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Google frets about the insider threat

Google frets about the insider threatIt makes sense.Google wants to know [i]everything[/i] they can about you, they just do not want that the other way around. ;)RE: Google frets about the insider threati'm more surprised that they haven't had someone doing this already. surely apple does, i would think.meh...non-story. nothing...

Tags: GAGGLE, Google Inc., insider threat

Discussion threads 2008-01-10

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Microsoft's store foray: Compensating for the tech retail implosion?

Microsoft's store foray: Compensating for the tech retail implosion?Good pointMS realizes it can't base its business model on inertia, so the retail store is not a bad idea. Also, I feel far more confident with the Apple store employees than I do with the employees at Best Buy, rightly or...

Tags: Retail, Desktops, Microsoft Corp., retail company, Apple Inc., PC

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

Bing is live: Nice first impression; Will Bing boost Cashback?

Bing is live: Nice first impression; Will Bing boost Cashback?It's fastI tried and it's damn fast! Too much faster than the dying Live search.Try this query...Enter "Map of New York" or pretty much anywhere.Checkout the sponsored sites ;-)RE: Bing is live: Nice first impression; Will Bing boost Cashback?Bing spices up...

Tags: Channel management, Web site development, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., CashBack, Nice first impression

Discussion threads 2009-06-01

Amazon Kindle DX: The solution to a problem that doesn't exist

From the first moment I picked up Amazon's new large-format e-reader, the Kindle DX, I liked it. The plastic was smooth to the touch, the flat e-ink screen was easy on the eyes, and the large 9.7-in. screen only magnified just how thin the...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Magazine, Textbook, Amazon Kindle, Kindle DX, DX, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-06

Student free speech vs. taxpayer rights

While this is only peripherally related to educational technology, the recent uproar over free speech at the University of Maryland is worthy of consideration; it certainly appears that both sides of the debate have reasonable points that could have long-term impacts both IT and the humanities at the university (and...

Tags: Speech, Information Technology, University, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Peer To Peer (P2P), Marketing, Management, Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-08

Variquest proves it's OK to use paper sometimes

Regular readers will know that I'm a pretty big tree hugger. I'm not quite as militant as my wife, but anywhere I can use technology to eliminate the use of paper, conserve resources, or otherwise migrate educational "stuff" whatever that might be online, I'm there. Thus,...

Tags: Poster, Education, Graphics, Teacher, Printing, Variquest, Bumper Sticker, Printers, Document Management, Productivity, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-03

Show me how you beat Microsoft in patent fight

Show me how you beat Microsoft in patent fightDid ya see thishttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/31/bridge.microsoft/index.htmlI was told in another blog that the patent is long filenames in FAT. If that is the case then we need to sue the US Patent office for giving out false patents. If they can patent...

Tags: software movement, patent, Microsoft Corp., TomTom, GPLv2

Discussion threads 2009-03-31

LIVE: Google Chrome Press Conference

LIVE: Google Chrome Press ConferenceMan, the publicity is nothing short of AMAZING. The mainstream press hasalready picked it up. The news is everywhere, there are already thousands of articles written. Seems like the whole world is buzzing about it.Firefox does NOT use WebKitFirefox uses Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine, which is...

Tags: Web browsers, mainstream press, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Google finally ready to launch Jaiku on their platform

Google finally ready to launch Jaiku on their platformLIVESEARCH Has had this forever!Gaggle copying MS again!Ballmer told me:http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.comRE: Google finally ready to launch Jaiku on their platformCopying is human nature. Children copy their parents. Students copy their teachers. Adults copy their peers. And businesses copy each...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Jaiku, Google Inc., LiveSearch

Discussion threads 2008-08-23

TSA 'checkpoint-friendly' bags fly on 16 August

After the news earlier this week the the Department of Homeland Security DHS is authorized to perform notebook computer searches at U.S. borders and the subsequent suits announced by the EFF and ALC comes a softer, friendlier federal government. The Transportation Security Administration TSA â€" who the...

