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The Netbooks are coming: Laptop cannibalization today; Smartphone war tomorrow?

The Netbooks are coming: Laptop cannibalization today; Smartphone war tomorrow?Netbooks and SmartphonesThose keyboards on the smartphones are just too small for me to use effectively. I'll take a netbook and a cheap cellphone.RE: The Netbooks are coming: Laptop cannibalization today; Smartphone war tI still see netbooks and smartphones as...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Notebooks, Handhelds, Netbooks, Laptop cannibalization, cannibalization, Smartphone, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-06-03

My jaded take on the wireless VoIP-cell cannibalization issue

Cannibalism is the act of eating another member of the same species.Humans used to do it. Many animals still do. And maybe even cell phone companies, especially when those same companies also offer wireless VoIP.An article on the IT news service Wireless NewsFactor raised that possibility yesterday. The piece described...

Tags: cannibalization, wireless

Blog posts 2005-03-15

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NBC To Internet: TV Is Still King

If NBC had to choose a single platform on which to base its business for the next five years, it wouldn't be the Internet or mobile phones. "Sorry, guys, it would be television,'' the president of NBC Universal research said Monday. That is the conclusion of NBC's...

Tags: Olympic Games, NBC, Internet, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Michael Dell: Telcos may subsidize netbooks to sell 3G

Dell CEO Michael Dell said he expects netbooks to eventually be subsidized by wireless telecom carriers that would sell the devices along with 3G service. The comments, made at the Citigroup Technology Conference on Wednesday, could shed some light on Dell's strategy as it announces a new...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Telecommunications Company, 3G, Mergers & Acquisitions, Telecom & Utilities, Corporate Law, Cellular Phones, Telecommunications, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Intel's roadmap comes into focus: Can rivals respond?

Intel's developer forum in San Francisco has more than its share of chest thumping and as the roadmap comes into focus you really wonder how competitors will respond. To be sure, Intel won't have a cakewalk, but it's making a lot of waves, creating new markets (Netbooks...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Chip, Atom, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Microsoft Equipt: student productivity rise likely?

Probably not. But it's not a bad thing Microsoft have done, and it really shows that they're committed to this "student malarkey" we have going. Today, they announced that project "Albany", now called Microsoft Equipt, has been released into the wild, for the masses who want an all-round suite of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-02

News to know: Apple; AMD; Metasploit; Yahoo; Open SUSE

Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: Wagering on WWDC 2008 TUAW: Rumor: Mac OS X 10.6 to debut at WWDC 08? News.com: Third-party iPhone applications to arrive Monday Tech Trader Daily: How Big Is The Potential Market For the Apple iPhone? ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., SuSE, E-TEN, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-06-04

The Netbooks are coming: Laptop cannibalization today; Smartphone war tomorrow?

The message out of Computex this week is loud and clear: The Netbooks are coming. Intel is touting its Atom processor. Acer is on the board with its Aspire one. Microsoft is adapting Windows to the Netbook market. Nvidia says Netbooks will be graphics intensive. The big question: Are buyers...

Tags: Computex, Device, Acer Inc., Smartphone, Laptop Computer, Netbooks, Computing Device, Smart Phones, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-03

In search of: Startups that could upend Google and Microsoft

In search of: Startups that could upend Google and MicrosoftWrite In: powerset.com ntntThe ByBlog tabI was surprised to encounter listings of the most recent title behind this tab. Given the tone in which this feature's return was requested, why not highlight this achievement at the top of the main...

Tags: Wiki, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-23

My OS is the best OS because ...

My OS is the best OS because ...I stick with Dos 6.6rotflThat's because linux users are too busyrecompiling their kernels. Ha!this looks like another flamebait article to me.OK, OK....Ubuntu 8.04 is the best OS. Because it's easy, secure, stable, easy on the resources and free.Tip: for the time being, I...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux User, Ubuntu 8.04, operating system, Linux, Microsoft Windows 98, Gentoo

Discussion threads 2008-05-06

Hints of Apple's new strategies in its Q3 financial call

Setting aside the news of a very strong quarter — stronger than predicted and accomplished in a consumer market worried over the emerging economic slowdown aka recession — Apple revealed renewed strength in some key segments and geographies. At the same time, executives gave a hint of Apple's vision of...

