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- Patch Tuesday: 7 bulletins, 18 flaws, all critical
- Patch Tuesday: 7 bulletins, 18 flaws, all criticalThe gauntlet is thrown...I think this can be a good thing if it pushes Apple to do a better job in the future. Hopefully they'll take a hint and push for better security and tighter code.And, if MS continues down this path, that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Mac OS X, SECURITY, Operating systems, Web browsers, Patches, Even Better, gauntlet, Microsoft Windows Vista, flaw, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-08
- VC Funding 101
- Venture capital is the lifeblood of a start-up company. Paul Holland of Foundation Capital runs through the gauntlet of steps a prospective company typically goes through to get funded, and explains what capital investors are looking for.
- Tags: Start-up Company, Gauntlet, Investment, venture capital, Financial Accounting, Finance, Financing Startups
- Whiteboards 2006-07-07
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- The Perils of Showboating
- The Perils of ShowboatingMocking companies looking for VC moneyYears ago I wrote two articles about start up presentation events. Out in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley there are tons of these events. It was getting out of hand so to have some fun with it, some producers thought it...
- Tags: Gong Show, Perils
- Discussion threads 2008-08-24
- TSA makes laptop travel easier - or not?
- TSA makes laptop travel easier - or not?The existing rules are a pain......but everyone knows what they are and there's no guesswork or interpretation required. As you describe them, the new rules appear to be a step backwards from that point of view.TSA is a jokeIt's a response to...
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, Transportation Security Administration
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- Dell throws down the green gauntlet, again. Fulfills carbon-neutrality pledge
- Dell throws down the green gauntlet, again. Fulfills carbon-neutrality pledgeDell Computer Tech SupportDell can go green and make great computers, but they need good tech support. Their tech support is so bad as to be nonexistent.Your call goes to a machine that takes your info and passes your call to...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- News to know: Microsoft's Fiji; Apple; Green IT
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft finally speaks out on 'Fiji' Zack Whittaker: Windows Fiji: a world class failure Gallery: Windows Fiji - Screenshots right Gallery: Windows Fiji - Setup Garett Rogers: Google Translate for iPhone has...
- Tags: apple iphone, larry dignan, green it, apple inc., microsoft corp., microsoft windows, e-mail, operating systems, software, online communications
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
- Dell throws down the green gauntlet, again. Fulfills carbon-neutrality pledge
- When was the last time you heard about a high-tech company reaching a promised delivery date AHEAD of schedule? And, yet, that is exactly what Dell says it has done. Last fall, it pledged to achieve carbon-neutrality by the end of 2008. Well, it's just the start...
- Tags: dell computer corp., investment, finance, heather clancy
- Blog posts 2008-08-10
- Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?
- Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has thrown down the gauntlet to his merry band of open source followers: Make Ubuntu as pretty and ultimately better looking than Apple's Mac OS. eWeek's Darryl Taft quotes Shuttleworth Techmeme: "The great task in front of...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Operating System, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018
- Since my blogging buddy Harry Fuller is on vacation this week, I need to pick up the gauntlet and ensure that we've got some good political fodder for those of you who want to debate the existence of global warming and the necessity of reducing our dependence on foreign oil....
- Tags: San Jose, Mr., Al Gore, Fossil Fuel, Gore, Blogging, Investment, Internet, Finance, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Delta Airlines pioneers biometric aiport security screening
- As predicted in my previous post about Continental Airlines' actively obstructive behavior in order to prevent access to CLEAR lanes in its major airport hubs, a major competing airline, Delta Airlines threw down the gauntlet this morning as the first major domestic US air carrier to...
- Tags: Security, Delta Air Lines Inc., Clear, Business Structures, Finance, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- RSnake picks on Google Health... yes, Google wants your medical records, too!
- RSnake picks on Google Health... yes, Google wants your medical records, too!They'll have to pry them off of my cold, dead fingersHow much do you want to bet I won't even notice? Or even have a say in the matter. :(It's bad enough Microsoft wants to take over the world....
- Tags: Vertical industries, Google Inc., RSnake, Google Wants, Google Health, medical record, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- Doing the Microsoft patent math
- Just over a year ago, Microsoft officials threw down the patent gauntlet, claiming free and open-source software violated 235 of its patents -- but refused and continue to refuse to get more specific. Today, thanks to a post by my ZDNet blogging colleague Jason Perlow, there's a new piece of...
- Tags: Patent, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., Patent Application, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- Microsoft courts open-source vendors to support Win Server 2008
- When Microsoft officially launches Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 in one fell swoop on February 27, it will have a cadre of software, hardware and services partners backing its play. One group that won't be physically onstage with Microsoft CEO Steve...
- Tags: Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- Immunity launches exploit for 'unlikely' Windows worm hole
- A workable exploit attack for a TCP/IP vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows has been launched into the wild courtesy of security firm Immunity. On Jan. 17, it became clear that you shouldn't dawdle on deploying Microsoft's MS08-001 patch. That patch, issued Jan. 8, fixed a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Security Company, Microsoft Corp., Exploit, Tcp/Ip, Microsoft Windows, Security, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-29
- HP slashes power consumption across its PCs, notebooks
- I knew the Consumer Electronics Show this week was bound to be busy from a green tech standpoint. Who could resist the hype? Sure enough, Hewlett-Packard has fired the first in a salvo of green first this or thats for 2008. Specifically, HP has thrown down the...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Power Consumption, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-01-08
- If you hate Microsoft you'll really hate this: Patent app calls for "enforcing" ad playback within downloaded multimedia files
- From my read of a Microsoft Patent application just published today, technology is being proposed that will make it impossible for users who download multimedia files to play these files unless advertising messages inserted within these files are viewed. In other words, no...
- Tags: Playback, Multimedia, Advertisement, Media, Microsoft Corp., Insertion Engine, Playback Engine, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
- Dell's answer to HP and Apple: 2G Core 2 Duo, 20-inch monitor, $499
- Dell's answer to HP and Apple: 2G Core 2 Duo, 20-inch monitor, $499Surprised at the display"Dell 20 inch Widescreen E207WFP Analog Flat Panel Display"I figured that video outputs on just about all computers had gone digital and that moniot makers only kept the analog inputs for compatibility with older machines.Not...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Cellular phones, Desktops, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., monitor, 2G, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-12
- Virtual Iron 4.2 - Increased Support for Production Environments
- The folks at Virtual Iron have just announced that they've added some important new features to an already very powerful virtualization environment. In addition to their previous focus on consolidation, agility, optimization and availability, Virtual Iron 4.2 adds features designed to improve network performance, increase platform support and expand the...
- Tags: Environment, Virtual Server, Server, Virtual Machine, Virtual Iron, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Servers, Open Source, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2007-12-11
- The unofficial directory of the 'OpenSocial Alliance' (26 companies and counting)
- It seems as though barely an hour passes where some other company doesn't go public with its plans to support Google's recently announced OpenSocial framework and it's getting hard to keep track of them. Not only that, how do we refer to "them" (at last count, 24 26 of them)....
- Tags: Alliance, Google OpenSocial, Wiki, Strategy, Online Communications, Management, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-11-02
- Cable companies and competition
- The FCC announced yesterday that they would ban exclusive agreements with apartment complexes that enabled cable companies to lock-out competition through long-term contracts that prevent residents from using alternatives. I do know that this often meant such complexes banned installation of satellite dishes anywhere on the property, which was the...
- Tags: Cable Company, Regulation, Government, Regulations, Vertical Industries, Cable, Enterprise Software, Software, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2007-11-01
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