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Obama counts Mundie, Schmidt, hedge fund founder Shaw as tech advisors

President Obama named Microsoft research chief Craig Mundie and Google CEO Eric Schmidt to his panel of science and technology advisors along with a few other notable characters. The full name of this panel is the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology PCAST and the goal is...

Tags: Eric Schmidt, Barack Obama, Hedge Fund, Advisor, William Press, David E. Shaw, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-27

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News to know: EclipseCon; Tired browser wars; Apple; P4P; R.I.P. Russell Shaw

Notable headlines: Rest in peace Russell Shaw. Techmeme Ed Burnette: EclipseCon 2008: Fake Steve Jobs, Microsoft, E4, and more Jason O'Grady: Getting tired of the browser-go-round David Morgenstern: Fun facts about Mac OS X Leopard's icons Jason Perlow:...

Tags: EclipseCon, Yahoo! Inc., P2P, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Peer To Peer (P2P), Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-17

News to know: Microsoft vs. Amazon; Cracking wireless LANs; iPhone; AMD

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Sources: Microsoft readying sphere-shaped Surface Microsoft launches its alternative to Amazon's SimpleDB George Ou: New tool cracks most enterprise wireless LANs Forbes: Gates no longer the richest man John Morris:...

Tags: Apple iPhone, WLAN, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Web 2.0, LANs, Wireless LANs, Sales Strategy, Corporate Communications, Web Browsers, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Internet, Networking, Sales, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-06

News to know: IE 8; eBay security; Microhoo; Favorite Windows programs; Apple

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft caves: 'Super-standards' mode to become IE 8 default. Microsoft's IE blog Microsoft, Nokia to port Silverlight to Symbian phones Nate McFeters: eBay Red Team Event - Creating Security Awareness and Sharing Strategies Ed Bott's 10 Favorite...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-04

News to know: Gmail sidejackings; PMA, Demo coverage; Desktop as data center

Notable headlines: George Ou: Even SSL Gmail can get sidejacked Robin Harris: The data center on your desktop Janice Chen@PMA: Live from Las Vegas: Sony announces two more DSLRs under $900 David Morgenstern: Is Apple under attack from...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Desktop, Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, Data Center, Video, Net2Phone Inc., HyperOffice, Data Centers, Corporate Communications, E-mail, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), TVs, Telecom & Utilities, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Blog posts 2008-01-31

News to know: Mozilla Weave, LCD inflation, Santa tracker, predictions, more

Notable headlines: George Ou: How LCD makers inflate their contrast ratio score Google NORAD Santa tracker Robin Harris: Mac OS X Leopard still not ready for prime time Larry Dignan: Can an airline exec run Red...

Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Corp., LCD, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Productivity, CAD, Monitors & Displays, Apple Mac OS X, Finance, Software, Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-12-24

News to know: Microsoft predictions; XO en route; IBM; Palm

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: What's on Microsoft's agenda for 2008? Mary Jo's top 10 at right. Guess prediction 10. Dan Farber: ZDNet 2007: What the tag cloud tells us ZoneAlarm toolbar bundle raises a ruckus George Ou:...

Tags: Desktop, Google Inc., Facebook, Palm Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Linux, Web 2.0, Desktops, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-19

News to know: Salesforce.com; Second Life currency theft; SAP; Document standards

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com rolls out customer data sharing; eyes 1 million subscribers. Dan Farber: SAP blesses the iPhone. Michael Krigsman: SAP Influencer Summit: SOA grows up David Berlind: Did the W3C acknowledge CDF’s potential as an office format vs ODF in newly...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Second Life, Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, SAP AG, Mozilla Corp., Standards, OpenDocument Format (ODF), E-health, Microsoft Windows, Security, Emerging Technologies, Healthcare, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2007-12-05

Some brutal honesty about the iPhone's faults, and about that need for 3G (or 3.5G)

Back when the iPhone came first out and I bitched and complained about its significant faults (lack of a replaceable battery was tops on my list, but the slower of AT&T's two networks and the soft-keyboard were others) to the point that I recommended waiting for v2.0, I took a...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, HSDPA, Phone, Network, Battery, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, 3G, Engineering, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-11-30

News to know: Firefox 3 coming; TomorrowNow shakeup; HP; Kindle

Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Firefox 3 Beta 1 to be released. Larry Dignan: SAP: TomorrowNow for sale, execs resign. Dennis Howlett: TomorrowNow in turmoil: quo vadis 3PM? Ed Bott: Are you prepared for holiday PC repairs? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: PCs - How...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Mozilla Firefox, Hewlett-Packard Co., Mainsoft, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., TomorrowNow, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2007-11-20

News to know: Leopard firewalls; NSA; Amazon Kindle; Early adopter curse

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Apple admits to ‘misleading’ Leopard firewall settings. Techmeme. Rogue anti-malware lures squirming though Skype. NSA telecom immunity still unsettled in Senate David Morgenstern: Mac users can now give real love to Windows NTFS ...

