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Google names new CIO: Google has named Benjamin Fried chief information officer. Fried, had been a managing director at Morgan Stanley's Application Infrastructure group. News.com's Stephen Shankland reports that Fried will take over in May. Fried replaces Douglas Merrill, who left earlier this month to go to EMI. ...; Tags: Google Inc., Web, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, Benjamin Fried, Portals, Change Management, Web Technology, Channel Management, Productivity, Groupware, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Management, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-24

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Can Icahn bring Microsoft's Yahoo bid back?: Updated: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn announced an alternate board of directors for Yahoo in a move that could revive a Microsoft bid. Will Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer bite? As expected Icahn announced his alternate slate, which includes Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Powerset shows semantic search solution: Beating the rush of press releases likely to flood inboxes during next week's Semantic Technology Conference, Powerset today announced the public availability of a service that adds a whole new dimension to searching for information from Wikipedia. Whilst much of the functionality unveiled today has been visible...; Tags: Natural Language Processing, Team, Xerox PARC, Wikipedia, Powerset, Wiki, Online Communications, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Moving beyond Microhoo: News.com's Dan Farber and Ina Fried discuss how the deal fell apart and where the two companies go from here.; Tags: News, ina fried, dan farber, microsoft, yahoo, merger, stock market; Videos 2008-05-05
Excess thermal paste causing high temps in MacBook Air (updated): Excess thermal paste causing high temps in MacBook Air updatedWell, as they sayToo much of a good thing can be bad.Hacker computerThey must switch the CPU with a hacked CPU.Geek-tech globs it on.Thermal grease is only there to fill...any gaps due to imperfections in the heat sink and the cpu...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Federal government, Thermal Grease, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., assembler; Discussion threads 2008-04-30

Possible next steps for Microhoo: CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Microsoft beat reporter Ina Fried sit down to discuss where Microsoft's bid for Yahoo stands. Ina breaks down the options and likens the strategy on both sides to a slow-moving game of chicken. Find out why she's not straying far from her desk anytime this...; Tags: News, kara tsuboi, michael kanellos, microsoft, yahoo, bid, merger; Videos 2008-04-30
Survey Data - CA: Towards the beginning of April, I was approached by representatives of CA who wanted me to discuss a then-recent survey about the adoption of virtualization technology. Having conducted numerous studies while I was with IDC, I'm always skeptical when looking at survey data. The results may either be...; Tags: Result, Survey, Computer Associates International Inc., Results, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-04-21
Open Source Commandments II: Passover Penguins: In my previous piece discussing the first four Open Source Commandments I talked a bit about the traditions of Passover, where Jewish families gather together to eat a festive meal and discuss our liberation from slavery in Egypt during the reign of the Pharaoh (while the one in the...; Tags: Console, OSS, Open Source, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-04-18
Better the Windows Vista devil you know than the Windows 7 one you don't?: Forrester Research is advising its clients against skipping Windows Vista when planning their operating system deployments. But one of the reasons Forrester is using -- because Vista's successor, Windows 7, will no doubt will be late -- is not a good assumption, in my book. As crazy...; Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrester Research Inc., Sinofsky, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-04-16
Windows 7: The delivery-date speculation continues: Over the past couple of days, I've noticed more new speculation about Microsoft's timetable for delivering Windows 7, the next version of Windows. Now, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates' words are being parsed for hidden meanings. According to my News.com colleague Ina Fried, Gates said this week during...; Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Windows Client Milestone, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-04-04
All-in-one printers: efficient and useful, often unnecessary.: Katherine Boehret at WSJ.com has a breakdown of three all-in-one printers that starts off with a promising, "All-in-one machines that print, copy and scan are becoming much more compact and affordable, and most important, easier to use." And that may be true, indeed -- but are they...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., All-in-One, Mushroom, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-04-02
Troubleshooting Mac OS X software issues: Troubleshooting Mac OS X software issuesSome recent support calls to me"My keyboard and mouse won't work" - User had somehow pulled out the keyboard plug from the computer."My Macbook won't start" - user had left the thing in sleep for along time and battery had died. Plug in power...; Tags: INTERNET, Operating systems, PRODUCTIVITY, Mac OS X Software, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh, software; Discussion threads 2008-03-25
A change that's headed right for Green Tech Industrial Park: We live in an era of change, you and I. Some unprecedented. Never before has the world shared a communications technooogy as flexible and open-ended as the Internet. In the days of newsprint or even broadcast, the concept of unlimited space or storage was inconceivable. I...; Tags: Food, Green Technology, Energy, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-03-25
Is DoubleClick a profit margin killer for Google?: Google has its display advertising beachhead with its acquisition of DoubleClick, but now the real fun begins: The integration and the profit margin risk. In a research note Tuesday, UBS analyst Benjamin Schachter cut his earnings, revenue and margin estimates based on the usual suspects: A slowing...; Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Profit Margin, DoubleClick Inc., Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-25
Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" beta - making life easier for Windows users: Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" beta - making life easier for Windows usersNice and easy, but.....Not for me. This way, Windows (and all it's security risks) can influence (damage?) my beautiful shiny clean Ubuntu.That thought makes me uneasy.I want Windows completely quarantined.But I agree: for beginnners with Linux, this is a...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 8.04, Linux, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2008-03-24
News to know: Windows 7; FCC; Census IT; HDMI; MacBook mystery; Fave Windows programs: Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Your turn: Readers choose their 10 favorite Windows programs Gallery right Mary Jo Foley: Why Windows 7 might go to pieces Michael Krigsman: Billion-dollar IT failure at Census Bureau George Ou: HDMI survival guide...; Tags: FCC, Google Inc., HDMI, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Rootkits, Federal Government, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Government, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-21
Apple ads hurting Microsoft's brand? In that case the ads aren't helping Apple either!: According to a piece on CNET News.com by Ina Fried, Apple's "I'm a Mac" ads could be having a detrimental effect on Microsoft's brand. Microsoft lands at No. 59 in the rankings for 2007, down from No. 11 in 2004, according to the survey from CoreBrand released Wednesday. ...; Tags: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-03-20
Vista SP1 available for download; Retail availability a mystery: This just in from the Windows Client team -- the folks who've made clear and accurate communications on behalf of customers a priority ahem. Even though Amazon.com posted over the weekend to its site a note stating quite clearly that Windows Vista Service Pack SP 1 would...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-03-18
Social networking meets old media: Maybe the ad model can work: Now that two of the three largest social networks are now subsidiaries of traditional media companies--Time Warner and News Corp, which own Bebo and MySpace, respectively--we're about to see whether the marriage of Web 2.0 with old media will have a happy ending. And an economic slowdown...; Tags: Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-13
Touring Microsoft's science fair: Walking around TechFest 2008, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie talks to News.com's Ina Fried about the latest from Redmond's labs and where the company is placing its bets these days.; Tags: microsoft techfest 2008, redmond, seattle, bill gates, steve ballmer, ina fried, research and development; Videos 2008-03-11