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Judge's idea to outlaw links won't save newspapers: Judge's idea to outlaw links won't save newspapersPerhaps a kindle like device?Get rid of paper, and sell a yearly subscription with a Kindle like reader. The yearly subscription would help offset the hardware costs.Get rid of the paper, or charge extra for it like cellular companies do for optionsTo...; Tags: news industry; Discussion threads 2009-07-02
Judge's idea to outlaw links won't save newspapers: I continue to be blown away by what I read about how newspapers can be saved. The latest comes from U.S. Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner who, in a blog post last week, suggested that one way to save newspapers from their demise would be "to bar linking to...; Tags: Newspaper, Consent, Blogging, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Internet, Human Resources, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2009-07-02
News to know: Facebook privacy, Windows 7, Kindle, Firefox 3.5: Here are todayâ€™s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNETâ€™s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Facebook's privacy settings: users get more control as wall gets torn down Ed Bott: Microsoft to offer Family Pack...; Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mozilla Firefox, Andrew Nusca, Privacy, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Middleware, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software; Blog posts 2009-07-02
Survey: 45% of IT departments will move to Windows 7; 43% refuse to migrate off Windows XP: Survey: 45% of IT departments will move to Windows 7; 43% refuse to migrate off Windows XPPenny wise, pound foolish.XP is unsecurable. Enterprise AV, all the tools, etc, it is fundamentally broken. All these enterprises deal with constant and unrelenting security threats. It really has no place...; Tags: Operating systems, survey, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7; Discussion threads 2009-07-01
FireFox 3.5, Add-ons and Backwards Compatibility: FireFox 3.5, Add-ons and Backwards CompatibilityI did the same thing and had to revert back.Firefox 3.5 broke the only 2 extensions I use. Adblock Plus and dictionary search. It displayed it in the upgrade box as being incompatible but chose a clean install since I save the profiles on a...; Tags: Web browsers, Firefox 3.5, Mozilla Firefox; Discussion threads 2009-07-01

News to know: Firefox 3.5; Lenovo; Blackberry Tour; Chambers: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNETâ€™s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Benchmarking Firefox 3.5 Testing Firefox 3.5 ... mind your add-ons! Paula Rooney: Firefox 3.5 released, more...; Tags: Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-07-01
Forrester expects IT spending trough in third quarter; U.S. tech spending to fall 5 percent in 2009: Forrester Research has revised its 2009 technology spending projections with expectations that U.S. IT spending will fall 5.1 percent in 2009 with global outlays to drop 11 percent. Forrester's revision is a cut from the 3.1 percent decline expected in its March report. Forrester analyst Andrew Bartels...; Tags: Gross Domestic Product, Business Investment, Information Technology, IT-spending, Forrester Research Inc., Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-06-30
News to know: Windows 7; Dell; IT salaries; Enterprise 2.0: Here are todayâ€™s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNETâ€™s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley:Â One year after Bill Gates' 'retirement': What's different? Microsoft: Windows 7 Upgrade deal maxes out at 25...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Dell Computer Corp., Information Technology, Apple Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Photograph, Salary, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Microsoft Windows, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-06-30
Microsoft sets pointless 25-PC upgrade limit for Windows 7: Microsoft sets pointless 25-PC upgrade limit for Windows 7Come on Adrian: Yet again another W7 limitation?Well that is what it looks like. There's the word right at the top of the page in the title of this story even.Can't wiggle out of this one Windows Folks.Of course, I will...; Tags: KMS, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2009-06-29
PC makers ask China Premier to stop Green Dam: Tech business organizations around the world have signed onto an extraordinary letter to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, asking for executive clemency from China's Green Dam-Youth Escort software, The Wall Street Journal reports. The letter says in part: [Green Dam] raises serious concerns for us and seems to...; Tags: China, Developer, Taiwan, Government, Vertical Industries, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2009-06-29
