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Globus chooses BSD-style license with eyes wide open

The Globus Consortium, which is working on standards for open source grid computing, is releasing its toolkit under the BSD-style Apache 2.0 license (APL2). In an online journal released today, co-founder Ian Foster (right, from ZDNet's Between the Lines) described the group's reasoning. BSD is "enterprise friendly," he wrote,...

Tags: Grid, BSD-style Apache 2.0, Grid product

Blog posts 2005-07-06

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Words from the Woz

Steve Wozniak is many things: electronics enthusiast, author of iWoz, former fifth-grade teacher, plane-crash survivor, ex-reality-TV-boyfriend of D-list comedian Kathy Griffin, and, oh yeah, co-founder of a company called Apple. You might have heard of it. Today, he put on the hat of former engineer as he...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Electronics, Apple Inc., Computer, Intel Developer Forum, Productivity, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Apple puts on back-to-school full court press

Apple has always been a big player in the education market and this year it appears to be grabbing more share by selling Macs with iPod discounts among other moves. Let's connect a few dots: AppleInsider reports that RBC analyst Mike Abramsky is projecting...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, Desktops, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-21

IKEA's mixed bag of IT investments

Last evening I read an interesting Gartner case study (registration wall warning.) It tells how IKEA Components, a company that is part of the iconic retailer of flat pack furniture used Lawson Software products to make significant across the board process savings and improvements. The business intelligence/process project makes great...

Tags: IKEA, Information Technology, IT Investment, David Meerman Scott, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Six surprising things about Microsoft's PhotoSynth

PhotoSynth, Microsoft's photo-stitching technology from the company's Live Labs division, is out of beta and is now a version 1.0 shipping product. If I had to choose the six things that most surprised/impressed me about PhotoSynth, this would be my list. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: MSN, Microsoft Corp., Multi-core, Photograph, Technology, PhotoSynth, Software Component, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-08-21

News to know: Apple sued; IDF; Adobe hijack; Microsoft-Novell

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Apple faces suit over iPhone. Is it still worth the switch? Techmeme IDF wrap: Christopher Dawson: New touch screen Classmates unveiled today...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Novell Inc., Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Business Structures, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-21

About Atom: Intel's big plans for its little chip

One of the bolder goals Intel set at IDF this week is that within a decade it wants ship 1 billion Intel-based mobile computing devices each year. That's a big bet when you consider Intel estimates there will be a total of 163 million notebooks shipped this year. ...

Tags: Mobile, Intel Corp., Chip, Menlow, Moorestown, Advertising & Promotion, Processors, Marketing, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-08-20

The Waltham Pact: Where are the tangibles?

  This week, Microsoft renewed their union with Novell, to the tune of an additional 100 million dollars in commitment to buy more SUSE Linux support certificates that it can sell to its customers. Dang, Ballmer, for that kind of cash, you can get your vows renewed...

Tags: Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Open Source, OpenOffice, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Office Suites, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Open source and the 'fear factor' mentality

Guest editorial by Emma McGrattan In the current economic climate, businesses of every size are looking to reduce their spending wherever possible. Open source software, which has no upfront licensing fees, is one way of achieving significant savings. However, in order to protect their...

Tags: Software, Security, Open Source, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Life without the Internet: Zapped off the grid

In my last article I described what it feels like to have your house struck by lightning. Luckily there were no injuries or structural damage thanks for your kind words in the comments, but our gadgets and other electronics inside the house weren't so lucky. This is their tale. ...

Tags: Game, Phone, Router, TiVo Inc., Grid, Cable, Cable Guy, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-08-20

ModelSheet: good in theory, needs more work

Modelsheet is pitched as a product that is supposed to make the development of complex models much easier than the default 'Excel way.' In theory it removes a number of the steps necessary to ensure data accuracy and template integrity. However, there are usability issues that need urgent attention. ...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Theory, Spreadsheet, ModelSheet, Productivity, Microsoft Excel, Web Browsers, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Internet, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-20

What SaaS can teach us about customer service

In the SaaS model, the power is with the customer and vendors need to take a very different approach to both sales and service, here's how to do it says Archie Black, President and CEO of SPS Commerce. Commentary--Software-as-a-Service SaaS is one of the fastest growing segments of...

Tags: Customer Service, Software-as-a-service, Customer, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, SaaS, software. customer service, sales, Archie Black, SPS Commerce, Special to ZDNet

News items 2008-08-20

Can Adobe mitigate 'clipboard hijack' issue?

Adobe's product security incident response team PSIRT says it is investigating possible solutions to the clipboard hijack attacks spotted on Flash-based advertisements on high-profile Web sites. A barebones note on the PSIRT blog simply acknowledges the issue and promised more information after the investigation but, by mentioning...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Hyperic gets on Google's cloud

Hyperic CloudStatus is now available to users of Google AppEngine cloud. The program was already available to users of Amazon's Web Services cloud. Hyperic principal engineer Jon Travis said the integration with Google is even "tighter" than with Amazon, but the two clouds serve different customer...

Tags: Google Inc., Monitoring, Cloud, Hyperic CloudStatus, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-20

The news on Intel's Nehalem; chips with integrated GPUs up next

Intel has given new details of what it calls the biggest change in its processor platform in a decade. The new information on Nehalem, discussed in keynotes and presentations at the Intel Developer Forum this week, was expected. Nehalem isn't a single product, but a family of...

Tags: Core, Intel Corp., Chip, GPU, Nehalem, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-08-20

eBay has Amazon envy: Cuts fees to get more fixed pricing

Can eBay still be eBay as it moves toward a fixed pricing model? Possibly, but it's going to be really difficult to change its auctioneer image. On Wednesday, eBay announced new fee changes (Techmeme, eBay blog). It is lowering its listing fees for sellers that use the...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Pricing Strategy, eBay Inc., Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Pleasant 'Dream' for HTC, Google: FCC approves

Pleasant 'Dream' for HTC, Google: FCC approvesAndroidIt has been a very big week for Android and all of the consumers who have been waiting for the product to arrive. Let's see if Google can deliver or if the public will be unimpressed once it finally arrives.http://kreuzer33.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/google-android-all-hands-on-deck/

Tags: Federal government, Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., FCC

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

Salesforce acquires InStranet; Will take it SaaS and better target call centers

Salesforce.com said Wednesday that it will acquire InStranet, which provides knowledge management software for call centers, and integrate its technology with its existing CRM customer service and support offering. Simply put, Salesforce.com is acquiring traditional enterprise software for $31.5 million and turning it into a service in an effort to...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., InStranet Inc., Software-as-a-service, Falcione, Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Another way to ditch your gadgets the green way and earn some money in the process

For about a year now, a Web site that started life as Second Rotation has been buying back electronic gadgets including cell phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, laptops, GPS devices, gaming consoles, camcorders, satellite radios and portable hard drives. No matter how old. During that time, the...

Tags: Site, Gazelle, TechForward, GPS, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Satellite Radio, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-19

HP ultraportables get new Intel chips, 80GB SSD

HP has added three new ultraportables to its laptop lineup. All three have 12.1-inch wide-screen displays. Two of them, a 3.2-pound model with a built-in optical drive and a convertible tablet, are part of the new EliteBook line targeted at business users. The third is an HP Compaq model designed...

Tags: Hard Drive, Hewlett-Packard Co., Battery, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., Chip, 2230s, Engineering, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-08-19