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Big, BAD contextual Web: Do you want journalism with your ads?

OnHollywood hosted industry insiders to debate "Breaking News and Analysis 2.0" this morning in Los Angeles.Didn’t make it to LA? No problem, “industry insider” Web 2.0 Techmeme to the rescue, for NOT SO "Breaking News and Analysis 2.0.”What is Techmeme? Gabe Rivera:At this moment, the next big story in technology...

Tags: advertisement, Advertising, Donna Bogatin, Google, industry insider, Media, NewLaunches, old media, TechMeme, Web, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-05-02

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News to know: VMWare; Facebook acquires Friendfeed; Facebook Search; MS Office;

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. Larry Dignan: VMware goes shopping: Buys SpringSource for $420 million; Can it keep the open source mojo? Joe McKendrick: Panel: too...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mobile, Microsoft Office, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Storage

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Apple's tablet in time for Christmas?

That long rumored Apple tablet may land in time for the holidays. The Financial Times appears to have confirmed an Apple Insider report fleshing out many of the details of the Mac tablet. The report sparked a lot of comment. Now the Financial Times...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-27

Ahead of the tape: Apple Q309 earnings preview

Ahead of the tape: Apple Q309 earnings previewagenda"But IDC recently noted that U.S. Mac shipments dropped by over 12 percent this quarter while the entire PC industry was down only 3.1 percent worldwide."and gartner noted that mac sales were up 2,5% versus the 3,1% down trend of the industry.i suppose...

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Apple Q309, Apple Q309 earnings preview, earnings preview, Apple Inc., Mac sale, tape, sales

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

Bad Idea Dept.: AT&T's Ed Whitacre to run General Motors

Ed Whitacre, who built SBC, one of the babies Bell, back into "The New AT&T" has been tapped by the Obama Administration's auto task force to be chairman of the "reinvented General Motors." Seriously. Think about that. AT&T is the template for...

Tags: Board, AT&T Corp., General Motors Corp., Whitacre, Whiteacre, Corporate Governance, Telecom & Utilities, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-06-09

News to know: Salesforce.com; Microsoft; Apple tablet; Google

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. Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com delivers mixed fiscal year outlook: Earnings up, revenue light Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Pop quiz - Which would you choose (Mac vs. PC)? ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Welcome new ZDNet Digital Cameras & Camcorders blogger, Rachel King

I’d like you all to give a warm welcome to ZDNet’s new Reviews blogger, Rachel King. She’ll be joining me here on the Digital Cameras & Camcorders blog, which (as you'll notice from the new name) we're expanding to include regular coverage of digital camcorders and software. ...

Tags: Camcorder, Digital Camera, Camera, Blogger, Rachel King, Blogging, Internet, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-05-18

Dear Twitter: Do you understand the value of your own service?

Dear Twitter: Do you understand the value of your own service?Dear Myself: Do I understand the value of Twitter's service? NO!No.. no .. No and NO! Man no matter how hard I try, I just can't understand what is so good about these "twitting" things.I was with you beforeI wasn't...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Channel management, Twitter, Web site

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

6 Best Practices for PreventingEnterprise Data Loss

The numbers are staggering. Nearly 220 million electronic records have been breached since January 2005, according to Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (www.privacyrights.org), a non- profit consumer information and advocacy organization. Not only is the number of data thefts and losses due to security breaches continuing to grow at an alarming...

Tags: RSA Security Inc., Loss, Data Loss, Best Practice, Security

White papers 2009-04-02

News to know: Salesforce.com; Office; SOA; Facebook

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: Salesforce announces Twitter app; further validates power of cloud Ed Bott: Next Office version to ship in 32-bit and 64-bit versions ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Browsers, Digital Music, Strategy, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Personal Technology, Management

Blog posts 2009-03-23

Note to newspapers: I can't read what you don't sell

An off-topic rant about newspapers and how they really seem to be giving up the fight: My morning commute from Silicon Valley to San Francisco today involved a carpool with my wife to her office at Stanford University, where I would pick up an express train into...

Tags: Newspaper, Internet, Strategy, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-19

Your guide to SxSW Interactive 2009

During the second week of March each year, there is a mass pilgrimage of geeks from the San Francisco bay area to the heart of Texas. Not for BBQ, not for a sun tan, but for probably the best interactive web conference in the history of the world. ...

Tags: Facebook, Barbecue, Twitter, SXSW, Scott Beale, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-03-08

VOD chief: Comcast will survive in face of TV.com, Hulu

This week, Comcast announced its OnDemand Online service, promising anywhere online access to Comcast programming (broadcast, basic and premium channels, etc.) for its customers. I sat down with Doug Sylvester, President and COO of TVN Entertainment, to talk about how Comcast's entry into the broadband video on-demand...

Tags: VoD, Comcast Corp., Cable Company, TV, Cable, Programming, Hulu, TVN Entertainment, ZD, DS, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-27

Interview: Wired's Chris Anderson on the 'free' business model

As editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, Chris Anderson is considered one of the most knowledgeable and insightful voices at the center of the new economy. In his articles and New York Times bestselling book The Long Tail, he has identified important new trends in the economy and described new business models...

Tags: Software, Advertisement, Wired Inc., Shelf Space, Business Model, Computer Associates International Inc., Economy, Netbook, Anderson, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-10

IBM job cuts underway

IBM job cuts underwayOne week for every one week?I have to ask, "one week's pay for every one week's service"????I have 25 years with IBM, this nets out to something north of $2M. Where do I sign up for this?? :-)IBM Damage ControlI think that IBM not posting...

Tags: Business ethics, Workforce management, Recruitment & Selection, IBM Corp., IBM job cuts underway, IBM Job Cuts, IBM job, underway

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

The Real World of Real Customers: Click Forensics Solves the Security Mystery

The presenter will give an insider's perspective on the trials and tribulations of the industry leader in online traffic quality management establishing effective business processes around IT security. The attendee will learn from what went right during their early security experiences, and more importantly, what went wrong. The attendee will...

Tags: CoreTrace, Security

Webcasts 2009-01-01

News to know: Oracle, RIM; Windows 7; openSUSE

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Perlow: Tough Love with openSUSE 11.1. Gallery right. Ed Bott: That Windows 7 bootleg is a ticking time bomb Mary Jo...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Packet Inspection, Microsoft Windows, Wireless LANs, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Wi-Fi, Operating Systems, Wireless, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-19

News to know: Adobe; Windows 7; Sun; SOA; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: A plea to the Windows team: Don't make Windows 7 too Mac-like Microsoft disparages open-source TCO with year-old case study Michael...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Antivirus, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Home Entertainment, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Linux, Web Services, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-04

News to know: Microsoft; Psystar; Mozilla; Storm; Office 2.0

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie ‘Morro’ Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft kills off Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription services Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Office 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Yahoo: Pondering Yang's replacement; The next move

Now that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is out, the handicapping begins. Who will be Yang's replacement and what will that choice reveal about Yahoo's future? The story line Techmeme revolving around Yang's departure is familiar. Yang took over the company at the second worst time in Yahoo's...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., CEO, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Internet, Strategy, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-18