Organizational social anxiety: Organizational social anxietySocial Media vs The EnterpriseI agree with you Jennifer. The perceived lack of control inherent in social media freaks a lot of people out. This resistance to social media is definitely something we are learning to overcome at Wunderkind Public Relations where we specialize in Tech B2B. You...; Tags: social media; Discussion threads 2009-06-29
One year after Bill Gates' 'retirement': What's different?: One year after Bill Gates' 'retirement': What's different?Who's Bill Gates?Their motto should be Microsoft:Bill who? No one even cares about Bill Gates any more.Steve will die in office as CEO because Bing will never take over Google.In 10 years people will say Microsoft the company Steve built. Bill Gates...; Tags: Operating systems, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2009-06-29
Intel urges SMEs: Don't delay PC refresh: Intel urges SMEs: Don't delay PC refresh wow companies want you to buy stuff from them...details at 11I'd be interested in knowing how they arrived at the correlation between......older PCs and malware. I can't see why an older system would be any more likely to get malware than a brand...; Tags: SMB/SME, Cyberthreats, Intel Corp., small and medium enterprise, PC Refresh, PC; Discussion threads 2009-06-29
The Harsh Reality of Suburban Broadband, Part Deux: The Harsh Reality of Suburban Broadband, Part DeuxReminds me of Comcast.Back when I was a customer of theirs, I had some troubles. I eventually got to a tech support person that actually understood what I was talking about when I told them the IP address of the equipment on the...; Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Part Deux, suburban broadband, broadband; Discussion threads 2009-06-26
The Harsh Reality of Suburban Broadband, Part Deux: Goddamit! Why have I been offline for so long? As I explained in a previous article last summer about my broadband situation, my employer, like many large technology services companies, has elected to classify my work situation as "Home-Based", in that...; Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Broadband, Mike, Cable Guy, Modems, Cable, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Networking, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2009-06-26
Roping in Round-up?: Battle of titans: Monsanto v. EPA. Round 1 on Round-up. The EPA says the eight-year-old Monsanto mine in southern Idaho is producing illegal pollution, and has since it began operation. Of course, during the Bush Administration there was slim chance that any anti-pollution laws would be enforced...; Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Round-up, Monsanto, Storage, Hardware, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2009-06-26
Lenovo debuts ThinkPad T400s business thin-and-light laptop; 0.83 in. thick, under 4 lbs.: Lenovo debuts ThinkPad T400s business thin-and-light laptop; 0.83 in. thick, under 4 lbs.Bad link in newsletterIn the Tech Update Today newsletter sent 6/25/09, the links to the SKOOBA Checkthrough Brief take you to something about Lenovo laptops.0.83inches?"Just 0.83 in. thick at its thinnest point" Wow now that's going to start...; Tags: Corporate communications, Notebooks, Lenovo Group Ltd., ThinkPad T400s, laptop computer, IBM ThinkPad; Discussion threads 2009-06-25
China throttles Google, U.S. ratchets up trade war over Green Dam: China throttles Google, U.S. ratchets up trade war over Green DamM$ and the Chinese gov are working against GoogleWhen they can't compete they sue or create laws to stiffle inovation.Is Green Dam a block on trade too?I'm starting to wonder if Green Dam is not so much a block on...; Tags: Green Dam, Google U.S., Google Inc., Chinese Government; Discussion threads 2009-06-25
With drop.io, real-time collaboration in the cloud: Is cloud computing a load of bull or the real deal? For drop.io founder and CEO Sam Lessin, it's everything...literally. Without it, his company and its eponymous service -- which allows two-click sharing of anything with anyone, privately -- might not exist. I spoke...; Tags: Cloud, XMPP, ZD, SL, Drop.io, Groupware, Collaboration, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Software, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2009-06-25
Get ready for Oracle's 100 days of press releases aka innovation: It's a while since I read Bruce Richardson, chief research officer at AMR but a couple of his most recent posts rang bells with me. The first: Who Drives Software Innovation? The â€œBest-of-Breed vs. Giantsâ€ Debate raises a donkey's year old discussion where he concludes: Call me cynical, but...; Tags: Innovation, Oracle Corp., Bruce, Simon Wardley, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2009-06-25