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- Roku becomes cloud-enabled with new Roku Channel Store and Developer SDK
- The new Roku Channel Store, which is being rolled out to all Roku devices, will greatly expand the capabilities of the $99 set-top on-demand streaming device. Late Sunday night, Roku announced that its players would now have a "Channel...
- Tags: Developer, SDK, Roku Inc., Roku Channel Store, Managed Hosting, Corporate Communications, Cloud Computing, Podcasts, Marketing, Internet, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-11-22
- Mac Help Widget 2.5 (Mac)
- Mac Help Widget uses PHONE, CHAT (ichat, adium, etc) or EMAIL (Apple Mail, Microsoft Entourage, etc) to get support for Macintosh OS X and OS X Server. If no one is online to answer your chat, the request can be sent via email with a very prompt response. Service is...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Phone, Consulting, E-mail, Desktops, Online Communications, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-11-21
- Do we need a 'beautiful mess' in operating systems? Yup
- To make a good soup, you've got to stir the pot...Ok, sure - it turns cloudy, short-term. Just be sure to filter it or let it settle, before serving.Whereas the classic 'design-by-committee' model so often fails, its always useful to have multiple, talented teams working on similar projects, independently. With...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Programming languages, Linux Distro, operating system, John Gruber, Linux, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Can the Economist entirely be trusted?
- Disagree."but the alternatives to a good cloud provider are far too flaky to be worth considering."The only thing I see in this sentence and the article it links to is worshiping your cloud religion.IMHO, it's a tool. Use it where it makes sense, don't use it where it doesn't make...
- Tags: cloud computing, Virtualization, software world, TRANSPARENCY
- Discussion threads 2009-11-15
- Did Microsoft copy Mac OS for Windows 7? Yes ... uh, wait ... no ...
- How do you like this....Microsoft has just patented "sudo":http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111094923390RE: Did Microsoft copy Mac OS for Windows 7? Yes ... uh, wait ... no ...Of course, Microsoft has been copying things from the Mac for years. Look at Windows and Mac OS from the very beginning... the Mac had a...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Sudo, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Mac OS
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Ovulation Calendar 1.0 (Mobile)
- OverviewOvulation Calendar is an application that calculates the time of ovulation and generates your personal fertility calendar. Simply enter the length of your menstrual cycle and the date of your last period, and Ovulation Calendar will calculate your fertile days. The results are presented as calendar showing your fertile and...
- Tags: Mobile, Calendar, PrologBD, OverviewOvulation Calendar, Ovulation Calendar, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2009-11-08
- Droid Preview: iPhone's first real competition has arrived
- The MicroSD card is not only expandableIt is hot-swappable. So basically your storage is only limited to how many cards you can afford.Competition is GREAT!I am glad Android is taking off, the future is Linux driven devices/appliances.To the naysayers that Linux distro devices/appliances are a 'niche' I guess Google is...
- Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, Droid Preview, phone, card
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Entourage Manipulator 2.0.0.12 (Mac)
- Productive Computing, Inc. introduces the first plug-in that provides two-way data exchange between FileMaker Pro and Microsoft Entourage using nothing more than simple FileMaker script steps. No AppleScript or XML programming required! The Entourage Manipulator plug-in can exchange data with the Microsoft Entourage Address Book, Calendar, Tasks, Notes and Mail....
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Filemaker Inc., FileMaker Pro, Productive Computing, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-11-03
- Smart.fm - almost enough to make me want an iPhone
- I really don't want an iPhone. I'm holding out for a Droid, just as soon as I figure out some way to justify getting rid of my perfectly adequate BlackBerry. However, the iPhone has lots of apps and one in particular is being unveiled today: Smart.fm's iPhone interface...
- Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Smart.fm, iPhone App, RTI, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- Mobile Auction Manager for eBay ( For OS 4.2 - v4.7) (Mobile)
- This release is for blackberrys with OS 4.2- OS 4.7 inc orig storm for phones with OS 5.0 inc betas see item belowMobile Auction Manager for OS5.0+Mobile Auction Manager makes managing your eBay auctions on the move easy ! You can bid on auctions you are watching as well as...
