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Moblin 2.0 - First run (First look: Intel's Moblin 2.0 Linux desktop for netbooks)

Moblin 2.0 - First run (First look: Intel's Moblin 2.0 Linux desktop for netbooks)Fedora rocks! I will be a customer!Fedora is in my opinion the 'best' all around Linux distro for me.HOWEVER, the beauty of Linux distro's is choice and others have LOTS of options to choose form to customize...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Linux, Moblin 2.0 Linux desktop, Moblin 2.0, First Run, First Look, netbook, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-26

Windows 7 RC - First Run (First look: Windows 7 RC)

Windows 7 RC - First Run (First look: Windows 7 RC)Okay, that is one DISTURBING wallpaper...Who is Microsoft hiring to come up with these things!

Tags: Operating systems, Windows 7 RC, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-04-26

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CompanionLink Express 2.0 for Palm OS 2.0 (Mobile)

Power in your Palm! CompanionLink Express is a two-way synchronization solution for busy professionals that need mobile access to contacts, appointments, to-do lists, and notes. Synchronize your ACT!, GoldMine, Outlook, and Lotus Notes information with any Palm mobile device. Increase your productivity and business contact capabilities immediately!CompanionLink offers more CRM...

Tags: Mobile, Palm Inc., ACT!, CompanionLink Software, CompanionLink Express, Palm OS, Mobile Operating Systems, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-21

Will Microsoft's Silverlight dampen the appeal of Google's Chrome OS?

MS is the past Google is the future so NopeGoogle is the old MS, MS is the old IBM. PC_DOS never made it, MS_DOS did. The driving factor was openness and innovation.Today and in the near future, Google has bothToday MS sees profit only and based on thatdrives...

Tags: Operating systems, Leadership, BOOT UP TIMES, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Chrome OS, Chrome, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Conference energy levels

Coming to Dreamforce has been a revelation. The news was dominated by Chatter but that only tells a fraction of the real story. As I sat in the media room chatting sic to an old buddy it occurred to me this was a conference that annoyed for all...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Event, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Sales Force Management, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-20

CompanionLink Professional 2.0 for Pocket PC 2.0 (Mobile)

Power in your Pocket! CompanionLink Professional is the most powerful synchronization tool for people who use Pocket PC devices with ACT!, GoldMine and Lotus Notes. CompanionLink's detailed synchronization features make the most of your PDA investment, increasing both your productivity and business contact capabilities. If you are using multiple databases,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, GoldMine, ACT!, CompanionLink Software, CompanionLink Professional, Pocket PC, Microsoft Windows, PDAs, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows CE, Hardware, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-20

CompanionLink Express 2.0 for Pocket PC 2.0 (Mobile)

Power in your Pocket! CompanionLink Express quickly and easily synchronizes ACT!, GoldMine and Lotus Notes with any Windows Mobile-Pocket PC device. CompanionLink's detailed synchronization features make the most of your PDA investment, increasing both your productivity and business contact capabilities. CompanionLink offers more CRM features than any other synchronization tool...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, ACT!, CompanionLink Software, Pocket PC, Microsoft Windows, PDAs, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows CE, Mobile Operating Systems, Hardware, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-20

CrossOver Games 8.1.2 (Mac)

Now gamers can play the games they want, on whatever platform they want! With CrossOver Games, you can run many popular Windows games on your Intel OS X Mac or Linux PC. Whatever your tastes -- first-person shooters, fantasy, strategy, MMORPGs -- CrossOver Games provides the capability to run many...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, CodeWeavers Inc., Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-20

Google makes Chrome OS open source today

I like itThe ChromeOS demo looked pretty cool!I'm almost 100% webapp-based already, so I could see myself using a simple, fast & no maintenance OS like that the majority of the time.I like it too, but, for me, I need to compile and run programs locally. I would imagine that...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, open source, Google Inc., Chrome, operating system, ChromeOS

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

FAA hit with network glitch; Flight plans go manual

Another glitch with a linux network? Its hard to believe people still use it for anything critical like the FAA and flight tracking. Its a toy OS and should not be used when the lives of people are dependent upon it.Cisco supplies the network backboneIt will be interesting to see...

Tags: Operating systems, Sun Solaris, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, network, FAA, operating system, Flight Plan, network glitch, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Mozilla locks out rogue Firefox add-ons

Firefox has conquered IEIt is evident that Firefox free has conquered IE, plus the fact the majority of sites work regardless of browser.The days of this old bait & switch from MS are over.But I thought the whole point behind "open source"......was to allow ANYONE to put code in their...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, open source, Mozilla Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 public betas now available for download

Microsoft still firmly planted in the LAST century.NTLinux Kernel speaks?Hmmm, I'd fear for the future of Linux if this is what comes out of it. You'd think the "many eyes" would have caught such silly logic in the kernel years ago...and looking ready to dominate this oneas well.Google is...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, public beta, Microsoft SharePoint, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Office suites, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 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

Disks: why size means performance

OK, Smarty pants...How do I use only the outer-most sectors of my 500GB disk?Performance != reliabilitySeagate has progressively gotten worse with reliability - that's why they cut the 5-year warranty back down to 3 years. Western Digital has made great strides with reliability though. WD isn't focussing on...

Tags: Serial ATA, SSD, SAS Institute, SAS Drives, performance, disk

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Yahoo's dwindling search share: Time to panic?

Typical MicrosoftThis is normal business practice for MS. Partner up with someone, take what they need, then discard them.Ask anyone from RealNetworks how their partnership went.It's about search.Wow, it looks like the volume of search users use the search engine that delivers better results.Google search is better than Bing...

Tags: E-mail, SEARCH, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Bing

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Firefox faces browser clone war in China

Come on ZDNet!!!!Is this really newsworthy????Newsworthy? That's not the point...ZDNet's intent was not to write about anything worthwhile. It's intent was to draw you in and to have you read further in order to get you to visit at least one more page in their web-site.If they had...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Google to demo Chrome OS; Detail launch plans

the windoze killer has arrivedChrome OS will put the final nail in M$ coffin!You really can't be seriousyou have to be a fake or something.Your posts are allways way off the mark.By like a continent or two.Windoze? Grow up, manI hope Chrome is good - because it will make...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., operating system, Chrome OS, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scareware

RE: Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scarewareI'm glad Microsoft Windows goes the extra mile to protect users from this kind of mischief. In Microsoft Windows I can set security zones in the Internet Options window so that only trusted sites will load, or set it so internet...

Tags: Operating systems, Construction, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Web site, Web, Loverock Davidson, Linux, window, Microsoft Windows, security, Windows User, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Do former CEOs make better politicians than career diplomats?

Well, The Poll is Evidence of the ProblemAt this point, those who think CEOs would not make good politicians outnumber those who do. But the original question was a comparison; do former CEOs make better diplomats than career politicians? Too many people have still been brainwashed into thinking that politicians...

Tags: Professional development, career, career diplomat, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

CRM Association-Netherlands Rocks Het Huis!

I'm in love with Amsterdam....no wait, I love it but I'm not in love....no, hold on, I like it a lot, but I'm not in love, nor do I love it. The Theory.... Interestingly enough (to me at least and who else am I really writing this for...

Tags: Car, Amsterdam, Conference, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-16