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Nintendo: 2009's 'World's Best Company'

Makes senseNintendo took a market which caters to a very small niche of people with too much time on their hands and created a market that caters to entire families. They took the nerdy LAN party stigma out of video games and made it fun for everyone.RE: Nintendo: 2009's 'World's...

Tags: Games, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Best company

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

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Thanksgiving reading. Soccer and enterprise apps: the similarities and differences

The other evening I had the pleasure of visiting Old Trafford soccer stadium. It's the home of Manchester United, arguably the most successful soccer team in living memory. Consistently at the top or near the top of the British Premier League and European Champions League in the late 20th and...

Tags: Team, SAP AG, Team Management, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-25

Apple ads dodge the network coverage issues

Misleading advertising is in Apple's DNAWhy would their carrier be otherwise?RE: Apple ads dodge the network coverage issuesI saw the "What time's the movie" add last night. In the real world, it would not play out the way it is shown. The fine print at the end of...

Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, RSS, HTC Hero, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., advertisement, TELUS Corp., 3G, network

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Numbers of new Core i7 iMacs are turning up DOA

I guess it goes to show that......even the almighty apple is not immune to issues. We have some iMacs (about 100 - 120) in my organization compared to about 2500 Windows Desktops and out of the 90 we ordered a few years ago (17" iMacs) we had one come...

Tags: Desktops, DOA, Core i7 iMac, Core i7, Apple Inc., Apple iMac

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

LG 32LH20

Photo gallery: LG LH20 seriesWe can't fault the LG LH20 series for trying. The company's least-expensive lineup of LCDs for 2009 offers more features than its competition, including the only USB port for digital photos and by far the best selection of picture adjustments. All of those tweaks...

Tags: LG Electronics Inc., LG LH20 series, LG LH20

Product reviews 2009-11-24

The medical home is reform without objections, so far

Medical HomeThis path is already being broken. At my company, the $56/paycheck credit for not taking a company medical insurance plan has been replaced with a $20 credit IF you participate in a company-sponsored "wellness" program. You have to have a screening on company time - weight, BP,...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Financial Planning, United HealthCare, DUI, public entity, insurance

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Is your culture getting in the way of your IT success?

Many enterprise IT investments lead to healthy debates about the best architectural or application approaches - but often forgotten is the culture of an organization itself. Commentary - While any planned enterprise IT investment leads to healthy debates about the best architectural or application approaches, too often left out...

Tags: Job, Team, Information Technology, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Team Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Management, Software, Panasonic Computer Solutions, IT management, culture, Jim King, Special to ZDNet, Jim King, Panasonic Computer Solutions, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-23

AOL ditches the triangle; previews new brand identity, logos

Those are some ugly logos, I do hope they go with something better and more appealing to the eye.RE: AOL ditches the triangle; previews new brand identity, logosWhy? What's wrong with their initial logo? It wouldbe something akin to Chevy putting a Ford logo on its' cars. ...

Tags: Branding, LSD, America Online Inc., new brand identity, brand identity, brand

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Google goes all-in with an open source cloud

RE: Google goes all-in with an open source cloudGoogle is redifing the marketplace each day with calculated innovation to set the table for their advancement and domination in the future. I can't for the fight that is coming with MS Office next year and Google docs.another nail in M$...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Chrome, Windows 7 market share, Google Inc., open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I

(NOTE BEFORE I START: This is one really long post. So rather than post it in all its glory in a single file or post it here over two days, I'm trying something new. I'm posting the first half here. And the second half on PGreenblog.  Let's see how that...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Customer Service, Twitter Inc., Sales Force, Customer, CRM, Integration, Force.com, Service Cloud 2, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-23

Schiller: App Store isn't broken

The truth hurtsThe truth is consumer lacks the ability to make good decision regarding the security of their data. We are regularly tricked into click-installing things while surfing the web, download trojans and other malware, give out information over the phone that we shouldn't etc ... and we never...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, approval process, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

iPhone - is it a good tool for traveling business people?

yes- hmmmm....You're right Dan. Droid? Then you can have google navigation and we'll be able to find a better restaurant in NYC than the worlds busiest Korean :p Maybe those nice people @ 451 will buy you one ;)Thanks for the thoughtOne issue with the current Android V2 phones is...

Tags: Smart phones, calendar issue, tool, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Michael Dell sticks to Windows 7 big bang theory

too old?"Windows XP is 8 years old"So What? If it ain't broke don't fix it!Windows 2000 is ten years old and still does almost everything I need. Everyone around me runs XP or newer, yet I have far fewer problems.What is good for the computer industry is not...

Tags: Operating systems, theory, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Mozilla: Still too dependent on Google for revenue; Can it diversify?

well its in Google best interest ...that mozilla is healthy and and kicking .... anyone claiming monopole they point out that they support Mozilla foundation big time ...Google keep its competition alive they should do more invest in ubuntu ... so they...

Tags: Web browsers, SEARCH, Operational accounting, revenue, Google Inc., Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

AOL: Will Armstrong get any honeymoon?

AOL will lay off a third of its workforce once it is spun off as a public company. The company's ad business is a wreck. And the best thing AOL has going for it is a subscription model (read dial-up) that's also in decline. Welcome back to the big leagues...

Tags: Honeymoon, America Online Inc., Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-11-19

Rumored HTC 'Dragon' Google phone to spar with iPhone, Droid

The problem for competitors is that Google could throw a billion or more atmobile OS market including Android and ChromeOS. They just want a flood of cheap, very functional, very powerful mobile internet devices. They do not need ANY profits on the OS itself.Hardware manufactures like Palm, Blackberry, and Nokia...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Handhelds, phone, keyboard, Google Inc., physical keyboard, High Tech Computer Corp., iPhone Droid, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Adding a Wizard to your Magic Mouse

you're nuts.Multi touch on a laptop trackpad is IMO the single best thing about apple hardware. It is not illogical that this tech should show up in a mouse as well. Clearly, you haven't tried it. It works quite well and there is no "contortion" needed.Dumbest... mouse... everJust because something...

Tags: Mice, mouse, Magic Mouse

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Yahoo's dwindling search share: Time to panic?

Typical MicrosoftThis is normal business practice for MS. Partner up with someone, take what they need, then discard them.Ask anyone from RealNetworks how their partnership went.It's about search.Wow, it looks like the volume of search users use the search engine that delivers better results.Google search is better than Bing...

Tags: E-mail, SEARCH, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Bing

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

(Images: Carnegie Mellon's car navigation system)

Car Navigation system: London Taxi CompanyHI , We are a taxi company Hummingbird Cars in London. We provide Airport Transfer service from all london airports. We have recently started our new business and we require to buy Car navigation system or Tom Toms for our taxis . Can anyone suggest...

Tags: Car Navigation System, car, Carnegie-Mellon University

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Google to demo Chrome OS; Detail launch plans

the windoze killer has arrivedChrome OS will put the final nail in M$ coffin!You really can't be seriousyou have to be a fake or something.Your posts are allways way off the mark.By like a continent or two.Windoze? Grow up, manI hope Chrome is good - because it will make...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., operating system, Chrome OS, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-17