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Judge slams FBI fishing expedition at Amazon

How would you feel if you bought a book through Amazon and then found out your book purchasing records had been turned over to the FBI? Would it make you think twice about shopping at Amazon in the future? Amazon think so, and it turns out, so does a federal...

Tags: Subpoena, FBI, Customer, Amazon.com Inc., Book Buyer, Government, Federal Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-11-28

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B&N's Nook e-reader: Weirdly unrevolutionary

In addition to this posting, please visit this clarifications posting to get the whole picture. It would be nice to say, as Matt Miller has, that the e-book and e-reader market was revolutionized today. It simply got more interesting. A careful reading of the $259 Nook's...

Tags: E-reader, Device, E-book, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Inc., Wireless, B&N, Nook, Cover-flow, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Can Apple make a Tablet PC "cool"?

Re:Can Apple make a Tablet PC "cool"?My company is deeply involved in the production of visual materials for the scientific, technical and medical post-secondary education marketplace and they are just dying for a tool such as this for use in the classroom. With a solid customer base here, Apple can...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Keyboards, PC, tablet, Apple Inc., keyboard, tablet PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Give Google a break!

soooo over googlegoogle has joined microsoft and apple on the dark side.i stopped using google after they ceased being a search engine and became a money factory. security, privacy and ownership issues shouldn't be played out in court after the fact, they should be delt with in the board room...

Tags: COMPANIES, Google Inc., copyright law

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Forget Linux. Microsoft trains retailers on how to pitch Win 7 PCs vs. Macs

Better than setting up shop next to an Apple Store. [i]That[/i] idea makes BOB look brilliant.RE: Forget Linux. Microsoft trains retailers on how to pitch Win 7 PCs vs. i think microsoft should work to convince xp users to upgrade to windows 7 as that will let the numeroususers of...

Tags: Desktops, Retail, Operating systems, Ksplice, Microsoft Corp., reboot, Win 7 PC, Apple Macintosh, PC, Linux, Win 7, average user, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

News to know: Snow Leopard; YouTube; VMWorld; Google Books

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. Ryan Naraine: Snow Leopard ships with vulnerable Flash Player Sam Diaz: Report: EC considering delay of Sun-Oracle over...

Tags: Google Inc., Andrew Nusca, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Data Centers, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Storage, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-09-03

Kindle lawsuit not so 'ridiculous'

Kindle lawsuit not so 'ridiculous'"As Authorized""[i]... or as authorized by Amazon ...[/i]" seems to leave a pretty big hole in the TOS.RE: Kindle lawsuit not so 'ridiculous'since 1984 book is available thousands of places, the law suit has little merit in terms of damages regardless of how much the download...

Tags: Tos, lawsuit not-so, Amazon.com Inc., not-so

Discussion threads 2009-07-31

Microsoft's store foray: Compensating for the tech retail implosion?

Microsoft's store foray: Compensating for the tech retail implosion?Good pointMS realizes it can't base its business model on inertia, so the retail store is not a bad idea. Also, I feel far more confident with the Apple store employees than I do with the employees at Best Buy, rightly or...

Tags: Retail, Desktops, Microsoft Corp., retail company, Apple Inc., PC

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

JEFF BEZOS IS WATCHING YOU

JEFF BEZOS IS WATCHING YOUNo Kindles for us...This goes along with my statement in the other article on this subject.http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12554-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=66909&messageID=1266075We will not purchase any Kindles for family members nor for ourselves. With Amazon having this much power over a persons Kindle why would anyone consider to purchase it. This Kindle...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, JEFF BEZOS IS, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-18

Bleak Xmas Ahead: Where's the innovation I need to fill the stockings?

I know this is the July Fourth holiday and I'm half a year away from gift giving. But, when I looked through the Sunday supplements in today's newspaper, I couldn't find anything to buy. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Squat. Yes, I scanned the Best Buy, Office Depot...

