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- Microsoft gets its edge back
- Microsoft gets its edge backrplat"edge"? Microsoft hasn't had an original idea since "Visiplot/Visitrend".Kicking butt is what they do best...This is pure heaven for my rep and I. I of course knew Microsoft would strike back and strike back hard they have. I have done my part by re-launching "Rotten...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-16
- RIAA's $1.92 million victory: more about message, less about money
- RIAA's $1.92 million victory: more about message, less about moneyRIAA is a dangerous criminal organizationThere is only one victim here, that poor woman, they destroyed her life, and for what?Of course she lied that her kids were the one, that she hadn't known etc. She was trying to get away...
- Tags: CD, RIAA
- Discussion threads 2009-06-19
- Notice to Tim Cook: Apple Has A Netbook. It's Just Not Competitive.
- Notice to Tim Cook: Apple Has A Netbook. It's Just Not Competitive.Well putGreat article.WRONG!If you follow this, Dell launched a new Netbook, the Adamo. Or the really tiny Sony Vaios. Or the other small Windows Notebooks.This Article = EPIC FAIL!Ridiculous ArticleA netbook is a weak system with a...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Flybook, netbook, Tim Cook, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-23
- Does Kundra have an impossible job as Obama's federal CIO?
- On Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama named Vivek Kundra as the CIO of the federal government. Kunda below is a 34 year-old IT leader with a strong reputation in the tech community. He has track record for driving efficiency and transparency, and has shown a penchant for bold actions such...
- Tags: Job, CIO, CTO, Information Technology, Vivek Kundra, Government Operation, Federal Government, Government, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-03-06
- Does Kundra have an impossible job as Obama's federal CIO?
- On Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama named Vivek Kundra as the CIO of the federal government. Kunda below is a 34 year-old IT leader with a strong reputation in the tech community. He has track record for driving efficiency and transparency, and has shown a penchant for bold actions such...
- Tags: Job, CIO, CTO, Information Technology, Vivek Kundra, Government Operation, Federal Government, Government, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-03-06
- Windows 7 and netbooks: Separating fact from speculation
- Windows 7 and netbooks: Separating fact from speculationFacts? Hardly Dietrich.And it's nice to see you still wish to shamelessly plug your business here on zdnet. The first thing to note is that nobody believe Microsoft will be the only game in town forever. Most of us want...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Blogging, XP sale, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Linux, Microsoft Windows, sales
- Discussion threads 2008-11-12
- The Ghost of Windows ME
- The Ghost of Windows METhe Ghost of Windows METhis is friggin stupid. Your blogs get worse each day. If only the linux fanboys could concentrate more of their time not bashing Microsoft and do something productive with their time.Thanks for the SPOOKY story.In Fact, thanks for the laugh. Happy...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., computer, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-10-29
- Transcript: PDC08 Keynote â€" Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson
- Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet; Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething â€" and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...
- Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- A peek into Silicon Valley and beyond . . .
- I enjoy being a journalist and reporting on the business and culture of Silicon Valley. Most of my reporting is done the traditional way, with a notepad and pencil. Increasingly journalists have to do more, carry a camera, do podcasts, run video. Software engineers have to...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Tom Foremski, Journalist, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Life without the Internet: Zapped off the grid
- Life without the Internet: Zapped off the grid...."[B]But - it does show that maybe we're a bit too dependent on our devices and that we can be a bit too caught up in the technology of the day.[/B]"That's part of the lesson and the rest of your post is dead...
- Tags: Engineering, MAKE SURE, phone book, Zapped off-the-grid, Third World, phone, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Guilty pleasures: Using paper, paper and more paper
- I have a confession to make. I love and abuse paper every day. I love penning hand-written notes to thank people who have been thoughtful to me and have literally a desk drawer full of cool stationery. I devour books while lying in bed and have piles of to-be-read ones...
