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- Microsoft's OLPC coup and unintended consequences
- Microsofts move to make Windows available for $3 to emerging markets is already having an impact on Linux. According to an AP report, Nicholas Negroponte said the $100 laptop for kids in developing countries actually runs about $175. He also...
- Tags: General, Hardware Infrastructure, Innovation, IT Management, Linux, Microsoft, Open Source
- Blog posts 2007-04-27
- Boot Camp: Apple's education edge?
- Christopher Dawson has an interesting post on why his school district users are voting for PCs over Macs, a contention that bucks conventional wisdom. One of Dawsons primary conclusions is that Apples OS X just looks different and that makes users wary. Some of these folks were used to OS...
- Tags: General, Hardware Infrastructure, Apple, Education, Apples, Company, education market
- Blog posts 2006-11-16
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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
- Smart fabrics and interactive textiles
- The European market for smart fabrics and interactive textiles SFIT represents about 300 million euro today and is growing at a yearly rate of about 20%. These smart textiles are used in 'clothes that monitor your heart, measure the chemical composition of your body fluids or keep track of you...
- Tags: Textiles, Vertical Industries, Monitors & Displays, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Components, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille, Sensor, Information And Communication Technology, SFIT
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- Signs your company might soon go belly-up
- Before a company goes under, just about everybody knows it. And before everybody knows it, a bunch of people are already whispering in the corridors and around the water cooler, certain they see the writing on the wall. But what about you? Can you read the clues sprinkled like breadcrumbs...
- Tags: Job, Recruitment & Selection, Real Estate, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- JetBlue unveils high-tech terminal Oct. 22; IT as customer service tool
- Joseph Eng, executive vice president of JetBlue's systems and technology, said the company will unveil its high-tech terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York Oct. 22. The terminal when it launches will be the culmination of one big technology project. JetBlue's terminal at JFK,...
- Tags: Customer Service, Information Technology, JetBlue Airways Corp., Tool, Projects, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Operational Accounting, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- Essential strategies for weathering the economic storm
- Economic downturns require extraordinary leadership, brutal honesty -- and action. If your market and company are truly in trouble, here are some turnaround strategies so you can live to fight another day. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan, Team, Corporate Governance, Team Management, Stock Options, Investment, Operational Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Benefits, Stock Options & Grants, Finance
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- Workout for brain just a few clicks away
- Researchers at UCLA studied people doing Web searches and found that it sharpened the memories of middle-aged and older people. CHICAGO--Searching the Internet may help middle-aged and older adults keep their memories sharp, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. Researchers at the University of California...
- Tags: Brain, Internet Search, Internet, Search, Reuters, research, search, brain
- News items 2008-10-15
- Can the Semantic Web help education?
- Dr Jason Ohler certainly thinks so, and discusses his views in a recent paper and during a conversation that we recorded earlier this week. Both Jason and I struggled to think of examples where educationalists and educational technologists are already working with these technologies, or seriously considering...
- Tags: Education, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- What drives customer demand for Solaris/x86? Fear of failure
- I think the short answer to "what happened to growth in the OpenSolaris community" is Ian Murdock; but the longer answer is that growth continues but enthusiasm lags and the commercial applications market has become more a defensive one than a leading edge one. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Growth, Paul Murphy, OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel X86, Sun Sparc, Systems Story, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Processors, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- The Future looks very Cloudy
- I've just attended the one day, highly-focused executive 'Cloud Summit' conference. The Cloud—used to describe everything from internet-based computing utilities to Software as a Service — was examined and its future impact explored within the highly appropriate venue of the Silicon Valley Computer History Museum. ...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Trend Micro Inc., Information Technology, Cloud, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- McCain to YouTube: Respect fair use (at least for pols)
- YouTube's speedy response to DMCA take-down notices has been the subject of lawsuits – notably Stephanie Lenz, who with the EFF sued when YouTube deleted her video of her kid rockin' out to a Prince song. Now John McCain has a problem with YouTube take-downs. In a...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., John McCain, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Apple notebook hits and misses
- The Apple product transition mentioned by Apple's CFO has arrived. Like other industry watchers, Storage Bits looked into its crystal ball to predict what it would look like. Overall, Apple did OK, with some surprising omissions and changes. Hits: Product = notebook In the first...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Quad-core, Apple MacBook, Battery, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, Steve, Notebooks, Engineering, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- OLPC and Intel trumped by small-scale virtualization
- I had planned for my next post to be a followup to my interview with Sun's Joe Hartley, but it's going to have to take a back seat to a story about small-scale virtualization in the 1:1 computing market. Maybe, though, this particular story suggests that Sun is headed...
- Tags: Desktop, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Child predators apparently don't use Gmail
- A few years ago, a piece of popular legislation made its way past Illinois lawmakers (including Barack Obama, who voted in favor of it, as well as teacher unions, public health officials, etc.) offering comprehensive education to school children that, among other things, would have taught them to identify and...
- Tags: Education, Google Gmail, Sex Offender, Safety Education, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- (Gallery: Apple notebook event )
- (Gallery: Apple notebook event )Fancy SmanshyMy Dell is better equipped and can kick both of those laptop's butts, and it only cost me 1200.RE: (Gallery: Apple notebook event )Wow, now I just have to decide between this beauty and the upgraded MacBook Air.....LewRE: (Gallery: Apple notebook event )progress! Nice...
- Tags: Notebooks, Apple notebook event, Apple Notebook, Gallery, notebook, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- The University of iTunes
- The ability, or rather art, of being able to be in bed, pyjamas on (or off, if that's your style), mug of tea in your hand, cuddled up all warm and snug, whilst being able to listen to their adoring lecturers waffle on in class about particle physics or some...
- Tags: University, Apple iTunes, Lecture, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Keeping the dream alive - bootstrap your way out of the death spiral
- Keeping the dream alive - bootstrap your way out of the death spiralGreat post RyanAs someone who got layed off in not quite as public a manner as you but at the same time I can relate! My own search for funding hit a wall when our prime prospect...
- Tags: death spiral
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Thoughts on Apple's new products
- Thoughts on Apple's new productsExcept the rest of the market didn't hold an event......announcing new products.The reasons to not buy anything always outweighthe reasons to buy.When you switch to a MacBook Air, you can't believe how you just don't care about what connectivity you don't have. With wi-fi everywhere...
- Tags: FireWire, Notebooks, GO PC, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Intel barely beats for Q3
- Intel reported net income of $2 billion, or 35 cents per share, for the third quarter, up from $1.8 billion and 30 cents a year ago. Revenue was $10.2 billion for its third quarter, up 1 percent over the same quarter a year ago. statement Analysts had expected the company...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
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