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- Microsoft tries toppling Google with a bribe
- Big CatchMySpace, Fox News, couple dozen newspapers, couple dozen magazines, other Fox channels, Sky.The major News Corp viewers will see that if they want to search, they'll Bing it.Even if people link News Corp content in Twitter or Blogs, Google can't go to those links and crawl the content on...
- Tags: Blogging, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., News Corp., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over Alex, Nook
- I kind of want to see barnes and noble win this one...The whole concept of a sliding image preview isn't exactly revolutionary, and it does look decidedly different from the bulky, 2003-esque block interface of the alex.On a personal note, I think the alex looks like some children's toy out...
- Tags: Sales channel, E-books, NDA, Barnes & Noble Inc., B&N, credit card, patent, Nook, password
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Laptop computers
- This year the laptop list was a tough assignment for several reasons. First, the emergence of a new class of ultra-thin laptops--spawned by lower-cost processors from Intel and AMD--has made things more complicated. Second, there's a fresh crop of Windows 7 laptops, and...
- Tags: Processor, Hard Drive, Performance, Apple MacBook, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Intel Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Compaq CQ61z, Timeline 1810T, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-11-01
- Microsoft to drop Office Accounting product, services
- DumbWhat a dumb move their Accounting software was one of the best products they had.Anyone notice a trend?Dumping Money, dumping Office Accounting, and all at a time when the Feds are increasingly regulating Financial firms. While MS is clearly not a "Financial" Company it looks alot like they are...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Office Accounting, Microsoft Corp., Intuit QuickBooks, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- What's the key to Apple's success?
- One word: QUALITYA concept absent from WindowslandTDSo sad to see how Apple destroyed the word "innovation"Apple has never, ever, done anything innovative. By applying the term to blatant rebadging of 5 year old technology, you devalue the meaning of the word and insult those who actually [b]do[/b] innovate. For shame.Oh,...
- Tags: Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Efficient Diary 1.76 build 65 (Windows)
- Efficient Diary is a completely free while still beautiful, easy-to-use and powerful electronic diary software package. With its unique and powerful flash full-text search technique, you can simply enter a word in the diary to quickly find the corresponding entries! The product has a strong edit function similar to that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, EfficientSoftware.net, Diary Entry, Login Password, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Microsoft Word, Engineering, Management, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2009-10-21
- Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown
- iTunes? Quicktime?Let's see--- his tests were largely based on running two Apple apps. And imagine this! The Apple apps did better on Apple hardware. What a surprise!Not.Come on, guys. That's not a benchmark. That's an ad.Of course it is an adwhat else did you expect from a fan boy?Seriously, iTunes...
- Tags: Operating systems, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple-hardware, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, performance
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- RIM BlackBerry Storm 2 (Verizon Wireless)
- Photo gallery:BlackBerry Storm 2Let's be honest. Research in Motion's first foray in the world of the touch-screen smartphones wasn't exactly a smashing success. The RIM BlackBerry Storm was riddled with bugs and performance issues, which were resolved with subsequent software updates, but still, the damage had been done. However, there...
- Tags: Handhelds, Keyboards, Smart phones, Verizon Wireless, RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Storm 2, RIM BlackBerry Storm 2, Storm 2, BlackBerry Storm
- Product reviews 2009-10-15
- 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
- Efficient Notes 1.76 (Windows)
- Efficient Notes is an elegant, easy-to-use and powerful memo and notebook software package. With Efficient Notes, you only need to manage your memos, notes and desktop sticky notes in one interface and one file. With its unique and powerful flash full-text search technique, simply enter a word in a note...
- Tags: IBM Lotus Notes, Note, Microsoft Windows, EfficientSoftware.net, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-10-14
- Microsoft hints at second low-cost Office option
- Looks like they figured out that the price people are willing to pay for MSOffice is going to be falling like a rock. Can you say "pennies on the dollar"??$0 is about rightfor all the headaches MS has caused the world.M$ still has to drop the price a lotin order...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-10-12
- HP Envy 13
- Even a cursory glance will tell you the HP Envy 13 is a very nicely made premium 13-inch laptop. It's a solid slab of aluminum and magnesium, etched with interesting visual details, and filled with capable components, such as a dual-core low-voltage Intel CPU and discrete ATI graphics. It's...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Envy 13, Hewlett-Packard Co., Voodoo, Apple MacBook
- Product reviews 2009-09-30
- SocialToo gives social networkers a false sense of security
- False SenseI think there is an innate false sense of security with social media after the initial exposure and use of a platform (FB, TWTR, LinkedIn etc.).Anything that adds an additional layer of "false sense" needs to be brought in the light, as you did... good post.If SocialToo "GETS IT"...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, SocialToo, false sense, social networker, networker, security
- Discussion threads 2009-09-28
- Could Google Fast Flip get kids reading news again?
- "I'm a big fan of Google"Really, Chris? You're a big fan of Google? I had no idea!Seriously, though, does your school district know that you are now working full time for Google?Hard to believehe actually works for a school district given his blogs. I didn't think any...
- Tags: school district, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- Microsoft Bing gets visual search; full 2.0 update later this fall
- Top iPhone appsHa ha, one of the visual search galleries is for iPhone apps, how ironic!BUT, Can We Block The Bing Cookies?One issue that is irritating me with MS is their disregard for me, and for every person who uses MS products. (No, I am not anti MS. However, I...
- Tags: Web browsers, IE8, Microsoft Bing, cookie, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Microsoft DirectX Redistributable (August 2009) 9.27.1734 (Windows)
- Microsoft DirectX is a group of technologies designed to make Windows-based computers an ideal platform for running and displaying applications rich in multimedia elements such as full-color graphics, video, 3D animation, and rich audio. DirectX includes security and performance updates, along with many new features across all technologies, which can...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., DirectX, Microsoft DirectX, Microsoft Windows, Performance Management, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Software downloads 2009-09-08
- Efficient Notes Free 1.75 Build 56 (Windows)
- Efficient Notes Free is an elegant, easy-to-use and powerful memo and notebook software package. With Efficient Notes Free, you only need to manage your memos, notes and desktop sticky notes in one interface and one file. With its unique and powerful flash full-text search technique, simply enter a word in...
- Tags: IBM Lotus Notes, Note, Microsoft Windows, EfficientSoftware.net, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2009-09-03
- SBI Sumishin Net Bank: A Full-Banking Service, Internet-Only Bank
- Headquartered in Tokyo, SBI Sumishin Net Bank is an "Internet-only" bank established as a joint venture between SBI Holdings and Sumitomo Trust & Banking. In Japan, competition in the Internet banking business has been intensifying. In this environment, SBI Sumishin Net Bank, Ltd. aimed to bring to market a broad...
- Tags: Bank, Internet Banking, SOA, Accounting System, Internet, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Banking, Financial Services, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance
- Case studies 2009-08-31
- Microsoft to add more anti-piracy features to Office 2010
- It's been said before, but it bears repeatingIf Microsoft spent anywhere near the time it spends policing piracy on feature correctness, and bug squashing, there would be much less need to worry about piracy.Most people know that there are many ways to get Office cheaply and legitimately, and no one...
- Tags: Piracy, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., antipiracy
- Discussion threads 2009-08-27
- Should Apple make its own TV?
- yes!I have been looking for a smart tv for a while and it came only as a PC connected to a big monitor.Somebody has to break the ice, and, if it's Apple, more power to them.No!Can you imagine an Apple TV:It will be priced twice as much as any other...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Apple Inc., TV, Apple TV
- Discussion threads 2009-08-21
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