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- After 10 years, MN's CriMNet looks like an 'expensive paperweight'
- Ten years - and $200 million - ago Minnesota started a comprehensive law enforcement technology program called CriMNet, which was to give judges and police immediate access to information from the criminal justice system. But the system is still not complete, filled with glitches and and, some say, far from...
- Tags: Law enforcement, State &, Local Govt, IT Management, Government technology, CriMNet vision, CriMNet
- Blog posts 2006-12-29
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- Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as Pope
- I'm just having a little fun.... I don't get the Seinfeld commercial. They are selling Bill, not Windows. What's with that? Bill retired in July. This just in from Adweek's commercials critic, Barbara Lippert: The Future. Delicious" is the sign-off, but I am...
- Tags: Bill Gates, Ass, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Branding, Web Browsers, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Internet, Management, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Handicapping the Fall Enterprise Software Race: SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft
- It's leapfrog time in enterprise software land, and the next frog to jump will be Oracle, which is hosting industry analysts next week in Redwood Shores and then hosting the entire world at its much-too-massive Open World Conference in San Francisco the following week. Oracle is...
- Tags: Strategy, Small And Medium Enterprise, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Smb/Sme, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Something in the air: Several random wind energy updates
- It's been so still here in northern New Jersey for the past week that I can't imagine using the technology that I'm going to mention in this post. And yet the wind has been known to bend the trees in my yard, like kelp responding to a tidal surge. So,...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, mW, Wind Energy, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Microsoft to slash price of Xbox 360
- Microsoft announced that it will cut the price of its Xbox 360 game console to $199, just in time for the holiday shopping season. SEATTLE--Microsoft said on Wednesday it plans to cut the U.S. prices of its Xbox 360 video game machine, lowering the price of its entry-level console...
- Tags: Console, Video, Microsoft Corp., Price, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Reuters, video consoles, video games, Xbox, Wii, Playstation 3. Microsoft
- News items 2008-09-04
- News to know: Google Chrome; WinMobile's future; WiFi's big success; VMware
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look at Google Chrome One day after Google inadvertently discloses the impending release of Chrome, we get to see the browser first-hand. See my gallery tour...
- Tags: Google Inc., VMware Inc., Wi-Fi, Virtualization, Web Browsers, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Internet, Sales, Storage, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Can Google not do evil?
- Can Google not do evil?So happy"We are so, so happy with Google Chrome," mumbled Mozilla CEO John Lilly through gritted teeth. "That most of our income is from Google has no bearing on this statement." - http://notnews.today.com/?p=57RE: Can Google not do evil?Your vision of Microsoft being the dark side and...
- Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Free trade, Google Inc., Google Chrome
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Google Chrome: Steal this browser
- Google Chrome: Steal this browserMemory Usage not commendableFirefox 3 uses lesser memory than Google Chrome. The base browser itself uses about 75MB and with 5 tabs opened, the total memory usage is around 200MB. Firefox with the same number of tabs is less than 100MB. Makes me wonder how efficient...
- Tags: Web browsers, Google Chrome, Web browser, Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Google Chrome: Steal this browser
- Google announced a new web browser today called Chrome. Analysts who wonder if this spells "doom" for Firefox, or if it's an "IE killer" are missing the point. Like Gears, Chrome is Google's latest attempt to lead by example, and push the envelope of the web experience. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, Web Browsers, Internet, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Microsoft's WinMobile team: Big on futures, slow on deliverables
- Microsoft's WinMobile team: Big on futures, slow on deliverablesMicrosoft should not emulate appleIn my mind, Microsoft's way of having software that works on phones of different manufacturers, and being able to buy applications from different companies is the right way to do business. Apple achieves a lot trough hype and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, application store, Microsoft Corp., WinMobile team, deliverable, mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- HP experts portray IT transformation vision, explain new wave of virtualization products and services
- A lot of customers look to virtualization to help reduce their cost and optimize how they manage the environment. Also, when you optimize the management of the environment, that can also help you accelerate business growth. In addition to cost reduction, customers are also beginning to see value in having...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Environment, Vision, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Joboshare DVD Ripper Platinum (exe)
- Joboshare DVD Ripper Platinum rips DVD movies to almost all popular video and audio formats, eg. AVI, MPEG4, WMV, DivX, RM, MOV, XviD, 3GP, FLV, SWF, MP3, WMA, WAV, M4A, AAC, AC3, with high output quality and fast speed. You can enjoy favorite movie on your iPod, Zune, iPhone, Apple...