- Tags: Green Technology, Idea, Printing, Document Management, Printers, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Peripherals, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
- "Back that truck up"
- The quotation is from Tim Taylor, star of TV's long defunct sitcom: Glimpses of Heidi, but suits my purpose here, which is to discuss our tendency to remember things in terms of what's important to us rather in terms of what really happened. A big...
- Tags: Wintel, Idea, Microprocessor, IBM Corp., Quotation, Revisionism, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Components, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2007-12-21
- (Photos: Computers of yesteryear)
- (Photos: Computers of yesteryear)Nice.. i have an IBM Powerstation 340 sittin on the shelf:)Great memoriesI have an Epson QX-10/16, CP/M OS that still works fine with all its programs including the original "Valdocs," and many others from Peach Software and Epson.I'm Disappointed....No Microsoft BoB? No Windows ME?? No...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Mainframes, Servers, E6B, photograph, PDP-11/73, disk, computer, mainframe
- Discussion threads 2007-08-20
- Microsoft's greatest hits: Tablet PC, UMPC, Zune, Surface Computing...
- Microsoft's greatest hits: Tablet PC, UMPC, Zune, Surface Computing...M$ hhad only duds latelyNone of the products M$ 'created' got any traction.That shows one thing: people need Linux based devices.ibm layoffs -http://www.ibmeye.com/periodic-ibm-layoffs-continue/Looks like they are doing the firing, under the radar.More Like Greatest MissesHaven't seen many tablet PC users....Zune Users...nope......Can you...
- Tags: Tablets, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Notebooks, Operating systems, Surface Computing, Linux, Microsoft Corp., tablet PC, tablet, Microsoft Zune, deflection, PC, ultramobile PC
- Discussion threads 2007-05-30
- VA proposal to add emails to sex offender registries
- Virginia attorney general Bob McDonnell wants to require sex offenders to provide email addresses and IM identities to the states online registry, The Roanoke Times reports. Offenders are already required to publicize name, age, height, weight, the color of their eyes and hair, and their home and work addresses. ...
- Tags: sex offender, offender, Bob McDonnell, e-mail address, e-mail
- Blog posts 2006-12-12
- What's wrong with fed IT? Lack of training
- What exactly is the problem with government IT? Why are so many millions of dollars wasted? Why do so many projects fail to see the light of day? The answer: inadequate training of federal project managers, according to a survey of 104 federal IT leaders conducted by Price...
- Tags: training, baseline, IT Management, Government technology
- Blog posts 2006-12-07
- 2007 Nissan Sentra
- Photo gallery:2007 Nissan Sentra Nissan launched an innovative, reality TV-style ad campaign for the all-new Sentra wherein intrepid young owner Marc Horowitz lives...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Nissan Sentra, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.
- Product reviews 2006-12-05
- Ad-Tech: Web 2.0 ROI reality check
- Ad-Tech NYC was a microcosm of life in the Big Apple: maddening crowds, thousands of loud, diverse opinions, high-powered corporate suits rubbing elbows with trendy creatives, deals negotiated and parties, parties, parties!To prepare for Ad-Tech, I asked last week in “Web 2.0 hype: Popularity without profits,” is “Everyone a winner?”...
- Tags: Web 2.0, Media, Advertising, Culture, Social Web, Amateur Content, Marketing, Social Networking, Social Media
- Blog posts 2006-11-09
- Media tipping point? NBC slashes jobs, costs; says "it's not our fault" (it's no joke)
- The Mercs Charlie McCollum writes: How bad are things at NBC?....Well, Jay Leno said on "The Tonight Show late last week that things are so bad, ``our interns are calling Mark Foley, looking for work. He also asked guest Howie Mandel, host of "Deal or No Deal, whether as...
- Tags: David Berlind, job, NBC Universal, NBC Universal Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-10-23
- Three Rs meets E3
- How are we to educate our children in the future? Will we continue to be stuck in the stodgy old paradigm or spring forward into new ways of learning? These questions are pondered by Bob Sipchen in his L.A. Times School Me blog after attending the International Society for Technology...
- Tags: Bob Sipchen
- Blog posts 2006-07-12
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