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SkypeOut now free in US and Canada

Skype has tossed down the gauntlet. In an announcement today, the company announced that SkypeOut - the ability to call any landline or mobile number - is now available free through the end of the year to all U.S. and Canadian customers. From the press release I just received:Skype, the...

Tags: Canadian Customers, Skype Technologies S.A., SkypeOut

Blog posts 2006-05-15

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LaCie's 5big Network offers five drive bays, up to 7.5TB storage

LaCie is bringing its distinctive aesthetic sense to small business networked storage with its new 5big Network device, which offers—surprise—five drive bays and up to a whopping 7.5 terabytes of capacity. If that's still not sufficient (or you want to back up what's on the 5big Network), the included USB...

Tags: Network, LaCie, RAID, Storage, Hardware, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-13

CEOs freak out; IT preps a do-over

Being a CEO today just stinks. The economy is melting down. No one trusts each other. And the chieftains don't even know if their customers will survive. What's this mean for your technology department? A lot of upheaval and perhaps one big do-over that starts in 2009. ...

Tags: CIO, Information Technology, CEO, Technology Department, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-13

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

IT warning: Turbulence ahead

The technology budget is on the skids. The business types don't quite get IT (and by the way you don't get them either). And amid all this turmoil all you have to do is keep your infrastructure humming and solve the 25 most contentious business-technology issues by the first half...

Tags: CIO, Information Technology, Gartner Inc., Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Opera 10 will be 'prettier'

Many users, especially of Apple, found Opera's latest version 9.6 unpleasant on the eye. But the company says its next major update will be prettier. The next major release of Opera for the desktop will be 'prettier' than the current version of the browser, claims the company. ...

Tags: Opera Software, Lawson Software Inc., Hicks, Web Browsers, Internet, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, Opera, browser, Opera 10.0

News items 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

Why MySpace's MyAds won't be the next Google AdWords

When it comes to online advertising everybody wants to be the next Google, and News Corp-owned MySpace is no exception. Today the company rolled out its latest advertising platform called MyAds, designed to service "individuals and small businesses" rather than the big name brands that the social networking site's existing...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Google AdWords, MySpace, Steve O\'Hear

Blog posts 2008-10-13

A few financial home truths

Does it take the world's worst financial crisis since the South Sea Bubble to drive home perennial truths that have always been at the core of successful businesses? Generate cash by delivering products that help your customers generate cash. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Revenue, Software-as-a-service, Billing, Financial, Home Truth, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Operational Accounting, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Negotiating with your hardware vendor 101

Squeezing the most out of technology budgets seems to be a running theme these days, but customers frequently give up leverage in negotiating hardware deals. According to Gartner analyst Leslie Fiering most hardware negotiations go wrong early on. A customer's maximum leverage occurs when a company is...

Tags: Leverage, Hardware Maker, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-13

T-Mobile BlackBerry Flip 8220 now available

The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 aka Kickstart was announced a short while ago and today I received the press release announcing that T-Mobile customers can now pick up the T-Mobile BlackBerry Pearl Flip in black color for US$149.99 after US$150 instant discount and US$50 mail-in rebate (full price is US$349.99)....

Tags: T-Mobile, Pearl Flip 8220, Keyboards, Handhelds, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Gartner's worst case for 2009 IT budgets isn't so bad

Gartner has revised its 2009 IT budget prognostications, a move that isn't surprising, but the firm's projections could be a lot worse. Peter Sondergaard, senior vice president of research at Gartner, outlined the research group's new projections in his opening keynote at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in...

Tags: IT Budget, Information Technology, Gartner Inc., Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-13

BlackBerry Bold sales halted in UK

Orange has stopped selling RIM's first HSDPA handset while it works with the manufacturer on a software fix for unspecified 3G-related concerns. Orange has temporarily stopped selling the BlackBerry Bold while it tries to figure out a solution to unspecified 3G-related problems on the handset. ...

Tags: Orange PCS, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Sales, BlackBerry Bold, 3G, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, Sales Strategy, BalckBerry Bold, Research in Motion, Orange, UK

News items 2008-10-13

Gartner's CIO pep talk: Make a difference or be automated (or worse)

Gartner analyst Mark McDonald late Sunday laid out the chief information officer agenda for 2009 and the big theme is that tech executives need to make a business difference or fade away. Why? Companies have other options--software as a service, cloud computing and shared services--that could deliver more value than...

Tags: CIO, Information Technology, Gartner Inc., McDonald's Corp., Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Can virtualization help when times get tough?

When times get tough, many organizations look for new ways to reduce costs while still being able to provide their customers with the products and services they need. This appears to be just such a time. Virtualization technology can most certainly be part of the solution. Let's review how each...

Tags: Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-13

MySpace launches ad platform for small businesses

MySpace on Monday will unveil a targeted ad platform called MyAds, a beta designed to enable smaller advertisers to use its HyperTargeting technology. HyperTargeting is the MySpace platform used by its larger advertisers. With MyAds, MySpace is trying to tap into smaller advertisers that can be used...

Tags: Advertisement, Small Business, MySpace, Advertiser, MyAds, HyperTargeting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-12

New green certification program helps keep kitchens out of the frying pan in terms of environmental waste

Haven't had much occasion to write about Microsoft in this blog as extensively as some of the other big hardware-oriented tech players, but this item was pretty intriguing, because it's a great lead-in to some other cool information I briefed on about a month back. Here's the...

Tags: Food, Kitchen, FoodServiceWarehouse.com, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-12

My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services

My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS servicesAbout damn timeSince the carriers don't give us any way to shut off the COD messaging, laying a minefield for SMS senders is the only practical way to shut off the flood of spim that I have to pay for.They're starting...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular phones, text fee, Verizon Communications Inc., SMS Service, SMS

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services

Verizon Wireless dropped a bomb today on companies that send content over SMS text messaging systems. Techmeme Effective Nov. 1, companies that send messages and other notifications to Verizon Wireless customers via SMS text message - that's everyone from Google to Twitter to startups like alerts.com - could be forced...

Tags: Fee, Verizon Communications Inc., Text Messaging, Messaging, SMS, Verizon Wireless, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Are there really too many Windows editions?

Are there really too many Windows editions?Are there really too many Windows editions?Nope!Still, from a consumer point of view, he wants one version, 20 bucks,enable any features you want. The multiple versions are ONLY for Microsoft's benefit in order to extract more money from YOU the eager customer.There is something...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, SKU, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-10-10