Tags: Innovation, Incrementalism, Recipe, Herewith, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-07-05

Amazon on the record: Device limits set by publishers

I queried Russ Grandinetti, vice president, Books, at Amazon about the lack of clarity about how many devices can access a Kindle book or how many times a buyer can expect to download a title from the Kindle Store. He referred me to Drew Herdener, director of communication at Amazon,...

Tags: Device, Amazon.com Inc., Title, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-06-24

EC software law could divide open source

EC software law could divide open source Her's an idea, be a big boy and pick something elseYou don't like product "A", use product B, C, D, E, F, G, etc.Don't like that, write your own code.Considering there are allready US laws for negligenceIF you kill someone with your crappy...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, EC software law, EC Software, open source

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

Craigslist CEO demands apology

Craigslist CEO demands apologyAnd he desrvers it...NTWe must constantly be vigilant.Whenever a politician or anyone looking to gain power holds up a vile affront to our moral foundation and proposes a means to control or eliminate it, it's just ruse to rid our society of some of its freedoms.No one...

Tags: Craigslist, child pornography

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

Books: Entering the Age of Glosses

Here's the key to thinking about the future of writing, something straight out of the manuscript era: the humble gloss or "scholia," for those who prefer the Latin. They are the notes, in margins, footnotes at the bottom of a page (the standard starting around 1700) and later in the...

Tags: Movie, Audible Inc., Cryptography, Books, Copy, Kindle, Master File, Page Number, E-books, Digital Security, Security, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-04-27

The "Me Too" Kindle 2 Review

The "Me Too" Kindle 2 ReviewBuyer bewarehttp://blogs.sun.com/joehartley/entry/caveat_emptor_don_t_buyCiao!I have One - A Good E-ReaderI at first balked at the pricy Kindle 2, but ended up buying one anyway. (Gotta do my part for the economy :)) I am happy with my decision and use the Kindle all the time....

Tags: E-mail, Web browsers, Digital media, Kindle 2

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

T-Mobile debuts mobile broadband with USB device

T-Mobile is opening up its new cellular broadband network to laptops for the first time with the launch of a USB device that allows notebooks to get wireless Internet access. The prices are similar to those at the three larger cellular carriers: the plug-in dongle costs $50...

Tags: Device, Mobile, Network, Broadband, T-Mobile, USB, Mobile Broadband, 3G, Wireless And Mobility, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-25

Mac mini reviews: Much better, still not good enough

Mac mini reviews: Much better, still not good enoughThanks for the info on the competing productsThe Mac Mini was about the only Apple product that actually interested me. Now that you've shown me how superior the alternatives are, I guess there isn't a single Apple product that could be considered...

Tags: Desktops, Game players, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Much Better, Microsoft Xbox

Discussion threads 2009-03-13

Google ads go behavorial; Is it more 'interesting'?

Google ads go behavorial; Is it more 'interesting'?Ad-ware in the Cloud?Targeted ads are not new and have been obnoxious in the past. I remember doing a search for a anti-virus app online and having an ad pop up from Symantec for their anti-virus app. It was really annoying...

Tags: Targeted Ads, NOW IT, advertisement, Google Ads, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-11

Amazon Kindle software for the Apple iPhone (Image Gallery: Amazon Kindle iPhone application brings Kindle content to your phone)

Amazon Kindle software for the Apple iPhone (Image Gallery: Amazon Kindle iPhone application brings Kindle content to your phone)Kindle to iPhoneThis is an interesting move to watch! If it is successful popular for the iPhone, then it could come to the Window Device marketplace, too.The smartphone (including PDA and...

Tags: PDAs, Tools & Techniques, E-books, Handhelds, phone, software, Apple Inc., Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Image Gallery

Discussion threads 2009-03-04

Oracle apps: an innovation free zone since 2006?

Last weekend, Vinnie Maintenance Mirchandani took a calculated swipe at Oracle, describing the levels of innovation from that company as 'anemic:' Oracle, in my opinion, has forgotten how to develop code. Its top executives are deal makers, not technology visionaries. Worse, when it comes to their acquisitions, they cannot retain...

Tags: Innovation, Oracle Corp., Leadership, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-02-23