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- OpenOffice 3 launch timed perfectly but will Sun, IBM exploit opportunity?
- Sun and IBM could not have asked for better timing for the launch of OpenOffice 3, a major upgrade of the open source office suite. Both vendors are preparing to ship commercial offerings of StarOffice and Symphony based on the new OO 3 release and have a...
- Tags: Desktop, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Training, IBM Corp., Symphony 1.2, Conversion Tool, OpenOffice, StarOffice, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Open source protectionism?
- I just caught a rather interesting piece by fellow blogger Dana Blankenhorn on the subject of the "value and values" found in open source ecosystems. Near the end, he references an article on InfoWorld which questions whether it is wise to "protect" open source development by mandating its use at...
- Tags: Open Source, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Desperate times, desperate job hunting tactics
- In a recent post about tactics to help land a job in an uncertain economy I included a cartoon of a sorry-looking fellow wearing a "Will work for food" billboard as he paced the sidewalk and said it "hopefully wouldn't come to this". I was just joking, you know. ...
- Tags: Hiring, Job, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Wall Street: MSFT should buy Yahoo, consider RIM
- Wall Street: MSFT should buy Yahoo, consider RIMProof that investors should all be drownedThey do nothing but hold mankind back in their own self serving way.Competition is a basic factor for any free market, yet investors want it both ways.They should offer $11 a shareby Monday, it'll look like a...
- Tags: M$FT, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Research In Motion Ltd.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Wall Street: MSFT should buy Yahoo, consider RIM
- A Wall Street investor has suggested that the stars may be aligned just right for Microsoft to make another run at Yahoo, this time for $22 per share. Investment fund Mithras Capital, which owns more than 1.9 million shares, or 0.14 percent, of Yahoo, said Microsoft has a window of...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Financial Accounting, Search, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Finance, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Is OpenOffice good enough?
- Yes. OK, obviously there's more to this story than my tongue-in-cheek answer. This came up after one of our supercool, power user secretaries (who is an Office 2003/2007 wiz) ran a training session for the other secretaries in the district. The other secretaries are largely...
- Tags: Secretary, Training, OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Laptops with mobile WiMax now available
- The first laptops with built-in mobile WiMax wireless broadband are now available in the U.S. Sprint, Intel and the computer companies announced the new WiMax configurations at an event in Baltimore just a few days after Sprint launched its Xohm service there. All of these laptops use...
- Tags: Mobile, Sprint Xohm, Laptop Computer, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, 3G, Chipsets, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- IBM considering financing IT project partners because of banking crisis
- I recently ran into Drew Clark, head of IBM's Venture Capital Group, based in Menlo Park, California. I asked him about the financial crisis and what IBM could do in response. "We would never make an equity investment but we are looking at financial help in projects where we partner...
- Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Banking, Financing, IBM Corp., Financial Accounting, Investment, Strategy, Finance, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Toshiba Qosmio G55-Q802
- The 18-inch laptop has truly come into its own, with recent systems from Sony, Acer, HP and now Toshiba threatening to clutter the desks of multimedia enthusiasts everywhere. The Qosmio G55-Q802 is the odd man out among this group in that it does not offer a Blu-ray drive or even...
- Tags: Processors, Notebooks, Qosmio G55, Cell, Intel Core 2 Duo, Toshiba Qosmio, Toshiba Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-10-08
- Apple iPhone 3G (16GB, black)
- Apple iPhone 3G (16GB, black)Is it worth it?Is it worth it to switch to AT&T just to be able to use the Apple Iphone?
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Is It Worth It, Is It Worth, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, 3G
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Sony Bravia KDL-52XBR6
- Sony has always reserved its best features and highest performance for its "XBR"-branded HDTVs, and this year there's an unprecedented three series of Sony sets bearing the moniker. The most-expensive is the XBR8 series, with LED backlighting, followed by the XBR7 series, with different styling and supposedly improved video processing....
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, most-expensive, Sony Corp., XBR6, Sony KDL-52XBR6, TV
- Product reviews 2008-10-08
- Microsoft shows interest in WaMu bankruptcy over software agreements
- When Microsoft filed a "notice of appearance" in the Washington Mutual bankruptcy proceedings - which is basically a request to be kept updated on developments of the case - and then initially declined to comment about its interest in the case, the speculation began. (Silicon Alley Insider wondered if Microsoft...
- Tags: Software, Washington Mutual Inc., Enterprise Software, Agreement, Microsoft Corp., Bankruptcy, Times, Litigation, Business Operations, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Teaching telecommuting
- Teaching telecommutingtelecommuting skills?I'm a fulltime telecommuter, though I do venture out to teach an IRL composition class a couple of days a week. I think the kids already have the skills they need to telecommute, and they value having the connection between the classroom and that new work environment made...
- Tags: telecommuting
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- $236m judgment against spammer couple
- $236m judgment against spammer coupleSadly, it's pointlessSadly, in reality such a judgment is pointless.Let them pay it in jail time$236m is a fair bill to run up. I say let them paying it back in jail time.Let's even be generous and say 1 day in jail will reduce the bill...
- Tags: Spam, Email Ads, e-mail, spammer, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- $236m judgment against spammer couple
- How much is spam worth? In the case of a couple who sent millions of spams to a small ISP, $236 million. That's the judgment a federal judge in Iowa levied against the husband-and-wife spamming team of Henry Perez and Suzanne Bartok, IDG reports. Over four months in 2003,...
- Tags: Judgment, Spammer, CIS Internet Services, Spam, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Kernell indicted in break-in to Palin's Yahoo email
- Kernell indicted in break-in to Palin's Yahoo emailI bet he is praing for an Obama winin November, as that way he has a great change at receiving a pardon from him.If McCain wins, well five years in Guantanamo is not really [i]all[/i] that bad... ;)RE: Kernell indicted in break-in to...
- Tags: Palin, Yahoo Email, Kernell, e-mail, break-in, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Changing open source terms bad move in a recession
- Changing open source terms bad move in a recessionOpen Source flawed modelIf a car manufacture engineers a car, it does not release its blue-prints for free. If an architect designs a house he or she does not release his plans for free. The equivalent of an engineering blue...
- Tags: open source, car, recession
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Forget the damn Linux netbooks. Can Windows replace Windows?
- My esteemed ZDNet colleague Ed Bott, God bless him, wrote a very insightful piece in which he discusses Taiwanese PC mainboard and component manufacturer MSI's challenges of selling Linux-based versions of their netbook, the Wind U90. Apparently, according to MSI, Linux-based versions of their netbook are...
- Tags: MSI, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Samsung Sway SCH-U650 (Verizon Wireless)
- It's clear that Samsung loves two things: slim slider phones and midrange camera phones with a flip design. Indeed, we've seen a deluge of such models over the last few years, with the latest in the slider camp being the Samsung SCH-U650 for Verizon Wireless. Also called the Sway, (why,...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Wireless, keypad button, display, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Sway, phone
- Product reviews 2008-10-07
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