going to throw things...; Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer; Discussion threads 2009-11-06
The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda: Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology...; Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, E2.0, Susan Scrupski, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2009-11-05
Zero-day flaw found in web encryption: A zero-day flaw in the TLS and SSL protocols, which are commonly used to encrypt web pages, has been made public. Security researchers Marsh Ray and Steve Dispensa unveiled the TLS Transport Layer Security flaw on Wednesday, following the disclosure of separate, but similar, security findings. TLS and its...; Tags: Web, Flaw, TLS, SSL, Zero-day Bug, Ssl/Tls, Network Security, Channel Management, Networking, Marketing, zero day, security, encryption, Tom Espiner ZDNet UK; News items 2009-11-05
Enterprise 2.0 - the non-debate: If I'd paid the full whack $2,495 to attend the Enterprise 2.0 conference I'd be demanding at least a partial refund. It seems the 'Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock' debate was less than a damp squib and more like a feeble whimper. Here's the back story: ...; Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2009-11-05
Chrome 4.0 gets beta release: Google introduced the bookmark sync feature for the developer-preview version in August, and now it is also in the better-tested beta version, Chrome 4.0.223.16. More people will get a chance to try out bookmark synchronization with Monday's release of a beta version of Google Chrome for Windows. ...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Chrome, Chrome 4.0, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Chrome, browsers, Windows, Stephen Shankland CNET News; News items 2009-11-03
SIA: Chip sales "above expectations"; more growth expected: Echoing a growing sentiment that economic recovery is in the works, the Semiconductor Industry Association today said that worldwide sales of semiconductors were up nearly 20 percent from the previous quarter, though down more than 10 percent from the same quarter a year ago. For the quarter...; Tags: Semiconductor Industry Association, Semiconductor, Chip, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2009-11-02
Sony recalls 69,000 Vaio AC adapters: Viao v85 vgp-ac19v24 sold with FW21lI bought a nice VGN_FW in march.BY August I had received a stiff shock from the charger.Apparently if you take it out of the wall the plug end is still live..being partially sighted this was in my opinion a design fault.Sony asked me for ?149...; Tags: Sony Vaio, Sony Corp., adapter; Discussion threads 2009-10-29
Motorola Droid hands-on photos (Motorola Droid hands-on photos): RE: Motorola Droid hands-on photos (Motorola Droid hands-on photos)It looks nice and I am partial to Motorola, but I think it is too much for me. I have a W755 and use the phone, send a couple of texts now and then, use the camera rarely, and listen to tunes....; Tags: Motorola Droid, Motorola Inc., HTC Hero, Verizon Communications Inc., photograph; Discussion threads 2009-10-29