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US Embassy joins in the Green Dam fray

US Embassy joins in the Green Dam frayUh?Did our embassy forget that China is a communist country underneath it all? As sad as it is, the Chinese government can do practically anything it wants. Good luck. RE: US Embassy joins in the Green Dam frayAnd this from...

Tags: Manufacturing, Green Dam, Green Dam fray, Embassy, manufacturer, fray

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

Musicians and their fans join online political fray

Musicians and their fans join online political fray$9.99 song???[The sometimes profane lyrics hammer Democrats, including presidential candidate John Kerry. The site offers the song as a CD single for $9.99.]That must be a great song since it's 10 times more expensive than a regular 99 cents download.The proceeds must be...

Tags: political fray, Ted, fray

Discussion threads 2004-11-01

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GOOG is not making phones or buying newspapers

But, will they make a super cheap Arm based Netbook???Or, maybe they will pay a partner to make, sell, and support an Arm based netbook.specs:dual core arm2 GB memory32 GB SSD11.5 inch screen12 hour battery lifeExplain if you please ...1. Conglomerate e.g. Sony.2. Diversification e.g. M$ Zune and XBOX.3. Why...

Tags: Engineering, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, phone, Google Inc., battery

Discussion threads 2009-10-31

Netbooks may not be for everyone, but they're peachy in Ed

No netbooks hereI'm at a campus with 2000 students, have not seen a netbook yet.Students have to do a LOT of typing for papers, and need a full size keyboard.RE: Netbooks may not be for everyone, but they're peachy in EdOur children are experienced users and will not be happy...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

On the future of Open Source thought leadership

After over a decade of being in the shadow of the Free Software movement and 30 years of its inflexible dogmatic principles, disruptive new Open Source thought leadership is emerging that is truly able to compromise with the realistic needs of business and end-users without carrying...

Tags: Software, Leadership, Richard Stallman, Open Source, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-08

Blizzard Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos 1.24b (Mac)

In Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, players revisit the war-torn world of Azeroth a generation after the end of the Second War between the Orcs and the Humans. The fragile peace that had since settled over the land is now on the verge of being shattered, for a dark power...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Player, Blizzard, World Editor, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-09-23

AMD predicts more Intel revelations

AMD is what we runAMD processors in blades are more efficient and more cost effective...We are 100% AMD as well.It has saved our company a lot of money and has cost it nothing. Unless pure performance is the goal, I can't find one reason to run Intel. And that is...

Tags: Processors, Regulations, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., revelation

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Red Hat becomes bona fide virtualization vendor

It's no surprise that Red Hat is taking pot shots at VMware and Microsoft these days. The Raleigh, NC company has always slammed Microsoft but is not just a Linux vendor anymore. By virtue of its acquisition of Qumranet and its release of Enterprise Linux 5.4 this...

Tags: Desktop, Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Virtualization, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-09-04

Enterprise Irregulars Join Social CRM Fray

Your a great self promoter my friend not a bad thing"While I?m of course oversimplifying, just having completed an 856 page book on this (4th edition of CRM at the Speed of Light) - 704 pages in print, 152 pages digitally available freely (5 chapters) - all in late October...

Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, CRM

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

News to know: Culture of cheap; Microsoft, Nokia; eBay; Apple

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. Andrew Nusca: Culture of cheap: How discount computers cost the consumer Jason Perlow: Der Frankenputer: A Last Hurrah at...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Cloud Computing, Phishing, Virtualization, Sales Strategy, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Word, Smart Phones, Security, Spam And Phishing, Hardware, Sales, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-13

Enterprise Irregulars Join Social CRM Fray

I'd say that the headline is a bit of an understatement or maybe even a misstatement by me.  Let me tell you why. If your life preference is to cower under bedcovers, then you might not have heard of the Enterprise Irregulars EI.   They are a group of iconoclastic, often...

Tags: Blog, Customer, CRM, Ross, Customer Insight, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Sales, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-08-12

News to know: VMWare; Facebook acquires Friendfeed; Facebook Search; MS Office;

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. Larry Dignan: VMware goes shopping: Buys SpringSource for $420 million; Can it keep the open source mojo? Joe McKendrick: Panel: too...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mobile, Microsoft Office, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Storage

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Microsoft joins HTML 5 standard fray in earnest

Real standards[i]"That's important because Microsoft has of late embraced a standard-centric philosophy when it comes to what technology IE supports, and IE is of course the dominant browser on the market."[/i]Microsoft has never been particularly keen on supporting real standards, they've always preferred their own formats to maintain their monopoly.IE...

Tags: Web browsers, Quality, XHTML, W3C, Microsoft Corp., standards, HTML, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, ISO

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Does free antivirus offer a false feeling of security?

Does free antivirus offer a false feeling of security?No it does not..."Does free antivirus offer a false feeling of security?" No it does not, not anymore then commercial does. The real question is does all antivirus software offer a false feeling of security? I am undecided...

Tags: Viruses and worms, Virustotal.com, false feeling, antivirus, security, malware

Discussion threads 2009-07-14

What Corporate Sustainability can learn from twitter, Robert Scoble & Iran

[caption id="attachment_763" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Amanpour: A little more Davos & Friend Feed, a little less Damascus & live feed?"][/caption] The celebrated celebrity blogger, Robert Scoble, is ticked off with CNN over its weak coverage of the Iran election and aftermath. In his most recent blog post -'The day Twitter kicked...

Tags: Sustainability, Social Media, CNN, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-06-22

US Embassy joins in the Green Dam fray

The U.S. government is stepping into the outrage over Green Dam - Youth Escort - China's government-mandated spyware PC makers install on every computer sold in the country. The U.S. Embassy in Beijing released a "concerned" statement: The U.S. Government is...

Tags: China, Industry, Outrage, Computer, Government, Productivity, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-21

E-reader devices: The fun is just starting

The interest in e-readers, or e-books as they are called now, has reached a fever pitch. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos fields nothing but Kindle questions at the company's  shareholder meeting. Prime View picks up E Ink, the company that supplies the screen to Amazon's Kindle, for $215 million. And companies...

Tags: Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Sarah Rotman Epps, E-books, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Oracle & Google: Of Goats, Grids and GRI

Interesting developments this week for energy efficiency prospects with both Oracle and Google entering the fray of the green grid business. Oracle now boasts an end to end offering for Utilities so they can optimize resources and better manage sustainability performance. This includes everything from network load analysis to mobile repairs to...

Tags: Sustainability, Google Inc., Oracle Corp., Grid, Utilities, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-05-22

News to know: Windows 7; RIM; Botnet hijack; Amazon

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. Ed Bott: What to expect from Windows 7. Gallery right Mary Jo Foley: So many Microsoft codenames, so little time... The...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows 7, Antitrust, AT&T Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Law, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-05

Amazon's Kindle enters the paperless office fray?

Amazon's Kindle enters the paperless office fray?Amazon won't want it used for that...While I agree that a wireless device like this would be a boon for moving us toward a mostly paperless office, I don't think Amazon will ever let this particular device be fully-used for that purpose. They want...

Tags: Wi-Fi, paperless office, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle

Discussion threads 2009-05-04