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On CNN.com's Blogger Bunch

On CNN.com's Blogger BunchTaking stolen property...is against the law. You can most likely get around this if and only if you can prove the person it was taken from was doing something illegal.

Tags: Blogger Bunch, Blogger, CNN

Discussion threads 2009-07-18

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Two Views of the Software Market

A Bridge Too Far? In a blogger briefing this week at SAP’s TechEd, SAP CTO, Vishal Sikka, drew a chart of the application software market and what new areas of technology are of interest to the firm. I’ve tried to reproduce his freehand drawing into the following...

Tags: ERP, Vishal Sikka, S-curve, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Wikipedia: What's good for the goose?

It's extremely useful--to a pointVery useful to the extent that it gives a surprisingly deep and thorough investigation of a topic, based on the opinions of one person or a very small group of people.For many topics, that good enough. Most people will agree that the moon is made...

Tags: Wikipedia, Wiki

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Google reveals identify of Cohen 'skank' blogger

Welcome to the Internet only AOL ex/users give real info.Welcome to the internet everyone. It is amazing how many dummies give out real information to services that should not be given real information. This is a product of AOL where dummies who shouldn't have been on the internet got onto...

Tags: Blogging, INTERNET, Cohen, blogger, defamation, real name, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

Apple's not-so-secret tablet: Flawed from the start

Apple's not-so-secret tablet: Flawed from the startMisconceived?I think your basic assumptions are wrong. The Tablet is likely to be a large format iPhone/iPod Touch rather than a small flat Mac.The two devices would be very different beasts!It might help if you knew something about what you were writing about.... Apple...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, Apple Inc., not-so-secret tablet

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Open source advocates still called zealots

Open source advocates still called zealotsHow about Microsoft zealots?I am certain any group includes a few wackies. Law of averages and all. If the shoe fits....... wear it!I find it funny...the a blogger calls what a journalist does worthless. Considering the difference in quality control and that...

Tags: Blogging, word zealot, Moderators, Ashlee Vance, NYT, open source, zealot, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-24

News to know: Amazon; Yahoo-Microsoft; Wireless carrier exclusivity; YouTube; Oracle; HP-IBRIX

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Amazon gets bullied, pulls purchased e-books from Kindles Dana Blankenhorn: Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, YouTube Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Wireless, Brammo, GlassHouse Service, Microsoft Windows 7, FireWire, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-07-20

On CNN.com's Blogger Bunch

In a few moments, I'll be joining CNN.com's Blogger Bunch discussion group. The topic of the day is TechCrunch's publication of purloined internal Twitter docs. Here's the latest - and last post - from TechCrunch - a pretty interesting set of discussions in which management attempts to...

Tags: TechCrunch, CNN, Blogger, Free Trade, Strategy, Finance, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-17

Google could take a lesson from Bing on porn

Google could take a lesson from Bing on pornMissed it by THAT much...That's great and all, except it gives a false sense of security. If Microsoft's filters of explicit content was perfect, there'd be no reason to block a "domain"... one would just need to use Microsoft's filtering. ...

Tags: Bing, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., domain

Discussion threads 2009-06-13

Green Dam definitively blocks political sites - and creates security breach

Despite China's claims that Green Dam Youth Escort - the spyware the government has commanded shall be installed on all new PCs - is merely a porn filter, it's now clear that the software filters a whole bunch of political content. According to The Wall Street...

Tags: Software, Security, Content, Tools & Techniques, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-11

Google does 3 Chrome updates, and runs out of bandwidth

Google does 3 Chrome updates, and runs out of bandwidthSo, Garett sticks to the RIGHT definitionand he is to blame for the sloppiness in Chrome's members' blog posts? Great. This cult of google is approaching Apple's cult level: "something it's not what it is, it's whatever Apple says it is,...

Tags: Google Inc., bandwidth, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-05-10

Screw Kindle...just give me a decent app for textbooks

When I first held a Kindle the first generation, I was instantly enamored. I was also in public education, so I couldn't afford one. However, there are few things on this planet that I like more than reading, so a little device that could hold a bunch of...

Tags: Christopher Dawson, Hardware, Kindle, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Textbook

Blog posts 2009-05-04

Windows 7 "XP Mode" system requirements

Windows 7 "XP Mode" system requirementsAnother limitation: Chip-set virtualizationMany PCs don't have that support (Intel-VT, AMD-V).Wow...I'm glad I have a Mac!More Reasons For Not UpgradingIf you are a regular, non business consumer, you get this:1) Non business users can't download this for Windows 72) Have to check to...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, hardware, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-29

Prioritizing bugs to boost Linux adoption

Prioritizing bugs to boost Linux adoptionGood idea. One of my gripes has already been written aboutright here: http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12554-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=62587&messageID=1175162#7468564444263411314&authId=Z6HGiN/lieHAYr2cBP3nkh6ZvIQSz/q5p+rs/WKQqRniE3yqBqrAzZ3UEVN5DV2K- KcWindows applications under WINE......have to be well written apps, conforming to Microsoft's Windows API's. Any application that uses "tricks", or undocumented calls, will not work under WINE. I would not refer to...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Linux Apps, Linux-adoption, Linux, wine, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-04-18

Windows 7 Starter editions odd "three app limit" behavior

Windows 7 Starter editions odd "three app limit" behaviorI think you missed the point ...... my worry is that the normal detritus that collects on a PC or which is present on many OEM systems will actively reduce the number fo apps the end user can run.What are you babbling...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter Edition, netbook, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-03-31

Your guide to SxSW Interactive 2009

During the second week of March each year, there is a mass pilgrimage of geeks from the San Francisco bay area to the heart of Texas. Not for BBQ, not for a sun tan, but for probably the best interactive web conference in the history of the world. ...

Tags: Facebook, Barbecue, Twitter, SXSW, Scott Beale, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-03-08

Rotten reporting: Is it just Apple coverage that 'bites'?

Rotten reporting: Is it just Apple coverage that 'bites'?good questionWell, I would have to say that Mary Jo is one of the most honest of MS bloggers - usually you either you get cheerleaders or haters, but she's very good about criticizing when necessary. I don't think you need...

Tags: Application servers, blogger, Rotten, Apple Inc., blogging

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

Could Shrek use a netbook?

The answer, of course, is no. As I mentioned before, I saw Shrek the Musical with my kids last weekend and, although I thoroughly enjoyed it much to my surprise, the big ham-handed ogre could not have effectively used the Acer Aspire One I'm evaluating. No...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Jason Perlow, Teacher, Keyboards, Notebooks, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-01-03

Sometimes stuff just works - or almost, anyway

Sometimes stuff just works - or almost, anywayLearning to play well with WindowsYou're right, that last hiccup is reminiscent of the times when the producers of other software did not feel a need to respond to Microsoft products.That usually doesn't happen now.And the future, Microsoft products connected to other Microsoft...

Tags: Construction, Financial Planning, Quality, Insurance adjuster, Microsoft Corp., wall, Murph, insurance, standards

Discussion threads 2008-12-11

CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Live and Let Die - Part 1

We're heading into the forecasting homestretch now. You've seen what I'm thinking 'sup for 2009 with this post, this post, and this post.  Now we move onto the final one or two or three (we'll see how long I can go writing each one before I get tired or sick...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Oracle Corp., Vision, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Sales, CRM, SDN, BPX, Marketing Functionality, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-10