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Goldman Sachs: BlackBerry, iPhone own smartphones, but if Apple ever gets an enterprise subsidy...

Goldman Sachs: BlackBerry, iPhone own smartphones, but if Apple ever gets an enterprise subsidy...In the US only.NTA year ago I would have saidso what? But, now that Dear Leader has given us 10% unemployment just like Europe, and a negative GDP, I'd say you have a point.

Tags: Handhelds, Smart phones, Cellular phones, enterprise subsidy, BlackBerry iPhone, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., RIM BlackBerry, smart phone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

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News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Google; Hack attacks

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search) Microsoft denies holding up Win 7 tools...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Corporate Governance, Microsoft Windows 7, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Apple Mac OS, Keyboards, Hardware, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Peripherals, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-04

It's official: Google and Apple are competitors (especially in mobile)

The resignation of Google CEO Eric Schmidt from Apple's board of directors merely confirms what has been clear for some time---the two companies will increasingly compete in the mobile market. It's Android vs. the iPhone and the games are just about to begin. In...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Mobile, Apple Inc., Android, Browser App, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Goldman Sachs: BlackBerry, iPhone own smartphones, but if Apple ever gets an enterprise subsidy...

Goldman Sachs is increasing its smartphone forecast based on a consumer survey that reveals Research in Motion and Apple are the runaway winners in the field, but for vastly different reasons. RIM enjoys enterprise sponsorship, but iPhone's stealth business use campaign is working. The survey in many...

Tags: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Free is not a business model

Free is not a business modelPutting mium in free-miumHi Phil,Excellent post. I share your shock about people's mis-characterization of the importance of "free," particularly in SaaS business models.One minor comment on freemium models. As I talk to "Web 3.0" as you call it entrepreneurs, I realize that the...

Tags: Strategy, Entrepreneurship, business model, advertisement, social networking

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

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Icloud?So does this mean that I will be able to run my Access 97 databases from the 'cloud', what about all the 100mb photos I have in PSD format, or how about the music files I'm working on on my mac using Logic Express? Where is all the versions of...

Tags: Thin clients, thin client

Discussion threads 2009-02-17

Will cheap oil affect green innovation? [video]

Will cheap oil affect green innovation? [video]Bill Joy: Fascist?Bill Joy is asking for the government to require the use of products of venture capital funded companies. The purpose of a venture capital company is to make money lots of it.This is worse than socialism. In socialism, at...

Tags: Vertical industries, Investment, venture capital, Bill Joy, government, video

Discussion threads 2009-02-17

Rumor: 3G iPhone to sell for US$199

Rumor: 3G iPhone to sell for US$199But..But Wait...No_Ax Predicted This Wouldn't Happen!!Oh Lordy...THREE predictions to fall?VonageYahoo takeover...Now the IPhone selling 10 million???Man, this is gonna really hurt Don's reputation here.RE: Rumor: 3G iPhone to sell for US$199Will it still be available only on AT & T ???RE: Rumor: 3G iPhone...

Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, US$199, 3G, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, ATT

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

The truth about desktops and laptops

The failure of One Laptop Per Child and it is a failure to mass market its $100 Linux laptops made me realize something important about that market. There is something cheaper than free. It's called subsidized, bundled, marketed and supported. Subsidy comes in many...

Tags: Desktop, Handheld, Laptop Computer, Handheld Internet Terminal, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-22

Will taxes halt Calif.'s solar thermal ambitions?

Will taxes halt Calif.'s solar thermal ambitions?Citizens are going to end up paying one way or other.Such is the sad state of education in our country today that this kind of nonsensical debate even takes place. Either consumers are going to foot the bill via their utility bill, or...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Telecom & Utilities, Ausra, tax, subsidy

Discussion threads 2007-12-11

Microsoft pushing Office 2007 with promos galore

Office 2007 is selling like hotcakes, according to the market researchers at NPD. And one big reason is the try-before-you-buy program that Microsoft put in place when it launched the product. But promotions and steep discounts also could be another reason behind Microsoft's success with Office 2007....

Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-09-12

Google vs. Microsoft Office: Do you buy it?

Google declares Google Office victory I reported, AND DEBUNKED, yesterday!In typically Googely fashion, Google is sending very mixed, and very incomplete, messages about the Microsoft Office killer, or not, Google Apps Premier.Launched as a for small fee SaaS in February under the guise of a "free trial" through April, Google nevertheless pushed back the...

Tags: Google, Google Apps, Google Checkout, Google Software Applications, Microsoft

Blog posts 2007-05-23

Google's Silence

Snow fell on New York City today, this winter’s first snow fall in the Big Apple. The promised Google “blizzard,” however, has yet to materialize. Google CEO Eric Schmidt proudly proclaimed at the Google Q3 2006 conference call last October:The blizzard of new product launches, unprecedented for our...

Tags: Advertising, Business Models, Content, Copyright, Google, Google Software Applications, Legal, Metrics, Search, Search Advertising, Video, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-02-14

Microsoft and Novell: Fox marries chicken, both move into henhouse

Microsoft and Novell: Fox marries chicken, both move into henhouseKeeps SuSE alive.Perhaps both Oracle's move and Microsoft's responded to Red Hat's advance toward a monopoly in commercial Linux. The coupons for SuSE appear to be either direct subsidy or deputizing Microsoft to assist SuSE. So Microsoft supports Novell...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Directory services, Novell eDirectory, Now IT, Fox, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, SuSE

Discussion threads 2006-11-02

Dear Mr. President: Vote for computational science

Dear Mr. President: Vote for computational science"I love cornpoopers"That's why we have an agricultural subsidyopen source is a cancerIf you dont let people earn a living in a field, new generations no longer flock to that field."Intelligent Design" is the answerJust have the committee alter its report to say that...

Tags: open source, computational science, government

Discussion threads 2005-06-20

Bill Gates: Chairman of the couch

Bill Gates: Chairman of the couchCant't wait - chairman of the bathroomThere is a spot there for entertainment. After all some even read magazines... and some do something else I guess.Good thing he's always wrong... and he's pretty delusional.Nice blue screen and hang during the presentation, Billy!Bill Gates: Chairman of...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Consumer electronics, Desktops, Microsoft Corp., couch, Bill Gates, PC, communist, DVD, Bill G, capitalism

Discussion threads 2005-01-06

Adam Smith's lessons for IT

Adam Smith's lessons for ITas much time ascompanies have spent in court against ms, they could of been making great strides at creating beter software, but it seem like some think the game is king of the hill vs those with the best software win"Free Trade" Administration??"The supposedly free-trading...

Tags: information technology, Micron Technology Inc., Adam Smith, Bush Administration

Discussion threads 2003-11-26