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BEA showcasing new Web 2.0 portal framework

In December last year, BEA announced a series of new products within its AquaLogic product line, derived from its Plumtree acquisition in October 2005, that would marry Web 2.0 and the enterprise. The idea, according to David Meyer, vice president of product management at BEA, is that blogs, wikis, mashups,...

Tags: David Meyer

Blog posts 2006-09-17

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Skype deal averts shutdown, allows sale

Skype's founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis are to regain some of their control over the company as part of a deal that will let Skype carry on using its core peer-to-peer technology. Skype's founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis are to regain some of their control over the...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Peer To Peer (P2P), Operational Accounting, Telecommunications, Internet, Finance, Skype, eBay, David Meyer ZDNet UK

News items 2009-11-06

Intel investigating Windows 7 iPhone sync flaw

Intel is investigating a flaw that affects people trying to sync their iPhone with a PC that has an Intel P55-based motherboard and the 64-bit version of Windows 7. Intel is investigating a flaw that affects people trying to sync their iPhone with a PC that has an Intel...

Tags: Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Intel, flaw, Windows 7, iPhone, David Meyer ZDNet UK

News items 2009-11-03

Arrested al-Qaeda suspect has links to Cern

French authorities have arrested a man connected with Cern, the organization behind the Large Hadron Collider scientific facility, over suspected links to al-Qaeda. French authorities have arrested a man connected with Cern over suspected links to al-Qaeda. The 32-year-old man was arrested in the...

Tags: al-Qaeda, Internet, Security, Large Hadron Collider, Cern, David Meyer ZDNet.UK

News items 2009-10-09

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

Avoid accidental complexity, and 96 other things every software architect should know

Favor simplicity. Avoid accidental complexity. Don't worry about building the 'perfect' beast. Don't worry about future-proofing. Treat people with respect. These common-sense pearls of wisdom come from a book titled 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know, edited by Richard Monson-Haefel, that is packed with truisms...

Tags: Solution, Complexity, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-07-20

NYT: Smartphones have become a necessity; more growth expected

How is it that, even in these tough penny-pinching times, sales of expensive smartphones continue to rise? Case in point: the Palm Pre, powered by Sprint, pretty much sold out as soon as it went on sale over the weekend. Who's buying these things? A report in...

Tags: Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-10

Windows 7: Arriving in a system near you Oct. 23?

Windows 7 may be arriving on systems Oct. 23, according to an Acer exec that provided a fine slip up at a press conference in Europe just as Windows 7 RC 1 was overheating download servers. ZDNet UK's Rupert Goodwins reports the verbal gaffe heard around the blogosphere: ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-30

Sirius XM: We're developing an iPhone app for second quarter launch

Sirius XM said Thursday that it is developing an application so its satellite radio service will be streamed to Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. The company said it expects to launch the application in the second quarter.  Sirius XM executives--CFO David Frear, CEO Mel Karmazin and operations...

Tags: Apple iPhone, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Sirius, iPhone Application, Sales Strategy, Satellite Radio, Sales Force Management, Network Technology, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-12

The Mac turns 25. Let's look ahead another 25.

By now, you probably know that tomorrow marks the 25th anniversary of the Macintosh computer, launched two days after the famous "1984" commercial aired during the Super Bowl that year. Clearly, we've come along way since then. My ZDNet colleagues in the UK have put together a...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Computer, Desktops, Productivity, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-23

Metered computing: Another great argument for open source in 2009

Metered computing, as outlined by Microsoft in a patent application, isn't the worst idea I've heard -- but it ranks up there with other spectacular failures like the original DivX, AOL dial-up, and the 2008 Detroit Lions. The idea, as outlined in this article by David Meyer,...

Tags: Patent Application, PC, Open Source, Microsoft Corp., Computing, Computer, Odds, Desktops, Hardware, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2008-12-31

News to know: Jerry Yang, MLB.com, Mark Cuban, USB 3.0

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Jerry Yang to step down as CEO, back to Chief Yahoo Larry Dignan:  With Yang out as Yahoo CEO, Steve Ballmer licks chops ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Jerry Yang, MLB, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, USB, CEO, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Microsoft in a twist over SaaSy Office deal

A UK hosting company is offering Microsoft Office for £4.99 (around $10) a month with no contract commitment, and Microsoft doesn't like it â€" even though it seems Microsoft approved the arrangement. Launched last week by popular web hosting provider Fasthosts, the service uses streaming technology to...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, AppStream Inc., Statement, Microsoft Corp., Fasthosts, Software As A Service (SaaS), Microsoft Office, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Software, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-02-14

News to know: Intel-OLPC divorce; iPod diagnostics; Vostro; Patch preview

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Intel's OLPC pullout sets up XO vs Classmate PC duel Christopher Dawson: OLPC and Intel part ways. What would my ideal education ultraportable look like? Techmeme. David Morgenstern: Testing the iPod's secret diagnostic tools Robin Harris: Microsoft...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Apple iPod, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Virtualization, Wireless LANs, Digital Music, Digital Media, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Wireless, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Blog posts 2008-01-04

Encyclopedia of American Cinema. FREE first chapter in the trial version (Mobile)

This illustrated Encyclopedia includes biographies of the best American directors and actors, reviews of the best American movies, and lists of awards. FREE first chapter in the trial version.Features Fully illustrated. Search for words or phrases. Navigate from Table of Contents or read page by page Add Bookmarks Text annotation...

Tags: Cinema, Mobile, Biology, Director, MobileReference, American

Software downloads 2007-09-27

Could other ISPs follow BT's free Web biz-app offering, thus challenging Salesforce, others?

A scan of the RSS feeds I monitor (by no means the end-all, be-all sub list) reveals that hardly anyone may have noticed or cared that the UK telecom company BT took not just a natural step in what is now becoming a tradition of ISPs and telcos offering free...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Web, Telecommunications Company, British Telecommunications, Internet Service Provider, BT Business Builder, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-09-11

Emissions from popular laser printers may be carcinogenic. How will HP respond?

Two years ago, I pondered whether the bill cell phone companies were the next "big tobacco" after it had come to light that cellco's were over-meddling in the work of independent researchers at the University of Washington. Not only did cellco's look to discredit the research before it was...

Tags: Printer, Hewlett-Packard Co., Laser Printer, Laser, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-08-02

Intel's latest memory problem

Intel can't seem to catch a break. First their highly-touted FB-DIMMs deliver nothing beyond cost and heat. Now their highly-touted Robson technology is getting beat up.HP: are they or aren't they?In HP says no to Intel's Turbo Memory, David Meyer reports from London thatSteve Doddridge, senior notebook technology consultant for...

Tags: Disk drives, Solid State Disk

Blog posts 2007-06-06

Inside the new MBP: Intel's Santa Rosa processor

Arguably the most significant upgrade in the the new MacBook Pros announced yesterday is the inclusion of the new Mobile 965 chipset (a.k.a. "Santa Rosa") from Intel. The new chip whose marketing name is Centrino Pro has a number of features over the previous silicon: Improved graphics Better wireless with support for...

Tags: Hardware, Intel, MacBook Pro

Blog posts 2007-06-06

Multitasking may be harmful, especially to younger kids

p>Got Homework? Turn on the laptop, plug in the iPod and crank up MTV. Teens are increasingly likely to multitask while studying, but experts worry that the long-term effects will have a negative impact on brain development and productivity, reports the Washington Post. The verdict is still out on...

Tags: Education Technology, K-12, Research

Blog posts 2007-02-27