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Microsoft's elephant in the OS room: Apple

Are all of those Apple OS X vs. Vista commercials making an impact? Microsoft's client revenue--Vista and XP came in below expectations--and the company cited three primary reasons: A tough comparison from year ago levels, OEM inventory build and piracy. But the elephant on the conference call may have been...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, OEM, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Brendan Barnicle, March, Macbook Air, TR, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-25

Red Hat shouldn't write off Oracle just yet

Red Hat on Wednesday released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, touted its virtualization capabilities and solidified its standing as a leading open source player. With all that momentum, Oracle and its grand plans to offer Red Hat Linux support shouldnt...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., Brendan Barnicle, survey, Linux

Blog posts 2007-03-16

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NY gov signs game bill into law

New York State legislation that will have made it illegal to sell or rent some violent games to minors was signed was signed into law. A bill that will have made it illegal to sell or rent some violent games to minors was signed into law Tuesday by New...

Tags: Law, Minor, Games, Personal Technology, video games, video game violence, Nintendo DS, New York, Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot

News items 2008-07-23

A security company wants you to DDoS its servers

"There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary" - Brendan Behan. Ypigsfly, a company describing itself as a group of seasoned veterans of the Internet network infrastructure business, has just launched Killthisbox.com, a DDoS challenge enticing you to knock down the site for 15 minutes in...

Tags: Server, Distributed Denial Of Service, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-06-18

Is Canada's new copyright law a northern DMCA?

Canada has a new copyright law that limits consumers' liability for copyright infringement but exposes them to thousands of dollars in penalties for circumventing anti-copying technology, the Globe and Mail reports. The existing copyright law, passed in 1997, exposes consumers to a maximum of $20,000 in statutory...

Tags: Law, Copyright Law, DMCA, Canada, E-books, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-13

San Jose's hipster festival: Zero 1 - Art on the Edge

For at least five days San Jose, California, is the hipster capital of the west. It is Silicon Valley's answer to Sundance and South-by-South-yawn-West. Here is a flavor of what's in store (video by Lucaso and Laura]: ...

Tags: Festival, San Jose, Steve Dietz, Ryoji Ikeda, Corporate Communications, Virtual Reality, Sales Force Management, Marketing, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-06-03

Starting from scratch at Tasty Baking’s new facility

Brendan O’Malley, CIO at Tasty Baking discusses the pressures with getting design and IT right for the company’s move into a new manufacturing facility after 90 years in the same plant.

Tags: Manufacturing, Strategy, Management, CIO

Videos 2008-05-20

News to know: Zoho; HP; Windows 7; Patch day

Notable headlines: Dennis Howlett: Zoho's Googley login raises interesting questions Ed Bott: The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers News.com: Facebook pulls ‘stalker list' tool after Gawker exposes it Mary Jo Foley: Gates emphasizes PC-phone...

Tags: Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Starting from scratch at Tasty Baking's new facility

Brendan O'Malley, CIO at Tasty Baking discusses the pressures with getting design and IT right for the company's move into a new manufacturing facility after 90 years in the same plant. by Administrator

Tags: Manufacturing, Strategy, Management, Administrator

Blog posts 2008-05-13

Automating the factory floor

Brendan O'Malley, CIO at Tasty Baking, describes how the company is automating its manufacturing operations by using a new "voice-picking system" in which employees are directed to each location on the factory floor via headset to ensure that the correct quantities of ingredients are being placed on each pallet. by...

Tags: Factory, Manufacturing, Administrator

Blog posts 2008-05-13

Tasty Baking's new LEED factory

Brendan O'Malley, CIO at Tasty Baking talks about the company's green goals, which includes building a new LEED certified food factory and managing power and cooling within the data center. by Administrator

Tags: Food, Factory, Food & Beverage, Data Centers, Manufacturing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Administrator

Blog posts 2008-05-13

Tasty Baking CIO: Brendan O'Malley

Brendan O'Malley, CIO of Tasty Baking talks to CNET News.com's Dan Farber about the IT challenges in making more than 5 million cakes, cookies and other desserts every day for fresh delivery. He also discusses streamlining the company's 90 year old business operations, developing inventory management solutions and how the...

Tags: CIO, Inventory Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Administrator

Blog posts 2008-05-13

Xen makes it easy to checkpoint, restore, and migrate guest domains

If you've decided to deploy and manage a Xen-based environment, you'll need some detailed instructions and advice on best practices. This sample chapter from Running Xen: A Hands-On Guide to the Art of Virtualization explains what you need to know about checkpointing the state of a guest domain and how...

Tags: Domain, Xen, Prentice Hall Inc., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage

Book chapters 2008-05-08

Mozilla warns of Flash and Silverlight 'agenda'

Mozilla warns of Flash and Silverlight 'agenda'The "may"...?Please, just close your mouth and only open it again when you have actual proof of anything. [i]They "may" have an agenda...[/i]Nothing other than just more endless anti-MS crying. but Give me a break...motivationWhat's the motivation for Adobe to provide current versions...

Tags: Government, Tools & Techniques, Web browsers, Mozilla Corp., Open Software, Microsoft Silverlight, government control, Adobe Systems Inc., open source, software, Proprietary Software, Socialism

Discussion threads 2008-04-30

Microsoft earnings cheat sheet: Vista SP1 impact; Strong results expected; Is Yahoo a distraction?

Did Microsoft keep its focus amid all the Yahoo hubbub? It may not matter given the bump from the weak dollar that Microsoft is expected to get in the third quarter. According to Thomson Financial, Microsoft all resources is expected to report fiscal third quarter earnings of...

Tags: Revenue, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Earnings, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Xbox Shipment, Operational Accounting, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Finance, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-24

Penguins Mania (exe)

As the cold season approaches in the Antarctic, a penguin colony mysteriously disappeared and left their eggs behind. You must nurture and care these penguin chicks while defending them from their natural enemies and human poachers. Brendan the dog and his band are also ready to help. Offering lots of...

Tags: Pet, Total Gameplay Studio, Games, Sales Tools, Personal Technology, Sales

Software downloads 2008-04-17

Brendan Eich: From Netscape Navigator to Firefox

Brendan Eich: From Netscape Navigator to FirefoxHelloThis is a good video.

Tags: Web browsers, Brendan Eich, Netscape Navigator, Netscape Communications Corp., Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-04-10

Beowulf Screensaver (zip)

Beowulf is a 2007 motion capture film loosely based on the Old English epic poem of the same name. The cast includes Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wright Penn, Alison Lohman, John Malkovich, Crispin Glover, Brendan Gleeson, and Angelina Jolie. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Screensaver, Cast, Wallpaper Screensavers, Beowulf

Software downloads 2008-04-10

Oracle expected to navigate choppy economic waters

Oracle will report its fiscal third quarter earnings after market close today and by most counts the company has bucked any economic downturn and should turn in strong results. Analysts are expecting earnings of 30 cents a share for the February quarter on sales of $5.4 billion,...

Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Analyst, Sales Strategy, Middleware, Mergers & Acquisitions, Application Servers, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-26

MGI: The Greatest Hits Freeware (rar)

MGI: The Greatest Hits Freeware is the first game ever released by Madigan Games Interactive. This game includes the popular MGI classic "Brendan Madigan's Trivia", which includes all new question updates as well as an unreleased game called "Crazy Stories". An updated shareware version of the game featuring many more...

Tags: Freeware, Madigan Games Interactive, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-02-26