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Obama staff: White House in tech 'dark ages'

Obama staff: White House in tech 'dark ages'Obama, hand over your BlackberryLook I realize this article was written in jest (uh, at least I hope it was...), but the point needs to be made clear that things like Facebook and outside e-mail have no place in the White House. ...

Tags: Government, E-mail, Microsoft Windows, Vertical industries, White House, Obama, dark age, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-01-22

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News to know: FTC, Psystar, Vonage, Apple-Palm, Oracle

ack, for example, will bLittle Wedding Dresses,Prom Dresses,bridesmaid dresses,Plus Size Wedding Dresses can be casual, dressy, classic, mysterious, sexy, and fun. Long or short, flowing or form fitting, the little black dress will never go out of style, nor will you ever run out of occasions to wear it...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Vonage Holdings Corp., Apple Inc., FTC, Palm Inc., Oracle Corp., Psystar, prom, dress

Discussion threads 2009-10-17

Gadget Gal's daily deals: 60GB iPod, Canon PIXMA wireless printer, Senneheiser Bluetooth headset

if you have hair doAnswers to Common Questions About Prom DressesThere are few occasions that are as nerve-wracking as prom night. This is because, aside from the anxiety provoking "what ifs" the night of the prom, you have to avoid all of the potential pitfalls leading up to the...

Tags: Gender and diversity, wireless, printer, Gadget Gal, Canon Inc., prom, dress

Discussion threads 2009-10-17

Google gets more aggressive than Microsoft at moving users off IE 6

Could be a great product, and a great way for companies to keep IE6 forcompatibility reasons, but, pack a modern browser for modern websites. And, for all those users that still think that IE is the Internet, adding a Google plugin might just be the easiest way to get them...

Tags: Web browsers, Web site development, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE8

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Brent Leary Expounds: The SMBs Rejoice

Brent Leary, who is not only my bud, but one of the leading, no, the leading, small business consultant and analyst when it comes to small business (duh!), CRM, social CRM and social media,  is someone that I want to highlight on these pages.  Not that you need to come...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Leader, Small Business, Small And Medium Business, CRM, Brent Leary, Maximizer Needs, Price Point, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-09-14

Give Google a break!

soooo over googlegoogle has joined microsoft and apple on the dark side.i stopped using google after they ceased being a search engine and became a money factory. security, privacy and ownership issues shouldn't be played out in court after the fact, they should be delt with in the board room...

Tags: COMPANIES, Google Inc., copyright law

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Nokia: Please start again with your not-so-smartphones

With the exception of my first mobile phone at the age of 12, my heart was set on Nokia. Back then, growing up and living in a rural part of the English countryside, we had very little to occupy our minds. Anything new and shiny would be idolised as it momentarily...

Tags: Phone, Nokia Corp., E-mail, Telecom & Utilities, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-08-20

Reports: HP cutting more EDS salaries

Reports: HP cutting more EDS salariesMeanwhile MAObama insists economy has stabilizedIf only his bite could match his bark.Tend to be Older....!Seems to be a little bit of age discrimination....!This is what happen to me. Climb the corporate ladder and bam things get rough they let you go, hire a raisin...

Tags: Benefits, Personal finance, Recruitment & Selection, payroll solutions, Taxes, Free trade, salary, job, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search)

What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search)Typo"Business Productivity Online Services, Windows Azure, desktop virtualization, storage Data Protection Manager and identity ser[b]v[/b]ices."Me: I would really work much harder on mobileI think Microsoft is doing the right thing in the Enterprise space. I even think it is a...

Tags: Research & Development, Collaboration, Groupware, Content management, Enterprise software, NOW IT, Microsoft Corp., billion-dollar business, R&D, Microsoft SharePoint

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Timension: Design of Time 1.2 (Windows)

Timension: Design of Time. Yes, time can have design too. It´s simple as this: our Time is measured by the rotation of the Earth in relation to the Sun. Timension approaches time in this same way. And the result is simply Design. To give you a clue how it works:...

