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Firefox 3 beta 1 shows polish, beta 2 aimed to be code complete by Dec 7

Firefox 3 beta 1 shows polish, beta 2 aimed to be code complete by Dec 7What is the offline application support they are adding. Also, what is thedatabase they are using? Is it SQLite?Will they eventually integrate Google Gears?With a little research . . . They are using SQLite as...

Tags: Web browsers, Firefox 3 Beta 1, Firefox 3 Beta, Firefox 3, Dec 7, Mozilla Firefox, Digital Equipment Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-11-20

Firefox 3 Beta 1 to be released tonight or tomorrow

Firefox 3 Beta 1 to be released tonight or tomorrowPlease Correct Dec 7th DateYou quoted me sorta in today's meeting on the Dec 7th date: "Beta 2 of Firefox 3 will be posted on December 7, developers also said during the telephone meeting." This is not accurate. Dec...

Tags: Web browsers, Dec 7, Code Complete, Firefox 3, Firefox 3 Beta 1, Firefox 3 Beta, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2007-11-19

Additional Resources

House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes today

The financial bail-out of Wall Street wasn't the only thing keeping Congress critters working through the weekend. Somehow, House members managed to get it together to withstand lobbying pressure from radio broadcasters and pass the Webcaster Settlement Act. Now, Pandora founder Tim Westergren says, the battle moves...

Tags: U.S. Senate, Broadcaster, Webcaster, Free Trade, Finance, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-29

Oracle's Second-Ever Hardware Product: In the Beginning, There Was The Network Computer

Oracle's Second-Ever Hardware Product: In the Beginning, There Was The Network ComputerNC game was uglier than most of the people knewI recall the 1st time when Oracle tried to get to HW area. Oracle was collaborating with DEC for the HW of NC and there was a major trade show...

Tags: Thin clients, network, computer, network computer, Digital Equipment Corp., Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-26

Seeing the light: Dell makes major commitment to LED displays

Within the next 12 months, Dell plans to adopt displays that use light emitting diodes as a standard feature across its entire notebook product line. The first milestone in this transition will come on Dec. 15 of this year, when the company estimates that about two-thirds...

Tags: Notebook, Dell Computer Corp., Light-emitting Diode, Engineering, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-25

Will netbook growth hurt Apple's Macbook sales?

For a company like Apple, the colorful new iPod Nanos might be the hot product this quarter but laptop computers remain the financial bread and butter. Now, there's concern that there's trouble ahead for the notebook market. ThinkPanmure analyst Vijay Rakesh thinks there could be a slowdown...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., Sales Strategy, Notebooks, Sales Force Management, Sales, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-09-24

Why IT mergers fail

Why IT mergers faileds hp lay offsTry employing writers that can count.24600 lay offs 50% will be in the USA so 12300 out 47,000 is ~25%.SidetrackThe gain from a Hurd/Fiorina style merger is easy to comprehend, Murph. Combine two companies and lay off a slew of people. All...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, information technology, Hewlett-Packard Co., merger, Electronic Data Systems Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-24

Why "better" often doesn't sell

Why "better" often doesn't sellGeneralizationsWhen it comes to marketing there are lots of strange things:1. Better may sell but it may not make profits.2. "Better" is in the eye of the beholder3. Better but sacrifices business plan.At the core I think sometimes companies get so involved with...

Tags: Murph, Microsoft Corp., PC Products, End Users

Discussion threads 2008-09-17

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing cultureA correction(?)[i]and a new proprietory OS called VMS - that eventually became the basis for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0[/i]The first version of Windows NT was 3.5, not 4.0.Also, I think its not correct to say VMS formed the basis of NT. It is true...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Digital Equipment Corp., VMS, data-processing

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

Mark Templeton shares his vision at Citrix event

I'm posting from Citrix's analyst event today. Mark Templeton, CEO of Citrix, presented a very interesting vision of where the market is going and a bit about what his company is planning to do to address the market's changing requirements. He spoke at much greater depth than I'm allowed to...

