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- JavaScript 2.0: Why Give Programmers Crutches?
- [Guest Comment from Shane Steinert-Threlkeld] A new spec on which JavaScript 2.0 will be based , should be finalized by the end of the fall. Yet most of the proposed changes do close to nothing to actually improve the language. ...
- Tags: JavaScript, Programmer, JavaScript 2.0, Shane Steinert-Threlkeld, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy
- No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of "data processing" while earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHA's, I'm already starting to see evidence of consolidation between India's major...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- My father, the casemodder
- I love hearing about these wacky aesthetic computer modifications that people do. While a lot of them definitely have the "cool" factor, most aren't exactly useful or practical. But when I heard about one particular "casemod" from one of my readers, I was intrigued. It just so happened that this...
- Tags: Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- New Android Market is YouTube for mobile applications
- Google released early details yesterday about their plans for Android Market, an online bazaar for programs that run on Android phones. Essentially an Android version of the iPhone's popular App Store, it offers three key advantages over Apple's offering: It will follow the YouTube model of instant...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Mobile, YouTube Inc., Apple Inc., Mobile Application, Android Market, Sales Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, Sales, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Comcast's Web limits: Saving bandwidth or stifling innovation?
- Comcast's Web limits: Saving bandwidth or stifling innovation?Beef it upWhy Comcast should beef up their network:Imagine its 5:00 PM on a normal Friday evening, you get home hoping to relax in front of the TV to watch a movie or two. You turn on the TV only to discover that...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Strategy, Web, Comcast Corp., bandwidth, network
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- What SaaS can teach us about customer service
- What SaaS can teach us about customer serviceGood Advice!As someone actively engaged in the software as a service industry, I can confirm that Archie Black's advice is spot on. I work for PayCycle, an online payroll company that embodies the SaaS model. Our customers don't make distinctions between...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, Product marketing, customer service, software-as-a-service, customer satisfaction
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- The End of SaaS? Or Just the End of Hype?
- The End of SaaS? Or Just the End of Hype?Hype is not necessaryCustomers are not turning to SaaS for the financial merits of cheaper software licensing. The cost of the software is about the same as traditional software, it is the cost of maintaining the software and the hardware that...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, Tools & Techniques, IT Services, Service-now.com, SaaS Model, software-as-a-service, software
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?
- Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?It is an apt comparison>Your Ubunutu/Vista comparison doesn't pass the common sense test. Think about what you can get with Ubuntu-- Compiz Fusion for eye candy, drive encryption, MythTV DVR app, OpenOffice.org, ect. You have to get Ultimate Windows to get all...
- Tags: Construction, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), pricing strategy, window, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Dell: Turnaround interuptus as share grab hurts net, margins
- Dell's second quarter earnings fell short of projections, but revenue was well ahead of targets. Translation: Dell is gaining share at the expense of its bottom line as price competition heats up. Dell reported fiscal second quarter earnings of 31 cents a share on revenue of $16.4...
- Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Windows 7 must avoid the marketing trap that Vista stumbled into
- Windows 7 must avoid the marketing trap that Vista stumbled intoI agree "One OS to unite them all""One price to keep all happy" In the end it's just a marketing ploy different versions each with their own "missing" pieces. In many ways it looks like double dipping...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, marketing, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- The End of SaaS? Or Just the End of Hype?
- Lawson CEO Harry Debes started -- or rather continued -- a brouhaha that's getting some pixels in the blogosphere, and his position is worth commenting on for both its courage foolhardy and its excess hyperbolically so. According to Harry, the SaaS market will collapse in two years time, due to...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Customer Choice, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Why does Safari stink?
- I started my day with several calls from our Special Ed folks who suddenly couldn't access their student information portal (e-Sped). I could access it without problem, our Special Education administrators could access it, but several teachers and counselors were discovering (since this was the first student day back...
- Tags: Apple Safari, Web Browsers, Portals, Desktops, Internet, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- SaaS market will 'collapse' in two years
- SaaS market will 'collapse' in two yearsHe doesn't get itSo to summarize Debes (who comes off a little like Vinny from da mob or a coke dealer - his words, not mine):(1) SaaS and Cloud computing as a delivery vehicle has been tried before and therefore will fail (like all...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, software-as-a-service, SaaS IS, SaaS Model, Lawson Software Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- SaaS market will 'collapse' in two years
- Lawson's CEO, Harry Debes says SaaS is the third attempt at "on demand" in his lifetime and predicts it will take the same path as the first two--to oblivion. Lawson's CEO, Harry Debes, doesn't believe in software-as-a-service SaaS. ...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Software as a service, SaaS, software, Lawson, Asia, Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia
- News items 2008-08-28
- Dell's second quarter: Another milepost in the turnaround tale
- Dell reports its fiscal second quarter results on Thursday after market close and analysts are turning optimistic about the company's turnaround prospect amid better consumer notebook designs, emerging market revenue and solid server sales growth. Dell is expected to report fiscal second quarter earnings of 36 cents...
- Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., Miscioscia, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Sales, Finance, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Renting a car: it'll cost you to save on gas
- Renting a car: it'll cost you to save on gasJust drive a low emission car insteadInstead of trying to join the queue for a Hybrid, just choose a low emission car from the normal range.A Honda Fit or other small rentals will give up to 50mpg, and have A/C which...
- Tags: car
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Samsung LN-52A850
- Although CNET did not review the 52-inch Samsung LN52A850, we did review the 46-inch Samsung LN46A750. Judging from their spec sheets, the two Samsung flat-panel LCDs are basically identical but for screen size and the fact that the A850 has a thinner panel (about 1.9 inches deep, versus 3.9 for...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung LN46A750
- Product reviews 2008-08-27
- Samsung LN40A630
- Although CNET did not review the 40-inch Samsung LN40A630 we did review the 52-inch Samsung LN52A650. Judging from their spec sheets the two Samsung flat-panel LCDs are basically identical but for the screen size, panel luminance, and the exclusion of a fourth HDMI connection, so we expect the review of...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung LN52A650
- Product reviews 2008-08-27
- Samsung LN46A580
- Although CNET did not review the 46-inch Samsung LN46A580, we did review the 46-inch Samsung LN46A550. Judging from their spec sheets, the two Samsung flat-panel LCDs are basically identical but for the shinier, more reflective surface the Samsung LN46A580 has on its screen, so we expect the review of the...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung LN46A580
- Product reviews 2008-08-27
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