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- Enterprise 2.0 Conference: Let's Focus on Business Value
- I'm in a drizzly, blustery Boston Massachusetts on the eve of this year's Enterprise 2.0 conference. Where last year the conference weather was hot and humid, and the economy still pretty overheated, the weather this year fits the economic cycle pretty well. Enterprise 2.0 was not well...
- Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Conference, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-06-21
- AT&T revises iPhone upgrade eligibility policy
- AT&T revises iPhone upgrade eligibility policyLost iPhoneJust a thought. Why dont you just say you lost your phone and then get a new one???????RE: AT&T revises iPhone upgrade eligibility policyWow, still $399 and $499 for early upgrades. If Apple continues to release a new phone almost every year...
- Tags: 3G, Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, eligibility policy, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-18
- Semantic Technology Conference kicks off with Keynotes from Open Calais and Siri
- This year's Semantic Technology Conference got fully underway this morning, with Keynote presentations from Tom Tague of Thomson Reuters' Open Calais Initiative and Tom Gruber from Siri. Despite the wider economic situation, attendance for this fifth year of the event feels a little up on last year, and there's...
- Tags: Web, Advertisement, Tool, Siri, Tom Tague, Tague, Enterprise Adoption, Virtual Personal Assistant, Virtual Personal Assistant Paradigm, Podcasts, Channel Management, Productivity, Internet, Marketing, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- WWDC 2009 live
- WWDC 2009 liveCommon baby!And here comes the 240GB iPod classics, *keeps fingers crossed*Or alternatively, a 80GB or so flash iPod classic - you can keep that touch feature and large screen - I need all my music with me at all times, with lots of battery life and that On...
- Tags: Network technology, Digital music, 64-bit, Apple Inc., WWDC 2009, official opinion, Apple iPod
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
- Censorship.exe? China reportedly requires PC makers to include content blocking software
- China is reportedly requiring all PC makers that sell in that country to ship an application that blocks access to certain Web sites and other content. Simply put, Censorship.exe comes bundled with PCs sold in China July 1.  According to the Wall Street Journal: The government,...
- Tags: Software, China, PC Company, Government, Tools & Techniques, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- Young adults aren't using Twitter enough: should they?
- Young adults aren't using Twitter enough: should they?PointlessWhat happened to human communication, if I want to know what someone is doing I do not care about social insecure networking sites.PRIVATE Personal Data on a Public Domain is a BIG mistake, you are at the mercy of individuals who do not...
- Tags: Twitter, Young Adult, Facebook
- Discussion threads 2009-06-04
- Apple Faithful: Arrogance Is Not a Virtue, and Why I Will Never Buy a Mac
- I've often been asked why I don't own a Mac. The answer is simple, and yet complex, and requires a trip down memory lane artwork by Spidermonkey David Morgenstern’s column last week about Psystar’s imminent demise and his accompanying “Good Riddanceâ€...
- Tags: Software, Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Next Computer, Canon Inc., Fanboy Template Let, Andrew, NeXTStep, Desktops, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- The case for a Global Digital Public Library Network policy
- By Bill Kallman This guest blog is penned by Bill Kallman, CEO of Scayl, a direct, unlimited secure email solution, a longtime VC and real estate investor. He was a founding director of Streamcast, one of the defendant's in the landmark MGM v Grokster ruling. He holds...
- Tags: Google Inc., Network, Radio, Library, Digital Library, Library Network, GDPLN, Content Industry, Copyright War, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- GOP to go with McCain plan
- GOP to go with McCain planMcCain was defeated, not his health care planWhile it's become commonplace for pundits to treat electoral defeat as the equivalent of personal repudiation and the rejection of everything the candidate stands for, that is not and never has been the case. If it were,...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, GOP
- Discussion threads 2009-05-21
- MPAA vs. Real: Five reasons why Hollywood will win
- MPAA vs. Real: Five reasons why Hollywood will winHere are five reasonsmoney, money, money, money and more moneyThat why we have Blu-RayHarder to rip and you need a 50gb disc. They lost on the DVD front."Confident" not "confidant"Sorry for being a bit anal here, but the word you wanted towards...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, MPAA, DVD
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
- Where does Obama stand on open source?