Tags: Industry Standard, Citrix Systems Inc., Vision, Computing, Strategy, Mainframes, Data Centers, Servers, Management, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-11

SAP teams up with InnoCentive; Software IP questions abound

Updated: SAP is partnering with InnoCentive, an "open innovation market place," to link so called "seekers," or companies looking to solve a business problem, with "solvers," developers that can save the day. For instance, SAP is looking for someone to create novel uses of social networking in enterprise applications. ...

Tags: Team, IP, SAP AG, InnoCentive, Intellectual Property, Business Structures, Web Services, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Social Networking, Cloud Computing, Networking, Research & Development, Business Operations, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-09

What could Microsoft bring to the PC hardware business?

What could Microsoft bring to the PC hardware business?Funny, much of the things you are ...... blaiming Microsoft for in this article were caused by us PC OEM's. We were the ones that insisted the Vista capable logo included hardware that met lower price points. We are also...

Tags: Operating systems, PC, Microsoft Corp., hardware, Apple Inc., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-09-08

2011, A News Odyssey: Digg-ing Meets Up With Digging

The crossover is close. The Internet is poised to overtake the newspaper industry in total size as an advertising medium. And the question is whether it can also overtake it as a news medium. Says here, the year will be 2011. That is likely to be when...

Tags: Revenue, Advertisement, Internet Advertising, News, Governor, Internet, Operational Accounting, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Dell repair adventure, conclusion

Dell repair adventure, conclusion"less than optimal or expected"The phrase I have heard for this is "opportunity for improvement." Glad to hear your machine got fixed.Dell serviceDell has no where near the skill level of the old DEC field service reps and probably never will.I have had 3rd parties from...

Tags: Manufacturing, NEXT BEST, outsourced tech, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Dell repair adventure, conclusion

Well, our hero's story had a happy ending. The service tech came out to my office and replaced both the motherboard and the screen on my Dell laptop. After than magic was performed, the system booted up and ran just as it did before. I appreciate the help provided by...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Supplier, Digital Equipment Corp., Channel Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-05

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture

The appliance computing culture earned its successes by focusing on the revenue generation side - and that, in turn, drove its own evolution to database technology, the "application as interfaces to data" view, and tight evolutionary links between University research groups and companies like DEC and DG. by Paul Murphy

Tags: Job, Processor, Database, Mainframes, Recruitment & Selection, Servers, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Historical e-commerce growth rates, June 2007 to June 2008

Month YTY growth Jun-07 25% Jul-07 22% Aug-07 28% Sep-07 19% Oct-07 19% Nov-07 20% Dec-07 18% Jan-08 12% Feb-08 14% Mar-08 9% Apr-08 15% May-08...

Tags: E-business, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, NB

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testing

Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testingBest overview of LHC ever.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtMRE: Large Hadron Collider aces pre-launch testingAhhh, this is just awesome news. I'm so glad the Europeans are picking up the ball on High Energy Particle Physics, as Bush seems hell-bent on catastrophizing particle physics research here in the US, just...

Tags: Large Hadron Collider, stem-cell, theory, LHC

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Tech giants may face dollar daze

Tech giants may face dollar dazeMerchants of chaos strike againand they can't resist putting a negative spin on ANY news, even items that are contradictory. So, when the dollar declines, it's bad. When the dollar stops declining, it's bad.Journalists must be some amazingly depressive people to be around.The most important...

Tags: Operational accounting, Tech Giants

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

EasyCalcPro (zip)

The simplest calculator in the world, with the most powerful features. Enter 30 numbers with labels on a line. Add a password to protect your data Buttons are positioned for efficiency, like your cellphone. Comes with hyper-intelligence and power ergonomics. Features: enter up to 30 numbers with labels, automatically scrolls...

Tags: Label, Password, Mindwarrior

Software downloads 2008-08-13