- Tags: Mobile, Operating System, eBay Inc., PB Mobile Soft, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Marketing, Software
- Software downloads 2009-11-02
- Smart grid grants
- Over $3 billion dollars worth of federal money will be awarded to smart grid projects in the U.S. today. President Obama has chosen a Florida solar power plant as the location for making his announcement. He'll be in Arcadia, Florida, at Florida Power and Light Co.’s...
- Tags: Grant, Monitors & Displays, Wi-Fi, Hardware, Components, Wireless And Mobility, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- AOL names its Board of Directors
- AOL, which is expected to be spun off from Time Warner as an independent company later this year, has named the members of its Board of Directors, who will join CEO and Chairman Tim Armstrong at the table. They are: Richard Dalzell, former Chief Information Officer of...
- Tags: America Online Inc., Board, Board Of Directors, Board Member, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- HTC kicks off global ad campaign and its all about YOU
- HTC Corporation today kicked off their new global advertising campaign based on their "Quietly Brilliant" brand positioning and everything is about YOU. They are focusing on the personal experience that we are coming to associate with our mobile phones and have been working with a LA-based agency, Deutsch LA Inc.,...
- Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Advertisement, Branding, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2009-10-25
- EvriChart: A Linux Success Story
- Tony Maro, CIO of EvriChart, a hospital records management and archiving business, successfully migrated his company's Windows-based line of business document management extranet application and his employees' 40-odd Windows-based desktops to a 100 percent Linux-based server and desktop infrastructure. Jason Perlow interviews Tony Maro, CIO...
- Tags: Desktop, Hospital, Imaging, Health Care, Server, Computer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant
- Friday October 23rd will see Gartner argue a motion to dismiss a complaint by ZL Technologies Inc about the famed Gartner Magic Quadrant. According to court papers, Gartner will argue to dismiss based on First Amendment rights citing that the Magic Quadrant is not meant to represent statements of fact...
- Tags: Quadrant, Analyst, Vendor, Gartner Inc., Vinnie, MQ, Blogging, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Internet, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Senior IBM exec among those charged in Wall Street insider trading sting
- Greed on Wall Street has landed six people - including a long-time, high-level IBM executive - in handcuffs after the FBI charged them with being involved with "the largest hedge fund insider trading case in history." In all, the six netted illegal profits of more than $20...
- Tags: Hedge Fund, FBI, Wall Street, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., IBM Corp., Chiesi, MOFFAT, Federal Government, Investment, Financial Services, Government, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-16
- How to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS
- Why does Apple persistI am amazed the game of cat and mouse Apple users must play to get a phone that they can do with as they please. The same people who openly criticize Microsoft for all and sundry, but the beloved Steve Jobs whom it appears must own their...
- Tags: Smart phones, Pwnage, Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., jailbreak
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- In the aftermath of the T-Mobile Chernobyl
- T-Mobile's Sidekick/Danger Inc. meltdown has far-reaching implications for wireless carrier data integrity responsibilities way beyond any immediate remediation the company may need to offer its customers. Yesterday, T-Mobile notified all of its Sidekick device customers that a failure which occurred on Microsoft's Danger,...
- Tags: T-Mobile, Customer, Storage, Workforce Management, Disaster Recovery, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Human Resources, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- On the future of Open Source thought leadership
- After over a decade of being in the shadow of the Free Software movement and 30 years of its inflexible dogmatic principles, disruptive new Open Source thought leadership is emerging that is truly able to compromise with the realistic needs of business and end-users without carrying...
- Tags: Software, Leadership, Richard Stallman, Open Source, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- AT&T ends iPhone VoIP restrictions; Skype set free
- AT&T is allowing voice over Internet protocol VoIP services over its 3G network for Apple's iPhone. Previously, VoIP was limited to a Wi-Fi connection. In a statement, AT&T said: AT&T today announced it has taken the steps necessary so that Apple can enable VoIP applications on...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., IP, Skype Technologies S.A., Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
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