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Has Steve Jobs dropped the iTunes ball?

Has Steve Jobs been too focused on the iPhone over the past six months and allowed problems to develop over in an established part of Apple's business - iTunes.  The New York Times reports today that Universal Music Group has notified Apple that it will not renew its annual contract...

Tags: Thoughts, Industry, In the news, Gadgets, DRM, Apple

Blog posts 2007-07-02

AACS vs. The bloggers

The BBC is carrying the story that the AACS Licensing Authority AACSLA plans to fight the bloggers who "crossed the line" and posted the processing key which can be used to break the copy protection on HD-DVDs."It started out as a circumvention effort six to eight weeks ago but we...

Tags: Thoughts, Legal, Industry, In the news, DRM

Blog posts 2007-05-04

So, you want some Feisty Fawn with that Dell?

So, its official. Dell is to offer Ubuntu 7.04 "Feisty Fawn" on a select range of Dell PCs. Lets face it, Ubuntu was the obvious choiceAll the details are over on the Direct2Dell blog. Theres not a lot of substance to the announcement:The Linux distro of choice...

Tags: Linux, Industry, In the news, Dell

Blog posts 2007-05-01

$175 OLPC deals blow to open source, guarantees Microsoft's continued dominance

Yesterday Nicholas Negroponte, former director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab now head of the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child project, gave analysts and journalists an update on the OLPC project. Two big changes were announced - the $100 OLPC is now the $175 OLPC, and...

Tags: In the news, Industry, Linux, Microsoft, Software, Thoughts

Blog posts 2007-04-27

Has AMD busted itself trying to beat Intel?

Bad news from AMD yesterday - the company posted a staggering quarterly loss. Has AMD busted itself by trying to beat Intel rather than concentrating on developing new exciting products?AMDs price war with Intel has taken a toll on the company. Margins are down dramatically, falling to 31...

Tags: Industry, In the news, Components, AMD

Blog posts 2007-04-20

Are you ready for DST changes?

This year sees Daylight Saving Time in many jurisdictions of the United States and Canada move as a result of Energy Policy Act of 2005 from its usual slots of the first Sunday in April and and the last Sunday of October to the second Sunday in March and the...

Tags: Industry, In the news, Thoughts

Blog posts 2007-03-05

Alcatel/Microsoft MP3 patent row - Apple could be the next target

The MP3 patent row that erupted between Microsoft and Alcatel-Lucent could have an enormous effect on the entire MP3 industry. The Federal District Court in San Diego ruling that Microsoft must pay Alcatel $1.52bn the largest patent award in history could see hundreds of other firms, such as Apple...

Tags: In the news, Industry, Legal, Microsoft, News

Blog posts 2007-02-26

What Dell customers want - Linux, no craplets, more RAM, no offshored tech support

Last week Dell launched a new site called Dell Ideastorm. The idea behind Ideastorm is to leverage the "Web 2.0" wave to get feedback from web users on what they want to see from Dell. Some of the ideas are pretty obvious and Dell could have found out...

Tags: Industry, Marketing, In the news, Dell

Blog posts 2007-02-20

Additional Resources

Yahoo: Shares dip to 5-year low; AOL deal this month?

Things just keep getting worse for Yahoo. The company's stock reached a five-year low today, closing at $15.31 - or less than half of the $31 per share that Microsoft had offered to pay for Yahoo in February. On top of that, the...

Tags: Google Inc., America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Business Structures, Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

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

Startups listen up: you've got a pricing problem

Just about every new product coming to market is being offered as a service rather than packaged software. But pricing remains something of a mystery. A while back, I started a spreadsheet that plots price points for different saas accounting offerings. At the time I concluded that no-one has figured...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Small And Medium Enterprise, Web Application, Pricing Strategy, Phil Wainewright, Pricing, Smb/Sme, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-06

SAP: Business drop was 'sudden and unexpected'; Credit crunch hurt IT financing

SAP said Monday its business fell off in September as the company warned that its third quarter wouldn't meet its previous targets as a broad swath of customers delayed information technology projects. In contrast to SAP's upbeat outlook in July, the company in a statement said it...

Tags: Software, Revenue, Information Technology, Financing, SAP AG, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Eight ways to track your portfolio on the iPhone

In case you haven't been paying attention, U.S. financial markets are in a tailspin (Dow and AAPL both down 4 6+% today). Securities continue on their relentless roller coaster ride that could make veteran stock brokers lose their lunch. If you'd like to stay more in touch...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Stock, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Analysis, Google Finance, Investment, Digital Music, Digital Media, Finance, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Blackberry Storm, 'Application Center' info leaked

Wow, a whole lot of Blackberry-related news surfaced this weekend. First, the user's guide to the highly-anticipated Blackberry Storm was leaked by the ever-intrepid BoyGeniusReport, who posted exclusive images on their website. Second, and more importantly, news of the Blackberry Application Center has emerged....

Tags: Application, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Carrier, App Center, Handhelds, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Copyright Board's ringtone decision shows failure of the system

The Copyright Royalty Board's decision last week to keep composer royalties for downloads at 9.1 cents per song keeps Apple's iTunes store online (OK, the idea that Apple would shut down the key leg of its iPod empire was just corporate posturing) but the Board also set a...

Tags: Board, Ring Tone, Rate, Copyright Royalty Board, Corporate Governance, Government, Vertical Industries, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week

Here are ZDNet's 10 favorite items from the past week, including the 120GB iPod Classic, Nikon D90 digital SLR, and Seagate's FreeAgent Go portable hard drive. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-10-06

A Consumer Electronics Carol

I recently received a promotional email from a large Internet-based retailer that shall for the moment remain nameless (cough! Amaz-ahem!)  As I was considered to be a high-volume "Prime" customer, this online retailer wanted to offer me a 30-day trial of their their premier store-branded consumer...

Tags: Retail Company, Retail, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-06

News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple

 Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery right. Mary Jo...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., PC, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Podcasts, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Techies choose Obama - by a landslide

If techies could choose the next President, Obama would win in a landslide. Checking donors from 10 large tech companies, including Apple, Dell, Google and Microsoft, over 90% of the donations support the senator from Illinois. Why does high-tech love Obama? First the numbers The...

Tags: Landslide, Broadband, Obama, McCain, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-10-05

Forrester: There's really no such thing as "green IT"

News flash. In a recent report called "Is Green IT Your Emperor With No Clothes?," market research house Forrester is advising IT managers to forget about the notion that there's any such thing as TRULY green technology. Yes, folks, it's part of that green tech backlash that we've all been...

Tags: Asset, Green Technology, Information Technology, Green IT, Forrester Research Inc., Energy Consumption, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-05