- Tags: Archos, Pocket PC, Smart Phones, PDAs, Digital Video, Digital Media, Digital Music, Handhelds, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-09-01
- Hero of the week: Mike McDerment
- It's rare for me to pick out individuals but Mike McDerment CEO of FreshBooks deserves attention by anyone in the startup game and especially those trying to develop business applications. I first came across Mike some two years ago when FreshBooks had about 70,000 registrants. That number is now over...
- Tags: Start-up, Hero, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- (Photos: Inside Brazil's slums)
- (Photos: Inside Brazil's slums)ProximityWhile North America tends to have affluent and poor areas of town, many countries don't work that way. You can walk along a canal of slums in S.E.Asia and hit the entrance to one of the wealthiest neighborhoods. They're not ten meters apart.Inclusão Digitalpost duplicadoInclusão DigitalParabéns pela...
- Tags: Vertical industries, city name, slum, Paulo Perantunes, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Gallery: Intel Developer Forum—the future is here
- Craig Barrett and Pat Gelsinger show off Intel's vision for technology and research for the next year and beyond. Plus, a look a some new chips. by Andy Smith
- Tags: Intel Corp., Strategy, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Management, Hardware, Networking, Andy Smith, Intel, Intel Developer Forum, IDF, Pat Gelsinger, Nehalem, chips, servers
- Image galleries 2008-08-25
- Intuit: software and services. Are you kidding me?
- I must admit to have been befuddled by Larry Dignan's interpretation of Intuit's current go to market strategy as analogous to Microsoft's software plus services mantra. This is the salient quote from Intuit's Q4 earnings call my emphasis added: We've talked about the fact that our growth for the...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Intuit Inc., Payroll, Intuit QuickBooks, Service, SaaS Offering, Software As A Service (SaaS), Operational Accounting, Cloud Computing, Payroll Solutions, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Microsoft talks software plus services; Intuit actually does it
- Intuit's fourth quarter brought the usual grab bag: A loss in a seasonally slow three months, solid revenue growth and an outlook slightly ahead of expectations. But Intuit also talked about it view of connected services and the big picture. My epiphany: Microsoft has been talking about...
- Tags: Software, Intuit Inc., Intuit QuickBooks, Microsoft Corp., Service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Operational Accounting, Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Financial Accounting, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- Top five issues your IT staff wants to address but is afraid to tell you
- If you’re an IT manager or CIO, you may want to gather the troops before you begin the Web 2.0 modernization process as even the best laid plans can go awry says Nexaweb Technologies Jeremy Chone. Commentary--The proliferation of enterprise Web 2.0 has created new...
- Tags: Web, Information Technology, Web 2.0, Strategy, Internet, Management, CIO, IT management, code, Jeremy Chone, Nexaweb Technologies
- News items 2008-08-21
- Life without the Internet: Zapped off the grid
- In my last article I described what it feels like to have your house struck by lightning. Luckily there were no injuries or structural damage thanks for your kind words in the comments, but our gadgets and other electronics inside the house weren't so lucky. This is their tale. ...
- Tags: Game, Phone, Router, TiVo Inc., Grid, Cable, Cable Guy, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Why do you want WinFS?
- Why do you want WinFS?same questionI posted exactly the same question to AKH article talkback. It will be interesting to see the answers.This makes everything so easy, now.If MS doesn't deliver it, then it's not really a necessary technology or all that important.It makes life so much easier when every...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, SEARCH, Digital music, Digital media, WinFS, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
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