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A Treo that runs Windows Mobile...

...whatever is the world coming to? Soon, cat's will become good friends with dogs, Linux programmers will enthuse about the merits of the Windows operating system, and gravity will turn repulsive and send us all flying into outer space. Time to buy that Brookstone space suit. It's rather odd to...

Tags: Apple Computer Inc., palmOne Inc., operating system

Blog posts 2006-01-05

Top Google searches in 2005: Janet Jackson, Hurricane Katrina, tsunami

Top Google searches in 2005: Janet Jackson, Hurricane Katrina, tsunamiThat is a SAD list indeed!!!People should be looking up things to EDUCATE themselves about what is going on in this world. No wonder we have such runaway politics in every corner of the globe!!!!HEY you MORONS, who gives a flying...

Tags: Janet Jackson, Brad Pitt, Hurricane Katrina, Google Search, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-12-22

'Brad Pitt' virus targets Microsoft

'Brad Pitt' virus targets Microsoft'Brad Pitt' virus targets MicrosoftBrad Pitt? Oooh this is going to be the sexiest virus yet!How come I never hear about Linux/Mac worms/viruses?Just wondering.in related news....the entire city of san francisco was brought to a screeching halt today.....- SamVirus? HardlyThis isn't a virus, just a...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, UNIX, Operating systems, virus, antivirus, Brad Pitt, worm, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Linux User

Discussion threads 2005-03-31

Additional Resources

C'mon, Vista really isn't that bad

Picture the scene. A small country pub in Canterbury, a warm, autumn evening, surrounded by friends drinking and smoking in the beer garden; relaxing after a difficult, hard day at work. The birds are singing, the breeze is light and feathering our very souls. This is heaven....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Meeting Space, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Microsoft says crisis will impact tech

The way economists see it, there's the financial economy and the "real" economy. While Wall Street is in a genuine crisis and there's clearly been a tightening of credit, it's not clear that the collapse of the investment banks has severely impacted non-financial companies yet. But while...

Tags: Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-30

News to know: Bailout bust and tech fallout; Cloud computing; Netgear; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: AP: Stunning Defeat for Bailout Plan Torpedoes Stocks; Dow Sinks Over 750. White House, lawmakers plan new bailout deal Larry Dignan: Is Apple really recession proof? Wall...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Sprint Xohm, Apple Inc., NetGear, WiMAX, Cloud Computing, Productivity, Open Source, Wireless

Blog posts 2008-09-30

Times repeats Google spin on Yahoo ad deal

Randall Stross, a business prof at San Jose State University, offers a full-throated defense of the Google-Yahoo pact, in the NYT today. Stross is currently working on a book called Planet Google: One Company's Audacious Plan To Organize Everything We Know and has...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Auction, Stross, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-24

Semantic Web Gang looks at investment opportunities in semantic technology

Joined this month by Erick Schonfeld from TechCrunch, Chris Morrison from VentureBeat, and Brad Burnham from Union Square Ventures, this latest episode of the regular Semantic Web Gang podcast explores views on the investment opportunities raised by semantic technology. Union Square was featured in this weekend's New...

Tags: TechCrunch, Investment Opportunity, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-09-23

The most "dangerous" celebrities to search for in 2008

Searching for details regarding the latest celebrity gossip may expose you to everything the IT underground has to offer - from adware and spyware to misleading offers and fake newsletters enticing you to opt-in into a spammer's campaign. McAfee owned SiteAdvisor has recently released the 2008 list of the celebrity...

Tags: Adware, Web, Celebrity, Web Site, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Web Site Development, Cyberthreats, Web Technology, Viruses And Worms, Channel Management, Security, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-09-17

Dell: Demand is worse than we thought; Ingram Micro agrees; Best Buy misses

Technology demand appears to be softening at a rapid clip. Dell said Tuesday that it is seeing "further softening in global end-user demand in the current quarter." Here's why that's worrisome: Dell had a more positive outlook on Aug. 28, or a little more than two weeks ago. ...

Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Earnings, Ingram Micro Inc., Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Real ready to fight Hollywood

Real Networks, which long tried to make a business by cooperating with labels and studios, has finally realized the only way for them to succeed is to play the "people" card. Hence, Real's RealDVD program, a $30 DVD ripper. Real is willing to push back on Hollywood...

Tags: Hollywood, NYT, DVD Association, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-09

First Microsoft make-over ad airs: $300 million well spent?

First Microsoft make-over ad airs: $300 million well spent?Hmmm ....Could be worse ....Homer: [narrating a TV commercial] Are you tired of having your hands cut off by snowblowers? And the inevitable heart attacks that come with shoveling snow?Maybe......they should hire the company that does the Mac commercials....

Tags: humour, advertisement, Seinfeld, Microsoft Corp., ad air

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

Intuit: software and services. Are you kidding me?

I must admit to have been befuddled by Larry Dignan's interpretation of Intuit's current go to market strategy as analogous to Microsoft's software plus services mantra. This is the salient quote from Intuit's Q4 earnings call my emphasis added: We've talked about the fact that our growth for the...

Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Intuit Inc., Payroll, Intuit QuickBooks, Service, SaaS Offering, Software As A Service (SaaS), Operational Accounting, Cloud Computing, Payroll Solutions, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Microsoft talks software plus services; Intuit actually does it

Intuit's fourth quarter brought the usual grab bag: A loss in a seasonally slow three months, solid revenue growth and an outlook slightly ahead of expectations. But Intuit also talked about it view of connected services and the big picture. My epiphany: Microsoft has been talking about...

Tags: Software, Intuit Inc., Intuit QuickBooks, Microsoft Corp., Service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Operational Accounting, Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Financial Accounting, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-22

Intuit cut 575 jobs - is this "user generated unemployment?"

The other day I reported that Brad Smith, the CEO of Intuit, had asked his managers to see which jobs could be cut because there were volunteers among Intuit's 50m users that were doing a better job -- and for free. These seem to be the emerging business benefits from...

Tags: Job, Intuit Inc., Unemployment, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Updated:Will social media lead to user generated unemployment?

[Updated with video.] I'm spending a few days at Fortune Magazine's invite-only Brainstorm conference. It's an excellent lineup of speakers and the audience is full of top tech industry luminaries. Brad Smith, CEO of Intuit, was just on stage and he spoke about trying to harness...

Tags: Intuit Inc., Social Media, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Psystar.com offline ...

Psystar.com offline ...It's dead, Jim.Nolo connecte.Psystar sold more than Apple clonesWhat would give Apple the right to terminate their entire web site because of one product they sell? If I object to something on Amazon's site do I have that same right?The Digg EffectntIt's up.I can get to it at...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Psystar.com, Psystar, Apple Inc., IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Vista To Win in the Enterprise, The Ugly Way

I came away from this week's Microsoft Worldwide Partner WPC conference convinced, finally, that the future of Vista is assured in the enterprise. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't because of anything Microsoft said -- the combined mea culpa/back atcha delivered by Microsoft's Brad Brooks, the Corporate Vice President in...

Tags: Desktop, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-07-11

Gmail, PayPal and Ebay embrace DomainKeys to fight phishing emails

Brad Taylor, Google's Gmail Spam Czar, has just posted details on the ongoing cooperation with PayPal and Ebay, two of the most targeted brands in phishing emails, the effect of which is rejecting compared to flagging as spam each and every email pretending to be coming from paypal.com and ebay.com...

Tags: Google Gmail, DomainKeys, PayPal, eBay Inc., Authentication, E-mail, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Brad Pitt Celebrity Screensaver (exe)

Do you collect screensavers featuring celebrities. Then this awesome Brad Pitt Celebrity Screensaver should be on your screen. Take the pleasure of watching the great collection of Brad Pitt's photos featuring the popular Hollywood actor in variety of surroundings. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Screensaver, Celebrity, Terminal Studio

Software downloads 2008-07-09