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Webinar on mind mapping by eric mack

Webinar on mind mapping by Eric MackThanks, Marc. I'm soliciting reader questions, too...They can post questions to my blog and I'll make every effort to address them in the webinar.http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/sign-up-for-my-how-i-use-mindmanager-webinar?opendocument&commentsThanks for the heads-up.Mind mapping and Notes. Now there's a guy after my own heart.(btw, I just pulled the Notes 8...

Tags: E-mail servers, Groupware, IBM Lotus Notes, webinar, Eric Mack

Discussion threads 2007-03-18

Webinar on mind mapping by eric mack

Eric Mack is one of the most passionate adopters of technologies that improve productivity and performance. Dont miss his upcoming webinar in which he will show how he uses MindManager to manage projects, brainstorm new ideas, and support his Getting Things Done workflow. On his blog, Eric said this about...

Tags: MindManager, webinar, Eric Mack

Blog posts 2007-03-18

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Mobius Seattle 2008; First impressions of the HTC Advantage X7510

As I stated in my Mobius Seattle 2008 Day one post eric lin from HTC gave each one of the attendees the new HTC Advantage 7510 device. These may not come to the U.S. due to Qualcomm import issues, but you will be able to pick them up from U.S....

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobius, Key, HTC Advantage 7510, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Mobius Seattle 2008: SE, MWg, and HTC show off their devices

I was very pleased to be invited to the first Mobius event of 2008, that is actually being held here in the Seattle area. Thus, I had no travel to get to Mobius and that may have made the decision to invite me to this event...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobile, Mobius, XPERIA, SE, Panel Technology, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-15

HDTVs: How black is black?

An announcement comes today by way of Pioneer, maker of the ever-popular Kuro HDTV line, saying that its new Kuro sets are five times blacker than the Kuro line on the market today which we reviewed as the TV with the deepest blacks out there. So wait...

Tags: HDTV, Image, Ratio, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-05-07

EIC podcast: Microhoo; Google and Big Blue; Sun

In this week's EIC squared podcast, Dan and I talk about this seemingly never-ending Microsoft-Yahoo saga, chat about the waiting game, ponder the options and note how it could define Steve Ballmer. Dan talks cloud computing and how Google and IBM are chummy. He also provides a little back...

Tags: Google Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Podcasts, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-02

IBM-Google hug in the cloud

IBM CEO Sam Palmisano and Google CEO Eric Schmidt joined forces to talk up cloud computing, but their broader message was that consumer and enterprise technologies will merge. The fact that Palmisano and Schmidt pushed partnership on cloud computing wasn't all that surprising, but it is notable...

Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, IBM Corp., Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-02

Can Deep Green help a combat commander?

University of Southern California USC researchers are developing several parts of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA Deep Green program. Their efforts are intended to help commanders on the battlefield to anticipate enemy moves. 'The system interweaves anticipatory planning with adaptive execution to help the commander think ahead, identify...

Tags: Program, Battlefield, DARPA, Corporate Governance, Data Mining, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-01

News to know: Microhoo; Adobe; MacBook Air; OLPC; RIAA

Notable headlines: Microsoft: We'll raise our bid for Yahoo, but can't make up our mind yet. Techmeme Jason O'Grady: Excess thermal paste causing high temps in MacBook Air Ryan Stewart: Adobe Open Screen Project Dan Farber: IBM...

Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Advertisement, RIAA, Apple MacBook, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, 3G, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Professional Development, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Career, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-01

Micro-bambi meets Googol-zilla

Micro-bambi meets Googol-zillaWell, search does not have any lock-in, you can switch search providers inthe time it takes you to type a URL. So, Google must compete fiercely and stay ahead of the curve. On the other hand, they guys at MS must be the village idiots. They have NO...

Tags: Engineering, Microsoft Windows 2000, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Micro-bambi, lock in, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

Hardy Heron is hardly a snap

When I received my super-cool Android PC from Eric Burke he thoughtfully installed a copy of Ubuntu 7.10 for me, so naturally when the new Ubuntu 8.04 ("Hardy Heron") was released I wanted to upgrade it to the latest and greatest version. "Installation is a snap," writes Adrian Kingsley-Hughes. Ubuntu...

Tags: Ubuntu, Download Site, Microsoft Windows, Iso standards, Patches, Process Improvement, Web Site Development, Workforce Management, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Quality, Business Operations, Internet, Human Resources, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-04-28

Microsoft: Pondering the alternatives to Yahoo

Microsoft: Pondering the alternatives to YahooI don't see Yahoo is worth itPaying $44B for a 12% search market share that is dwindling, does not strike me as being prudent. Granted there is more to Yahoo than search, but still, I think MS can spend its money a whole lot better.RE:...

Tags: Web technology, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-04-27

HP, Lenovo join Dell in extending Windows XP

Rumors of Windows XP's demise have been greatly exaggerated. I wrote about Dell's downgrade program in a post earlier this week (Windows Vista just can't catch a break). It looks like Dell may have started something. Both HP and Lenovo now plan to offer Windows XP to...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Lenovo Group Ltd., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-04-26

Is Stiglitz the official economist of open source?

If anyone may be deemed the official economist of open source, it's probably Joseph Stiglitz right. Stiglitz, 65, was a co-winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics for work he did on the impact of asymmetric information. His paper said markets can be...

Tags: Patent, Economist, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-25

SOA management, SOA governance -- keep them separated

What's the difference between "SOA governance" and "SOA management?" Aren't they essentially the same thing? Not so, says Eric Roch, who claims some analysts wrongly are lumping the two into a single solution category. Governance is about the business, management is about technical monitoring ...

Tags: SOA, SOA Governance, SOA Governance Tool, SOA Management Tool, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-04-25

Does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer need an intervention?

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may need an intervention before this obsession with Yahoo--which is really about an obsession over Google--spins out of control. We're about to hit a second milepost in what is a frenetic week for the Microhoo saga and Yahoo employees aren't hip to merging...

Tags: Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Psychiatrist, Financial Accounting, Tools & Techniques, Finance, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-24

NJ court: IP-related info is private

Someone broke into the website of Jersey Diesel, changed the physical address listed on the site to a nonexistent address and changed the login password. Who? Owner Tim Wilson thought he knew. Shirley Read was an employee who had just returned from disability and whom Wilson had just argued with....

Tags: Subpoena, New Jersey, Comcast Corp., IP, IP Address, U.S. Supreme Court, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Network Technology, Networking, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-04-22

Where's the money in open source?

Our own open source executive, Matt Asay, asks today why he's not rich. Maybe because you're wasting your time on journalism? First rule of this profession, taught me by the late Prof. George Heitz at Northwestern three decades ago. "If you want to make...

Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-22

Week in review: Psystar and the Mac minions

A saga surrounding Mac clone maker Psystar grabs the attention of Macdom. And news from three tech bellwethers offers reassurance. (By CNET News.com's Leslie Katz) Capping a saga that had Apple watchers atwitter all week, the payment-processing merchant for Mac clone maker Psystar abruptly ended its relationship with...

Tags: Week in Review

News items 2008-04-18

Comscore: The Google fallout

Comscore: The Google falloutYes, MS does wich they could shut-up all of the analyzers talking about thedirty tricks, and problems with Vista, MS Office, etc. Ain't a gonna happen. Do we feel sorry for Billy and Stevie having their feet held to the fire?????Microsoft paid Comscore to lower forecastsfor paid...

Tags: Financial accounting, ComScore Networks Inc., Google Inc., fallout

Discussion threads 2008-04-18