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New Classmate PC ecosystem applications and vendors

100 vendors have come together around the latest Intel Classmates. As we wait for review units, here are some press photos of the applications and links to major vendors. by Christopher Dawson

Tags: Intel Classmate PC, PC, Vendor, Desktops, Hardware, Classmate PC, ecosystem, Intel, Christopher Dawson

Image galleries 2009-01-16

No more free Sprout Builder

Marshall has the news up that Sprout Builder will no longer be offering free accounts. Sprout Builder is one of my favorite applications on the net and I always thought what they were doing for the Flash Platform was good. So while I share Marshall's sadness at the loss of...

Tags: Ecosystem, Tool, Marshall, Sprout Builder, Productivity, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2009-01-14

Will large 'cloud combines' soon be serving our enterprise needs?

Who will dominate the cloud computing space -- market leaders or ecosystems? by Joe McKendrick

Tags: Ecosystem, Cloud Computing, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-12-15

Can Google Chrome build an ecosystem?

The problem is that an ecosystem requires a vendor to scale-up in areas where Google has long been reluctant to scale-up. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Google Inc., Ecosystem, Google Chrome, Corporate Law, Productivity, Web Browsers, Software As A Service (SaaS), Security, Business Operations, Internet, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-09-08

Researcher keeps 'carpet bomb' attack alive, despite patch

Security research Billy Rios posted an article today about the Apple Safari "Carpet Bomb" attack, discussing a new issue that, despite the patch which prevented a "blended" remote command execution attack when Safari was used in conjunction with IE on a Windows system, keeps the "Carpet Bomb" attack alive and well. ...

Tags: Software, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Ecosystem, Attack, Billy Rios, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-06-21

Wolf Free Screensaver 1.0 (Windows)

The gray wolf Canis lupus, also known as the timber wolf or, simply, wolf, is a mammal of the order Carnivora. The gray wolf is the largest member of the genus Canis. Its shoulder height ranges from 0.6 to 0.9 meters (26�36 inches) and its weight typically varies between 32...

Tags: Screensaver, Legend, Ecosystem, Species, AnimalsScreensavers, Wolves, Biotechnology, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-06-19

Global Warming & Your Business

The World Resources Institute and their partners have come up with a list of risks and business trends that could arise from predicted climate change. You can read their summary here. WRI and some global corporations that support them used real-life case studies to determine where...

Tags: Ecosystem, Global Warming, WRI, Channel Management, Vertical Industries, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-03-11

Leapblogging: The Salesforce.com Ecosystem Debate, Round II

Dan Farber’s rebuttal to my most recent post on Salesforce.com seems to miss the main point of my blog, and instead goes into an extensive discussion about a broader comparison between the two companies than I ever intended to make. I never claimed that the two...

Tags: Business Structures, Ecosystem, Finance, Joshua Greenbaum, Partnership, Sales, Sales Force Management, Salesforce.com AppExchange, Salesforce.com Inc.

Blog posts 2007-11-30

Software platforms & ecosystems

ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber surveys the enterprise software landscape and explains why software companies are competing for developers to participate in their ecosystems.

Tags: Ecosystem, Tools & Techniques, Management, software

Whiteboards 2007-01-30

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TiVo readying 802.11n Wi-Fi adapter?

It's been a tough slog for TiVo, whose once-innovative DVR ecosystem has been co-opted by cable companies' own DVR services. (Though some offer the TiVo interface for an additional charge.) The company and its devices still have their champions, but it's difficult to achieve mass success when buyers have to...

Tags: Adapter, IEEE 802.11n, TiVo Inc., Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-07

Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samples

RE: Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samplesyawnWho can I trust *now*....Even Ed Bott said '7' was more secure!The Windows Infect Season is not over yet.. Nothing's changed.... That people even USE Windows these days is quite remarkable.... It must be the power of habit...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, malware, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Revisiting the Motorola Droid on Verizon [Q&A]

Why the hate for drag and drop?Almost every review I have read faults the Droid because you can't auto-sync music:"(You can dump your music on a microSD card and pop it in, but it?s a copy-paste files affair, not a ?load my music? integrated experience.)"The Droid ships with a 16...

Tags: Smart phones, Motorola Droid, Droid, Apple iPhone, Revisiting, music, Verizon Communications Inc., Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Friday Challenge: What can your OS do that mine can't?

My OS can break 5% global desktop market share!Sorry Mac and Linux! :PBetter/Larger Hardware/Software SelectionMy operating system Windows has a better and larger library of available applications, and a larger ecosystem of supported hardware.Why do you insist in behaving as an idiot?Hope what they're paying you is enough to compensate...

Tags: Operating systems, MSF, OS Installed, operating system, Ubuntu, Linux, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

What's the key to Apple's success?

One word: QUALITYA concept absent from WindowslandTDSo sad to see how Apple destroyed the word "innovation"Apple has never, ever, done anything innovative. By applying the term to blatant rebadging of 5 year old technology, you devalue the meaning of the word and insult those who actually [b]do[/b] innovate. For shame.Oh,...

Tags: Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Piracy and the Apple App Store

PiracyI'm curious as to how they discovered that 80%. I'm assuming (I know, bad idea) that they post the app on the app store (well, Apple does after reviewing it) and someone has to buy it in order to pirate it or is the App store itself broken into? If...

Tags: Games, piracy, game, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Netbooks worth the upgrade to Windows 7? Heck yes!

For those who are still using XP Home in our netbook deployments, the $70 volume academic license upgrade is worth the cost of admission. $70 a pop can add up quickly, but in schools wedded to a Windows ecosystem, the advent of a netbook-capable, solid, secure OS in Windows...

Tags: Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-10-26

MSFT versus GOOG - there's a big gap

Countering Google[i]At the current rate of Google?s revenue growth, 7 per cent, it would take it more than 3 years to reach Microsoft?s current quarterly revenue.[/i]The above is true if you assume MS will have no growth over the next 3 years. I don't think that will be the case....

Tags: Web browsers, Operational accounting, Strategy, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Windows and Office cash cows take a hit in Microsoft's first quarter

BURN BABY BURNNice to see Microsoft start the downward spiral.Don't get too happy...Every company has a blip in its future - just wait until the next quarter.When you're on top the only way is down.Happened to all those on top at some point....IBMNovellGMLotusLike so many other companies?But then again, the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, NOW IT, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Google Edu Apps and Live@Edu: More than 1 way to skin a cat?

Layers and layersAs background, we are part of a system of 130ish schools, with only a handful being full P-12 colleges like ours. Therefore solutions provided by central office don't always scale up well to provide for us, although advances are being made every year. My comment relates to the...

Tags: cloud computing, Live@edu, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Android opens doors for Google's next-gen search, ads and tools

There's no question that there's been some pretty astounding growth around Android, Google's open-source mobile phone operating system. A year ago, there was only one Android device out there - the T-Mobile G-1. Today, Android is powering 12 devices in 26 countries with 32 carriers - and there's more on...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Google Android, Phone, Mobile, Smart Phone, Tool, Carrier, Android, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Mobile Operating Systems, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-16