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- Thoughts on the "Live Mesh" platform
- Thoughts on the "Live Mesh" platformWe'll see how this plays out in practicePast experience doesn't give me much hope that things will be as you suggest the OOXML fiasco still gives me great pause, but hope springs eternal.Or...... Microsoft has realized that not every device runs software from Microsoft. ...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Older Software, Cross-platform, Microsoft Corp., software
- Discussion threads 2008-04-23
- Eclipse launches super run-time project as alternative to Java and .NET
- Eclipse launches super run-time project as alternative to Java and .NETEquinox is a great ideea...but I'm wondering if Eclipse has the resources to pull it off. Afterall $un and M$ invested billions before their runtime became usable and accepted.No one trusts IBM...Eclipse has lost the trust of the community at...
- Tags: Programming languages, Java development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Middleware, Cross-platform, Java, Eclipse, Equinox, Microsoft .NET
- Discussion threads 2008-03-17
- Microsoft sheds light on Flash rival
- Microsoft sheds light on Flash rivalGreatAnother streaming video format is exactly what we need right now.Take a pick, which format do you want to see your streaming video in? Flash, WMV, Real Player, QuickTime, or Silverlight?Hey, at least it has a cool nameSure beats Windows Presentation Foundation Anywhere. :)But can...
- Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, PRODUCTIVITY, Digital video, Web browser, Java, Adobe Systems Inc., Cross-platform, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .NET
- Discussion threads 2007-04-15
- Allchin: Vista apps to be 'mind-bogglingly cool'
- Allchin: Vista apps to be 'mind-bogglingly cool'Allchin: Vista apps to be 'mind-bogglingly cool'Straigth from the horse's mouth. I mean how can these apps not be cool with all the new features Microsoft has added? Aero + DX10 is going to be crazy good. I can't wait to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, Cross-platform, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista App, Microsoft Corp., Linux
- Discussion threads 2006-09-19
- Why the time is right for the Rich Internet Application
- Why the time is right for the Rich Internet ApplicationRIA ExamplesFolks, it doesn't take a 'Rocket Scientist' to recognize where things are going--just look at the progress with Eclipse Callipso (3.2) and look at the applications that are RIA-enabled sprouting up around it:o IBM's Lotus Notes for Linuxo Adobe ...
- Tags: Cross-platform, rich Internet application, Web, blog
- Discussion threads 2006-07-12
- Sun to hand out Web-ready Java tool
- Sun to hand out Web-ready Java toolThe front runner makes a big target ...Now the one edge MS had easy to use development tools had been cloned using MS's own "innovation" strategy.MS has a real problem now. Sun with a viable solution for the Visual Strudio crowd ... now how...
- Tags: Programming languages, PRODUCTIVITY, Web, runner, middleware, Cross-platform, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., tool, maintanence, single client, Java tool
- Discussion threads 2004-03-29
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- EIC podcast: Microsoft's analyst meeting; Icahn's deal; Facebook
- On this week's EIC squared podcast, Dan is back and we talk about Microsoft's analyst meeting, Kevin Johnson's departure from the software giant, Carl Icahn's deal with Yahoo and Facebook. The big news this week was Microsoft's financial meeting (see Mary Jo Foley and Ina Fried's coverage)...
- Tags: Facebook, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Dan, Podcasts, Portals, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet (updated)
- Previously I speculated about the mysterious "product transition" that Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO mentioned no less than seven times in the Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts. Some of his quotes from the call: We are working to develop new products that contains technologies...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook Connect
- At this week's F8 08 conference in San Francisco, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explains how changes in the social-networking company's platform will benefit developers, as well as users.
- Tags: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Benefits, Human Resources
- Videos 2008-07-25
- iPhone 2.0 jailbreaker for iPhone 2g/3g is available
- The iPhone DevTeam blog has released the development sources for their tool xpwn version 0.3. This tool is the firmware 2.0 version of the team's "cross-platform jailbreaking library/command-line utility". The team claims it has been tested on Linux, Windows XP, and Windows Vista for both the iPhone 2g and the...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Microsoft Windows, Team Management, Productivity, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- 'Branded community' leads to trademark morass
- After publishing a guest blog on enterprise communities, I received what appeared to be a cross between a sales pitch and cease-and-desist email from a branding business. How is this approach good branding? by Jennifer Leggio
- Tags: Community, Branding, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity
- Microsoft's financial analyst meeting was a tale of a technology conglomerate: You heard a lot about search, a decent bit about the enterprise and all sorts of projects in between. But amid all the coverage--see Mary Jo's laundry list of stories--I can't help but wonder if Microsoft's...
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise, IBM Corp., Game Players, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- 10 essential gadgets for students
- I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...
- Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon
- Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soonTTLSomething I wish I'd asked during the webcast and which I can't quite get my head around:It was said that setting a long TTL doesn't help because of the way delegation works - has to...
- Tags: Domain names, DNS server, TTL, server, Kaminsky
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Google's $10M, no, $100M Android Challenge
- So does Google have anything up its sleeve, when it comes to the Android mobile communications platform? It better have. Because expectations keep getting lowered. And Apple keeps raising the ante, at least in getting attention for new mobile applications. According to a Forbes.com...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Google Inc., Phone, Mobile, Android, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Juniper: Enterprise demand strong; Johnson hired to scale up
- Current Juniper CEO Scott Kriens delivered strong quarter results, said enterprise demand was solid and outlined the primary reason Kevin Johnson was hired as his replacement: He knows how to scale. Ahead of its earnings report statement Thursday Juniper made the Johnson news official. The company has...
- Tags: Revenue, Juniper Networks Inc., Kevin Johnson, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Microsoft buys DATAllegro
- Microsoft on Thursday said that it will acquire DATAllegro, which makes data warehouse appliances. The purchase is expected to "extend the capabilities of Microsoft's mission critical platform," according to a statement. DATAllegro will ride shotgun with other software to manage data and give the software giant one...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Server, Microsoft Corp., DATAllegro, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone space
- Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone spaceMicrosoft Store in the works...My rep told me Microsoft is looking into significant retail space in higher end upscale shopping malls. In the mock-up of the store, boxes of Vista and Office 2007 were kept under lock and key. Customers will be...
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., PC phone, PC, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Apple's coming notebook transition
- Apple's coming notebook transitionBarking up the wrong tree?I think it might be something else.I think Hell may have frozen over again.What if this 'transition' is actually Apple making MacOS X available for the general PC public as a purchasable product?Think about it. Everyone said Apple would never use Intel....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Notebooks, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, PC, notebook, OSX, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little
- Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a littleNew Coke?Actually, given the way it has been and is being sold, is it not the New Kool-Aid?With Vista selling so well already ...... as shown in revenues from the previous quarter, Microsoft can expect to gain substantially...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X, Mendel, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
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