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- Backer (exe)
- Backer keeps all your computers and disks up to date. With Backer you can back up, synchronize, archive, and transfer directories and files. Sync your notebook before you travel and your desktop PC afterwards; transfer files between your office and your home; on the road, sync your notebook with the...
- Tags: Backer, Notebooks, Internet, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Software downloads 2007-12-21
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- IT faces 'dire shortage' of core skills, study
- The skills needed to modernize core IT assets are in short supply, according to latest report from the application-management company The lack of core IT skills is a major impediment to modernizing key IT assets, according to a survey by application-management company Micro Focus. ...
- Tags: Skill, Information Technology, Micro Focus, Survey, Strategy, Marketing Research, Management, Marketing, IT management, jobs, skills, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk
- News items 2008-12-02
- Hands up who's tired of Twitter?
- While I didn't have time to reflect on the top management changes at Twitter last week, I'm not surprised. Jack Dorsey and Ev Williams have swapped seats for one reason: Jack's a code jock and Ev's the biz guy. Andy Beal almost nails it: Sure, it sounds amicable–which is...
- Tags: Twitter, Operational Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- News to know: iTunes 8 sneaky upgrade; AMD; CTIA; Text pricing
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: An inside look at Apple's sneaky iTunes 8 upgrade. Gallery Tour: Sneaky iTunes install, step by step right Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: iTunes...
- Tags: Google Inc., Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple iPod Touch, Pricing Strategy, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Apple iTunes, CTIA, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
- Nokia joins Apple as an active Microsoft ActiveSync backer
- Nokia joins Apple as an active Microsoft ActiveSync backerWhy is Nokia making deals with M$?We demmand that Nokia should stop working with M$ and embrace OSS, or we will not buy any Nokia cell phones anymore!M$ licenses are not only expensive, but also they are damaging Nokia's image.
- Tags: M$ Licenses, Nokia Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft ActiveSync
- Discussion threads 2008-09-10
- Nokia joins Apple as an active Microsoft ActiveSync backer
- Nokia is offering to users of 43 different S60-model cell phones the ability to sync up with Microsoft Exchange on the back end using Microsoft's ActiveSync protocol. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft ActiveSync, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, E-mail, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Online Communications, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- Will Bill Gates' departure usher in open source friendly era at Microsoft?
- Will Bill Gates' departure usher in open source friendly era at Microsoft?MS will embrace OSS only if...they perceive that it will increase their stock value. Gates' departure has nothing to do with it. As far as Linux Zealots predicting the end of proprietary software, this only indicates their lack...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Corp., open source, Bill Gates, OSS, operating system, OSX, desktop, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- Will Bill Gates' departure usher in open source friendly era at Microsoft?
- Will Microsoft become more open to open source with the departure of Bill Gates? It's a tough call. Observers from both the open and closed source worlds say the exit of Microsoft's longtime leader won't usher in a GPL era at the company but it will likely...
- Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- What if Microsoft had picked a different Chief Software Architect?
- Microsoft has been orchestrating carefully for the past few years the transition of Bill Gates from Chief Software Architect CSA and regular participant in product planning meetings, to "mere" Chairman. (Gates' actual "last day" is June 30.) But it turns out Microsoft may have been planning this...
- Tags: Chief Software Architect, Ray Ozzie, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Development Tools, Management, Software/Web Development, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Putting Workday on SAP's radar
- Now that SAP's SaaS project Business ByDesign has gone on the back burner, I've been wondering how I'm going to pass the time next week at SAPPHIRE Berlin. One thing I'll be asking the enterprise software giant is how it feels about losing out to SaaS startup Workday for a...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, SAP AG, Radar, Workday, Flextronics International Ltd., Software As A Service (SaaS), Human Capital, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Unixfication II
- Can the Linux community get over its "not invented here" ideology which has often hindered its ability to adopt technological improvements from outside sources? I keep saying to myself, I hope so. But recent events have shown me that we have a long way to go until we become a...
- Tags: GPL, Virtualization, Kernel, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Sun Solaris, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- House committee passes 'gluttonous' Pro IP Act
- So, we have a credit crisis, a foreclosure crisis, a full-blown recession and no plans on how to get out of Iraq or how to create a regional solution. So what do we need? How about an intellectual property czar and stiffer penalties for unauthorized music downloading? ...
- Tags: Damage, CD, IP, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Why are reformers destroying Veterans' health computer system?
- Roger Maduro right doesn't look like a hero. Like most heroes he never sought the status, just tried to do right and shine a light on what works. What works, he thinks is VistA, and the Veterans Administration system that computer code supports. In shining the light...
- Tags: Agency, Hero, U.S. Congress, Microsoft Windows Vista, Health Care, Computer, Roger Maduro, VA, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- Backed by Intel, Ubuntu, Google, mobile linux is poised for commercial takeoff in 2008
- The momentum behind mobile Linux is accelerating because several communities -- and commercial giants -- are finally backing it. Despite earlier efforts from pioneering companies like MontaVista, Lineo and Access, the open source operating system has always taken a back seat to proprietary mobile operating systems such as Nokia-backed...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Mobile, Intel Corp., Mobile Linux, LIPS Specification, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- More battle lines are drawn: Yahoo backs Google's OpenSocial
- On the same day Microsoft announced new interoperability deals with five social-networking sites, Yahoo announced it has joined the Google-backed OpenSocial social-networking intiative. Yahoo announced on March 25 that not only had it joined the OpenSocial group, but that -- along with MySpace and Google -- Yahoo...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Google OpenSocial, Strategy, Business Structures, Management, Finance, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- Is Yahoo is best way for Microsoft to spend its cash?
- Microsoft is likely to prevail in its Yahoo bid -- and most likely without raising its offer. But just because Microsoft can buy the No. 2 search vendor doesn't necessarily mean it should. Those are the results of a new poll of Wall Street analysts by Reuters....
- Tags: Acquisition, Yahoo! Inc., Analyst, Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-16
- Could Yahoo's 'openness' be another anti-Microsoft poison pill?
- Even though Microsoft and Yahoo allegedly are at the bargaining table, I can't help but wonder what Yahoo is doing behind the scenes to minimize Microsoft's impact when and if it acquires Yahoo. We already know that Yahoo CEO Yang created golden parachutes for Yahoo employees (along...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-14
- Firefox 3 beta 5 code freeze slated for March 18
- Firefox 3 beta 5 code freeze slated for March 18Damn Right Another Beta is Needed!I have crashes all the time. Several times they've gotten so frequest I've had to go to FF2 or IE to get work done.The current code is not anywhere close to being ready for prime...
- Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3 Beta, Firefox 3 beta 5, Firefox 3
- Discussion threads 2008-03-04
- Will OOXML get the ISO standards nod? It's not a given
- While there's still a month left before the final votes are tallied, Microsoft's bid to gain ISO standards approval for its Office Open XML OOXML document format is anything but guaranteed. Friday February 29 marked the end of a week-long ballot-resolution meeting in Geneva, where participants debated...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., ISO, Microsoft Corp., Computerworld, OOXML, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-01
- Of+DVDs+and+documents
- Of+DVDs+and+documentsOf course open source folks hate choice.The fact users have a choice in their OS and software is what has kept open source from going anywhere on the desktop.Face it, this entire thing was nothing more than open source advocates believing they had found a way to do an end...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), DVD, Consumer electronics, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., moderator
- Discussion threads 2008-02-22
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