Tags: Firewall, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Windows, Firewalls, Robots, Sales Strategy, Network Security, Operating Systems, Software, Networking, Emerging Technologies, Sales

Blog posts 2007-11-16

News to know: Supercomputer programming; Oracle Fusion; Patch day; Inbox 2.0

Notable headlines: Ed Burnette: SC07 Day 3: Programming bits and atoms. SiCortex wins Dev Connection "Sexiest in show" award. Emerging hardware to force drastic changes in programming. George Ou: IBM’s liquid cooled System p 575 Power6 supercomputer. Gallery right. Dan...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Oracle Corp., Network, Supercomputer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Programming, European Union, DNS-changing Trojan, Development Tools, Desktops, Networking, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware

Blog posts 2007-11-14

News to know: OpenWorld; IBM Roadrunner; XO support; Android SDK

Notable headlines: IBM's Roadrunner to smash supercomputing marks. Dan Farber: Charles Phillips: Fusion on track and SaaS for all. Oracle virtualization 3x better than the competition? At Oracle OpenWorld, the fruits of 'acquired innovation.' Video: Larry Ellison reflects on 30 years. Joshua Greenbaum: The...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., TomTom, Microsoft Zune, SDK, Computerworld, Laptop Computer, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2007-11-13

News to know: Leopard launch; Microsoft and Facebook; BlackBerry converts; Scripting bugs

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft's $240 million says Facebook no fad after all. Mary Jo Foley: Are you surprised? Microsoft beats Google with Facebook deal. Dan Farber: Google execs on MySpace, Facebook deals. Google’s Sergey Brin: ‘We don’t need to own everything…’ Techmeme. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Verizon Wireless, Spyware Purveyor, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Security, Microsoft Windows, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Apple Mac OS

Blog posts 2007-10-25

News to know: Apple shines; Adobe flaw; Enterprise 2.0; The innovation game

Notable headlines: David Morgenstern: Developers in dark about Leopard GM bug fixes. Larry Dignan: Apple handily tops expectations. Apple: Back to the Mac and the future. Techmeme. Jason O'Grady: AppTapp updated to v.3; works with iPhone 1.1.1. Ryan Naraine: Adobe...

Tags: Game, Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Phone, Comcast Corp., Apple Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Trolltech, Flaw, Linux, Virtualization, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion

Blog posts 2007-10-23

News to know: RealPlayer flaw; Wireless speakers; Ubuntu installation; Amazon's EC2

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: IE users beware: RealPlayer zero-day flaw under attack. Mozilla plugs 10 more Firefox holes. Heather Clancy: Green business backlash: We could see this coming. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Ubuntu 7.10 - Installation walk-through. Gallery. Christopher Dawson: Microsoft matters less...

Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp., Speaker, AT&T Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., RealNetworks RealPlayer, Wireless, Flaw, Purchasing & Procurement, Microsoft Windows, Digital Music, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-22

Usability tests: iPhone trounces Nokia N95, HTC Touch in all categories except...

According to testers from research lab Perceptive Sciences, the Apple iPhone pretty much trounces the Nokia N95 and the HTC Touch. Performed by Perceptive Sciences senior research scientist Tom Thornton and research scientist Tim Ballew, these results are cited by David Haskin, a...

Tags: Apple iPhone, High Tech Computer Corp., Nokia Corp., Channel Management, Telecom & Utilities, Web Browsers, Marketing, Internet, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-09-21

News to know: Vista DRM; Flash drives; Adobe zero-day; Blacklisted iPhones

Notable headline: Ed Bott: Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 3). Robin Harris: Will flash EVER replace disk? Ryan Naraine: 'High risk' zero-day flaw haunts Adobe Acrobat, Reader. Jason O'Grady: Apple blacklisting hacked iPhones? ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Digital-rights Management, Nortel Networks Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, SAP AG, Apple Inc., USB Flash Drive, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Linux, Piracy, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Blog posts 2007-09-21

News to know: DRM; 3G iPhone; Opsware

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Everything you’ve read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 2). David Berlind: If true, Jobs quote of "A 3G iPhone later next year" should kill demand for iPhone 1.0. Matthew Miller: Steve Jobs confirms that a 3G iPhone will be...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., Digital-rights Management, Opsware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., 3G, Data Centers, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Microsoft Office, Cellular Phones, Open Source, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Security, Office Suites, Software

Blog posts 2007-09-19

News to know: Yahoo and Zimbra; Google Presentations; Data corruption

Notable headlines: Dan Farber: Yahoo scoops up Zimbra for $350 million. Larry Dignan: With Zimbra, Yahoo Office is a possibility. Techmeme. Google: Our feature presentation. Heather Clancy: How much midnight oil do PCs really burn? Jason O'Grady: Review: Apple’s new keyboards...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Zimbra, O2 Plc., Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2007-09-18