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- Open source is bad for vendors
- Howard Anderson has a moan out today, complaining that open source is very, very bad for vendors. Hes right. Vendors have trod the computing world like Kings for decades. Open source changes the markets dynamics. (Photo from Mel Brooks History of the World Part I.) Open source reduces a vendors...
- Tags: Howard Anderson, open source
- Blog posts 2007-05-11
- MIT Emerging Tech Conference Quote of the Day
- In characterizing the challenges of running an R&D group, which sometimes takes 5-10 years to gel, YankeeTek Venture's senior managing director Howard Anderson said "There is one rule in corporate America if you are running a company: Make your numbers." And if you can't make your numbers, suggested Anderson, you...
- Tags: Harvard, Howard Anderson
- Blog posts 2004-09-29
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- Hands-on review of the Logitech Squeezebox Boom
- After seeing my mildly skeptical post about the release of its Squeezebox Boom Internet radio device, Logitech offered to send me a sample unit to review, promising me I'd be pleasantly surprised with the audio output from the compact unit. I've been testing it out over the last few weeks,...
- Tags: Station, Radio, Logitech, Boom, Music Services, Advertising & Promotion, Engineering, Wireless, Marketing, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-10-04
- House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes today
- The financial bail-out of Wall Street wasn't the only thing keeping Congress critters working through the weekend. Somehow, House members managed to get it together to withstand lobbying pressure from radio broadcasters and pass the Webcaster Settlement Act. Now, Pandora founder Tim Westergren says, the battle moves...
- Tags: U.S. Senate, Broadcaster, Webcaster, Free Trade, Finance, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Oracle enters hardware market; Launches storage server to ride shotgun with database
- Oracle enters hardware market; Launches storage server to ride shotgun with databaseRE: Oracle enters hardware market; Launches storage server to ride shotgun with databaseIt's difficult to see any advantage over what I could buy from HP or any of the major vendors. It appears to be an HP box...
- Tags: Servers, Databases, Oracle Corp., hardware market, Launches storage server, shotgun, storage, Launches, storage server, hardware, database, server
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
- Anatomy of a Web Attack: How Hackers Threaten Your Web Security
- The Web has become the key vector for online attacks - yet the vast majority of businesses are unprotected against today's modern Web-based malware. Hackers have developed a new box of tricks. Today's rapidly evolving Web threats and the instant exploitation of any vulnerability by malware authors...
- Tags: Web, Sophos Plc., Malware, Web Security, Hacker, Attack, Channel Management, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Marketing
- Webcasts 2008-09-25
- Odds for Yahoo-AOL deal may increase
- Yahoo's board reportedly set the stage for additional talks with Time Warner's AOL unit for some kind of deal. According to a relatively thin Financial Times report Yahoo's board approved talks with Time Warner about the future of AOL. Time Warner has been trying to unload AOL...
- Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Corporate Governance, Performance Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Many UK teachers support creationism
- Many UK teachers support creationismWhy doesnt the headline read 72% opposed?Why does the media so often favor or present the minority view while ignoring the majority. Hey reporters! I'm a nut job wank that wants to promote the Gods from Outerspace theory of origins in all schools. ...
- Tags: Quality, creationism
- Discussion threads 2008-09-19
- Dell: Demand is worse than we thought; Ingram Micro agrees; Best Buy misses
- Technology demand appears to be softening at a rapid clip. Dell said Tuesday that it is seeing "further softening in global end-user demand in the current quarter." Here's why that's worrisome: Dell had a more positive outlook on Aug. 28, or a little more than two weeks ago. ...
- Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Earnings, Ingram Micro Inc., Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Facebook introducing new security warning feature
- With Facebook persistently under attacks from phishers and malware authors, looking for creative ways to efficiently exploit its users base, Facebook's security team has silently introduced a new "security warning feature" alerting its users on the potential maliciousness of the third-party site they are about to visit. Is the newly...
- Tags: Facebook, Security Warning, MySpace, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- Apple execs settle shareholder suits for $14 million
- A federal judge in San Jose has given preliminary approval to a $14 million settlement of shareholder claims over backdating of stock options against current and former Apple executives. LOS ANGELES--A federal judge in San Jose has given preliminary approval to a $14 million settlement of shareholder claims over...
- Tags: Stock Option, Shareholder, Stock, Settlement, Apple Inc., Financial Accounting, Litigation, Investment, Benefits, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Business Operations, Reuters, Apple, stock options, legal
- News items 2008-09-11
- Datamation's 200: I'm Howard Stern and Larry is a Greek Philosopher
- Datamation's 200: I'm Howard Stern and Larry is a Greek PhilosopherIs this back-patting supposed to be interesting? ntntPeripateticActually, to be truly peripatetic, Larry should be pontificating as he's walking along, trailed by eager followers, not standing at a podium.But, yeah, the toga's a nice touch.
- Tags: Greek Philosopher, Datamation, Howard Stern
- Discussion threads 2008-09-10
- Datamation's 200: I'm Howard Stern and Larry is a Greek Philosopher
- Datamation's Top 200 Tech Blogs list. I was most pleased today by the release of the Datamation Top 200 Tech Blogs list, which aspires to be the veritable ZAGAT Guide to technology writing. Unlike other competing lists, like our sister network CNET's...
- Tags: Howard Stern, Blog, List, Datamation, Blogging, Internet, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- Are we "done" with rich Internet applications?
- This week I've been putting together slides and preparing for my talk at Web 2.0 Expo New York City. I'm doing one titled "Making Sense of Rich Internet Applications" so it's more of a general talk covering everything from Adobe's stuff, to Microsoft Silverlight, to the mobile world, and now...
- Tags: Rich Internet Application, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays?
- Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays?Jesper AndersonUh-oh PeopleSoft customers! Get ready for Fusion apps with no PTools, PCode, etc....RE: Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays?As a former leader among the Fusion Applications technology group I can assure you that Jesper...
- Tags: Leadership, vertical play, Andersen, Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Google Chrome bats 1-for-3 for me
- Google Chrome bats 1-for-3 for meNo AdBlock Plus...no Chrome. Simple as that.what do you expect it's a beta!'Ordinary' users would never be trying to surf with a beta release of a niche browser minutes after it's release.Don't be such an arse - you know damn well that most browsers...
- Tags: Web browsers, WebKit, Google Chrome, plug-in, Google Inc., Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- The biggest health tech story of our time
- The biggest health tech story of our timeOf course, the analysis has to be validBut that's what real statisticians are for (all sorts of possible complications when you're working with data from many sources).I see we're identifying Moody fans today color seems a little off on the record cover. ...
- Tags: dentist, patient
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- Attention Craig Newmark: Citizens aren't customers
- Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, has offered a thoughtful but misguided palliative at CNN to the shortcomings of the age of networked democracy. ... if you know how Americans use the Net to talk, you can easily stay in touch with real people. ...
- Tags: Politics, Democracy, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- The role of media in the Internet age
- Jon Stewart, host of "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central, a fake news show that has acquired a huge following a group among whom I include myself, is attending the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week. As a result, he had the chance to meet with members of...
- Tags: Newspaper, Internet, Media, News, Jon Stewart, Advertising & Promotion, TVs, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Magna Charta: Welcome Back, Ross Perot
- So, EDS is gone again, subsumed by HP. But, lo and behold, H. Ross Perot is back, just in time for the presidential elections. Now, you can view his slides about the dangers of the federal deficit and debt online, any time you want. Or, hear him posit...
- Tags: Ross Perot, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
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