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Judge tells Apple exec to stop work

The court of public opinion is now in session. On 4 November 2008 Apple hired IBM PowerPC expert Mark Papermaster to replace Tony Fadell, its outgoing SVP of the iPod division. Papermaster accepted the position as Apple's senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering after a 25...

Tags: Adobe PDF, Apple Inc., Agreement, IBM Corp., BTL, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-10

iPhone's black screen of death (updated)

I received an email from an iPhone user greatly concerned about "either an unaddressed issue with both 2.0 and 2.01 software - or a rogue apps that is taking down the entire OS." After visiting the App Store from his iPhone "nothing loaded, the screen just stayed...

Tags: apple iphone, apple inc., black screen, btl, e-mail, online communications, jason d. o'grady

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Innovation in media: Join us on the frontier of real-time multimedia blogo-journalism

In case you missed it, here on Berlinds Testbed, I posted an entry on a new company called Code Green Networks the other day. Whether or not you find Code Green to be worth your attention, that blog post is worth a second look because (1) youre going to see...

Tags: Code Green, BTL, blog, General

Blog posts 2006-12-08

Welcome Larry Dignan to BTL

Welcome Larry Dignan to BTLCongratulations to ZDNet!I had the pleasure of working with Larry at various companies beginning with a "Z." Glad to see you're getting the band back together!Welcome, Larry ...I contribute to Education IT and, on occasion, BTL. Glad to have you aboard!The Old Man of the...

Tags: BTL, Larry Dignan

Discussion threads 2006-11-14

Welcome Larry Dignan to BTL

You may have noticed posts penned by Larry Dignan on Between the Lines the last few day. He joined us this week as as a BTL anchor blogger and executive editor of ZDNet news and blogs. Larry is a seasoned and first rate tech journalist/blogger. He was most recently Executive...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2006-11-14

Image Gallery Page Test in BTL

Image Gallery Page Test in BTLI like this new wide pagea lotGreat new design!whoo hoo!

Tags: BTL, Image Gallery

Discussion threads 2006-05-15

Trouble in the tropics: Belize telco accused of blocking VoIP

For the last few months, VoIP users in Belize have been up in arms at what they perceive to be an organized effort by Belize Telecommunications Limited to block outgoing calls over Vonage, Skype and other Internet phone service providers.Online forums have bristled with frustrated posts. The Vonage Forum...

Tags: BTL

Blog posts 2006-04-24

Additional Resources

Celebrating 10 years of TechRepublic

ZDNet sister site TechRepublic is celebrating its 10th anniversary and, today, the TR family out in Louisville, Kentucky -  the same city where the site has been based since its inception - is hosting a community event to celebrate the occasion. Editor-in-Chief Jason Hiner, who also posts...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., IT Professional, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-26

Google chief Eric Schmidt's Carnegie Mellon commencement speech (video)

Google chief Eric Schmidt's Carnegie Mellon commencement speech videoGoogle chief Eric Schmidt's commencement speechHere is what I sent to 60 of my colleaguesHi Remember when you were in college - how the commencement speech wasimportant to you? Here is one of the best 2009 Commencement speeches. http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=18293 It is just...

Tags: Corporate communications, video, commencement speech, Google Chief, Eric Schmidt, Carnegie-Mellon University, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-23

The coming wireline business implosion (and how you'll wind up paying for it)

The coming wireline business implosion (and how you'll wind up paying for it)King Canute Must DieI am persuaded by the ideas generally found in OPLAN discussions:1. The 5 major industrial revolutions in the last 200 years have all followed the same pattern: the previous incumbents have been swept away having...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, wireline business implosion, business implosion, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

EU fines Intel record $1.45 billion in AMD antitrust case

EU fines Intel record $1.45 billion in AMD antitrust case10 percent of it's global turnover?Since when has any country the right to fine on a percentage of sales NOT made it's country?To allow something like that opens the door to countries to arbitrarily fine a company looking to get 10%...

Tags: Corporate law, Processors, antitrust, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

Will Motorola make T-Mobile's next Google Android phone?

Will Motorola make T-Mobile's next Google Android phone?Didn't know this would be Motorola...I assumed the G1v2 would still be HTC. I'm interested in how the keyboard will feel on this one.Make an unlocked phone for $200That $400 price tag for the G1 is rediculous even for a Linux phone. ...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Google Inc., Nokia Corp., phone, Motorola Inc., T-Mobile, smart phone, Google Android

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

Wave 2 of announced layoffs hits Microsoft

Wave 2 of announced layoffs hits MicrosoftBallmer should add himself to the list.MSFT has done nothing under his reign. He's a capricious individual which undermines leadership and has absolutely no vision.This guest column yesterday on ZDNet lays it out well:http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=17394-MMaybe they should do the world a favorand close up shop.Why...

Tags: Workforce management, layoff, Wave 2, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-05

The two trends that are conspiring against Microsoft

The two trends that are conspiring against MicrosoftOpen Source softwareOpen Source software that frees a business from the grasp of licenses and enables them to branch out.Good article......I largely agree with the points made.MS have lost direction a bit and need to focus again.Neither trend is sustainableSmartphones are an awkward...

Tags: Smart phones, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-04

ZuneHD player images, details leak; is it better than iPod?

ZuneHD player images, details leak; is it better than iPod?Actually looks decent.I doubt all the specs but from a design point, it looks as if MS finally understands part of the game now.Question is, is it too late?What happened to the *hit brown ZUNE?I can see this hitting all the...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Zune, Apple iPod, ZuneHD

Discussion threads 2009-04-15

So long and thanks for all the fish

This will be my last post on ZDNet. Blogging here has been one of the most fun things I've been able to do in my career. In fact, basically everything started here. Almost all of the various connections I've made over the past couple of years are as a result...

Tags: Blog, Rich Internet Application, Jeffrey Hammond, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2009-03-30

Microsoft is as troubled as the rest of us

Microsoft is as troubled as the rest of usYou can make money from open-souceBut you have to be making COMPLETE products, not just doing piecemeal pieces of applications and software packages.Unfortunately, you have to either be a big name Microsoft to do that, or have a lot of time on...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp., open source

Discussion threads 2009-03-25

Who owns the word "pod?"

Who owns the word "pod?"And let us not forget "Profit Pod" back in 2005.Though I wonder if Mack Trucks can sue Apple over the use of the name "iMac"?I would laugh if they had to rebrand the line "iMachintosh" :)Bad behaviorOK, so I am a big supporter of Apple. ...

Tags: Corporate communications, Apple Inc., PROFIT POD

Discussion threads 2009-03-24

Better than Google Docs: real-time file sharing on Drop.io

Better than Google Docs: real-time file sharing on Drop.ioOf course this is interesting for types for which you do not have a real-time sharing ability. You really have to have knowledge of the file type to allow simultaneous edits to a file, and to merge changes from multiple users.That said,...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Google Docs, Google Inc., Drop.io, file-sharing

Discussion threads 2009-03-10

IBM, Amazon foreshadow a bevy of connecting clouds; Is Microsoft surrounded?

If there were any lingering doubts about whether Amazon Web Services were enterprise ready they dissolved this week once IBM became a partner. And now that Amazon and IBM have teamed up a picture of multiple computing clouds is emerging. Amazon Web Services teamed up with IBM...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Cloud Computing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-13