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- Tweets on Bing: Watch out for more noise, more clutter in search results
- I have to admit that I have very mixed feelings about this new Microsoft-Twitter deal that will deliver tweets into Bing's search results. On the surface, it sounds like a great idea. There's a lot of buzz on Twitter about a wide range of topics and incorporating...
- Tags: Twitter Inc., Search Result, Bing, Joes, Search, Channel Management, Marketing, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Why IT doesn't meet expectations
- I got asked, the other day, why big systems projects usually fail - and asked a question in response: "why does it take so long to walk to Calgary?" (About 200 KM). The key reason IT is often a source of cost and frustration is that senior managers...
- Tags: IT IS, Joes, Joes career
- Blog posts 2007-01-17
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- Widespread BlackBerry data outage reported, is it time to move on?
- umgotta say this sounds like a justification for an iffy iphone purchase or usage maybe? you make it sound like if BIS goes down you're dead in the water, but if BIS goes down all you lose is what you don't have with any other service anyway, you still get...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Telecom & Utilities, BIS, outage, BlackBerry Data, RIM BlackBerry, phone
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- EvriChart: A Linux Success Story
- Tony Maro, CIO of EvriChart, a hospital records management and archiving business, successfully migrated his company's Windows-based line of business document management extranet application and his employees' 40-odd Windows-based desktops to a 100 percent Linux-based server and desktop infrastructure. Jason Perlow interviews Tony Maro, CIO...
- Tags: Desktop, Hospital, Imaging, Health Care, Server, Computer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- If FaceBook is a "must-use", where does that leave us?
- popular but not a must-useit's popularity that drives people to use such online applications and not necessity.we, as humans, like to expose ourselves and facebook seems to be the best social network for exposure as it's the most popular.so i guess i can safely come to the conclusion that there's...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Facebook
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- Limewire addresses Washington's concerns; gives P2P users new sharing tools
- Limewire, in response to national security worries out of Washington, last week told a Congressional committee about features in a new version of its software that were designed to prevent accidental sharing of sensitive files. For the most part, the new features go a long way at addressing Washington's concerns....
- Tags: LimeWire, Washington, Network, P2P, Tool, Peer To Peer (P2P), Piracy, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
- Do they still need us more than we need them?
- Do they still need us more than we need them?Geek not NerdYou are mixing your names in your article and thereby invalidating your premise. Nerds are socially inept beings that may or may not be geeks. Geeks are technically gifted beings that may or may not be nerds....
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Nerds
- Discussion threads 2009-04-13
- Do they still need us more than we need them?
- I saw the following cartoon about a year ago showing "Nerd 2.0," evolved from the high-water-wearing, pocket-protector-sporting, taped-glasses-seeing geek into a casual, well-gadgeted guy who can dress the way he wants because "they need us more than we need them." From a guy who rarely tucks in his shirt,...
- Tags: Job, Recruitment & Selection, Microsoft Windows, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-04-13
- World leaders in CO2 now talk climate change
- World leaders in CO2 now talk climate changeLearn to spellTobacco.A little educationNot everyone who smoke develops cancer. Not everyone who develops cancer smokes.Smoking does not cause cancer. Smoking increases the risk of contracting cancer.There is a difference.BREAKING: The arctic ice is actually growing!HarryYou seem to be the point man for...
- Tags: Branding, global warming, carbon dioxide
- Discussion threads 2009-02-21
- The latest corporate dance: Layoffs by the numbers
- Not Quite a 12-Step Plan But Close I was speaking with a top executive of a major software firm this week regarding morale and the economy. She indicated that her firm’s strategy for layoffs follows a predictable pattern: - Step 1 â€" Do...
- Tags: Layoff, Top Executive, Worker, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-01-30
- Where value lies in open source
- Where value lies in open sourceSoftware as a profit not working in long run???As much as I love and use open source software, Microsoft has proven that selling licenses to USE the software is a winnable long run solution. Their very existence is absolute proof.I read your article with...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Research & Development, software, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-11-24
- Psystar debuts Blu-ray, Nvidia 9800GT before Apple
- Psystar debuts Blu-ray, Nvidia 9800GT before AppleYeah, a little priceyConsidering regular joes can buy those video cards for about $150 each tax and ship included yeah you're looking at about $100 or more padded profit. A Bluray ROM/DVD RW combo drive is about $150. If you are saying that drive...
- Tags: Processors, Apple Inc., Psystar, Nvidia 9800GT, Pystar, NVidia Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-29
- Scrabble-Scrabulous standoff spells L-A-W-S-U-I-T
- Scrabble-Scrabulous standoff spells L-A-W-S-U-I-TWHAT???So they let the app slide for two years until they launch their own competing version that proves to be a fraction as popular, THEN they go after these guys cuz their own app can't cut it?I call bullspit!If it was a rights infringement, they should have...
- Tags: Games, Scrabble-Scrabulous, Facebook, patent, game
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- I'm a dad and almost a grad...what's on my wishlist?
- Technically I won't be graduating until August when I wrap up my master's thesis, but I'm pretty close. The four kids hanging around my house asking for food and money probably qualify me as a dad, too. So the question is, as a geeky guy deserving of some...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Laptop Computer, Computer, Notebooks, Productivity, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-08
- Risking Another Frontline Disaster
- Risking Another Frontline DisasterNatural monopolySounds like a natural monopoly. Regulate it as such.RE: Risking Another Frontline DisasterSeems like another non-elected regulator and two elected pols are gaming the system for their "constituents" benefit, at the expense of "the people." Also seems like the WSJ believes everything must revolve around profit...
- Tags: H-1B program, H-1B visa holder, H-1B, H-1B visa
- Discussion threads 2008-06-06
- Conference for media reform
- Conference for media reformWhy so High Priced?I live in the St. Paul / Minneapolis area and I thought as an individual it would be interesting to attend. No, I'm not a jurnalist (SP?). I'm just a person. When I checked the registration page, I saw it cost a normal individual...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, media
- Discussion threads 2008-05-28
- Windows 7: Does the silence help anyone?
- Windows 7: Does the silence help anyone?Damn right it helps!Columnists have infinite opportunity to write about, literally, [b]nothing[/b] -- it's better than tea leaves or Kremlinology.I think its good they keep it locked down for nowOne of the things that hurt Vista was how they were talking about all the...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, silence
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
- Microsoft reorg: Who's in; who's out
- Microsoft reorg: Who's in; who's outMaybe Microsoft should emulate Apple again...and concentrate on publicizing products, not org charts.But then, when you look at their products.......Not much importantThis is further indication of how a once might tree has fallen and is rotting further.All of the Ballmerian box shuffling cannot hide this...
- Tags: Channel management, Micorosoft, YAHMic, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-15
- Still no word on cause of WGA outage or Microsoft's future prevention plans
- Still no word on cause of WGA outage or Microsoft's future prevention plansThe answer to your questionsCan be summed up in a simple phrase "We are the only caterer in town" A phrase from a Flintstones episode in which the town caterer made a mistake, but didn't care, simple...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp., caterer
- Discussion threads 2007-08-28
- Survey: Done right, SOA pays
- Is your company a best-in-class enterprise or a laggard when it comes to SOA adoption? Is you're part of a best-in-class operation, chances are good you have seen appreciable payback from your SOA efforts. If you're a laggard, well, chances are you're still fussing around with Just a Bunch...
- Tags: Laggard, Middleware, SOA, Survey, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2007-08-07
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