Tags: transportation security administration, notebooks, hardware, notebooks & tablets, jason d. o'grady

Blog posts 2008-08-07

The Semantic Web is about bringing information to life

So says Vincent Maher, in a recent post that suggests he's sat in one too many of those meetings; "There is nothing more frustrating than a gaggle of geeks sitting in your boardroom talking about simple concepts in an unnecessarily obfuscatory manner because their revenues...

Tags: Object-oriented, Semantic Web, Ooa/Ood/Oop, RDF, XML, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Apple drops iPhone 2.0.1 update

Apple drops iPhone 2.0.1 updateThey don't know what they are doing!Talk about a keystone cops company!Microsoft makes updates and sticks by them otherwise user confidence will be erroded! -FSBhttp://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.comThese iTards are growing toooo fast, they are beninnging to remind me of Gaggle!RE: Apple drops iPhone 2.0.1 updateI know you mean...

Tags: Desktops, Apple iPhone, iPhone 2.0.1 update, iPhone 2.0.1, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheet

Guest blog: Bob Warfield has founded three startups, run R&D at Borland, developed software for Callidus and Oracle and created tools for Rational/Pure Atria. He currently works for SaaS customer service company Helpstream.  He is responsible for Quattro Pro, the Borland spreadsheet, and is the inventor of the notebook tabs...

Tags: Spreadsheet, Productivity, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Google intentionally blocking PayPal from App Engine?

Google intentionally blocking PayPal from App Engine?RE: Google intentionally blocking PayPal from App Engine?I seriously doubt they were doing it deliberately, it's not like they could have done it without people realising.And as for anonymously bashing ebay, they were arguing against ebay cutting off other payment methods hardly surprising. They...

Tags: cloud computing, Google Inc., App Engine, PayPal

Discussion threads 2008-06-11

A gaggle of Google I/O predictions

CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Stephen Shankland discuss the upcoming Google I/O conference in San Francisco. Could a second mobile SDK be released? Or maybe the winner of the Android developer contest?

Tags: Google Inc., I/O, News, kara tsuboi, steven shankland, google, sdk, android, iphone, apple, conferences

Videos 2008-05-28

ByDesign, the younger person's ERP

Many of the small and mid-sized businesses to whom SAP would like to sell its Business ByDesign SaaS offering are family-owned, especially in sectors like manufacturing, distribution and retail. SAP seems to feel that ByDesign will appeal to the forward-looking younger generation of those families â€" the future heirs of...

Tags: Peter Zencke, Product, SAP AG, ERP, WIMA, Roi/Tco, Sales Strategy, Outsourcing, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Sales, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-05-21

Citrix Synergy Announcements

Today is the first day of Citrix's Synergy Conference and the company has come out with a gaggle of announcements. (As an aside, do announcements come in gaggles, coveys, pods, or packs?) The centerpiece is Citrix's announcement that XenDesktop is now available. Another important announcement is that Citrix now is...

Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Virtualization and security

It's easy to spot market trends when many vendors call to schedule meetings and all of them want to speak about the same topic. The topic du mois is security in virtualized environments. Some of the suppliers are taking a very broad view of both security and virtualized environments. Others...

Tags: Network, Environment, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Virtualization, Security, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Twitter, again

Last month, a colleague of mine attended the South by Southwest conference, a techno-lovefest that brings together software developers, graphic designers and a gaggle of luminaries of various persuasions. The big news, according to him, is that Twitter has come of age. (For a good explanation of Twitter see here.)...

Tags: Twitter, Instant Feedback, Web 2.0, Blogging, Internet, Ed Gottsman

Blog posts 2008-04-14

Parents speak out on computer-game violence and ratings

Parents speak out on computer-game violence and ratingsMy peers? I hope not."Now that our children are getting older and wanting to play some of the more adult games, we are more aware of the violence""When I was younger, I loved blood and gore in my games... Violence in games...

Tags: Games, violence, game

Discussion threads 2008-04-11