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XM+Sirius merger thoughts

Personally I think the merger could be a good thing for not only the two companies, but for the listeners as well. My reasons are likely different than most of what you will read out there, but there are some things that the new company could do that many people...

Tags: Web 2.0, RSS, Collaboration, Convergence, Mashups, Apple, Feeds

Blog posts 2007-02-21

Yahoo! Pipes unclogged, metaphor officially retired

The big news yesterday was the announcement and launch of Yahoo! pipes. Grokked by so many people, the site choked and was unavailable for most of the day. Luckily they put their best person on the job and the site is back up today. I...

Tags: Web 2.0, News, Business, Tech, Google, Yahoo, Mashups, Web as Platform, Feeds, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Pipes

Blog posts 2007-02-09

Additional Resources

Parse.ly: better feeds with less garnish

I haven't figured out a way to manage Google Reader. I tried using Fever, but it doesn't find news that matters to me... and it cost $30. Techmeme is my home page, but I think it needs an upgrade. I would like a feed...

Tags: E-mail Providers, Engineering, Cloud Computing, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-11-24

Apple's Schiller defends app approval process; misses the point

Maybe so, but you miss it too.The point is Apple [b]doesn't care![/b] Apple has the Bad Cop/Good Cop thing down pat. Steve feeds his Napoleon complex and Phil trots out to make warm and fuzzy noises. Remember-Steve never wanted the app store, his plan was web apps only (unless he...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., NOW IT

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

FeedDemon 3.0.45 (Windows)

FeedDemon, the most popular Windows RSS reader. The easy-to-use interface makes it a snap to stay informed with the latest news and information. You can completely customize the way feeds are organized and displayed and set up custom news watches based on keywords. You can even download podcasts and audio...

Tags: NewsGator, RSS, Microsoft Windows, Podcasts, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-24

Apple's latest TV ads defend AT&T

Defending the bottom lineThe iPhone is AT&T's highest-profile 3G device. Period. And Verizon's attack ads on AT&T's 3G service coverage may be about as devastating as it gets. After all, haven't we seen quite a number of iPhone users on ZDNet complaining about the poor 3G service...

Tags: Smart phones, advertisement, TV, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., iPhone User, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

CRM-Express Professional 2009.9.3 (Windows)

CRM Software CRM-Express Professional is a Contact, eSales and eMarketing Manager. CRM-Express can manage your marketing, customers, sales and orders. Features include SMS abilities, E-mail Client, Calendar, Address Book, My work day, News Feeds, Meeting Planner, Company Library, Form Designer, Journal. CRM-Express is now fully re-entrant, multi-user and network enabled....

Tags: Microsoft Windows, CRM, PGCSoft, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-23

Roku becomes cloud-enabled with new Roku Channel Store and Developer SDK

The new Roku Channel Store, which is being rolled out to all Roku devices, will greatly expand the capabilities of the $99 set-top on-demand streaming device. Late Sunday night, Roku announced that its players would now have a "Channel...

Tags: Developer, SDK, Roku Inc., Roku Channel Store, Managed Hosting, Corporate Communications, Cloud Computing, Podcasts, Marketing, Internet, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-11-22

RemoteSight 1.0.1 (Mac)

RemoteSight is an application for video and audio transmission over a network. It captures video from any attached video input device (for example the built-in iSight camera included in many Macintosh computers), which can then be viewed on another computer over a network or the internet. The primary use of...

Tags: Video Surveillance, Apple Macintosh, Video, Camera, Computer, Ben Bird, RemoteSight, Feature List, Corporate Communications, Productivity, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-20

Talking Clipboard 1.7.1.5 (Windows)

Talking Clipboard is a text to speech software, that can read text documents, RSS feeds and Web pages using realistic synthetic voices and can convert text to audio files for your music player. It has lots of useful features, and supports all SAPI 5 compliant voices. It can read text...

