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- Why Mac open source gets no respect
- "Since Macs generally cost less than PCs"THEY ARE? Since when? And that doesn't jive at all with "Macs are upscale"... and cheaper. Mmmm no.No counterpart to XBMC?There are a ton of Media Center applications for windows, including Windows Media Center, which is fairly adept at just about...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Mac people, Apple Macintosh, XBMC, MCE, Unix
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- Why on ZDnet?
- I think most of the folks who read this section of ZDnet understand how digital tech and the future of energy, mineral and water and air resource use are so closely interconnected. But occasionally somebody who really doesn't want global warming written about, or hates the very idea that...
- Tags: Pollution, Global Warming, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-04
- Move over Enterprise 2.0, it's now Social Business Design
- Given the relatively friendly pounding I took over my Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock post, it's gratifying to see that it has stirred some interesting interpretations and thoughts on the topic. That's always good and especially pleasing when one considers that most blog posts are the equivalent of digital...
- Tags: BPR, Enterprise 2.0, Re-engineering, Cohen, Oliver Marks, Business Process Engineering, Organizational Structure, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Human Resources, It Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- Report: Skype founders sue eBay; could complicate Skype sale
- should have GPLed the codeand no suit was necessaryRE: Report: Skype founders sue eBay; could complicate Skype saleits funny CPP has part in Skype and you can't even get a local number with skype in Canada without a 3rd party....like c'mon!! Living in Canada sucks no Zune pass no Zune...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
- Security risks of Web 2.0 tools should not be overlooked by enterprises, individuals
- Like it or not, the use of Web 2.0 technology use in enterprises is here to stay. Even longstanding enterprise software providers, such as Salesforce.com, have created tools for integrating social networks into the customer support and lead generation process. And you'd be hard-pressed to find a Fortune 500 company...
- Tags: Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- Teams in the (Troubled) Cloud
- Teams in the Troubled CloudI too have noticed this increase in self inerestI am a 15 year veteran of software engineering 30 years in engineering in other fields. I owe my value to two things. The help I have received from others and the research I did on my own.I...
- Tags: Team management, Leadership, team
- Discussion threads 2009-07-23
- Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books
- Amazon uses 1984 to free e-booksDangerous gambleThey'll get harmonization. But likely to the US level through ACTARE: Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books"In this case the monopoly is copyright, which extends practically to infinity in the U.S., thanks to the Walt Disney Co., but is held to a reasonable length...
- Tags: Corporate communications, E-books, probation, e-book, video, Amazon.com Inc., monitor, software
- Discussion threads 2009-07-19
- What should SAP do with its $5bn war chest?
- A number of recent conversations with the financial analyst community about the ongoing tussle between Oracle and SAP have proved extremely interesting. There is speculation whether SAP will hit the numbers it has internally set itself for Q2 although nothing I hear or see suggests the company has been blown...
- Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., SAP AG, SoftwareAG, OpenText, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- Get ready for Oracle's 100 days of press releases aka innovation
- It's a while since I read Bruce Richardson, chief research officer at AMR but a couple of his most recent posts rang bells with me. The first: Who Drives Software Innovation? The “Best-of-Breed vs. Giants†Debate raises a donkey's year old discussion where he concludes: Call me cynical, but...
- Tags: Innovation, Oracle Corp., Bruce, Simon Wardley, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Overcoming the laptop wall
- Overcoming the laptop wallSeems fairly simpleIn my opinion, either:Construct the firewall and proxy services of the university properly so that the wireless network that students can connect to is tightly limited on what websites they can access, or potentially only the intranet. Only allow full inet access to hard wired...
- Tags: Firewalls, Notebooks, Web technology, laptop wall, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2009-06-04
- Analyst: An Apple tablet is coming to shake up netbook market
- Analyst: An Apple tablet is coming to shake up netbook marketApple could not build a sub-$500 computer that is not a piece of junk!!!!!!Therefore, unless you don't consider tablet as a computer, don't expect something too far from reality.Apple has a standard!!!!!And yes Ipod Touch is not a computer. That's...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Tablets, Keyboards, Notebooks, Digital music, Digital media, netbook, tablet, Apple Inc., netbook market, keyboard
- Discussion threads 2009-05-21
- Google reveals secret server hardware
- Google reveals secret server hardwareHow green is that?Every battery goes bad eventually, and having THOUSANDS of them leads me to ask - what happens to them when they die?RE: Google reveals secret server hardwareI am interested in how they hook that 12 volt battery up to the mobo and whether...
- Tags: Engineering, Normal PC, battery, secret server hardware, server, server hardware, Google Inc., hardware
- Discussion threads 2009-04-03
- Think Infor is only in maintenance mode? Think again
- Infor is one of those vendors I'd pretty much written off as a company that might be interesting. Rolling up a rag bag of distressed software vendors is not my idea of innovation but of financial engineering where you usually have to carefully watch the bang per buck coming out...
- Tags: Financial, Environment, SOA, Infor Global Solutions, Infor, Lock-in, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-03-16
- Can Apple survive Jobs?
- Can Apple survive Jobs?The headline was clear enoughIf he didn't have a storage story for today but felt that this was worth writing about, then he can write about it it's his blog.NZ, like all of us you have the right NOT to read a blog. You are obviously...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Phil, Tim, Apple Inc., job
- Discussion threads 2009-02-26
- Microsoft starts rolling out Vista SP2 Release Candidate test build
- Microsoft starts rolling out Vista SP2 Release Candidate test buildTime for a change... Time for Change to RHEL or another Linux distro that actually can stay up for years without a reboot or other infections from viruses and worms. Waiting for NonZealotI'm waiting for NonZealot to chime in and start...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Blogging, Microsoft Corp., Vista SP2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux, Vista SP2 Release Candidate, Windows Blog, Microsoft Windows, release candidate, blog
- Discussion threads 2009-02-19
- Spam: You just can't win
- For anyone even slightly optimistic about thwarting the never-ending crush of spam I have two words: Don't bother. At the Information Security Best Practices conference at Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania I've learned the following from the first panel. Comcast's Gerard Lewis, senior...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-30
- LOHAFEX: trying to iron out the climate problem
- There's an experiment going on to see if a major phytoplankton bloom can be instigated on a large scale in the ocean. That in turn, theoretically, could absorb masses of CO2 that is partly to blame for global warming. That experiment originates with a German research ship, now...
- Tags: Experiment, Scientist, Global Warming, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-01-12
- Apple rolls the dice on fixed MacBook Pro batteries
- Apple rolls the dice on fixed MacBook Pro batteriesIn "theory" I don't see a problem with it.8 hours use on battery along a theoretical 5 years of use out of a mobil computer. Imagine the wear and tear after a full 5 years on a mobile device like a...
- Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, battery, laptop computer, Apple Inc., MacBook Pro Batteries, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2009-01-06
- Long-term personal data storage
- Long-term personal data storageHow about flash memory?How does flash memory compare to optical and HDD storage, as far as longevity is concerned?I think our ears were ringing yesterday, Robinhttp://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9364RE: Long-term personal data storageI signed up to Carbonite - offsite backup over the internet which makes me feel much more secure...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Long-Term Personal Data Storage, DVD, Adobe PDF, RTF, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2009-01-05
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