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Is open source a vote getter?

Is open source a vote getter?It's another step in the right directionalong with the rise of the Social Enterprise.Is it a vote getter? The majority of people barely know what a computer is, and have little interest in the damage that extreme Capitalism is causing the human race.Ignorance is also...

Tags: Branding, vote getter, getter, open source

Discussion threads 2008-04-07

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Proving Scoble wrong, Qik lives on and opens public beta to boot

Qik, a popular streaming mobile video service, has finally opened its public beta program and has released a slew of new features to go along with it. This is great news considering last month tech pundit Robert Scoble declared Qik all but dead in the wake newcomer Kyte. ...

Tags: Public Beta, Robert Scoble, Handset, Video, Integration, Qik, Kyte, Kyte.tv, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-07-20

Ticking bombs in enterprise land

I believe the enterprise software industry is heading for major problems. It started when I read Francine McKenna  where she talks about what she sees as a doomsday scenario for at least one of the Big Four audit businesses. Francine's focus is on questioning the effectiveness of current methods for...

Tags: Software, Audit, Francine, Tools & Techniques, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-07

News to know: AMD; IT spending; Google; Microsoft Mesh; ULPCs

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Google App Engine: When will Microsoft field a competitor? Garett Rogers: Google announces App Engine: Should Amazon worry? Michael Krigsman: Heathrow T5 failure: What really happened Larry Dignan: AMD: Sales weak; Layoffs on tap ...

Tags: Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Jason O'Grady, IT-spending, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Printers, Fuel Cells, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware, Peripherals, Emerging Technologies, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-08

Is open source a vote getter?

Over in the United Kingdom polls show the Conservative Party would beat the incumbent Labour Party, if the election were held today. To keep its lead, Tory leader David Cameron (right, outside the White House) has a blog, wreathed in purplish pink, where a recent entry includes...

Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-07

Velocity Micro's Windows Home Server for power users

I was noodling through Velocity Micro's Web site the other day, and I noticed that its version of the Windows Home Server, the NetMagix HQ HomeServer, is more robustly configured than the HP MediaSmart Server. Velocity Micro, which sells high-performance PCs that are popular with go-getter gamers, offers the NetMagix...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Velocity, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Rik Fairlie

Blog posts 2008-02-20

Gates' last CES keynote: Long on sales claims, short on futures

Gates' last CES keynote: Long on sales claims, short on futuresNot much news of upcoming productsI'm guessing it's probably because these products aren't coming for awhile, and it wouldn't make sense to blab about them before making sure there's no issues.At least Microsoft gets that now, unlike in the past...

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Gates Foundation, sales claim, Microsoft Corp., Gates IS, Apple Inc., sales

Discussion threads 2008-01-06

Data loss CEOs should go to jail

Data loss CEOs should go to jailKeep them RESPONSIBLE even if ....Make ANYONE who requires personal data to be collected responsiblefor its safekeeping even if sent/stored offshore. This way theresponsibility cannot be defused or passed on elsewhere.Only if......a sole proprietor would go to jail for the same offense.Data loss...

Tags: Financial services, diligence

Discussion threads 2007-12-08

ActiveX flaws haunt QuickBooks Online

ActiveX flaws haunt QuickBooks OnlineActiveXPeople still using ActiveX for development? It's ActiveXploitWhich is why you don't use Microsoft tech. on the WebAnd why you need to run from websites that use it. ESPECIALLY sites that deal with your financial data.Look at Monster.com - huge .ASP shop and broken into....

Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Middleware, Development tools, operating system, QuickBooks Online, Intuit QuickBooks, ActiveX, US-CERT, Intuit Inc., security

Discussion threads 2007-09-05

A free Cardo Scala 700LX Bluetooth headset (value $65) goes to the ZDNet reader who...

A free Cardo Scala 700LX Bluetooth headset (value $65) goes to the ZDNet reader who...FIFOI'm the first to reply.And I didn't win last week, even though I put forth the effort of typing with the tiny hands.But here's my real reason for winning:Just TODAY, my boyfriend calls me and tells...

