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Does this blog represent digital fascism?: Does this blog represent digital fascism?Different becauseWikipedia is different from Disney or any other propietary editorial system in that the editing process never closes. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's also not necessarily a good thing. The traditional editorial process is designed to increase accuracy, but because the...; Tags: Wiki, blog, Wikipedia, Maurice Horn, editorial process; Discussion threads 2006-09-11

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It's not easy being green--Optimizing eco-friendly packaging: Early adopter brands have further differentiated their products and won consumer affinity by adopting green strategies in their brands and packaging. But risks are many says Affinnova's Steve Lamoureux. Commentary--On every progressive brand manager’s short list is a sustainability initiative. In just a few short...; Tags: Risk, Brand, Standard Quantitative Approach, Branding, Marketing, Steve Lamoureux, Affinnova, Special to ZDNet, Steve Lamoureux, Affinnova, Special to ZDNet, green, packaging; News items 2008-10-15
Gartner Top 10 embraces the Cloud: As in previous years, the analysts at Gartner have unveiled their 'Top 10 Strategic Technologies,' and Jason Hiner provides details elsewhere on ZDNet. The press release is here. One of the analysts involved David Cearley discusses the Top 10 over on YouTube, and posts the information from...; Tags: Gartner Inc., David, Jason, Semantic Web, Blogging, Strategy, Internet, Management, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-10-15
Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2): In Part 1, I discussed the four Free Linux distributions that are best position to provide extended support and ample functionality to an end user through a protracted recession,Â as well as having the characteristic "safeness" or "stability" factor in terms of being able to weather...; Tags: Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Sun Solaris 10, Red Hat Inc., Recession, Operating System, Novell OpenSuse, BSD, CentOS, Scientific Linux, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-10-14
New notebooks: What Apple didn't announce: New notebooks: What Apple didn't announceWhile I don't completely disagree...[i]...Now why they couldn't keep the last-gen white MacBook and put an $800 price tag on it...[/i]They did keep the last-gen white MacBook... but only dropped the price $100, not $300.I admit to being confused about the 17" model myself, but...; Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook, NEW Notebook, Apple Inc., white MacBook; Discussion threads 2008-10-14

Keeping the dream alive - bootstrap your way out of the death spiral: Jennifer Leggio is on the road. Guest editorial by Ryan Kuder I was very publicly laid off from Yahoo! back in February. It's a gut-wrenching experience for anyone who has gone through it. At the time, my choices were to get a new...; Tags: Dream, Network, Yahoo! Inc., Start-up, Jennifer Leggio, Ryan Kuder, VC, Angels, Networking; Blog posts 2008-10-14
Apple gadget lust for me, but anything for Ed Tech?: Apple gadget lust for me, but anything for Ed Tech?Your Mac Lust borders on Creepy....Geez... that article is just a little bit scary. The kid on the eTrade commercials is in my head..."I seriously underestimated the creepiness factor"... he says this about a clown and I am applying it...; Tags: Corporate communications, Desktops, DVD, Consumer electronics, Notebooks, Apple Inc., video; Discussion threads 2008-10-14
Lead, Melamine, and Backdoored Routers: Lead, Melamine, and Backdoored RoutersBackdoored Routers - A Good IdeaWhat's the problem with backdoored routers? It's a good handy way to make sure that you are not stealing Intellectual Property. If the Chinese government, RIAA, etc. watches every move you make, then probably your moves will all be...; Tags: Routers & switches, Manufacturing, Backdoored Routers, Melamine, router; Discussion threads 2008-10-14
Avanade software helps you get a grip on more than 100 green IT variables: For those of you seeking a green IT / power management calculator that isn't necessarily tied to one vendor's view of the world, you might want to consider a tool being used by services company Avanade to evaluate more than 100 different variables related to the data center. ...; Tags: Software, Data Center, Green IT, Avanade, Data Centers, Productivity, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-10-14
Live Webcast: Simplified IT with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS): One of the most important functions of IT professionals is the never-ending process of updating, maintaining and supporting all of the various software services and applications that their companies rely on for business. It's a difficult job, even under the best of circumstances. But what if there was...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Webcast, Information Technology, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies; Webcasts 2008-10-14
