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cooper boone's fan-fueled music (no, not the kind with blades): Did you ever think about how much electricity a mega-concert uses to power all those woofers and tweeters, not to mention the jumbo-screens and pyrotechnics? Yes, a lot, no? So, I was inspired by this little item about Cooper Boone, a psychologist-cum-musician who...; Tags: Blade, Cooper, Music, Cooper Boone, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-09

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Office 2008 for Mac: The straw that broke the backs of Microsoft's Windows developers?: Could it be that a Macintosh program will be the tipping point for the confidence that ISVs have in Microsoft as a technology partner? One c-level technologist for a Windows enterprise app says "no more" to Redmond's vision. I wrote the other day about Microsoft's Mac Business...; Tags: Developer, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Office, Window, ISV, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Engineer, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-05-16
News to know: Psystar; IT Dojo; Microsoft moral; SQL Injection attacks; Ubuntu: Notable headlines: David Morgenstern: Is Psystar Mac clone using the Kalyway boot hack? IT Dojo: Create your own bootable USB flash drive for Windows XP Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft internal memo details Windows 7-Windows Live ties Another reason...; Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, Yahoo! Inc., SQL, Microsoft Corp., SQL Injection, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Strategy, Software, Management; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Mini Cooper iPhone armrest mod: Mini Cooper iPhone armrest modiPod and iPhone resourcesHere are a few resources for brackets and connectors.http://www.pro-fit-intl.com/http://www.proclipusa.com/home/home.aspxhttp://www.mp3yourcar.com/RE: Mini Cooper iPhone armrest modgreat job on the mod. I'm thinking of using your idea on the mini I'm going to buy my wife this fall.; Tags: Mini Cooper iPhone; Discussion threads 2008-04-28
Mini Cooper iPhone armrest mod: Todd Schneider sent me an update to the iPod integrations I covered a while back. He customized his Mini Cooper and installed an iPhone cradle in the armrest. The mod gives him full Bluetooth hands free and steering wheel controls for the iPhone. Why Mini choose...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Adapter, Cooper, Cradle, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-04-28

News to know: Ubuntu; Microhoo; IT scapegoats; XP; Google: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft: Pondering the alternatives to Yahoo Microsoft should walk away from Yahoo WSJ: Ballmer's big choice Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04 Gallery: A peek at Ubuntu 8.4 Jason Perlow: Ubuntu: I'm...; Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Information Technology, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Phishing, Help Desk, Podcasts, Web Services, Microsoft Windows XP, Middleware, Call Centers, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Security, Spam And Phishing, It Operations, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Texas oilman strikes blow for wind, predicts ever higher oil prices: T. Boone Pickens has made a little money in the oil business. According to Forbes in 2007 Pickens was one of the 117th richest people in America, worth about $3 bills, in as in billions. That's only about one-fourth of what he reportedly intends to invest in wind...; Tags: Oil, Texas, T. Boone Pickens, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-27
Meshing the desktop into the cloud: I'm often harsh on Microsoft, but I'm going to lighten up now that it's introduced Live Mesh (great coverage at Liveside, a useful ten points from Mary Jo, more at Techmeme). One of the misconceptions people often have about the Web is that exists 'out there', as...; Tags: Web, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Mesh, Zintel, Mesh Account Service, Channel Management, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Comscore: The Google fallout: Google's first quarter earnings call didn't have much in the way of theatrics, but a serious brush back pitch was delivered to Comscore. What should we make of Google CEO Eric Schmidt essentially throwing Comscore under the bus? Following Google's strong first quarter report Techmeme which looked...; Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, ComScore Networks Inc., Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-18
News to know: Google; AMD; Desktop Linux; Green IT; Psystar: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Google delivers; Maybe paid clicks weren't such a big deal Charles Cooper: Google settles a score with ComScore Techmeme AMD posts loss; sees seasonally down quarter ahead Sixth straight quarterly loss for AMD...; Tags: Desktop, Google Inc., Red Hat Inc., Green IT, SOA, Amazon.com Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Desktop Linux, Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Open Source, Web Services, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-18