Tags: Tablets, headset

Discussion threads 2007-06-25

Organizational shadows over the hiring decision

One way to understand what it takes to land the right job is to look at the problem from the other guy's perspective: that of the IT manager with an open slot.One significant aspect of this is organizational - others are things like relative age, maturity, courage, leadership vs management,...

Tags: Enterprise Policy

Blog posts 2007-06-14

Can Web 2.0 really save the planet?

Chad Hurley, the worldwide Web 2.0 video king, hailed before the U.S. Congress last week that his YouTube “community” is helping “children in Africa.” BUT, can the entire Web 2.0 community save the WHOLE planet?Business Objects, a self-described “pioneer in business intelligence since the dawn of the category,” believes...

Tags: Enterprise, Social Capital, Social Software, Social Web, User-Generated Content, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-05-15

iPod Getter (zip)

iPod Getter is a simple Windows application to extract tracks from iPod music players back to host computer. Program features are: Quickly open and display the content of the iPod database with many commonly used fields; Sort database view by any of the fields; If needed, view only the first...

Tags: Database, Apple iPod, Shchuka, iPod Getter, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2007-05-12

EU cautioned on any Microsoft break-up

EU cautioned on any Microsoft break-upIt's already happeningChanging Microsoft's behaviour, that is. And the approach being taken is the most effective one - make Microsoft, in its current incarnation, irrelevant. Shifting politics makes the courts unreliable. The open source movement and changing technology will do and are doing what the...

Tags: Corporate law, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-05-08

I guess "squirting" (a la Zune) didn't turn out to be so fashionable

Its no secret that since its first weeks out around Thanksgiving, Microsofts Zune iPod-killer isnt exactly flying off the shelves. Today, News.coms Ina Fried reports that Microsoft appears poised to reach deeper into its warchest in hopes of driving more buyers to Zune:...now that the music player has spent a...

Tags: Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft, Apple, Berlind, Hollywood on Demand, Entertainment, Wired & Wireless, Personal Technology, General

Blog posts 2006-12-12

Microsoft ready for the mosh pit?

Microsoft ready for the mosh pit?The one important line..."Microsoft helped make itself more relevant when it announced Thursday that it would pay record labels a royalty on Zune sales." Unfortunately yhe writer doesn't expand on the most important item in this largely irrelevant story.More here: http://tmw.bloggingstocks.com/2006/11/09/microsofts-zune-finds-an-apples-ipod-killer/ROTFLMAO !"The team handling Zune...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Construction, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-11-10

Sony unveils PS3 pricing, availability

Sony unveils PS3 pricing, availabilityYa just gotta love itI say charge the sheep $1000 per copy if they are dumb enough to pay it. They'll be lined up with credit card in hand and their head up their butts.Hand-waving interfaces - I want one of thoseDoes Microsoft have anything in...

Tags: Games, Game players, pricing strategy, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony Corp., console, game

Discussion threads 2006-05-08

What Google censors in China

What Google censors in ChinaHeeheehee..too damn funny..[i]"but it goes further than similar services from Microsoft and Yahoo by targeting teen pregnancy, homosexuality.."[/i]Gee, PRECISELY the same things the Bush administration targeted when it was seeking re-election in 2004 (or their actual first one, for those that know the deal with the...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, SEARCH, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-01-26

Google tests personalized news feed service

Google tests personalized news feed serviceWill never take off...Google is a minute late and a dollar short here. The Windows Vista eXPerience will come with RSS built into the product. This is the type of gorilla-sized innovation Microsoft brings to the IT ecosystem. I have tested the RSS functionality in...

Tags: RSS, Strategy, Google Inc., news feed service, rep

Discussion threads 2005-10-07

Apple earnings top estimates

Apple earnings top estimates6.16 millionman, that's a lot of ipods in one quarterWho else but Apple?Alright, I'm not a techie's tech. In fact, I'm not a techie at all. But, who is the absolute leader in every category in IT right now? Innovation, security, growth, profit, migration...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows XP, hardware, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-07-13