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AlwaysOn: SaaS love fest: Ray Lane, of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, led the panel of software executives and competitors (you can see some wincing and uncomfortable body language among some of the participants if you are watching the Always On Stanford Summit Webcast), discussing whether the software as a service model has finally...; Tags: George Kadifa, Marc Benioff, Ray Lane; Blog posts 2006-07-26
Live blogging AO Stanford SaaS panel: I'm sitting at my PC late at night here in London watching a live webcast of Ray Lane hosting a panel on "Has the Software as a Service Model Finally Arrived" at AlwaysOn's Stanford Summit in California, and I have to say I'm a bit disappointed. I thought this...; Tags: Marc Benioff; Blog posts 2006-07-26

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A C3PO sighting in Pittsburgh: While touring Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi literally bumped into Anthony Daniels, the actor behind Star Wars' lovable android C3PO. You might not recognize his face, but you surely know his voice. Take a walk down memory lane with Daniels, who talks...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Telecommunications, Marketing, News, kara tsuboi, jared kohler, star wars, anthony daniels, pittsburgh, carnegie mellon, entertainment technology center, george lucas, ilm, skywalker, c3po, r2d2; Videos 2008-05-09
Another net neutrality bill, in a Comcast-charged atmosphere: Another net neutrality bill, in a Comcast-charged atmosphereLots of profit......jobs and innovation in jeopardy? Too bad we didn't jeopardize Sub-Prime lending when we had a chance. Same kind of profit potential here for the telcos IMO.Drop ComcastThere are lots of ISP's out there.AT&T Yahoo comes to mind.Could Comcast's big usership...; Tags: INTERNET, Broadband Internet, Comcast Corp., Comcast-charged atmosphere, Net Neutrality, net neutrality bill; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Here we go again ...: Here we go again ...Pure marketing hype.I agree with you, show me SOMETHING.It's time for ZDNet to hold Intel to the same standardsAMD has to update partners on roadmaps. The roadmaps leak, and ZDNet bloggers like Adrian and the former blogger George Ou delight in ripping AMD up for how...; Tags: Processors, Blogging, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-05-08

AT: ATThere will probably be......some kind of MD5 digest hashed to an iPhone private key which will be present on an update to the firmware. Yes?Yep - it's goneI tried at a Starbucks here in Colorado Springs and it asks for a user name, etc... vs just asking for you...; Tags: Wireless LANs, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, Starbucks Corp., Wi-Fi; Discussion threads 2008-05-05
NYT: Yahoo, Microsoft in talks; Media pawns abound: NYT: Yahoo, Microsoft in talks; Media pawns aboundGluteus maximus I suspect you mean ;-)Unless America has its own stupid version of that too.RE: NYT: Yahoo, Microsoft in talks; Media pawns aboundEmjoyed the English (and correct spelling ;)) of the glutus maximus area.Boo WhooI should feel bad the media is being...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Yahoo! Inc., media, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-05-02
Stallman hopes to save children from proprietary software: George Ou pointed me in the direction of Stallman's comments relating to Windows on the OLPC project, though I did nothing about it because my head was (figuratively) on fire. I then saw Christopher Dawson's response to Stallman's comments, and so I figured that I'd throw my two cents in...; Tags: Software, Open Source, Stallman, Tools & Techniques, Management, John Carroll; Blog posts 2008-05-02
Apple and AT: Apple and ATHey, it's no worse than MAC filtering :)Hey, it's no worse than MAC filtering which is universally used at for-fee hotspots :). The right sniffer and the right script can quickly change your MAC address to one that's already logged in. Just find a user on...; Tags: Domain names, Web browsers, user agent, MAC address, DNS, MAC, Mac Filtering, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-05-02
News to know: Microhoo; Adobe; MacBook Air; OLPC; RIAA: Notable headlines: Microsoft: We'll raise our bid for Yahoo, but can't make up our mind yet. Techmeme Jason O'Grady: Excess thermal paste causing high temps in MacBook Air Ryan Stewart: Adobe Open Screen Project Dan Farber: IBM...; Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Advertisement, RIAA, Apple MacBook, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, 3G, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Professional Development, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Career, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Record labels getting better at detecting P2P: An article in Ars Technica points to a recent increase in copyright infringement notices being sent to universities. While the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) claims that it has not changed its procedures, it did note that record labels are constantly improving their ability to detect peer-to-peer traffic...; Tags: Ars Technica, P2P, University, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Noble goals and politics at the OLPC: The "One Laptop Per Child" project (OLPC), the brainchild of Nicholas Negroponte, was envisioned as a way to bring the cost of computing down to a level where more in the developing world could afford it, either directly, or more likely, through purchases by governments and NGOs aiming to encourage...; Tags: Software, Open Source, One Laptop Per Child Project, John Carroll; Blog posts 2008-04-25
Ubuntu's corporate ready 8.04 is released but is three a crowd in Linux server market?: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS was released on April 24 as planned and will be supported until 2011-2013. But is extended support enough to convince ISVs and businesses to support three Linux distributions? Despite the hoopla around its release Wednesday, Ubuntu's ambitions in the corporate server space will be...; Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Server, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-04-24
Apple blows through estimates; Ships 2.29 million Macs; Outlook light by design?: Apple blows through estimates; Ships 2.29 million Macs; Outlook light by design?Lapped?[i]Apple in its fiscal second quarter shipped 2.29 million Macs to lap even the most optimistic Wall Street projections.Apple had been expected to ship 2.1 million Macs, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, one of Apple’s biggest supporters...; Tags: Games, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Construction, Microsoft Outlook, PC gaming, game, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, million-Mac, PC; Discussion threads 2008-04-23
Where's the money in open source?: Our own open source executive, Matt Asay, asks today why he's not rich. Maybe because you're wasting your time on journalism? First rule of this profession, taught me by the late Prof. George Heitz at Northwestern three decades ago. "If you want to make...; Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-22
Dreamforce 07: George Lucas pitches edutopia: Dreamforce 07: George Lucas pitches edutopiaSocrates, not Aristotlealthough I applaud Lucas for his new mission in lifea but ironic that he used the wrong Greek in his samples about teaching by asking a question :); Tags: George Lucas, Dreamforce 07; Discussion threads 2008-04-22
Obama site hacked; Redirected to Hillary Clinton: Obama site hacked; Redirected to Hillary ClintonYou'd be amazed how many sites are out therewhere you could delete the whole database just by filling in a search form in a particular way. It would take literally seconds.RE: Obama site hacked; Redirected to Hillary ClintonThey've probably just literally entered something like...; Tags: Web site development, Obama, security, Hillary Clinton, Web site; Discussion threads 2008-04-21
Will the Internet remain neutral?: Probably not. What Net Neutrality advocates forget is what has kept the Internet neutral so far has been market discipline, not government. Most customers want neutrality, and will "vote with their feet" against those carriers who violate it. Assuming, that is, they have a...; Tags: Comcast Corp., Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-18
Comscore: The Google fallout: Google's first quarter earnings call didn't have much in the way of theatrics, but a serious brush back pitch was delivered to Comscore. What should we make of Google CEO Eric Schmidt essentially throwing Comscore under the bus? Following Google's strong first quarter report (Techmeme) which looked...; Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, ComScore Networks Inc., Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-18
Google delivers; Maybe paid clicks weren't such a big deal: Google on Thursday allayed concerns about its paid click growth rate with first quarter earnings that topped Wall Street's expectations. Google reported first quarter net income of $1.31 billion, or $4.12 a share, on revenue of $5.19 billion. Excluding traffic acquisition costs (TAC) of $1.49 billion, revenue was...; Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Quarter, StreetView, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-17