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HiveLive launches enterprise community platform: HiveLive has joined the growing number of companies focused on delivering social software, or a community platform with wikis, blogs, and forums, to enterprises. HiveLive calls itself as "the first community platform to seamlessly integrate social networks with information networks." It's not clear what the phrase means, but the foundation...; Tags: Crowdsourcing, HiveLive, Community Platform, Wiki, Online Communications, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-11-05

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News to know: iPhone; DNS patch; Online privacy; VMware; Vista: Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: A Modest Privacy Proposal Richard Koman: Congress looks at next-gen ad networks Techmeme: iPhone reviews Matthew Miller: MSM Apple iPhone reviews are up and may just have saved me some cash ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, DNS, Online Privacy, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., HP iPAQ 910, 3G, Domain Names, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-09
Mossberg's review of iPhone 3G: Newer, Faster, Cheaper: The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg has been testing the iPhone 3G for a couple of weeks and today posted his review. As you'd expect, he loves the "between three and five times as fast" 3G networking, "wireless synchronization with corporate email" and the App Store which gives iPhone 3G...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Mossberg, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Kaminsky and Ptacek comment on DNS flaw: Well, well, well, what a day for security news! I got a chance to get the scoop word of mouth from Dan Kaminsky of IOActive (pictured above [image courtesy of quinnums]) and Thomas Ptacek of Matasano pictured below on the DNS flaw that's been all over the...; Tags: DNS, Flaw, Nate, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Firefox 3 and community -- How Mozilla used social networking to set a world record: Mozilla is celebrating a new Guinness World Record and launch of Firefox 3. But it isn't cheering alone - its enjoying this victory with the community it credits for helping it to succeed. by Jennifer Leggio; Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Network, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Social Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-07-08

Research Shows iPhone Penetration to Grow by 164 Percent: Is the iPhone going to rule enterprise mobility? Consider this: a recent Goldman Sachs survey of its IT executives showed that 17 percent expect to support the iPhone 3G in the next year. That's a "very strong number especially at this early stage," says Goldman telecom analyst Jason...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Mobile, Goldman Sachs & Co., Armstrong, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Geek Sheet: Configuring Synergy2 to Share Keyboard, Video and Mouse: It's time again for another Geek Sheet. This time, we're going to show you how to share keyboard, mouse, and video click for short demonstration between multiple desktop computers, using different Operating Systems with a free Open Source program called Synergy2. Are you geeky enough that you...; Tags: Mouse, Video, Synergy2, Client, Screen, Mice, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-08
U.K's most spammed person receives 44,000 spam emails daily: When you get so much spam that your anti-spam provider decides to use you in a marketing campaign, your spam problem turns into an asset for the community, and researchers running honeypots can only envy you for the sample of spam emails you receive on a daily basis. According to...; Tags: Orange PCS, Internet Service Provider, U.K, Spam Email, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), E-mail, Internet, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Web 3.0 - the future of social networking: Note: re-posted after withdrawing post a few days ago; no changes made since then. I would put this very much on par with a past Scoble moment, as I've been lucky enough to see something which actually impresses me. I've seen a lot over my life, the...; Tags: 3D, Web, Facebook, Network, Web 3.0, Scene, Vivaty Scenes, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-08
PlateSpin Launches PowerConvert 7.0: PlateSpin, a recent acquisition of Novell recently announced PowerConvert 7.0, The company was quick to point out that this is the first product launch since the acquistion. Why would they go to such great lengths to mention that? They want to convince the market that PlatSpin will continue to be...; Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Data Center, Migration, PowerConvert, Aragorn, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Document Management, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-08
AVG changes its stance on LinkScanner: A few days ago I wrote a story about AVG's LinkScanner causing a massive amount of additional traffic on the net in the name of protecting customers... yeah. Well, here's a quote from the original article to give some background: Apparently AVG is spamming the Internet with traffic that looks to...; Tags: Web, Web Site, Whirlpool Corp., Search Result, Slashdot, AVG, LinkScanner, Web Site Development, Search, Channel Management, Web Technology, Internet, Marketing, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-07
SaaS star leaves SAP for Salesforce.com: Enterprise software giant SAP has lost Business Objects' Steve Lucas, one of its brightest software-as-a-service stars, to Salesforce.com, where he takes up a new role driving the vendor's platform strategy by Phil Wainewright; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, ISV, SAP AG, Steve Lucas, Force.com, TenWolde, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-07-07
OpenLaszlo 4.1 relased with DHTML support: I completely missed this but it looks like OpenLaszlo 4.1 has been released and it includes full support for DHTML/Ajax as well as SWF/Flash. In addition there are a number of bug fixes and overhauled documentation. Back when OpenLaszlo started showing being able to create either DHML/Ajax...; Tags: DHTML, AJAX, Scripting Languages, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-07-07
The nightmare of buying enterprise software: The nightmare of buying enterprise softwareIt sounds to me...like the blame lays with the salesman selling the user something he doesn't need. But then salesmen are often ill trained on what their company actually offers. Then again, the bigger the software the bigger the price and the bigger the commission.Let's...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, Sales strategy, Sales force management, enterprise software, software, software company, tool; Discussion threads 2008-07-07
Icahn: Ballmer would do a deal if Yahoo's board goes; Microsoft confirms: Icahn: Ballmer would do a deal if Yahoo's board goes; Microsoft confirmsThe only way Icahn could "save" GM would be to buy up shares cheap, andthen sell them to Toyota for double the money.... matchnow which one is the Match and who is the striker They are both very incendiary...; Tags: Corporate governance, Micro$oft, board, Yahoo! Inc., Icahn, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Confirms, Steve Ballmer; Discussion threads 2008-07-07
Why you'll have a long wait for Microsoft's next OS: Why you'll have a long wait for Microsoft's next OSPerhapsbecause I said best bitsThe next OS from Microsoftshould employ the best bits of what is available, whether they are Microsoft ideas or not - most of the best ones have not been. For example, it should at the very least...; Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-07
Microsoft's Hyper-V and Spin Marketing - the Parallels view: Here's another take on Microsoft's announcement of Hyper-V. This time, the comments are coming from Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels. Surguei appears to be taking a rather pragmatic view of the announcement and all of the surrounding hype. Here's what he had to say: ...; Tags: Marketing, Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Parallels, Surguei, Serguei, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-07
eBulwark (IPN) (exe): eBulwark IPN is designed with the average user in mind; it takes the guesswork out of Internet security. Our security platform provides the ability to use any public/private network with the assurance that all Internet communications are safe and secure, regardless of the connection (wireless/wired). eBulwark customers have realized peace...; Tags: Cybershido Technologies, eBulwark IPN, Internet, Security; Software downloads 2008-07-07
KooBits (zip): KooBits offers an intuitive and effective platform where children and like-minded adults can easily express their ideas using different digital media and create highly interactive digital content. With KooBits, children can easily express their wildest imagination, unleash their creativity, and share their colorful dreams with their parents, teachers, and all...; Tags: Multimedia, Animation, Personal eMotion, KooBits, E-books, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-07-07
Far out! Another power management option for my Mac: The marketing and communications types over at developer Faronics of San Ramon, Calif., very gently informed me a few weeks ago that they have a very well established power management utility for the Macintosh platform. I had despaired of the few choices for the Mac a few months back when...; Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Power Management, Power Save Mac 2.0 Software, Report Generator, Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Management, Hardware, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-06