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- Packaged software, an accident of history
- "government engineered" ????"dysfunctional business model"Sounds like someone is looking for a new "revenue stream"!This sounds suspiciously like the "lease a car" vs "rent a car" debate. Change the looks of the same old clunker to "generate sales" without really improving anything.Feudal Europe had the royalty owning the land and...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Web Standard, software, accident
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- Advances in TREKnology
- Advances in TREKnologyI can think of three . . .right off the top of my head:1) The high-speed sliding doors at every mall, store, emergency room, etc, you go to today, came about as a direct result of the inventor seeing it on Star Trek, and wanted to duplicate...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Robots, Corporate communications, Geordi, computer, Kirk
- Discussion threads 2009-05-08
- Algorithms everywhere: Can IBM automate business decisions?
- IBM outlined a vision---and of course a new services unit to go with it---that takes a little time to grok. Big Blue talked about the "information journey," fact-based enterprises and nudging out gut calls in everyday management for decisions based on hard, cold facts. But when you boil it all...
- Tags: Algorithm, Fact, Vision, Risk Management, IBM Corp., William Pulleyblank, Game Plan, Engineering, Financial Planning, Strategy, Financial Services, Security, Finance, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-15
- Look out App Store: Android Market accepting paid apps
- I've been using a T-Mobile G1 for a couple of weeks and one of the things that has bothered me is the lack of true, high-quality applications (except for maybe Namco's PacMan) in the Android Market. While it's not exactly fair to compare the brand, spankin' new...
- Tags: Payment, App, Operational Accounting, Finance, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-02-13
- Don't go buying high-end graphics cards to power the next-gen Photoshop
- Don't go buying high-end graphics cards to power the next-gen PhotoshopOK ...... what budget would you be looking at?CS3 and high end graphics cardsI'd just like to know what use CS3 and Elements make of upgraded graphics cards. I was thinking about the new 8800GT for Mac Pro to...
- Tags: Video cards, Games, Adobe PhotoShop, high-end graphics card, video card, PS CS3, graphics, game, RAM
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- Wal-Mart ends Linux trials: "This really wasn't what our customers were looking for"
- Wal-Mart ends Linux trials: "This really wasn't what our customers were looking for"Not true[i]At the risk of sounding stereotypically snobbish, I think it says more about the WalMart demographic than a computer with Linux pre-installed.[/i]One of the common claims by the Linux crowd here is that Linux is now so...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., PC, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-03-11
- Microsoft 'Halo 3' wins high marks from reviewers
- Microsoft 'Halo 3' wins high marks from reviewersPerfect 10What other kind of score would you expect Microsoft software to be given? They have their mojo working on all fronts these days. New live search interface and capabilities that are another perfect 10. Look out Google, i think you got...
- Tags: Games, game, Halo 3, Microsoft Corp., reviewer, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-09-23
- BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Analysts on RIAs, Microsoft Silverlight and Enterprise 2.0 trends
- Read a full transcript of the discussion. The still-maturing technology around Rich Internet Applications RIAs and rich media interfaces and video players was jolted last spring when Microsoft's Silverlight offering was unveiled. Already a Linux version is in the offing called Moonlight. The RIA news hit about...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Java, Rich Internet Application, Enterprise 2.0, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Flash, AJAX, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2007-09-08
- Microsoft confirms Windows XP SP3 pre-beta is in testers' hands
- Microsoft confirms Windows XP SP3 pre-beta is in testers' handsXP forever!Or at least as long as I can conceivably hold out. As far as I'm concerned, it's [b]"Hasta la vista, Vista!"[/b]No Effect On My OS Usage Decision At AllSince I have no plans to use the Vista OS, it...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, SP3, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- Cameras everywhere, even in online maps
- Cameras everywhere, even in online mapsExactlyIt's a different approach to developing applications. Google puts out the technology and it's not clear what the use-case is..."It's a novelty that imposes on people's privacy. What's the point of this? Yeah, great, you can look at the area for real estate...
- Tags: camera, Google Inc., public place
- Discussion threads 2007-05-30
- Growing local ad spend: Top seven predictions
- John Kelsey, CEO, The Kelsey Group, kicked-off “Drilling Down on Local” in Santa Clara this morning, billed as an “insiders conference,” the annual Silicon Valley summit for the leaders and innovators who participate in the local online content and advertising space.Kelsey put forth the increasingly two-way interactive world is spurring...
- Tags: SMB/SME, advertisement, small and medium business, media, local advertising
- Blog posts 2007-03-20
- Racing for The Cliff -- Salesforce.com and The Looming Competitive Market
- Racing for The Cliff -- Salesforce.com and The Looming Competitive MarketIt's all quite insaneI've used them all. Salesforce, Siebel, Oracle and they all suffer from trying to be all things to all companies. Apps that fit your workflow can be pretty simple. Complexity leads to feature bloat,...
- Tags: Sales force management, software-as-a-service, Salesforce.com AppExchange, SFDC, Salesforce.com Inc., DreamFactory, mashup, SAP AG
- Discussion threads 2007-02-22
- Top posts from ZDNet's blogging network (10/27/06)
- My stablemates at ZDNet blog-central have been busy the last couple days. Here are some of the highlights from around our network. Ed Burnette is on top of Red Hat's rebuttal to Oracle's surprise "Unbreakable Linux" announcement earlier this week at Oracle OpenWorld. Clearly, the announcement did not settle well with...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Linux
- Blog posts 2006-10-27
- Google Dearth: Google's Mountain View Wi-Fi may need more transmitters
- It seems as though Google's heralded WiFi network it is building in its hometown of Mountain View, Calif. (shown, appropriately enough, via a grab I took from Google Earth) is encountering some snags.eWeek's Ben Charny reports today that in testing the network, Google has found out that it just...
- Tags: Google Inc., Wi-Fi
- Blog posts 2006-05-04
- What's behind open-source ID push?
- What's behind open-source ID push?What's behind it? Well, that's easyfor starters, IBM has to look like it's doing something to keep up with what Microsoft is doing, while choosing an aproach that has no contractual agreements open source they have to deal with.Once they are up to speed, they can...
- Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Tech Writer, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., ID-management effort, Novell Inc., PayPal, open source, Higgins
- Discussion threads 2006-03-03
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