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What is a company blogger good for?

I often hear from companies that want to "be social" or "hire a blogger." Usually, there hasn't been any effort put into the question of what they'd like to accomplish from the effort, so I send out the following. Now, you can call me to talk when you have an...

Tags: Blog, Blogger, Blogging, Industry New, Internet, Management, Marketing, Mitch Ratcliffe, Site, Strategy

Blog posts 2008-06-30

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Judge's idea to outlaw links won't save newspapers

Judge's idea to outlaw links won't save newspapersPerhaps a kindle like device?Get rid of paper, and sell a yearly subscription with a Kindle like reader. The yearly subscription would help offset the hardware costs.Get rid of the paper, or charge extra for it like cellular companies do for optionsTo...

Tags: news industry

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

Judge's idea to outlaw links won't save newspapers

I continue to be blown away by what I read about how newspapers can be saved. The latest comes from U.S. Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner who, in a blog post last week, suggested that one way to save newspapers from their demise would be "to bar linking to...

Tags: Newspaper, Consent, Blogging, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Internet, Human Resources, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Touch in Windows 7: Just for show?

Support for multitouch input is one of the most tangible ways that Windows 7 differs from its predecessors. But will many people actually get their hands on the technology? There's a reason the first thing in Windows 7 that Microsoft chose to show publicly was its support...

Tags: Touch Screen, Notebook, PC, Microsoft Corp., Computer, NextWindow, N-Trig, Software Collection, Microsoft Windows 7, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft, Windows 7, Windows 7 beta, touch, multitouch, Ina Fried, News.com, Ina Fried, News.com

News items 2009-07-02

Tailoring Web technology to a bespoke dress shirt business

It's not easy to mix up the monotony of putting on a shirt and a tie every day for work, but what if the shirt was made-to-order, with details of your own choosing? Fashion startup ShirtsMyWay allows you to spruce up your tired work uniform and customize...

Tags: Web Technology, Web, Women, Denmark, Gender And Diversity, AJAX, Human Resources, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Silicon Valley VCs proposed a plan to save newspapers in 1996

At the recent SDForum 2009 Visionary Awards, Vinod Khosla, one of Silicon Valley's top VCs, gave an inspiring and very humble speech. How To Succeed In Silicon Valley By Bumbling And Failing... Afterwards, I...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Business Model, Vinod Khosla, Foremski, Internet, Strategy, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-07-01

NetSuite + AdaptivePlanning = BPM disruption

This slipped under the radar but on June 10th NetSuite and AdaptivePlanning announced a marketing and integration partnership that will see NetSuite acting as a reseller for AdaptivePlanning's business performance management BPM solution. Why should this matter? So far, the saas/on-demand transaction app...

Tags: BPM, Business Performance Management, NetSuite Inc., Adaptive, Business Intelligence, Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-01

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: turkeys voting for Christmas?

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: turkeys voting for Christmas?Ready to sell them short?Dennis: Sure, Oracle's past performance as a company is no prologue to the future. Seeing as you see the future as distinctly different for Oracle than its history from here on in, I assume you'll be devoting half your...

Tags: Strategy, ORCL, Oracle Corp., Dennis

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Helping corporations leverage the Web, using open source and the cloud

What do open source and cloud computing have in common? For Navid Safabakhsh, principal at San Francisco and Philadelphia-based interactive web development agency Freshout, it's that both technologies are low-cost, high-yield solutions to help corporations leverage the customer data they collect on the Web. ...

Tags: Web, Service, Channel Management, Open Source, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-30

HP Deskjet D2660 Printer

It's no surprise that the printer industry is making a calculated shift toward all-in-one printers featuring copiers, scanner, and fax machines all built into one device, and the transition is win-win: consumers benefit from lowered prices for more capable machines, and manufacturers can sell us more ink cartridges and paper...

Tags: Printers, Fax, Hewlett-Packard Co., printer, Deskjet D2660

Product reviews 2009-06-29

And Windows 7's killer feature is ...

I keep hearing about how Windows 7 is going to be just the CPR that the ailing PC industry needs to get itself out of the hole it's in. It seems that folks, both consumer and enterprise, are going to be flocking to their favorite OEMs and throwing cash at...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Microsoft sets pointless 25-PC upgrade limit for Windows 7

Microsoft sets pointless 25-PC upgrade limit for Windows 7Come on Adrian: Yet again another W7 limitation?Well that is what it looks like. There's the word right at the top of the page in the title of this story even.Can't wiggle out of this one Windows Folks.Of course, I will...

Tags: KMS, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

10 companies agree to standard smartphone charger in Europe

Ten of the world's top mobile phone suppliers have agreed to back an EU-wide standardization of phone chargers, the European Commission said on Monday. Apple, LG, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Qualcomm, Research in Motion, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Texas Instruments have all signed the agreement. The 10 companies...

Tags: Phone, European Commission, Smart Phone, Europe, Smart Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Windows 7: Now it's an economic savior too

Windows 7: Now it's an economic savior tooAnalogy:Churchill: "You can't tax yourself out of poverty"Obama: "Let's spend [future generation's money] to become wealthy again".WTF!If Cap and Trade Passes People Will Balk At Buying AnythingPrices of goods and services will go through the roof, think people are going to care about...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Windows 7: Now it's an economic savior too

Expectations for Windows 7 may be getting a bit out of hand. It's one thing to expect Windows 7 to juice a PC upgrade cycle, Microsoft's earnings and tech industry growth. It's quite another to think that Windows 7 is going to move the needle on gross...

Tags: Gross Domestic Product, PC, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Platform Computing: Herding Clouds

After the post Platform Computing Announces Infrastructure Sharing Services appeared on ZDnet, I had the opportunity to speak with Songnian Zhou, CEO of Platform Computing. Although the plans were for me to speak with Platform prior to the post going live, scheduling problems made that impossible. So, the focus of...

Tags: Platform Computing Inc., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-29

iCoin$ 1.0.1 (Mobile)

iCoin$ is a powerful application that evaluates the current value of almost all coins issued for circulation by the United States Mint, in denominations ranging from the copper half-cent minted in 1793 to the $20 gold piece last issued in 1932, as well as current coinage. Eighteen different denominations are...

Tags: Mobile, Coin, iCoin$, Productivity, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-06-29

Carbon Wars in the U.S. Senate

Carbon Wars in the U.S. SenateWhy is this on ZDNet?I mean, don't you guys have your own websites to post this BS?RE: Carbon Wars in the U.S. SenateThe Cap and SCAM system is the biggest load of horse manure I have ever witnessed. I can't even believe people were...

Tags: Construction, Personal finance, window, U.S. Senate, tax credit, tax

Discussion threads 2009-06-27

Disruptive technologies disrupt - goodbye newspaper companies

Last week my Saturday Post was about how Internet based technologies have been used to create applications and services that devalue existing business models. It's a hugely disruptive process. [The Internet devalues everything it touches . . .] This trend is occurring because it can occur -- because...

Tags: Craigslist, Business Model, Internet, Strategy, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-06-27

Driver Detective 6.4.1.3 (Windows)

Driver Detective has been built from the ground up and is an industry first in providing manufacturer specific drivers for your computer. For example, if you own a Dell computer Driver Detective will recommend drivers specifically for your Dell computer model. Driver Detective is simple and easy to use with...

Tags: Driver, Microsoft Windows, Computer, PC Drivers HeadQuarters, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-06-27