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Even more signs your software vendor can't innovate fast enough

Forrester analyst Ray Wang has a list of seven Vinnie Mirchandani adds another seven Here's mine: Channel partners find there is little new to offer the market, start to leave their main vendor. Channel partners thrive on new functionality. If it...

Tags: Software, Software Company, Vendor, Carrot, Tools & Techniques, Data Centers, Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-10

U.S. servers slurp more power than Mississippi

U.S. servers slurp more power than MississippiMississippi ?Okay, not that I'm questioning this .... okay, yes I am.The Mississippi River doesn't consume electricity.Now, maybe the author meant "more electricity than is currently generated by hydro-electric plants ON the Mississippi".That's fine then. I didn't know there were ANY Hydro...

Tags: Servers, carrot, server

Discussion threads 2007-02-14

Carrot or stick? It's the same...

Carrot or stick? It's the same...So when GWavoids talking about the war, he feels that he won?

Tags: Carrot

Discussion threads 2006-07-05

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Universities in hot water over students' peer-to-peer sharing

The success of iTunes shows ....... that people will pay for a product if the cost is reasonable and they have CHOICES.Most music CDs now a day have a SINGLE song that is worth listening to. The reason people started stealing music was because the industry was forcing them to...

Tags: Personal finance, P2P, MPAA, RIAA, piracy

Discussion threads 2009-10-25

Like frequent flyer points, but for energy reductions

This post is related to the "carrot" side of the carrot versus stick theory, suggesting that people need to be rewarded before they will substantially change their habits. If you or someone you know is already looking for ways to cut electricity consumption in your household, there...

Tags: Credit, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Bunny Bounce (Italian) (Windows)

The bunnies are gathering in Bunny Bounce Valley for their annual reunion - and you're invited. Bounce the bunnies into matching groups of three or more and they'll hop away happy. Race against the clock or take your time in three game modes. Plus, special guests like Bunny the Kid...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, GameHouse, Bunny, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-09-07

Bunny Bounce (French) (Windows)

The bunnies are gathering in Bunny Bounce Valley for their annual reunion - and you're invited. Bounce the bunnies into matching groups of three or more and they'll hop away happy. Race against the clock or take your time in three game modes. Plus, special guests like Bunny the Kid...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, GameHouse, Bunny, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-09-07

Bunny Bounce (Spanish) (Windows)

The bunnies are gathering in Bunny Bounce Valley for their annual reunion - and you're invited. Bounce the bunnies into matching groups of three or more and they'll hop away happy. Race against the clock or take your time in three game modes. Plus, special guests like Bunny the Kid...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, GameHouse, Bunny, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-09-07

Bunny Bounce (German) (Windows)

The bunnies are gathering in Bunny Bounce Valley for their annual reunion - and you're invited. Bounce the bunnies into matching groups of three or more and they'll hop away happy. Race against the clock or take your time in three game modes. Plus, special guests like Bunny the Kid...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, GameHouse, Bunny, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-09-07

Photos: Miss IFA shows off red-hot gadgets

Carrot Top's got nothing on Miss IFA, the face of Germany's ginormous consumer electronics show. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Carrot Top, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-09-04

Smart grid report from Lexington Institute explores benefits, pitfalls

Smart grid, demand response and smart appliancesWhen I need to explain the smart grid in a sentence, I simply describe it as the coupling of a digital network on top of our existing grid structure. What?s the big deal with doing that? Digital information on the grid gives all sorts...

Tags: grid, demand response, Smart Grid, benefit

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Locavore: more than a matter of taste

Must be related somehowGoogle Books sued by a pig, cat and dogJust when you think you can't be surprised by the level of ignorance from people, something like this article comes along.Meat has a carbon footprint? I guess all the carbon in that cow comes from pixie dust, eh? Or...

Tags: Food & Beverage, food, carbon, Locavore, ocean level, meat product

Discussion threads 2009-08-21

Telecoms don't want broadband bucks with strings attached

How would you like $4.7 million to build out broadband to rural America? If you're Verizon or AT&T, the answer is clearly, "no, thanks." The Washington Post reports that none of the three major telecoms is interested in taking those funds. The reason is simple enough: they...

Tags: President, Verizon Communications Inc., Broadband, AT&T Corp., Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-14

Thwarted by technology

I have a devicethat is still using a serial connection! I finally found a quality serial to USB converter... but I am waiting for it to get here before I pass verdict on it's reliability.Still have two applications that are Windows only... makes it difficult since I have to maintain...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, Microsoft Windows, DVD, DVD player

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

RIAA: "All your music are belong to us"

RIAA: "All your music are belong to us"typo:" take getting mangled in the car stereo" -> tape getting mangled.Luv, ur friendly spelling NaziThe proper name is "Scumbags"As in: "Scumbags: All your music are belong to us"Completely Obsurd...I've been saying for years now that there needs to be a "Bill...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, RIAA, digital-rights management, music, Apple iPod, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2009-07-31

Just let Google give us the books already!

Just let Google give us the books already!Make the plaintiffs step upThe plaintiffs in the lawsuit should be required by the DOJ to digitize and make available all of the books they are seeking to prevent Google from digitizing. I am willing to bet most of them would drop it...

Tags: Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-10

$99 iPhones Will Not Improve the Wireless Customer Experience

$99 iPhones Will Not Improve the Wireless Customer ExperiencePhone as a uniform data device NOT mobile providers' preferenceMobile phone companies prefer NOT to be treated as just a data ISP. Instead they have traditionally maintained false fragmentations, such as separate voice, SMS and lately data streams, when all can be...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Wireless Customer Experience, phone, wireless, carrier, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

SoldierAnts 1.1 (Mobile)

SoldierAnts supports two game modes, quick battle ideal for a five minutes burst of fun and campaign mode where you can wage a longer war to control all the territory on the map. The aim of each battle is to defeat the opposing team and to do this you are...

Tags: Mobile, Weapon, Tiger Shark Games, Games, Team Management, Personal Technology, Management

Software downloads 2009-05-15

Microsoft to provide 'XP Mode' with Windows 7

Microsoft to provide 'XP Mode' with Windows 7Linux vendors to provide 1995 mode.Yeah, it's all starting to make sense now Microsoft ;-)well i didn't believe it before, but MS might actuallybe listening to the people. the new winxp mode sounds a lot like running wine on linux. a lot...

Tags: Operating systems, desktop virtualization, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, XP Mode, wine, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-04-25

140-character assassination: Are disclaimers and disclosures needed, or even possible, on Twitter?

* Jennifer Leggio is at RSA Conference Guest editorial by Chris Gatewood Each of them being famous in part because of their lack of self-censorship, Courtney Love and Mark Cuban probably surprised no one when they separately got themselves in trouble for...

Tags: Blog, Social Media, Twitter, Blogger, Chris Gatewood, Blogging, Internet, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-04-22