- Where does Obama stand on open source?doesnt suprise mehes a socialist, of course he doesnt like anything free that he cannot control. Typical democrat bull.I suspect the President knows what open source isHe has long acquaintance of people with in-depth knowledge of the issue. What he may not understand is...
- Tags: Biden, open source, Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-05-14
- AMD: Intel's Otellini 'doesn't get' his consumer disrespect, has 'no remorse'
- AMD: Intel's Otellini 'doesn't get' his consumer disrespect, has 'no remorse'The EC is overstepping its authorityIntel, like Microsoft, has always been under fire from regulatory agencies for years. This is just another way for a governmental entity to interfere in a corporation's business practices. I hope Intel draws...
- Tags: Leadership, Strategy, Semiconductors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- A different 'spin' on flying cars
- A company in Australia is developing a flight technology that allows for compact Vertical Take-Off and Landing VTOL using a type of fan system to move air that is commonly found in central heating/cooling systems. [caption id="attachment_1525" align="alignleft" width="245" caption="Entecho's Hoverpod"][/caption] Entecho is using...
- Tags: Car, Joystick, Skirt, Entecho Hoverpod, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
- You Were Never 1.0, but get ready for Enterprise 2.0
- Guest editorial by Andrea Baker Let's face it, it's probably true. Your business is deeply married to email. You never read a blog until the past year at least with some regularity. And you probably don't know what a discussion page is on a wiki. ...
- Tags: Team, Employee, Collaboration, Blog, Social Media, Business, Enterprise 2.0, Tool, Workforce, Andrea Baker, Productivity, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- Election industry fights open source like it is 1999
- Election industry fights open source like it is 1999Correction: change the insecure in previous posting to secureReally got to look closer at what I post.I have to agree that the electronic election industryNeeds some severe reform, if not the hammer brought down on them. I was ALWAYS suspicious as to...
- Tags: Companies, election industry, open source, TRANSPARENCY
- Discussion threads 2009-04-21
- News to know: Oracle-Sun, IBM, Apple ads, Windows 7
- 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. Complete coverage of Oracle-Sun news: Larry Dignan: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player ...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- IDC: PC demand not as bad as feared
- The figures for first-quarter PC shipments are in and, just as Intel hinted during its earnings call yesterday, a few sweet spots are still thriving in the PC market, notably consumer sales and the rise of small-form notebooks. Hewlett-Packard is at the top of the list, with...
- Tags: Desktops, Hardware, International Data Corp., PC, Sales, Sales Strategy, Sam Diaz, Shipment
- Blog posts 2009-04-15
- Will enterprise mashups kill off corporate portals?
- Will enterprise mashups kill off corporate portals?Here's Me Flipping My Normal StanceThis is a case of "don't throw the technology out with the bathwater". The Technology isn't the problem here: in most cases portals are fine real architectural flaws aside for a moment.The problem has been with the implementations and...
- Tags: Portals, Web technology, portal, corporate Portal, enterprise mashup, social networking
- Discussion threads 2009-04-14
- 10 skills developers will need in the next five years
- Guest post: If you’re a developer looking to get ahead in your field (or in some cases, to simply stay employed), this is not a good time to be complacent. TechRepublic's Justin James lists the skills you’ll want to work on now to maximize your future job prospects. For more...
- Tags: Job, Developer, Web, Agile, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- Innovating for all the wrong reasons
- Guest post: There are various reasons why clients may want to innovate, such as to keep up with the competition or users are demanding it. TechRepublic's Chip Camden offers words of wisdom about what to say when clients pursue change for the wrong reasons. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-...
- Tags: Innovation, Client, TPD, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
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