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- Can ultrathin laptop David beat the netbook Goliath?
- One Apple store customer said"Yeah, I could get something for $200 but if I'm on a business trip I can't use it for everything I need to do. I'm trying to run a business over 'ere, Edith."Wow, dueling anecdotes.Apple can not hold out much longer. Apple CAN charge a...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, iPhone sale, netbook, Apple Inc., desktop, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- The good news about WalMart
- The magic of jiu jitsuYou praise what a company reviled by the left is doing. The right rises. Then you point to WalMart's support of true health reform, and pound them with it. How does this help the public option?I don't see it.So you are saying that because of some...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Benefits, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-07
- Social CRM: Shifting power and rapid burn
- Something is beginning to concern me...Michael,Good writing and great article. However, you are bringing a point that has began to bother met about this whole SCRM thing.We are beginning to talk about how it works when you complain online, show case studies of how companies are handling complaints faster...
- Tags: Marketing research, Strategy, Look Here
- Discussion threads 2009-08-19
- News to know: VMWare; Facebook acquires Friendfeed; Facebook Search; MS Office;
- 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: VMware goes shopping: Buys SpringSource for $420 million; Can it keep the open source mojo? Joe McKendrick: Panel: too...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mobile, Microsoft Office, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Storage
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- The value of enterprise architecture in tough times: report from Open Group (2)
- Is enterprise architecture the right strategy for tough economic times, or should organizations throw away the deliberative long-term planning to fight more immediate fires? Here are more dispatches from John Meyer of The Open Group, reporting on the group’s 23rd Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference, held last week...
- Tags: Open Group, Information Technology, Enterprise Architecture, Foote Partners, Strategy, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- Elvis, your e-passport is ready!
- Elvis, your e-passport is ready!I forwarded this to the Dutch mediaLet's see whether they'll understand the severity of the issue.http://www.linkslife.co.ukthat is a joke passportRE: Elvis, your e-passport is ready!Years ago a movie called "The Net" with Sandra Bullock hit the scene, and everyone freaked. Yes it was a little over...
- Tags: Dutch Passport, e-passport, ELVIS, passport, RFID
- Discussion threads 2009-07-19
- Howard Stern blames contract for keeping his show off iPhone app
- Howard Stern doesn't sound too thrilled about his show being left off the Sirius XM iPhone app, blaming it on "a rights thing, a contractual rights thing." Stern reportedly spent the first 30 minutes of his Monday show offering his explanation to listeners, who were upset last...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Howard Stern, Blogging, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- Four reasons why corporate IT will embrace cloud computing
- Four reasons why corporate IT will embrace cloud computingInteresting...Separating data from applications is a very interesting idea. It might go a long way to solving a major problem of data ownership. If data is stored on local machines it is owned by the owners of the servers. So basically the...
- Tags: Virtualization, payroll solutions, information technology, Companies like Salesforce.com, cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2009-04-27
- Microsoft's Apple deja vu all over again
- Microsoft's Apple deja vu all over againI agree, DavidIf Microsoft weren't worried about the competion Apple is giving them especially in the consumer sector, you wouldn't hear a peep out of them about Apple. But the fact that Ballmer is getting his licks in at Apple tells me they're getting...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, PC, advertisement, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-24
- Don’t Bet On The Calculator. Bet On The Thinker.
- Sure, Goldman Sachs thinks it knows best or it wouldn’t have created its own digital system for analyzing financial risks it faces, aka its SecDB database and security pricing system. But that is not what has protected it from making the kind...
- Tags: Finance, Financial Accounting, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Management, Marketing, Pricing, Strategy, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2009-02-11
- News to know: Inauguration, IBM, Windows, Microsoft cutbacks, Intel
- 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. Inauguration coverage: Jennifer Leggio: Inauguration pass or fail? Social network, streaming video report card  Christopher...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Barack Obama, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Asset Management, Financial Services, Sales Channel, Operating Systems, Software, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Sales
- Blog posts 2009-01-21
- The App Store is not a free market
- In previous installments I've blogged about Craig Hockenberry's Icon Factory and David Barnard's App Cubby thoughts on the economics of the App Store. Hockenberry bemoaned the proliferation of "crapware" that higher-priced apps are forced to compete with while Barnard posted actual numbers from the App Cubby bank...
- Tags: Price, App, Marketing Research, Pricing, Marketing, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-12-19
- Financial realities of the App Store â€" in real numbers
- Two days ago I blogged about the proliferation of crapware on the App Store after Craig Hockenberry IconFactory wrote a scathing open letter to Steve Jobs. This time App Cubby developer David Barnard writes about the financial realities of the App Store â€" posting actual numbers from...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Marketing, Financial, Blog, Apple Inc., Barnard, Blogging, Financial Accounting, Internet, Finance, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-12-12
- News to know: Ubuntu; New Macbook; BlackBerry Storm; Google layoffs
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Are you sure you don't just want to use Ubuntu? Netbooks + Ubuntu: OS solid but... Robin...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Layoff, Apple MacBook, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- News to know: Rigged PDFs; Obama's CTO; Android bug; Windows 7
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Perlow: Can we finally realize Alan Kay's Dynabook for $100? CNET News: Memo to Intel: Netbooks morphing into notebooks Ryan Naraine: Rigged PDFs...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, CTO, Adobe PDF, E-waste, Microsoft Windows, Robots, Operating Systems, Software, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- SPAM and the free lunch
- SPAM and the free lunchSIMPLE SOLUTION: Mandatory email server registration!(1) Get rid of "Reply-to:" tags.(2) Mandatory email server registration using credit cards, at yearly rate $2~3 dollars.This will make spammers impossible to operate without being caught.What SPAM is that?During the height of the "bad old days" of spam, I got...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, spam
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- News to know: Microsoft's cloud Azure; Android exploit; Windows 7
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's Azure cloud platform: A guide for the perplexed Techmeme Why 'Azure'? Gallery: Microsoft takes wraps off Windows Azure Phil Wainewright:...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
- More ideas for where Apple should park its cash horde
- Apple has $25B in cash in the bank. Where are some professional market choices for Cupertino to invest in? Think engineering. by David Morgenstern
- Tags: Apple Inc., Financial Services, David Morgenstern, Apple Macintosh, Autodesk Inc., Desktops, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-10-23
- IBM: Beats earnings target but...
- IBM said that it will beat Wall Street's earnings estimates for the third quarter, but there were enough nuggets disclosed to raise a few eyebrows. First, the headlines. IBM statement said it would report earnings of $2.05 a share, a good 3 cents better than estimates. Revenue,...
- Tags: Revenue, Earnings, IBM Corp., Thomas Weisel, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- News to know: 64-bit Windows; JavaFX; Net neutrality; Apple
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Suddenly, 64-bit Windows is mainstream Dear Adobe, can we please have a 64-bit Flash player? Larry Dignan: JavaFX SDK preview launches: Can Sun play the RIA game? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft launches new search...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Broadband, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Microsoft Windows, 64-Bit, Network Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Networking
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
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