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- Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don't ask Microsoft
- RE: Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don't ask MicrosoftI built my current desktop in July and purchased/installed an OEM version of Vista Home Premium. I also took advantage of Microsoft's free upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium which I installed on the same PC....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Operating systems, cost difference, Microsoft Corp., OEM, Is it OK, Microsoft Windows, PC
- Discussion threads 2009-11-15
- News to know: Ruiz, Moffat resign; Microsoft; Psystar; Smartphones
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Ruiz resigns as GlobalFoundries chairman; no mention of insider trading scandal Moffat no longer with IBM as...
- Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, CBS Interactive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Smartphone, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Mainframes, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Servers, Hardware, Sales
- Blog posts 2009-11-03
- Headline 2010: e-Reader device failure
- The market knows best, right? Markets are bloody paths to progress. At this writing there are approximately 52 e-reader devices coming to market in the next 12 months. Fifty-two different devices coming to market (Here's what I wrote about Steve Jobs' approach to reader devices when there were just 45...
- Tags: E-reader, Sales, Hardware, Markets, E-books, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- Dear Microsoft: What's the deal with Windows 7 upgrades?
- Location?38.921473?N 77.066946?WYep, same here ...... stonewalled at every turn. With you ...... I can see, because you've been pulling on Microsoft's scab lately. But in Ed's case, I don't know why they would treat him like that.^o^Message has been deleted..Believe it or not ...... it makes little difference. The...
- Tags: upgrade media, reverse engineering, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Will OpenSolaris survive Oracle?
- We can only hope so! It would make a much better back end than what linux has to offer. Solaris has always been a solid performer and is a real UNIX, not some hacked up clone like linux. The best option for Oracle would be to ditch linux...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Sun Solaris, Oracle Corp., OpenSolaris, Open Solaris
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Going commando: Four signs of CRM failure
- Snake oil salesmen[i]Should you become the exit champion who calls out warning signs of a CRM effort in jeopardy?[/i]If you wait until you see warning signs, you've already lost. Every CRM and SOA project I've been involved in the seeds of destruction were sown way before the project ever...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Customer relationship management (CRM), Enterprise software, CRM
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- News to know: Apple; Alex; Microhoo; Droid; FCC
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales Jason D. O'Grady: Apple announces most profitable...
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Federal Government, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Government, Web Services, Enterprise Software
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- SCO story ends with a whimper
- William Shakespear should have expanded on his "first ... the lawyers" bit!It is hard to feel sorry for people who go crying all the way to the bank!BAH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!Good riddance.Someone remind meThis turned out exactly how Bitty/No Ax predicted, right?: o )SCO Xenix & UnixRather sad that their expertise at delivering...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, SCO Group Inc., BSD, Linux, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- How to avoid the amateur cloud
- You are cluelessMaybe a large company would do enough research to weed out a bad cloud provider from a good one, but the fact is cloud services are being pitched at **individuals**.No one will do the required research, and you know it. But as a nice cloud evangelist that's your...
- Tags: cloud provider
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- News to know: Google, IBM; AMD; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Earnings wrap: Sam Diaz: Schmidt: Worst of recession is over; Google is hiring Larry Dignan: IBM...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, IBM Corp., E-books, Desktops, Networking, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-10-16
- Does software piracy lead to higher malware infection rates?
- Yes it does, at least according to a recently released report by the Business Software Alliance BSA which basically correlates data on the known piracy rates for particular countries and their malware infection rates, using public sources. The rationale behind their claims is fairly simple - users...
- Tags: Software Piracy, Patch Management, Malware, Malware Infection Rate, Infection Rate, Patches, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- In the aftermath of the T-Mobile Chernobyl
- T-Mobile's Sidekick/Danger Inc. meltdown has far-reaching implications for wireless carrier data integrity responsibilities way beyond any immediate remediation the company may need to offer its customers. Yesterday, T-Mobile notified all of its Sidekick device customers that a failure which occurred on Microsoft's Danger,...
- Tags: T-Mobile, Customer, Storage, Workforce Management, Disaster Recovery, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Human Resources, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- The cloud: no place for amateurs
- Interesting but...Phil... it may be a contentious argument but neither of these two examples (IBM/Air New Zealand and Sidekick/Danger) are really cloud computing.My definition of cloud computing is in keeping with the utility model. Using the analogy of electricity supply, one power station going down does not greatly affect my...
- Tags: Storage, Managed hosting, cloud computing, Hitachi Ltd., electricity supply, Hitachi HDD, hard drive, amateur
- Discussion threads 2009-10-12
- Ellison rips IBM, shows off Sun-Oracle benchmarks, offers $10M prize
- Ellison should have ripped M$ and Inhell tooIBM is less dangerous to the Oracle and the world than M$ and Inhell.RE: Ellison rips IBM, shows off Sun-Oracle benchmarks, offers $10M prizeFairly typical of desperation attempts, use wordsnot real proof through history."Unbreakable"And that one did not turn out too well...Your trolls...
- Tags: Databases, Enterprise software, DB2 Databases, Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM DB2
- Discussion threads 2009-10-12
- News to know: Windows 7; IBM; Sony; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Measuring Windows 7 performance Dancho Danchev: Click fraud facilitating Bahama botnet steals ad revenue from Google ...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Sony Vaio, Apple Inc., Laptop Computer, IBM Corp., Eaton, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-10-09
- The troubling thoughts re: outsourcing
- Some facts and inferences should be updatedAccenture's Consulting revenue dropped 12% and Outsourcing grew by 1%http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/Accentures-Future-Remains-Bright-ACN-IBM-HPQ1005.aspxSome of the issues you highlighted around process innovation, dated technology, etc will continue to remain. However, the nimbler players will also adopt the benefits of innovations like SaaS and Cloud platform.Underlying platform is an...
- Tags: Managed hosting, Business process outsourcing (BPO), Programming languages, outsourcing, BPO, COBOL, outsourcing company
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- News to know: Adobe; OpenSUSE; Ubuntu; IBM; P2P; Palm
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adobe Flash for all smartphones ... except iPhone Andrew Mager: Google and Adobe join forces on Open...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Data Center, Information Technology, P2P, Palm Inc., Novell OpenSuse, Jason Perlow, Apple Inc., Beta, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Tablets, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- DRAM error rates: Nightmare on DIMM street
- A two-and-a-half year study of DRAM on 10s of thousands Google servers found DIMM error rates are hundreds to thousands of times higher than thought -- a mean of 3,751 correctable errors per DIMM per year. This is the world's first large-scale study of RAM errors in...
- Tags: DRAM, Error, DIMM, Hardware Failure, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2009-10-04
- Collaboration Strategy Shortcomings? Whack the Community Manager
- There's been a good flow of conversation around the role of 'community management' in large companies recently, with an underlying idea that although it's a tough job things will work out if the right people are involved, although Dennis Howlett recognises the danger of burn out....
- Tags: Exec, Community Manager, Underling, Underlings, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-10-03
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