Tags: Strategy, Financial, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Notebooks, Desktops, Sales, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-04-24

Liveblogging: Apple's Q2 2008 financial results

In a conference call today with analysts, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) discussed financial results of the second fiscal quarter of 2008 which runs from 01 January – 31 March 2008. Apple's revenue was up 43 percent year-over-year. The company posted revenue of US$7.51 billion and...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Sales Strategy, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Revenue, Growth, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Apple iPod, Finance, Financial, Sales

Blog posts 2008-04-23

Microsoft refreshes beta of its Google Docs competitor

Microsoft refreshes beta of its Google Docs competitorwhy is this a competitor to google DocsThe lsat time i checked and even form your statement office live workspace is basically an online storage center where users can view and track changes to a document created in office. so how does this...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Docs, Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2008-02-29

The OpenSocial Business Model: Will the biggest social containers win? Google's CEO says no.

In my most recent post regarding today's announcement between Google and MySpace that MySpace would be embracing Google's recently announced OpenSocial framework of APIs, I noted that I asked two questions during the Q&A session with executives from both companies. The first question (which I'm really still waiting for...

Tags: Container, Google Inc., Facebook, Google OpenSocial, Site, MySpace, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-11-01

SAP, Adobe, Microsoft: three monkeys take on SaaS

SAP, Adobe, Microsoft: three monkeys take on SaaSSAP has a not-so-secret anti-cannibalization strategySAP has a really neat anti-cannibalization strategy that just might work:http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/sap-adobe-and-microsoft-are-all-following-my-protected-game-preserve-strategy-to-saas/Adobe and Microsoft I really wonder about.Cheers,BW

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), SAP AG, Adobe Systems Inc., software-as-a-service, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-10-03

SAP's Peter Zencke: Inside Business ByDesign

SAP's Peter Zencke: Inside Business ByDesigniKnowWare enables SaaS personalization PLUS VIDEOStarting in 2002 iKnowWare was well on its way empowering SMB's to connect each business touchpoint in their language. Not changing the way you do business but powering you to do business your way. Personalization increases adoption and...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Corporate communications, iKnowWare, SAP AG, Peter Zencke

Discussion threads 2007-10-03

Palm: Centro will nibble at Treo sales

Palm says its new Centro smartphone is likely to cannibalize some Treo sales and bring the company's average selling price down for the quarter ending Nov. 30. The company reported its fiscal first quarter results on Monday and delivered a net loss of $800,000, or...

Tags: Palm Inc., Palm Treo, Sales, Centro, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-02

EMC buys Mozy; Roger Rabbit missing

EMC buys Mozy; Roger Rabbit missingWhy Target the Enterprise At All?SaaS is so often a game of moving into the SMB space. Mozy could easily be viewed as a purely SMB play. Forget the cost per GB, look at the connect speeds. Mozy is terribly slow for...

Tags: SMB/SME, Storage, software-as-a-service, Mozy, EMC Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-24

SAP-as-a-Service: Will SMBs Bite?

ZDNet blogging colleague Phil Wainewright has welcomed SAP to the ever more boisterous SaaS party. SAP's venture into SaaS may be its boldest move since MySAP.com. But are companies ready for such heavy-duty SaaS? That's because of the launch of SAP-as-a-Service this week. There's...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Vendor, SAP AG, Small And Medium Business, SAP-as-a-Service, Dan Farber, Software As A Service (SaaS), Smb/Sme, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2007-09-21

SAP's challenge to NetSuite, Workday and salesforce.com

This week SAP finally introduced its on demand Business ByDesign suite, aimed at the mid-market (companies with 100 to 500 employees) and starting at $149 per per month per user but with a $54 a month option for a set of five users with limited usage of the software. ...

Tags: Strategy, Salesforce.com Inc., NetSuite Inc., Customer, SAP AG, ERP, Workday, Business ByDesign, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-09-20