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- Microsoft, a mindshare marvel
- Microsoft, a mindshare marvel95% of the marketand ONLY half of the mindshare? This is good?Flawed conceptMindshare is a poor metric. The only redeeming value it has it that it is long-running, hence can be trended. Counting page views is, at best, wide open to interpretation. BTW, mindshare...
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, SECURITY, Bad Publicity, Microsoft Corp., mindshare, Abbey, Mindshare
- Discussion threads 2005-04-13
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- News to know: IE 8; iPhone password locks; SOA; Palm Treo Pro reviews
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download Ed Bott: Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover Gallery: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Password, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Hero of the week: Mike McDerment
- It's rare for me to pick out individuals but Mike McDerment CEO of FreshBooks deserves attention by anyone in the startup game and especially those trying to develop business applications. I first came across Mike some two years ago when FreshBooks had about 70,000 registrants. That number is now over...
- Tags: Start-up, Hero, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- It must be a rough day in Cupertino
- They just keep coming, one negative headline after another after another. At least that's how it must feel today over at Apple. In the last 24 hours or so, there have been at least four separate events that have put the company in a negative light. The widespread problems with...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., TechMeme, Apple Mac OS X, Internet, 3G, Service Management, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Palm Treo: The reviews are upbeat; Can a device turn Palm around?
- Palm may have a hit on its hands with the Treo Pro judging from the recent spate of reviews as NDAs ended on Wednesday. The larger question is whether this pricey device can give the company a boost in the bottom line. To wit: ...
- Tags: Device, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, Treo Pro, QWERTY Keyboard, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Some brands should allow themselves to be 'jacked'
- Essentially, brandjacking is the unauthorized use of a company's organization or brand. It happens more often than not but in some cases, is it always bad? by Jennifer Leggio
- Tags: Brand, Twitter, Branding, Cable, Marketing, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Keeping the brand - and verb - alive
- photoshop (v.) "to edit an image using a computer program," 1992, originally in ref. to Photoshop, a bitmap graphics editor trademarked and published by Adobe, released in 1990. --- Dictionary.com There aren't many brand names that can take on verb status but Photoshop, a pioneer in digital imagery manipulation,...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, Web, Brand, Mobile, Photograph, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Who's Dumber: Bad Guys … Or Good Guys?
- In the old cowboy movies, the black hats were villains that created mayhem, until the white hats came along and ended their reigns of fear. Now, we have the spectacle of good guys seemingly educating the bad guys on how to exploit flaws or processes of the Internet, that...
- Tags: Hat, Flaw, Internet, Social Security, BGP, Operational Accounting, Government, Networking, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Major security hole found in iPhone
- Gizmodo has unearthed a security flaw in the iPhone OS and boy is it a doozy. According to the post it's simple to access a locked iPhone's address book, Mail, SMS, Contacts, and Safari. The vulnerability works like this on a password protected and locked iPhone: ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Security, Viruses And Worms, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Defendant in key RIAA decision destroyed evidence
- Photo by Luke Gattuso Just because you win a brilliant legal battle doesn't mean you'll win the war. Back in April, Judge Neil Wake handed RIAA opponents a key victory, with a seminal decision against the recording association's "making available" theory of distribution. ...
- Tags: Theory, RIAA, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Dancing on E-voting's grave
- Any application, including e-voting applications, that run on programmable gear in user hands can be subverted. It may generally be difficult, the bad guys may usually get caught, but no auditor can ever prove that it has not been done - and that's why most states are now throwing away...
- Tags: Client-server, E-voting, Government, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Does Psystar have a legit argument in Apple countersuit?
- Does Psystar have a legit argument in Apple countersuit?AppleIf Apple wants to grow they need to open up their OS. After using Apple computer for few weeks I realize why people choose Windows over Apple inspite of the issues like system-hang, slower wakeup/sleep, etc. Opening up would resolve such issues...
- Tags: Apple Inc., EULA, legit argument, Psystar, Does Psystar
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Feel like taunting an identity thief? Don't.
- The next time you get the urge to enter angry messages to phishers on fake malicious Web sites, stop and consider this discovery by researcher Joe Stewart. The identity thieves behind the Asprox botnet have built extra logic into phishing sites to detect taunts and subject those...
- Tags: Identity Thief, Asprox, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Banking, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Financial Services, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkit
- Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkitLinux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkitLOL! And the hits to linux just keep coming! So thats 4 different incidents within a week's time of how badly linux sucks. Poor linus must be hiding under his bed trying...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Rootkits, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, SSH, attack, Compromised SSH, Compromised, Microsoft Windows, rootkit, security
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Microsoft to tweak WGA Notifications on Windows XP
- Microsoft to tweak WGA Notifications on Windows XPDo it right......kill WGA altogether!! Time to start listening to your customers, M$!!WGA, friend or foe?Somebody at my work brought to me his laptop that had XP pro. A friend of his had sold it to him and when he tried to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Failed government IT: 'The mother of all databases'
- Failed government IT: 'The mother of all databases'Just another reason to keep government smallThis is just another example of how incompitant our government can be. This is a huge problem all over the government and it is wasting billions of our hard earned money while some would like to...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Keep-It-Simple, government, database, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Is LogMeIn the route to laptop Linux?
- Is LogMeIn the route to laptop Linux?Linux is cheaper than WindowsAnd since they do the same thing, why not go with the cheaper option?And really you're right in that the other OS is more important to the end user. But as far as the sale of this "terminal", what it...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, LogMeIn, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testing
- Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testingBest overview of LHC ever.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtMRE: Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testingAhhh, this is just awesome news. I'm so glad the Europeans are picking up the ball on High Energy Particle Physics, as Bush seems hell-bent on catastrophizing particle physics research here in the US, just...
- Tags: Large Hadron Collider, stem-cell, theory, LHC
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Does TraceMonkey kick Firefox into turbo mode?
- Does TraceMonkey kick Firefox into turbo mode?Wow, we are breaking down the barriers to web application adoption for allof our every day applications. The speed here will be so close to natively compiled code that it will not matter any more. But, we still need some kind of a sandboxed...
- Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, JavaScript, Microsoft Corp., security, Apple Safari
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Are we seeing a serious greening of Colorado? Sure seems that way.
- Are we seeing a serious greening of Colorado? Sure seems that way.Yep, going green allrightIt's called moss growing over all the abandoned homes and industry as Colorado slips into economic depression.The question now becomes how much misery will Americans allow greens to foist upon us until we've finally had...
- Tags: serious greening, Microsoft Excel
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
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