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RingCube vDesk Customer Profile

I find that speaking with actual users of a product or a technology brings out a different view of a company and its products. This time, I had a chance to communicate with a user of RingCube's vDesk (see RingCube vDesk for more information about vDesk.) Here's a summary of...

Tags: Team, PC, RingCube Technologies Inc., RingCube vDesk, Jeff B., Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Team Management, Virtualization, Hardware, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-08-06

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February 2013 - The date when Firefox could pass Internet Explorer

RE: February 2013 - The date when Firefox could pass Internet ExplorerThat does assume that everything remains constant, which it won't. If someone creates a new browser that could disrupt it, or when either company releases a new version of their browser that is also going to throw things...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Xobni expands to include enterprise but where are Web, Mobile and even Mac versions

Search tools more than important!!!Good that mostly everbody knows that in business life nothing works without e-mail and even that important is a reliable and fast search tool for Outlook! One of those is Lookeen It has so many features which lighten your work that is amazing. It works with...

Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, Mail.app, Entourage, Web, Xobni, Microsoft Outlook, Apple Macintosh, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Kerry-Boxer bill battle set for Tuesday

That is just the bipartisanship ........ President Obama campaigned on. Not!!!Harry leaves and we're all better offWhy don't you go somewhere else to blow off all this hot air and perhaps the U.S. emissions will be cut in half? :-)Harry's blogs: e-pollution on this IT tech site.ntLeveling the playing field...The...

Tags: Blogging, Arctic

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

News to know: Nook; Yahoo; Sun; Net Neutrality; Apple; 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. Ed Burnette: Meet Nook: Barnes and Noble's sexy new book reader Matthew Miller: B&N Nook ebook reader revolutionizes...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, E-books, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Future ERP

Brian Sommer's provocative post that juxtaposes SAP's technology thinking around the 'old' and 'new' worlds provides insights into something SAP was talking about last year - the two speed world of ERP. At the back end there is still plenty to do, hardening applications, winkling out recurring bugs...

Tags: Innovation, Salesforce.com Inc., Financial, SAP AG, ERP, Brian Sommer, Brian, S-curve, Cloud Infrastructure, BRP, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Students exploit optical phenomenon to create 48-inch multi-touch surface

RE: Students exploit optical phenomenon to create 48-inch multi-touch surfaThis is nothing new really, anyone can build it using the touchlib ready made interface along with a detailed "how-to" guide on building the fitr sensor surface in about a couple days time. This is made even easier with the build...

Tags: Operating systems, multi-touch, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-09-07

Microsoft does a 180: Tech testers to get a copy of Windows 7 for free

Microsoft does a 180: Tech testers to get a copy of Windows 7 for freeStill not the right thingThe public testers are the ones taking the risks with their personal equipment to see how the software works in the wild when the hardware is not cookie-cutter and the software being...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, MicroSoft DOES, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-07-30

Barnes & Noble partners with Plastic Logic; Opens up; Targets Kindle

Barnes & Noble partners with Plastic Logic; Opens up; Targets KindleThank you Jeff BezosThanks to the Kindle, the once declared moribund e-book market, is getting interesting again. What is Steve Job's opinion now? That people don't read anymore? or that People do not want to read for long period of...

Tags: E-books, Microsoft Windows NT, Plastic Logic, Barnes & Noble Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

YouTube takes down thousands of fair-use videos

YouTube takes down thousands of fair-use videosIts so sad...Its so sad that Youtube has removed the good works from the database. Even some of my posts in youtube were gone :-(Cheers,Kathiravan Manoharanhttp://kathyravan.blogspot.comhttp://paisamechanic.blogspot.comRE: YouTube takes down thousands of fair-use videosSo Warner Brothers and others don't want all this free advertsing?Morons!RE: YouTube...

Tags: Corporate communications, Government, INTERNET, YouTube Inc., fair-use video, video

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

Skype goes enterprise: It's about time

Skype goes enterprise: It's about timeSip for the enterpriseWhat they really need is SIP for the rest of their users.RE: Skype goes enterprise: It's about timeThanks Skype! Now corporate and enterprise Skype users will find it much easier and faster to use Yugma instant web conferencing services. Yugma is a...

Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Web conferencing, Yugma, Skype Technologies S.A., SIP, FreeSwitch

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

Ballmer: Apple logo costs $500

Ballmer: Apple logo costs $500Here's a caption...."He's right".Will that do?RE: Ballmer: Apple logo costs $500I'd do anything for MS, but I won't do that.hey its ballmer pleaseDont give any attention to monkey boy ....And just in case ok apple cost 500$ what about MS logo well .... than again its...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Caption, Steve Ballmer

Discussion threads 2009-03-20

EPIC claim on Google Docs rings hollow

EPIC claim on Google Docs rings hollowMore suits need to be filed.Technology companies have gotten the idea that the are simply not accountable when they screw up. This goes way past Google. It is high time that technology companies be held accountable. From the cloud to the OS. If you...

Tags: E-mail, Spam, Big Issue, Google Inc., EPIC, Google Docs

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

Psystar's at it again!

Psystar's at it again!RE: Psystar's at it again!Well, since the judge hasn't stopped them yet... I'd say they still have a business to run.The only thing that bothers me about the new computer is that the high end of the GPU options, isn't that great.This sounds like their version of...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Branding, Psystar, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

Legislator wants to smudge online maps

Legislator wants to smudge online mapsBlurry bitsIf they did blur some of the map bits. I wonder how long it would be before somebody noticed that all the blurry bits looked a lot like little targets that were already identified and then of course the images would have to be...

Tags: online map, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

Monster PC upgrades - Without the monster price tag!

Monster PC upgrades - Without the monster price tag!What about RAM?Did you forget about RAM? Most peoples RAM would be incompatible w/ these machines... not to mention that they might not have enough in their current machine to begin with, compatible or not. Theres another 50-100 on top of your...

Tags: Video cards, power supply, video card, RAM, card, Monster

Discussion threads 2009-02-18

Calculating Risk: Panning for gold in Goldman's 'gut'

All five investment banks that existed a year ago are gone. These are firms which put their own capital and the capital of big institutional and individual investors at risk, to merge or acquire companies. And were supposed to be experts at...

Tags: Capital Structures, Finance, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Management, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Mortgages, Strategy, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-02-09

Google's great Christmas mystery

Google's great Christmas mysteryRE: Google's great Christmas mysteryCold fusion? One of them looks vaguely like Einstein.Doll Factory?Looks like grand-pa here is working his magic to produce gifts for the kid. I wonder if grand-pa is Google. LOL!RE: Google's great Christmas mysteryby looking at gears, it seems that Google is...

Tags: Geppetto, Google Inc., Christmas, private information

Discussion threads 2008-12-25

Apple's Macworld saga and Jobs absence: Leadership signals and succession plans

Apple's Macworld saga and Jobs absence: Leadership signals and succession plansThis is nauseating, and not because of Jobs' healthAfter the financial meltdown that was driven primarily by greed and corruption in the financial services industry, I find it amazing that an Oppenheimer analyst would have the nerve to manipulate Apple's...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Jobs absence, succession plan, leadership, job

Discussion threads 2008-12-17

Give 'em the cash, forget fuel efficiency

Give 'em the cash, forget fuel efficiencyOh absolutely!Of course you won't mind when other countries take exactly the same view and don't import without really high tariffs goods from the US will you? ;)RE: Give 'em the cash, forget fuel efficiencywhat the government needs to do is put a stop...

Tags: Free trade, Chapter 11, fuel efficiency, worker, UAW

Discussion threads 2008-11-14