Tags: Earth, Gradient, Timension, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2009-07-02

One year after Bill Gates' 'retirement': What's different?

One year after Bill Gates' 'retirement': What's different?Who's Bill Gates?Their motto should be Microsoft:Bill who? No one even cares about Bill Gates any more.Steve will die in office as CEO because Bing will never take over Google.In 10 years people will say Microsoft the company Steve built. Bill Gates...

Tags: Operating systems, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

The Internet devalues everything it touches . . .

The Internet devalues everything it touches . . .Cloud Computing: The low cost arrived to IT business?Hi Tom,Great analysis, and of course I agree.And dare to say that Cloud Computing is also the IT business ?low cost?:http://www.cloudviews.org/2009/05/cloud-computing-the-low-cost-arrived-to-it-business/RE: The Internet devalues everything it touches . . .i don't think it can...

Tags: Internet, gravity, industrial revolution, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-06-20

Acer G24

The 24-inch Acer G24 is an LCD computer monitor that costs about $399, with an expected street price of $359. If you're looking for a gaming-friendly monitor, you've come to the right place. Thanks to its high-gloss, TN+Film panel, the colors on the G24 look vibrant and smooth and high-speed...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Games, footstand, Different Categories, Acer G24, Dell Computer Corp., brightness, monitor, Acer Inc., display, game

Product reviews 2009-06-16

Can you go without gadgets for a week?

Can you go without gadgets for a week?Sure, I could do it...well, within reason I could. I probably wouldn't be too happy trying to go with dark-age-style gadgetlessness but today, if I was to shut off my computer, cell phone. ipod, etc, I think I'd be fine. Much of what...

Tags: E-mail, Telecom & Utilities, Food & Beverage, phone

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

SAPPHIRE09: a view from the cloud

I could have entitled this a view from the cheap seats given that I am observing SAPPHIRE09 from my cubby hole in Spain, along with 8,000 other virtual visitors. The other 10,000 are on the ground in Orlando. Not surprisingly, a number of random observers are wondering why the show...

Tags: SAP AG, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-05-12

Advances in TREKnology

Advances in TREKnologyI can think of three . . .right off the top of my head:1) The high-speed sliding doors at every mall, store, emergency room, etc, you go to today, came about as a direct result of the inventor seeing it on Star Trek, and wanted to duplicate...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Robots, Corporate communications, Geordi, computer, Kirk

Discussion threads 2009-05-08

OIN spearheads review of Microsoft FAT patents

OIN spearheads review of Microsoft FAT patentsThe OIN is nothing more than a bottom feeder trying hard....to do away with patents they think they can fight. If Linux based systems are not guily of major patent abuse, as MS has claimed in the past, why would there be an OIN...

Tags: patent, OIN, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Craigslist rival uses Twitter to expose dangers of CL's red-light district

Craigslist may be the leader in online classified ads but lately, the popular site has seen a run of negative publicity for its red-light district - accused of being a breeding ground for under-age prostitution, drug trading and, now, a murder. Over the weekend, the New York...

Tags: Craigslist, Site, Twitter, E-mail, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-21

News to know: Microsoft's layoffs, Google's profits, Win7 netbooks, White House tech

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft: 'We are not immune' to economy; Cuts 5,000 jobs; Earnings fall short Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft...

Tags: Google Inc., Layoff, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, White House, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-01-23

Long-term personal data storage

You can stick a newspaper clipping in a folder and read it in 50 years. Not so with digital content: both the media AND the format can become unreadable. With so much of the world's data - and yours - in digital form, more people wonder: how do I keep...

Tags: Data Storage, Disk, Format, Tape, Media, Storage, Data, Video, MP3, File Format, RTF, Video Video, USCSF, MJPEG2000, Taiyo Yuden, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-01-04