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- Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'
- Higher return rates for Linux-based netbooks don't necessarily reflect badly on the open-source operating system, according to Ubuntu backer Canonical. The return rate on Linux-powered netbooks may be higher than that for Windows netbooks, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for Linux, according to Canonical. ...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Software, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, netbook, Windows XP, MSI Wind, Asus Eeee
- News items 2008-10-10
- Consumers score a partial win against Walmart
- Walmart has done a 180 on its earlier decision to pull the plug on its DRM servers (thereby locking customers' music collection to whatever PC it happened to be on at the time) and decided to keep the DRM servers running - for now. Important Information About Your Digital Music Purchases ...
- Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Digital-rights Management, Server, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Inside an early star-forming galaxy
- U.S. astronomers from the California Institute of Technology Caltech have used adaptive optics AO on the 10-meter Keck Telescope in Hawaii in conjunction with other images provided by the Hubble Space Telescope to look inside a young star-forming galaxy as it appeared only two billion years after the Big Bang....
- Tags: California Institute Of Technology, Image, Adaptive Optic, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- How much would an $800 Apple laptop hurt Microsoft?
- Just when the Windows marketing team thought things probably couldn't get much worse, there's word that Apple may be gearing up to launch a new Macbook with a low-end $800 price point. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Tempest or Nuclear Winter
- A Hurricane Ike for Tech Start-Ups VentureWire Alert free subscription required today reported that venture capitalists are advising their portfolio firms to prepare for a potential nuclear winter. One venture capitalist featured in today's newsletter was quoted as telling firms "to slow down their burn rate, and...
- Tags: Firm, Venture Capital, Product Development, Investment, Product Marketing, Workforce Management, Finance, Financing Startups, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Human Resources, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- MDM Components and the Maturity Model
- Any effective master data management program requires a mix of technologies to achieve success. This white paper by David Loshin provides a conceptual outline of technical MDM components and examines how those components relate to the levels of organizational maturity determined by the ability to provide MDM services. This model...
- Tags: Master Data Management
- White papers 2008-10-09
- Symantec Goes Into The Cloud With Email Filtering
- Symantec today announced its acquisition of MessageLabs, a 520-person UK-based email filtering and security vendor. Given the cost and hassles that information & knowledge management professionls IKM Pros have keeping email spam down to a dull roar and keeping viruses outside the firewall, this is a great move for Symantec....
- Tags: Symantec Corp., MessageLabs Ltd., E-mail, Online Communications, Ted Schadler
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Mail Goggles: an idea that goes well beyond drunk emails
- There's a new GMail Labs app: Mail Goggles, by GMail engineer Jon Perlow: When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you're really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check...
- Tags: Google Gmail, Jon, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Internet, Online Communications, Denise Howell
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- $236m judgment against spammer couple
- How much is spam worth? In the case of a couple who sent millions of spams to a small ISP, $236 million. That's the judgment a federal judge in Iowa levied against the husband-and-wife spamming team of Henry Perez and Suzanne Bartok, IDG reports. Over four months in 2003,...
- Tags: Judgment, Spammer, CIS Internet Services, Spam, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Watching brain cells in action
- A Stanford University team has developed a microscope weighing only 1.1 grams. It is so small that it can be mounted to the head of a freely moving mouse to watch its brain cell activity. According to what said the lead researcher to New Scientist, 'A lot of work has...
- Tags: Microscope, Mouse, Imaging, Muscle, Stanford University Team, Sarcomeres, Mice, Document Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Cisco SONA
- Cisco caught my attention by asking me if I wanted to see the results of a study indicating how organizations are seeing Web 2.0 and/or Service Oriented Architecture SOA application adoption. Having executed dozens of studies of this nature while I was at IDC, I was interested in the results,...
- Tags: Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway: Prima Official eGuide (exe)
- Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway: Prima Official eGuide. Covers: PC, Sony PlayStation 3 and XBox 360. Maps: Detailed maps pinpoint targets, enemy locations, equipment pick-ups, and points of interest. Tactics: Learn to master the new third squad, giving you the tactical edge in every situation. Multiplayer: Expert tips and strategies...
- Tags: Team, Prima Games, Team Management, Game Players, Games, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-10-08
- Researchers publish details on London travel card hack
- First there was Boston's Charlie card. Now, Dutch researchers have exposed the inherent weakness in the RFID chip used in London's Oyster travel smartcard, ZDNet UK says. Researchers released details at the Esorics security conference in Malaga on Monday and an academic paper PDF...
- Tags: Card, Researcher, London, Chip, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Trying to increase productivity? Send your employees home.
- Trying to increase productivity? Send your employees home.Telecommute JobsI see these articles appear every few months. They always talk about how great this concept is, and how it is a great deal for both companies and employees. However, my husband has been contacted by headhunters several hundred times...
- Tags: telecommuting
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Trying to increase productivity? Send your employees home.
- Companies that give their workers the option of telecommuting are seeing greater productivity, lower costs, improved employee health and greater employee retention, according to a survey released today by the Computing Technology Industry Association. Case in point: I'm typing this from this from my own home office...
- Tags: Phone, Telecommuting, Telecom & Utilities, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- ZDNet blogger: working from home
- More and more people work from home every day. Not only that, more and more people don't work from their offices, or "where they're meant to work". With the Internet, intranet's and extranet's, email and unified communications with VoIP and Blackberry devices, it makes life much easier...
- Tags: Phone, Tea, Blogger, E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Student Technology Day: Steve Ballmer Q&A
- There was quite a lot to transcribe out, and many questions asked. Some questions put to Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, include: Will we always need programmers? What's Microsoft's input in Facebook and social networking? Does Microsoft have any changes in mind for their...
- Tags: India, Pyramid, Laughter, Network, Microsoft Office, Steve Ballmer, Product, Microsoft Corp., Programmer, Question, Microsoft Windows, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Dish Network DTVPal
- Dish Network DTVPalDTVPAL is junk, dish network a RIPOFF!!!DO NOT BUY THE DTVPAL! DISH NETWORK IS A RIPOFF! THEIR WARRANTY SERVICE DOESNOT EXIST! This company is dishonest and does not support their product.Their alleged warranty isn't worth the paper it's printed on.---After waiting months for the DTVpal, having one order...
- Tags: TV & Home Theater, Isaac Ferman, ERT, DTVPal, firmware, Dish Network, account number, Paul
- Discussion threads 2008-10-06
- Mono 2.0...why not Microsoft?
- The release of Mono version 2.0, the open source implementation of .NET that is available for use on Mac, Linux and Windows platforms, is an achievement in itself. I often wonder, however, why Microsoft has no interest in releasing a cross-platform, fully-supported version of the .NET framework themselves. by...
- Tags: Mono, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Development Tools, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
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