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Intuit's reported purchase of Mint: A fine defensive move

NervousIntuit never merged their online product and their excellent Paytrust product, and now they are likely to screw up mint, which I liked as well. This does not bode well.I dislike having my financial info on the web.Must just be me, since all those Mint users don't seem concerned. ...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Intuit Inc., reported purchase, defensive move

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Apple's PA Semi buyout: A defensive move?

Apple's PA Semi buyout: A defensive move?Another Interesting Opinionhttp://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/24/why-did-apple-buy-pa-semi/RE: Apple's PA Semi buyout: A defensive move?This is crazy. Apple technology goes straight to the Commies in China!!!!RE: Apple's PA Semi buyout: A defensive move?How about: Apple buys PA Semi, because Intel can't (because of antitrust!)? I'm sure the great Borg...

Tags: Corporate law, Semiconductors, Games, Apple Inc., PA Semi, defensive move

Discussion threads 2008-04-25

Additional Resources

Microsoft Patents Sudo - So Sudo me!

i do think that it time for some rule and regulation .and some major MS legal bashing . anti-trust Adrian this is shameless self promotionYou would not even have this if a reader had not given it to you. Means nothing but what youre getting out of it, HITS....

Tags: Idiocy, patent, Microsoft Corp., Adrian

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Ubuntu 9.10 = easiest, cheapest upgrade ever

Worst OS ever! You should read what Dana Blankhorn had to say about your beloved linux! I'll give you a hint, its not good. I can't believe they would release a distro with known harddrive bugs. I'm going to laugh at you when you lose all your data due...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Ubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Soccer Star Player for iPhone 2.1 (Mobile)

Soccer Star Player for iPhone enables you to track, store and review your key player performance statistics, individual game results, season performance, and tournaments. It features tally for goals, shots, assist, take-away, moves, passes, and d-move, timers for current shift, total shifts, and half game, digital Star Player Card with...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Performance, Mobile, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-27

The Adobe-Omniture deal: Does it make sense?

Adobe & Omniture makes senseOmniture currently have components for Adobe's Dreamweaver and Flash, to integrate analytics into web content and last time I used them, they really weren't that great. I imagine in Adobe's CS5 this integration will be very seamless, which will encourage Adobe's users to use Omniture over...

Tags: Financial Planning, Adobe Systems Inc., Omniture Inc., analytics

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

News to know: Kanye West; Bing Visual Search; Quicken-Mint; Sprint; 802.11n, 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. Oliver Marks: Kayne West Influences Enterprise Social Business Strategy Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Bing gets visual search; full...

Tags: Larry Dignan, IEEE 802.11n, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Sprint Communications, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Wi-Fi, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Wireless And Mobility

Blog posts 2009-09-15

Intuit's reported purchase of Mint: A fine defensive move

Intuit will reportedly acquire Mint.com, squashing any potential threat from a much ballyhooed startup. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Intuit Inc., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-14

Linux group buys up 22 patents

The Open Invention Network - an IP company created to protect Linux from patent lawsuits - has purchased 22 patents formerly owned by Microsoft and which appear to impact Linux, The Wall Street Journal reports. The group purchased the patents from Allied Security Trust - a consortium...

Tags: Patent, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-09-08

CIOs hit the snooze button on Snow Leopard

Wow, how wrong can you be?Quote from the first paragraph of the article...[i]The [b]assumption[/b] was that this one feature could have the same kind of impact in opening the Mac market to corporate users as Exchange integration had on bringing the iPhone to business professionals.[/i]Seems that TechRepublic is way out...

Tags: Marketing research, Snow Leopard, snooze button

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Microsoft calls for global patents

Who would've thunk that BIG BROTHER would come from the corporate world !Even U.S. sovereigtny is for sale!Next step is ONE WORLD Government.MS *uck off!Megalomania! Sure.. and let's use the US patent system as an example.. uhm.. NO THANKS!There's already a system in place between participating countries where patents are...

Tags: patent, patent system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

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

Microsoft's store foray: Compensating for the tech retail implosion?

Microsoft's move into retail is often portrayed as a defensive move to thwart Apple. But Dana Blankenhorn notes that it Microsoft's move is really about the demise of the tech retail channel. At SmartPlanet, Blankenhorn writes: Drive down a suburban highway, or along the margins of...

Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Retail, Desktops, Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Microsoft gets its edge back

Is it just me or is Microsoft a little more competitive than it has been in recent years? Microsoft has gotten under Apple's skin---at least its lawyers---got Google's attention with Bing and is even doing the Web app thing. Microsoft almost seems to be enjoying itself as honchos like Kevin...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Bing, Linux, Retail, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-16

The history and future of Chrome OS

Chrome OS is Google's first attempt at a desktop operating system. Due to be released in the second half of next year, the Chrome OS has many people baffled as to what it is exactly. What possessed Google to directly take on Microsoft in this way? Is Google getting too...

Tags: Google Inc., Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Chrome OS, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-11

Google on offense: Chrome OS is a wager on the future of computing

Google on offense: Chrome OS is a wager on the future of computingThis was a move to ...... put the IT industry on hold the way Microsoft has done for years.Now it's, let's wait and see what Google is going to come out with.Anticipation is making you wait? That's...

Tags: Operating systems, OpenOffice, NOW IT, Google Inc., Chrome, Chrome OS, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-10

Google on offense: Chrome OS is a wager on the future of computing

When it comes to Google's entry into the Microsoft-dominated computer operating system business, there's a bigger question as to whether Google's move is an offensive one or a defensive one? Microsoft's official comment on Google's latest announcement seems to be a big fat "no comment" from Bill...

Tags: Google Inc., Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Computing, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-10

When you see Chrome OS think business model

When you see Chrome OS think business modelI stopped reading at."But when you consider the $50/year price to license an anti-viral, the $30/year to license a malware program and the additional $30/year you need for a registry cleaner"Talk about exaggerating the costs to justify the rest of your article. Not...

Tags: Operating systems, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Chrome, Chrome OS, Google Inc., operating system, malware, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-07-10

Google's Chrome OS: A threat to Intel and the rise of ARM chips

Google's Chrome OS, which generated an extreme amount of hubbub, is a defensive move as much as it is an offensive one, say analysts. Nevertheless, Google's move will have a wide impact on the industry. Analysts were handicapping Google's move into operating systems on Thursday and some...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, ARM, Operating System, Analyst, Google Chrome, Intel Corp., Chip, Cloud Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-09

BlackBerry Curve outsells Apple iPhone in Q1 2009

BlackBerry Curve outsells Apple iPhone in Q1 2009good indeedWe all benefit from good old fashion competition. Otherwise companies like Apple will not innovate.And...the Chevy Cobalt outsold the Audi A4, so obviously, it's better.(?)The average mobile-phone user who is upgrading to the smartphone category, doesn't even know there are different...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Sales force management, Handhelds, BlackBerry Curve, Apple iPhone, phone, Apple Inc., incentive, smart phone, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2009-05-04