Facebook as social rule of thumb?: This new course I'm taking introduces sociology, and I assure all you budding sociologists who read that this new-found knowledge isn't going to my head. It seems for many, especially students who are forced into a semi-confined place as others, take precedent, that Facebook confirms events within our lives. ...; Tags: Facebook, Social Networking, Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-10-13
SharePoint: What are the risks, rewards?: SharePoint: What are the risks, rewards?Great Session Great ArticleI appreciated seeing this article so quickly after the talk. Mark Gilbert makes some interesting commentary. Nothing too new here, but a good regurgitation of what's been said by Matt Cain and others about the need for governance and the...; Tags: Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise software, Mark Gilbert, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-10-13
SharePoint: What are the risks, rewards?: What does it say about SharePoint when a presentation focused on whether you can survive it packs the house? Mark Gilbert's presentation--"Can the CIO survive Microsoft SharePoint?"--at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo filled up an auditorium. There are two ways to read this: There is...; Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Gilbert, MOSS, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-10-13
Enterprise web 2.0 costs set to plunge: Good news for credit crunch squeezed CIOs: the price of enterprise web 2.0 tools is set to plummet, according to a new report from Forrester. Good news for credit crunch squeezed CIOs: the price of enterprise web 2.0 tools is set to plummet. According to a new...; Tags: Software, Web, CIO, Tool, Web 2.0, Productivity, Channel Management, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Marketing, Management, Forrester, budget, Jo Best, Silicon.com; News items 2008-10-13
1.5 million Android phones pre-sold? What's up with the 16 October launch party?: 1.5 million Android phones pre-sold? What's up with the 16 October launch party?motley foolsthe reason the 1.5 million preorder sales hasn't been cofirmed by any one is because it's a fantasy number picked up by analysts at the motley fool, who foolishly confused t-mobile's bumped up preorders with actual sales.There's...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Sales strategy, Google Inc., phone, Android phones pre-sold, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pre-sold, Android Phone; Discussion threads 2008-10-13
Report: Three Intel Nehalems in November: Intel will launch its first three Nehalem processors on November 17, according to a report on the site Expreview.com. These Bloomfield high-end chips will include the 3.2 GHz Core i7-965XE ($999), 2.93GHz Core i7-940 ($562) and 2.66GHz Core i7-920 ($284). Nehalem is manufactured using the same 45nm...; Tags: Desktop, Mobile, Intel Corp., Chip, Nehalem, Server Processor, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Processors, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Networking, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-10-11
Psystar OpenPro: Ongoing lawsuits notwithstanding, Psystar remains the only desktop vendor other than Apple to offer PCs with Apple's Mac OS X operating system. Thanks to a new restore disc and improved software updating, this $2,660 Psystar OpenPro computer is much more secure than the lower-end Open Computer the company released back...; Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, insurance policy, Psystar, Psystar OpenPro, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, disc; Product reviews 2008-10-11
Norton AntiVirus 2009: Symantec has been listening to its users, and this year the company delivers a slimmed-down and faster Norton Antivirus 2009. Almost all the security vendors have recognized the changing threat landscape and have rethought traditional protection. We especially like the Insight feature, which identifies "trusted" files and applications and doesn't...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Norton Co., Norton AntiVirus 2009, Symantec Norton AntiVirus, Symantec Corp.; Product reviews 2008-10-10
Remember IBM at $10.50 per Share? Oracle as a penny stock? Tales of Hope from the Great High Tech Depression of â€˜89: Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak â€¦..October. Paraphrasing Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven seems somehow appropriate to this moment, when it seems that everything we've all worked and dreamed about is going up in smoke. And yet, having seen a version of this movie...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Recession, Stock, IBM Corp., Tech Stock, Investment, Finance, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2008-10-10
Microsoft's 'conceptual touch designs': I've written from time to time about Apple and their rumoured tablet devices, applications for tablet PC's, multi-touch and Surface, and all those touchy-feely concepts we've been hearing about, but when do we get to actually see them? Microsoft has recently kicked forward their Software+Services, which for...; Tags: Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-10-10