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Why Agile development matters [podcast]

Lengthy IT projects are more prone to fail than shorter ones. Agile development can help reduce these failures. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Developer, Information Technology, Business User, Agile, Lengthy IT Project, Agile Development, OutSystems, End-user Engagement, Podcasts, Internet, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-10-07

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CES 2009: Three Pioneer Blu-ray players due in April, one for $250 [day 2]

Pioneer has divulged that they will release three BD-Live Blu-ray players in April: The sub-$300 BDP-120, the sub-$400 BDP-320 and the $600 Elite BDP-23FD, according to Wilson Rothman at Gizmodo. The $250 BDP-120 player comes with BD-Live, a 1GB flash drive, fast disc loading, USB expandable memory...

Tags: Player, Video, Blu-ray, Adjustment, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Gallery: CES gadgets - the first wave (updated)

The biggest U.S. tech trade show of the year kicks off on Thursday but the avalanche of new product announcements has already begun. Here's some of the new gear that could end up in your living room. by Andy Smith

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, CES, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2009-01-07

The Satyam saga worsens – terribly so

The Enron of India (Probably!) The news today re: Satyam is really bad. It makes the events of last month pale in comparison. To begin, you should read Satyam Chairman Raju's letter of resignation where he accounts for the accounting sleight of hand he says that...

Tags: Satyam, Andersen, Asset Management, Balance Sheets, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-01-07

A roadmap for the Twitter CSO

The folks at Twitter had to deal with an attack from both phishers and hackers over the past few days. As someone who has been in their shoes many times before, I deeply sympathize with their team and I understand the amount of work that they need to do....

Tags: Password, Twitter, Phishing, Security, Spam And Phishing, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2009-01-07

CES 2009: The best universal remote?, $120 HD camcorders, in-car streaming TV [day 2]

Just got out of Audiovox's press conference, and a few notable items: Acoustic Research XSight remotes These AR remotes have the Logitech Harmony in their sights. The two new universal remotes allow users to program them directly (using a built-in code library) or using...

Tags: built-In, Battery, Camcorder, Video, TV, Corporate Communications, Engineering, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Photos: LG Watch Phone

The LG Watch Phone is one of the first marvels we've seen here at CES. It has a touch screen user interface, stereo Bluetooth, a speakerphone, a built-in music player, and a not at all unattractive design, with tempered glass and metal casing. Here are the first few shots of...

Tags: Touch Screen, Phone, LG Electronics Inc., Photograph, LG Watch Phone, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-01-07

Satyam fallout: Should customers stick? Full text of chairman's stunning letter

Indian outsourcing company Satyam has cooked books, a $1 billion cash sink hole and its chairman and founder B Ramalinga Raju has fabricated figures. Meanwhile, Merrill Lynch has bailed on being an adviser to the company and shares of the firm were down 90 percent or so in premarket trading...

Tags: Board, Satyam, Maytas, Task Force, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Worm surge exploits Microsoft vulnerability

Both US-CERT and security organization F-Secure have issued warnings, urging IT professionals to apply a Microsoft patch. Business systems are being attacked by a worm exploiting a known Microsoft vulnerability, IT security experts have warned. Both US-CERT and security organization F-Secure have issued warnings, urging...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., F-Secure Corp., Business System, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, CERT, Microsoft, worm, vulnerability, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk

News items 2009-01-07

Intel: Fourth quarter sales worse than expected (again)

Updated: Intel said Wednesday that its fourth quarter, which was already dismal, was actually worse than expected. The chip giant forecast fourth quarter revenue of $8.2 billion, down 20 percent from the third quarter and 23 percent from a year ago. Intel warned about the fourth quarter...

Tags: Intel Corp., Sales Strategy, Research & Development, Financial Accounting, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Business Operations, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-07

MacHeads: The movie

Review: MacHeads is a superb film that will give Apple haters a few cheap laughs, and Apple fans a few cheap thrills. But it'll entertain both equally, while educating everybody else. Prominent sex blogger and renowned Apple fangirl Violet Blue declares passionately that she'd never sleep with a Windows...

Tags: Movie, Apple Inc., MacHeads, Desktops, Hardware, Macworld, Nate Lanxon CNET UK Crave

News items 2009-01-07

News to know: Macworld, CES preview, Windows 7

Macworld Coverage: Photos: Jobs fill-in touts media, MacBook updates Jason D. O'Grady: Live: Philip Schiller keynote at Macworld 2009 Sam Diaz: Apple's final Macworld: Schiller delivers but announcements disappoint Apple expands DRM-free music selection [video] Apple reveals...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Digital-rights Management, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Macworld, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Digital Media, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Macworld '09: Apple's last hurrah

Apple's marketing guru Phillip Schiller led the MacHeads at the company's final appearance at Macworld. Schiller biggest announcements included a new 17-inch MacBook Pro, an overhaul of iLife, and an end to DRM on iTunes.

Tags: Apple Inc., Macworld, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Marketing Research, Digital Media, Security, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Macworld 2009, Phillip Schiller, Apple, Steve Jobs, MacBook, DRM, iPhoto

Articles 2009-01-07

Macworld Expo: Color freak

Macworld Expo: Color freakI thought I would check your conclusion[i]Reading the message threads in some discussion groups online after the demo, there appears to be some issues with this product and Windows systems. On a Mac, it all seemed to work — go figure.[/i]Since you have been known to blatantly...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Bogus LinkedIn profiles serving malware

A currently active malware campaign is taking advantage of bogus LinkedIn profiles impersonating celebrities in an attempt to trick users into clicking on links serving bogus media players. LinkedIn is among the latest social networking services considered as a valuable asset in the arsenal of the blackhat SEO knowledgeable cybecriminal,...

Tags: LinkedIn, Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-01-06

AMD Neo, HP dv2 take on both netbooks and notebooks

AMD Neo, HP dv2 take on both netbooks and notebooksTablet PCsI hope this and Windows 7 will help usher in a new, more successful era of Tablet PCs / UMPCs. I think one design flaw which [b]signficantly[/b] hampered the adoption of Tablet PCs particularly the slate model, was the fact...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Desktops, Hewlett-Packard Co., netbook, notebook, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., tablet, tablet PC, PC

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

New high-end MacBook Pro has 8 hour battery

New high-end MacBook Pro has 8 hour batteryI wouldn'tIf it wasn't for the premium you pay for osx, I'd buy this and install Linux...

Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Another former Softie joins VMware

Another former Softie joins VMwareAnother former Softie joins VMwareWhat is this, one-in one-out week?It's looks like football to me where they're trying to get all their staff moved around before the transfer window closes. :o}RE: Another former Softie joins VMwareI can see why VMWare want as many Softies as...

Tags: VMware Inc., Softie

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Another former Softie joins VMware

A year ago when I wrote that former Microsoft manager -- and current VMWare CEO -- Paul Maritz was getting the old band back together, I had no idea how many members would end up reuniting. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Maritz, Nielsen, Corporate Law, Productivity, Development Tools, Middleware, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Windows 7 - Heal thyself!

Windows 7 - Heal thyself!I would be happier if the OS was perfect[url=http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1851228&tstart=15] Like [/url][url=http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1848781&tstart=15] OS [/url][url=http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1853856&tstart=30] X [/url]:)RE: Windows 7 - Heal thyself!Vista apparently has this feature also. Try to hit F8 during booup.If ZDNet needs to implement layoffs...Mr. Jason Perlow should be the first out the door!His blogs...

Tags: Operating systems, PRODUCTIVITY, Boot Failure, Microsoft Windows 7, Heal Thyself, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-06