Tags: Audio, Voice, Microsoft Windows, Talking Clipboard, Keyboards, RSS, Telecommunications, Hardware, Peripherals, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-20

Chatter: Amplified

Last evening, fellow ZDNet'ers Mike Krigsman, Dion Hinchcliffe, Tom Foremski, Brian Sommer along with fellow Enterprise Advocate Vinnie Mirchandani and I sat down with Parker Harris, co-founder Salesforce.com to get a deep dive into the rationale behind Chatter, what it's really about and where it's going. ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-19

Apple Tablet - Unofficial, unannounced ... but still delayed

You guys have been asking...You guys have been asking for a Mac tablet for years already, while we have been able to get tablet PCs for many years now, in many different form factors and from many different vendors.Yet when you close your world off by relying solely on Apple,...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, Apple Inc., vaporware

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Action Scanner for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)

Action Scanner for iPhone lets users scan through their choice of Police, Fire, EMS and other feeds from around the country. Streaming audio scanner feeds can be exciting, but when there is a lapse in the action things get boring quickly. It features over 1,600 stations currently available and the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Station, Mobile, Geoffrey Rainville, Streaming Audio Scanner, Scanners, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-11-19

Dreamforce: Benioff introduces Chatter

At Dreamforce Global Gathering 2009 in San Francisco, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and technology head Parker Harris show attendees Chatter, a new collaboration and social media tool built for the enterprise. Benioff says the new tool will leverage social-networking models and bring them into a secure and private cloud where...

Tags: Social Media, Marc Benioff, Productivity, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Salesforce CEO chatters about new social media platform

At Dreamforce Global Gathering 2009 in San Francisco, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and technology head Parker Harris show attendees Chatter, a new collaboration and social media tool built for the enterprise. Benioff says the new tool will leverage social-networking models and bring them into a secure and private cloud where...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Social Media, Marc Benioff, Salesforce, Chatter

Videos 2009-11-18

Salesforce Chatter: Social operating systems emerge on the IT stage

The next big shift: Intranets, portals, and software suites that are the integrating force of the social fabric for our organizations. This morning's announcement here at Dreamforce today from Salesforce of Chatter, an enterprise-class realization of Facebook and Twitter, is further evidence of the industry's push for social Web capabilities...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Information Technology, Operating System, Environment, Social Computing, Chatter, Status Update, Groups, Sales Force Management, Social Networking, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Salesforce Chatter: Facebook for the Enterprise

Salesforce is announcing today a Salesforce Chatter, an enteprise collaboration application akin to Facebook. The move puts SalesForce in competition with offerings from other providers, including IBM Lotus. Here's what's being delivered. Features: Profiles: Just like profiles on popular consumer-oriented social networking sites, Salesforce Chatter profiles include...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Facebook, Platform, App, Force.com, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Office 2010 Beta 2: More than just a bunch of pretty icons

Of course its better, they stole ideas fromOf course 2010 is better, they stole (oops, innovated) most of the new ideas from Office MVPs that built add ins to previous versions. (There is a very silent revolt going on in the MVP ranks over it and many long term...

Tags: Numbering, Microsoft Office, Office MVP, ribbon, Microsoft Word

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

CDXZipStream 8.0.0 (Windows)

CDXZipStream is a complete geocoding solution for analyzing zip code and address data in Microsoft Excel. Using an intuitive, patented interface, you simply specify the data you want and where you want it. CDXZipStream has built in features for mapping, reverse zip code look-up, creating zip code lists by state...

Tags: ZIP Code, Hughes Financial, CDXZipStream, Premium Data, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems

Software downloads 2009-11-17

Synology Disk Station DS409slim - NAS server

Synology Disk Station DS409slim is a true miniature powerhouse in the network-attached storage device market. It's the first 2.5-inch hard drive-based NAS server we've reviewed that offers hot-swappable capability. However, that is its least impressive feature. The server did well in our performance tests and, like other Synology products we've...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, disk, DS409Slim, NAS, NAS server, hard drive, server, RAID

Product reviews 2009-11-16