Red Hat's right move: Red Hat isn't going any further into the market for desktop Linux. Good. Right. No surprise. Excellent choice. But not for the reason supposed. Microsoft did not chase Red Hat out of desktop Linux. Ubuntu did. Red Hat...; Tags: Red Hat Inc., Desktop Linux, Linux, Open Source, Desktops, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-17
News to know: IBM; Microsoft; Googlehoo; Safari; Enterprise 2.0: Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Is Hyper-V ready for the Windows desktop? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft looks to make product planning more science than art. Gallery right. Better the Windows Vista devil you know than the Windows 7...; Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Enterprise 2.0, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software; Blog posts 2008-04-17
The obligatory "Victoria Falls" post: The obligatory "Victoria Falls" postThe 800 lb Gorilla in the roomThere is no doubt that Moore's Law is making some very amazing things happen in CPU land. The T2+ would be even better if Sun could make CPUs that can clock to 4 Ghz (or EVEN 2 Ghz), but for...; Tags: Network technology, Processors, T2+, T2; Discussion threads 2008-04-15
A lawyer inside your PC - British software can flag corporate nefariousness: . . . No more corporate scandals? Autonomy [AUTN], the second largest European software company Monday launched Autonomy Information Governance AIG, software that can understand in real-time the meaning of email, blogs, and other documents. It can flag illegal communications and also find documents related to a...; Tags: Software, Autonomy Corp. Plc, PC, Autonomy Information Governance Software, Documents, E-mail, Tools & Techniques, Corporate Governance, Online Communications, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-04-14
DHS to name new CIO: The Department of Homeland Security said this week that it will name Richard Mangogna CIO. Mangogna comes to the DHS from Mason Harriman Group, where he was a senior advisory to the firm's agencies. He also was CIO at JP Morgan Chase, the division head of Business...; Tags: CIO, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Leadership, Strategy, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-10
Chertoff promises cybersecurity Manhattan Project: Seven and a half years after 9/11, the Bush Administration is ready to take cybersecurty seriously. So says Michael Chertoff, head of the Department of Homeland Security. Speaking at the RSA Conference, Chertoff said the government's newfound interest in cybersecurity is massive – "almost like a Manhattan Project," Cox News...; Tags: U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity, Security, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-04-09
Signs point to Benioff to succeed Ellison at Oracle: The more I look at it the more I'm convinced that Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, will replace Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle when he retires. Of course, that would mean Oracle acquiring Salesforce, but Apple got back Steve Jobs when it acquired his Next corp....; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, Oracle Corp., Oracle Profit Margin, Sales Force Management, Sales, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-03-24
Benioff: Platform as a service needs a decade to cook: Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff reckons that its platform as a service initiatives will take about a decade to truly bake. Benioff made those comments in an interview with News.com's Dan Farber and Charles Cooper. The interview is worth a read given that Benioff and Dan usually have...; Tags: Marc Benioff, Platform, Service, Application Servers, Sales Force Management, Software As A Service (SaaS), Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-17
News still hasn't seen the money from open source: The Pew Charitable Trusts, founded by a mid-century Republican oilman, issued its second annual report on the medium since taking over Columbia's Project for Excellence in Journalism in 2006. The best word to describe the report is poverty. Few outlets have made money online, and the few which...; Tags: Google Inc., Problem, Industry, Money, Strategy, Open Source, Management, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-03-17
How wireless power could deliver a truly wireless network: I have often pondered exactly how Wi-Fi works. How do we really grab all this great content out of thin air? (Not being a scientist, I just lumped it in with other airborne magic like FM radio and TV signals.) And I've also wondered why we don't have wireless electricity,...; Tags: Network, Wireless Network, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Rik Fairlie; Blog posts 2008-03-15